A Westside Experiment—Young Actor's Laboratory at IRT Theater

The Young Actors Laboratory program still covers all the theater essentials, like physical-acting technique, improvisation and script writing, but with an inclusive twist: it offers teens who are deaf and hard-of-hearing a chance to immerse themselves in theater. With a fusion of sign language, spoken word, mime, storytelling, dance and music, participants will cover a wide range of areas—script writing, acting and improv, to name a few—in order to get a sense of how productions are brought to life. Young actors need not have prior experience to apply. Grades 5-12