The Chance Theater - Speak Up - Take A 'Chance' Program

Speak Up -
Take a 'Chance'
Created and Performed by High School & Jr. High students under the mentorship of the staff and company of the Chance Theater

Empowering students with an artistic voice!

'Speak Up' gives students the opportunity to explore theater as a way to speak their minds and let their voices be heard. The program includes:

Team-building exercises
Theater games
Improvisation
The creation of an original piece of theater written and performed by the students!

The program is open to all students regardless of experience. 'Speak Up' is not geared only toward acting, as students will write, design, and tech their collaborative piece. We are looking for those who are interested in all aspects of theater.

June 27 - July 12* [Mon-Fri, 12-4pm]
Performances: July 12 & 13 at 7:30pm

Registration: $350 (scholarships available)
* NOTE: There will not be a rehearsal on Monday, July 4th

Special Scholarship Program for AUHSD Students
If you are a student in the Anaheim Unified High School District and would like to participate in the program, you can receive a full scholarship by having your drama teacher submit a referral. If you're an AUHSD student without a drama teacher, send an e-mail to Education Director Tanae Beyer.

For more details, or to sponsor a student for this program, contact our
tanae@chancetheater.com.

About our Education Director

Tanae Beyer is Chance Theater's Education Director where she also serves as a Literary Manager, and is a Resident Company Member as a Stage Manager. She has several years of theater experience in acting, directing, teaching, and technical theater. Working with the Chance since 2005, Tanae's past Chance productions include Little Women- The Broadway Musical (Associate Director), The Who's Tommy (Stage Manager, also at Segerstrom Center for the Arts), Jesus Hates Me (Stage Manager, also at South Coast Repertory), A Christmas Story (Stage Manager), Last Five Years (Board Operator), Into the Woods (Asst. Stage Manager), and Biloxi Blues (Stage Manager).

As the Chance's Education Director since 2008, Tanae has led many Girl Scout Workshops and taught the Speak Up - Take A 'Chance' summer workshop (a program where junior high and high school students write and perform their own show). In 2010, Tanae established Chance's Summer Youth Scene, for which she directed Jason Robert Brown's 13, the musical.

She is a graduate of Concordia University, Irvine with a double major in Theater and Communications and she studied Theater of the Oppressed and Applied Theater at CUNY and Creative Arts Team of New York. Tanae is currently pursuing her MA in Theater with an emphasis in Youth Education from California State University, San Bernardino and her secondary teaching credential from California Baptist University. When her schedule permits, she teaches classes at CAT Corona Theater.

This program is made possible by generous funding from the following organizations: