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Timber Lake Playhouse Receives Grant to Provide Apprenticeships for Teens at TLP
MOUNT CARROLL, IL – The Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts have awarded Timber Lake Playhouse a grant for a Youth Employment in the Arts project. This project will create paid apprentice positions for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts. TLP is accepting applications for the apprenticeship program through June 1.
Timber Lake Playhouse, operating in its 56th Season, hires performers, directors and designers from around the country each year. The apprentice program is designed to immerse pre-college teens from Northwest Illinois in all aspects of professional theatre production. Rather than volunteering time, the grant provides an hourly pay rate comparable to other summer work.
“It’s a remarkable investment in the cultural life of the region,” said Artistic Director James Beaudry. “To go into a university program with existing professional credits gives these artists a huge advantage. Combine that with a salary says that we believe in the value of the theatre arts and in you, as the next generation of artists from Northwest Illinois.”
The teens will be chosen based on an artistic statement, letter of recommendation and interview. Priority will be given to upperclassmen, those already accepted to university programs and those who’ve demonstrated a clear commitment to pursuing a career in theatre. The program lasts ten weeks and provides immersion in theatre design, costuming, sound and lighting, directing, management and marketing. The final three weeks will be spent in a single area of focus of the artist’s choosing.
“It is important for TLP to offer programming to area teens.” said TLP Executive Director Dan Danielowski. “We expect some very talented high school students to apply for these positions.”
Interested youth should send a letter of application with an artistic statement, a resume and a letter of recommendation from someone familiar with their work to admin@timberlakeplayhouse.org.
This project is partially funded by the Illinois Arts Council and The National Endowment for the Arts.
