Open Doors
CONGRATULATIONS OPEN DOORS PARTICIPANTS!
REGISTRATION FOR OPEN DOORS 2011-2012 IS NOW CLOSED.
"Open Doors was an incredible experience that exposed me to the arts in a positive way. It was fun plus interactive, I highly recommend it."
–Sam Fay, Mountain Ridge High School, Phoenix
"Open Doors did just this: opened the door for creativity, ambition, and learning. It opened my eyes to so many forms of art, and it inspired me to do them for myself. It was such a rare experience that I feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of!"
–Autumn Coleman, Mountain Ridge High School, Phoenix
During the Spring semester of 2011, Sam, Autumn and seventy-nine other students throughout the Phoenix Metro and Tucson areas laughed, cried, applauded loudly, and learned more than they thought possible through interaction with the performing arts.
What is Open Doors?
Open Doors is a venture to take high school students to see a variety of professional performing arts events in Phoenix. Inspired by a similar program in New York City conducted by the late playwright Wendy Wasserstein, the Open Doors project lives on both in New York City and in this incarnation here in Arizona. The students are a true representation of our community, with a diversity of cultures and gender. After attending each performance, the students participate in an active discussion with the project leaders. Upon completion of the project, participating students from each school will present a culminating project at an Arizona Theatre Company location to demonstrate their understanding of theatre in their lives. The goal is to glean insights from the young people about the impact that exposure to the arts has on their lives and to give these students a chance to experience new adventures.
Our Success
Over the past nine years, the Open Doors Project has taken close to four hundred students who had never experienced professional theatre before to a total of one hundred performing arts events. This year sixty new students will not only follow in their footsteps, but surpass previous Open Doors expectations.
Due to generous grants received from The Scottsdale League for the Arts and the Stocker Foundation, this exciting project will host over sixty students in Phoenix. All participating students will see five theatrical performances and create lasting relationships with each other and the theatre.
Open Doors 2011-2012
Congratulations on being chosen to take part in Open Doors. Arizona Theatre Company welcomes you to this exciting program. As a participant you can look forward to seeing some of the finest professional theatre that Phoenix has to offer.
What is expected of an Open Doors participant?
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Please be on time. The meeting time and location will be determined by your school's Open Doors mentor.
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Attendance at each event. If you are unable to attend an event, please let your mentor, teacher, or ATC mentor know as soon as possible so that we can notify the alternate Open Doors participants.
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Appropriate behavior and etiquette. Remember, you are not going to the mall with buddies, you are attending a live theatre performance. Please dress accordingly.
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Final Project participation. At the end of this program, your school's participants will present a group final project. Your participation is expected.
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Please be active participants in each discussion. Come prepared by reviewing the play guide provided for each performance. Also, please welcome and be respectful of all ideas voiced at the discussions.
- Be open-minded, enjoy and soak up this once in a lifetime experience!
Schedules
Lose your Open Doors schedule? Don't worry. Click on the name of your school below (under "Resources") and see what event you have next.
Play Guides
Want to know more about the playwright? What about how the musical was created? Do you long to find out about opera etiquette? Download the play guides below (under "Resources") to find out more about each Open Doors event. Check back again soon for more.
All schedules and play guides are in PDF format.
Resources
Schedule: Crossroads High School/Riverview High SchoolSchedule: Mesa High School
Schedule: Mountain Ridge High School
Schedule: North High School
Schedule: Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Schedule: Washington High School
Play Guide: God of Carnage
Play Guide: Daddy Long Legs
Play Guide: The 39 Steps
Play Guide: The Great Gatsby
Play Guide: Red
Play Guide: Green Day's American Idiot
Play Guide: Orfeo ed Euridice
Play Guide: Much Ado About Nothing
For More Information
Phoenix:
Amber Tibbitts, Education Associate
(602) 757-6289
atibbitts@arizonatheatre.org
