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Welcome to Workshop Arts Inc. 
​Home of Theater Workshop

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Participation in Theater Workshop is open to children in all surrounding schools and communities. Contact Stacey Fix to learn more!
Happy New Year Theater Workshop Community!
 
It is 2021, and we have been asked about what is going to be happening with TWS?
 
We have been away long enough and it is time to start to explore ways to move ahead and come together!
 
Sam Bell has created this video for a spring program: https://youtu.be/304Qvfzqnl8 and we are requesting feedback by February 1st.
 
Please email twsattenance@gmail.com. Let us know your interest, any ideas and questions.
 
We miss you and hope to hear from you!
 
Theater Workshop Team
 

We're In The News!
Check out the Town Common Newspaper Story about Theater Workshop, A Christmas Performance To Remember.

Happy Holidays Theater Workshop Community: 
 
In celebration of the season, Theater Workshop is presenting The Woodbridge Carol. In collaboration with David Williams, Sam Bell has created this trailer for you to watch and share: https://youtu.be/GW4TYDEvU1Q
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The full performance will premiere Saturday December 19th on the Theater Workshop YouTube Channel with this link: 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z0LZR8GoXMs&feature=youtu.be

​This holiday season see a Theater Workshop classic!
A Woodbridge Carol, an adaptation written and directed by Stacey April Fix, the play was commissioned in 2010 to honor Newbury’s 375 year history with a unique, local twist on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol.  NES teacher David Williams is featured as Professor Scrooge.

Workshop Arts Inc., is a 501(C)3 non-profit charitable foundation.
In support of our mission and to help us return in 2021 please consider making a charitable donation. 
Thank you and wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season!
Theater Workshop

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Dear Theater Workshop Community:
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Theater Workshop continues a long tradition of offering its audience memorable, uplifting and entertaining performances.

​We eagerly selected PASTAbilities from 2009.


Click HERE for the performance.  Enjoy the show! 
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Set in the fictional, Italian town of Cantantina, the village has been hard hit by tough economic times. In the face of hardship, the younger villagers want to leave the traditional way of life to seek their fortune in the modern, more prosperous cities. A National cooking contest is announced where the winner will be deemed to have the best true Italian dishes in all of Italy. 
The villagers view this as the perfect opportunity to put Cantantina back on the map, keep the new generation in town and bring prosperity back to the village. One problem… Can they convince Mama Fina (Shawn Robertson) to cook for Don Stromboli (Ray Smoyer) the food critic and make her secret sauce for the contest? Mama Fina has always said that she only cooks for love and family and not for the glory, but will she cook to save her town? 
Various characters try to persuade Mama Fina to participate in the contest including, Giuseppe (Mason Winslow), Pitzella (Danielle Sedler), Big Calzone (Sean O’Brien) and her own daughter Francesca (Sadie O’Keefe) who views the contest as a way to save her husband’s struggling business and keep them from leaving the town. Everyone gets involved, camera crews come to town, villagers trip over themselves to please Don Stromboli but will it be enough to make Cantantina the gastronomic capital of Italy? We hope you enjoy a plethora of Italian food terms, animated singing and a wonderful message for the Holidays – When family and community come together, the PASTAbilities are endless.  

Click HERE to watch the Directors Cut/Actors Chat of American Dream!

Want to learn the Men In Black dance?  Click HERE.  Choreography by Rachel Hall.

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Click HERE to learn more about our NEW enrichment program for creative young minds.

9th Annual Workshop Arts *Virtual* Awards Night

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6th Grade Award Winners!

Golden Clipboard Award!
The Highest Achievement Award recognizes students who challenge themselves, inspire audiences and demonstrate a commitment to Theater Workshop.  It is awarded for excellence both on stage and off stage.  Awarded to students who masterfully apply direction, develop the craft of character-making, consistently raise the criteria for storytelling, and for outstanding cooperation and collaboration.

The Spirit Award recognizes students who have found an individual way to express, invest, endure, and triumph.  This year's graduating class we believe has shown amazing spirit.  They courageously faced the challenges and obstacles this season has presented and serve as a true positive example for all other casts in the future.  We at Theater Workshop want to congratulate each and every one.
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​The Workshop Arts Inc. Video Awards were in part sponsored by a grant from the Essex County Community Foundation.
Thank you ECCF.
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Grace McHale, 7th Grader from Triton Middle School.

The Golden Clipboard Award is presented to an intern who has gone above and beyond our expectations supporting the staff, cast and production. 

Senior Scholarship Recipients!

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The Senior Scholarship is awarded to graduating high school seniors who have demonstrated that they are the best possible role model, academic student and have a commitment to supporting the arts and the community.

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Theater Workshop in the Town Common:
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/63431820/ttc-05-27-20-vol16-no31
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“A note about Cock-A-Doodle-Duck:  We haven't forgotten about this cast or show.  We are working
​on a plan that will work for us all, to come together to perform...we just don't know when that will be yet.  Hold tight, review your lines when you can....
know that we are hopeful!!”

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Check out our final version of the Flash Mob!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0D3DU9c7PQ


Donate to 2020 for $20
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Spring 2020 Rehearsal Calendar

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For information about and to register for our Intern Program for Middle and High School Students, click HERE.


Yankee Homecoming Parade 2019

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Congratulations Miles Tardy, TWS Alum and
​ 2-time DASH Award Winner!!

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The Distinguished Achievement and Special Honors (DASH) program is a competitive theater awards program.  The DASH Gala is the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters (EMACT) equivalent of the Tony Awards ceremony.  ​
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How Has Theater Workshop Impacted You?



Thank you Sam Bell, Senior Intern, for surprising
Director Stacey Fix with this touching tribute to her
​and the Theater Workshop Program!
And here is the surprise......
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Sr. Intern Spotlight

Congratulations go out to Sam Bell, Senior Intern!
​His article, podcast and video about Theater Workshop was selected as one of the best out of 5,000 other schools and made "Best of SNO".
 
Each week, the company that hosts the Triton school newspaper website  selects the best student work from all over the U.S. for its national edition. 
Great job, Sam!

Check out Sam's work HERE.


What is Theater Workshop?

Good Fortune - Spring 2015

Did you know?

  • Participation in Theater Workshop is open to children in all surrounding communities.   We welcome participants from Newbury/Byfield, Salisbury, Rowley, Newburyport, West Newbury, Georgetown and beyond. 
  • We offer an Introduction To Theater class for children new to theater and acting. This program is for grades 1 and up.
  • No auditions are necessary to participate in our Theater Production program.  All abilities are welcome to join and participate in our stage production.  This program is for elementary students up to grade 6.
  • Check out or show archive page!


Our mission:

Introduce children and their families to the incomparable magic of theater 

Create theater that will stimulate and liberate the imagination, intellect, and spirit for cast and audience
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Offer opportunities for leadership and production support for graduates of our program 

Enjoy the show!

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Stacey April Fix,
Director of Workshop Arts Inc.
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L-R:  Stacey Fix Director, Michelle Hall, General Manager, Jen Bell, Stage Manager and Intern Program Director



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