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The cast of Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Young Company Winter Festival 2019), Credit: Maggie Hall Photography.

ABOUT THE YOUNG COMPANY

The Young Company is Greater Boston Stage Company’s year-round theatre education program for students in grades 1-12, offering artistic training and performance opportunities in a professional setting. ​

GREATER BOSTON STAGE COMPANY'S EDUCATION MISSION

The Young Company at Greater Boston Stage Company ​helps the next generation become better artists, better audience members, and better people through theatre education.
VISION
We believe GOOD THEATRE MAKES GOOD PEOPLE.
 
To create Good Theatre, we are committed to:
  • Creating a collaborative, process-oriented and professional artistic environment.
  • Hiring the best Boston-based professional teaching artists who specialize in navigating the intersection of education and high-level theatrical art.
  • Examining performance as a collaboration between the artist, the text, and the audience.
  • Developing and implementing an individualized learning approach for each student.
 
To inspire Good People, we are committed to:

  • Maintaining a safe and friendly working environment in which students can explore their individuality and identity.
  • Fostering the development of engaged citizens and successful young adults by instilling the four habits-of-mind at the core of our curriculum: confidence, empathy, ownership, and agency.
  • Establishing an inclusive environment in which all students (novice and experienced, atypical and neurodiverse populations) can experience the joys of theatre and find personal successes.
 
Furthermore, the Young Company is committed to:
  • Removing financial barriers to participation by offering a Financial Aid program funded by generous donors.
  • Providing ongoing professional networking and Mainstage performance and employment opportunities to students and alumni who choose to pursue a career in theatre. 
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ABOUT THE EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT
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Stephen Zubricki (Interim Director of Education) is a graduate of The Young Company having first performed in the 2011 production of Curtains the Musical. He has since worked with The Young Company as an Educator, Co-Director, Education Intern, and Education Assistant. Since 2017, Stephen has worked as a House Manager for GBSC. Beyond GBSC, Stephen has served as production associate for the Barnstormers Theatre and has performed on stages around the Greater Boston Area. GBSC audience members most recently saw Stephen perform in the 2019 mainstage production of Miracle on 34th Street and Young Company students were co-directed by Stephen in Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka for Winter Festival.
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For more information about The Young Company, contact the Education Department at 781-279-7885 x104 or at education@greaterbostonstage.org.
WANT TO HEAR ABOUT UPCOMING CLASSES AND EVENTS?
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Stephen Zubricki IV
Interim Director of Education
781-279-7885 x104
education@greaterbostonstage.org

TO REGISTER
Greater Boston Stage Company  Box Office
395 Main Street
Stoneham, MA 02180
781-279-2200
WHICH PROGRAM IS RIGHT
FOR ME?
Overture for students in grades 1 – 3
Act 1 for students in grades 4 – 6
Act 2 for students in grades 7 – 9
Act 3 for students in grades 10 – 12