*HATHAWAY BROWN THEATRE INSTITUTE* * SUMMER 2015 * *Still Time to Register for Summer Training * Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute (HBTI), a conservatory-based summer theatre training program for young performers in Northeast Ohio, is still accepting registrations this summer's training programs and productions HBTI, a part of the Performing Arts Department at Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, offers young people a challenging curriculum of drama, dance and/or music, as well as the opportunity to participate in fully staged productions. HBTI boasts instructors who are some of the top professional actors, directors, choreographers, designers and academics in the area, and who have a long list of successful former students who have gone on to Broadway, film and television. The program utilizes similar training techniques to those employed by the nation's most preeminent drama schools, including Julliard, NYU and the Actor's Studio. HBTI offers programs on two levels: *Prime* (Grades 1 – 4) *Performing Arts Training* (Grades 5 – college). Classes are available in two 3-week sessions and one 2-week session, beginning June 15, July 6 and July 27, respectively. While the training at HBTI is geared toward the young performer interested in a professional theatre career, all students gain confidence, discipline and social skills that help give them an edge in this highly competitive world, no matter what their eventual field of pursuit. The students also find the process immensely fun, exciting and rewarding. Over the past two summers, over 300 students have studied acting, musical theatre and dance at HBTI. This summer new advanced acting workshops (high school and college) have been added to challenge the more experienced students.Spaces still available in *Acting through Play Production *with Michael Dempsey, *Shakespeare* with Lara Knox and *Acting for the Camera* with Dan Hendrock. HBTI will also mount three full productions: *Rent* (July 3 – 12), *Little Women* (July 17– 26), and *Oklahoma!* (July 31 – August 9. The shows allow the students to apply the tools and techniques they learn during the day in productions mounted by top professional directors and designers. A few roles in Little Women and Oklahoma are still open. To find out about the cast and production crew for these shows please visit this link <http://www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=5798> To find out more about the Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute and to register for summer training sessions, click here <http://www.hb.edu/page.cfm?p=1899> or contact Bebe Weinberg Katz, Director at bkatz@hb.edu To set up an audition for Oklahoma or Little Women contact Bebe Weinberg Katz, Director at bkatz@hb.edu