Traveling Players Ensemble provides professional-level theatre training structured in a way that simultaneously creates community and builds life skills for theatre students in grades 1-12.
We specialize in innovative actor training with substantial contact hours, often leading to transformative growth in our students.
Our mission is to create theatre with children and teens to enhance their self-expression, self-reliance, and empathy while building an inclusive, multiyear arts community. Our goal is to provide an outstanding theatre experience for students that will contribute to their maturity and cultivate a lifelong love of both theatre and the outdoors while meeting rigorous artistic and educational standards.
Each year that our daughter has attended a Traveling Players program (3 summers and 2 winters), I have been so impressed not only by the wonderful and professional nature of the programs, but by the genuine camaraderie developed between the cast and the directors. No other program or experience has been more challenging or meaningful for my daughter.
A transformative experience! My son and daughter have attended Traveling Players camps and classes for many years. It is the most important activity in both of their lives. The instruction in classical theatre is incomparable. The outdoor skills and experiences are phenomenal. And the friendships and close, supportive community of kids are priceless. Go!
“Traveling Players makes art accessible. Their commitment to touring takes theatre out of the downtown corridor, with its regular subscribers and often prohibitive tickets, and brings performance to new and diverse audiences…Many arts organizations operate by asking what the community can do for them, but the Traveling Players succeed because they ask what they can do with their community.”
“I am certain that Traveling Players has unlocked the actor that I am today and laid the foundation for the actor I will one day become. I am not sure if Traveling Players changed who I am, or if it just showed me what I am capable of. I have immense respect for the environment, the artistic process, and the courageous dedication it takes to follow one’s dream and passion.”
“The combination of skills and imagination comes through and puts her in a different class when it comes to acting. She sees things that most other young actresses don’t see, and she demands a lot from herself and her co-actors because of the level of professionalism that she experienced with you. But most of all, she loves theater because you made theater fun, optimistic, friendly, and exciting.”
