First Ever TEEN TAKEOVER Performance at CSC, Hosted by NextGen!

NextGen members get to see all of the shows at CSC each season, but their friends and peers haven't always had the same opportunity. So NextGen members worked with the staff at CSC to create a new event: Teen Takeover Performances! 

NextGen members pose on the set of A MAN'S A MAN
following the Teen Takeover Performance.

One Sunday matinee (afternoon) performance of each of CSC's main stage shows this year will have $10 tickets set aside for students ages 13-19. These performances are hosted by NextGen members, who work as box office assistants, passing out tickets; ushers and greeters, welcoming and helping to seat ticket holders; and discussion leaders, planing and facilitating a post-show talkback with the artists for the teens in attendance. 

Our first Teen Takeover performance of the season was Brecht's A MAN'S A MAN, on Sunday January 19 at 3pm. It was a huge success! Members had a blast and their guests enjoyed the performance and talkback, where they were joined by actors Justin Vivian Bond (Widow Begbick), Jason Babinsky (Polly Baker), Allan K. Washington (Ensemble), Ching Valdes-Aran (Mr. Wang), and Christopher Murrah, the assistant director. 

Ballot boxes created by NextGen members for the
Teen Takeover audience to vote for their favorite
theatrical element in A MAN'S A MAN.

Attendees asked questions of the cast such and of each other, with an exit pole designed by NextGen members to find out which theatrical element was the most impressive: acting, lighting, set design, music, or costumes. Here are the results!

1st place: SET! "My favorite is stage design. It becomes a character itself."

2nd place: LIGHTING! "The effects were great! It kept me on my toes the whole time.”

3rd place: ACTING! “The acting was 10 out of 10.”

4th place: MUSIC! "The music and singing was very engaging."

5th place: COSTUMES! "I love the clothes inspired by Indian culture." 

Bummed that you missed our first Teen Takeover performance? Never fear: our next Teen Takeover performance (David Ives' THE HEIR APPARENT) is happening on Sunday, April 6 at 3pm. We can't wait to see you there!