The Shadowbox Live Studio 8 Arts Program is a free performing arts program for select Central Ohio high school students that allows them to work alongside experienced Shadowbox metaperformers to explore their artistic abilities on and off stage.

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The Arts Immersion Program (AIP) is a 10-day educational intensive that studies the life of the working artist. Students are enrolled in master classes in vocal, acting, dance, and music performance, and attend workshops in arts administration, marketing, and professionalism. The program culminates with the production and performance of a full-length sketch comedy and rock ‘n’ roll show.

Designed to teach resilience, perseverance, the mastery of fears, and the exchange of critical and constructive feedback, AIP gives aspiring artistic professionals an honest, humbling insight into what it truly takes to be a metaperformer.

Participating students will earn work-based learning credit for graduation through a program we’re piloting with Ohio Means Jobs called PortfoliOH. Shadowbox Live is the first in Ohio (and the nation) to provide this opportunity in the performing arts.

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This course applies the cumulative study of American Sign Language (ASL) to the process and purpose of live art. Through the execution of stage craft and character development, students are challenged to evolve from interpreter to performer and deepen the connection between art and audience.

The transformational power of arts education is not just applicable to the aspiring performing artist. To that end, we create internships and mentoring opportunities in administration, production, and audience services for high school and college students that enrich a myriad of career paths. Each opportunity is crafted on an individual basis to fit academic requirements of the student, and the organizational needs of the company.

We are currently not accepting internship applications. Please check back. 

For the advanced student who wishes to pursue a career in the performing arts, we offer the Educational Residency – an opportunity to join the cast and crew of one or more Shadowbox Live productions. Educational Residents must successfully complete two years of sessions of the Arts Immersion Program or one AIP session and another SBX Performance Academy program. The Educational Residency is as an invitation-only program, based on the recommendation of a Shadowbox Live Lead Teaching Artist.

The SBX Performance Academy works with schools and education providers on every level to create inventive, engaging programming that introduces students to the immediate impact of live art.

From student matinees and actor talkbacks, to design challenges and production centered coursework, Shadowbox Live creates partnerships that seek to enhance the power of imagination and preserve its critical role in the development of young minds and future leaders.