Snowy Range Summer Theatre and Dance Festival
To continue to uphold the mission of our summer programs and to serve the Laramie and broader State community, our department combined two traditional summer offerings, UW Summer Theatre and the Snowy Range Dance Festival, into one package in 2005 — the Snowy Range Summer Theatre & Dance Festival.
We’re proud of the long history and success of UW Summer Theatre, which at 55 years old is the second oldest program west of the Mississippi. And over its 14-year tenure, our Dance Festival has built a solid reputation of providing audiences and participants with wonderful exposure to professional-level dance. Changing to a full festival format will ensure these programs remain strong and will help them to grow.
- About UW Summer Theatre
A Summer Theatre has been in operation at the University of Wyoming
since 1954. Productions are staged within a six to eight-week
session in June and July. An actor or technician gains valuable
practical theatre experience and receives a stipend. Company members
have the option to pay up to 2 hours of academic credit if they
wish.
Outstanding junior and/or senior theatre majors at UW (particularly
those students seeking a professional degree) are strongly
encouraged to audition for the acting company or apply for the
technical company. An effort is made to select qualified students
from UW to participate in the company along with students who are
recruited from throughout the nation.
Auditions and interviews for the Summer Theatre Company are held at
selected locations throughout the country and at UW.
Visit Web site:
www.uwyo.edu/th&d/whats_playing/SummerFestival
For further information contact:
University of Wyoming Summer Theatre Director
Department of Theatre and Dance
Department 3951
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071-3951
- About the Dance Festival
The Snowy Range Dance Festival brings professional dance artists and
companies in residence to the campus of the University of Wyoming
for 11 days of intensive dance study.
Guest artists, together with the reputable dance program and performing arts facilities of the
University of Wyoming, provide an academic as well as a professional
atmosphere for the nurturing of young and promising students of
dance and the teachers who instruct them.
In addition to technique
classes at various levels, the week's activities include special
performances, concerts, lectures, and discussion groups on current
topics pertaining to all areas of the dancer's special needs.
Accompanists and aspiring choreographers discover a nurturing
learning environment in which to observe experienced artists at
work, ask questions, and participate in special workshops in these
areas.
The festival is open to junior high through adults, teachers
and accompanists. Scholarships are available.
Visit Web site:
http://outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/dancefestival
For further information contact:
Snowy Range Dance Festival Director
University of Wyoming
Department of Theatre and Dance
Department 3951
1000 E. University Avenue
PO Box 3951, Laramie, WY 82071-3951
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