EDUCATION

COURAGEOUS CADENCE: YOUTH SPOKEN WORD & PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY

PRESENTED BY THE VORTEX & THE POET HOUSE

Courageous Cadence is a youth-centered poetry and performance residency focused on writing, creative leadership, social justice, and public performance. Through workshops, rehearsals, and a fully staged final production, youth poets will explore themes of race, gender, disability, healing, and community-building

Students have the opportunity to:

  • Develop original poems and ensemble work

  • Work with professional poets, performers, and guest artists

  • Build leadership and performance skills

  • Learn digital storytelling and zine publishing

  • Perform their work for a live audience at The VORTEX

Summer Youth Theatre

The VORTEX’s Summer Youth Theatre is an award-winning, intensive program that offers tuition-free training and experience for aspiring young theatre professionals. Students of any ethnicity, gender, ability/disability, economic background, and experience are invited to audition for the diverse youth ensemble, who will train together, design, rehearse, and perform a professional production.

For 33 years, Summer Youth Theatre has cultivated tools of theatre: teamwork, focus, discipline, precision, communication, and artistry. In addition to participating in a rigorous rehearsal process, students create the full production (sets, props, costumes, lights, publicity) during hands-on workdays. Students also receive specialty workshops from professionals in various aspects of theatre. 

All ticket sales are final. However, we can exchange your tickets for a different night or a different performance, for a $3 fee, depending on availability. We do not sell your private data.