This 2010 program is not being offered in 2012 for precollege students. See the Youth Musical Theatre for grades 2–8.

Musical Theatre Institute

Ages 14–18

Typical Day   About the Instructors

This four-week precollege program is for high school students focused on performance skills and theatre production. Students will experiment, create, and train in acting, improvisation, movement, voice, singing, and dance. Exercises are designed to build character development, style of movement, voice production, collaboration, and theatrical problem-solving. Lively, constructive discussions and frequent one-on-one interactions with instructors lead to exciting development and growth. The program develops the abilities of experienced performers who are serious about the field and eager to work hard. Our goal is to help you grow creatively through theatrical training under the direction of professional performers and instructors. Develop your performance skills while gaining a behind-the-scenes view of theatre that combines music, drama, and dance. Classes aim to improve your command of your body, mind, and voice, so that combined they become the expressive instrument of an actor. Instructors provide training in audition technique, useful professionally and for college entrance auditions.

• Family and friends will be invited to a production presented by Musical Theatre Institute students.
• Participants must provide their own jazz shoes.

To broaden exposure to the arts, the Musical Theatre Institute can be combined with the Songwriting Workshop or Journalism Institute to make for a well-rounded summer experience!

July 12–August 6
Monday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
$2,095 for the first registration
$2,045 for the second registration in the family, Purchase College employees and alumni, and early registrations (received by April 2, 2010)

Need-based scholarships are available for Musical Theatre Institute students. Download the Musical Theatre Scholarship Application.

Lenka Pichlikova (Acting Instructor) has been on the Purchase College faculty (Humanities/Drama Studies) for over a decade and returns as lead instructor of the Musical Theatre Institute. She has directed multiple musicals and written and co-directed her own musical. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, holds an M.F.A. and M.A., and studied with Uta Hagen, Herbert Berghof, and Marcel Marceau.

Lin Snider (Music Instructor) is currently on the drama faculty at Yeshiva University in Manhattan.  She has worked as a drama and voice teacher, musical director and director (SDC) in the New York area for almost 20 years for, among others, at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYU, Purchase College, Manhattanville College, TADA! and the Westchester Arts Council.  She is also a professional singer/actress (AEA, SAG) who has performed in cabaret, TV, film, and primarily on stage in regional theaters, Off-Broadway and in the National Tour of Anything Goes with Mitzi Gaynor.  She holds an M.F.A. in Theater from Brooklyn College and also studied at HB Studios and the William Esper Studio in NYC.  Her original family musical, CHANGE REACTION, is being produced in Bath, England this year.

Alli Steinberg (Improv Instructor) is a classically trained actor and singer with a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. She has acted professionally in plays, musicals, film and television.  Alli was in the original company of the Pulitzer Prize winning play WIT.  Regional credits include: Long Wharf Theater, Goodspeed Opera House, Center Stage and Shakespeare on the Sound, among others.  Alli teaches acting workshops throughout Westchester and Manhattan and is a private acting coach.

Dance Instructor: TBA

How to Register
Refund Policy and Schedules