Young Chautauqua Programs
2008 Young Chautauqua Program
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Nicole Piechocki as Hedda Hopper |
Sam Zabell as J.P. Morgan |
Duncan Boren as John Muir |
The Great Basin Young Chautauqua program is the youth adjunct to the larger Great Basin Chautauqua. Open to children ages 8-18, Young Chautauqua is an intense program of scholarship, research, rehearsing, and performing.
A Young Chautauquan must love to read, act and learn. Young Chautauquans commit to developing a character in January and spend more than six months reading biographies, learning stories and rehearsing their character in front of other Young Chautauquans at bimonthly meetings.
In April and May, the character is ready and the Young Chautauquan goes
on the road to perform. They create a costume with the help of grandmothers
and thrift stores, and polish flexible 5-, 10- and 15-minute monologues
that they present to community groups, schools, libraries and service organizations.
The Big Tent performance is the final event for the Young Chautauqua program. Six months of research and practice will be displayed underneath the Chautauqua tent in July. The Young Chautauquans perform under the Big Tent in the mornings and attend the adult Chautauqua presentations in the evening.
Young Chautauquans are available for performances throughout the year.