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ArtsCentric

ArtsCentric is a color-conscious organization committed to reexamining traditional roles in the arts, advancing original stories of specific cultures, and fostering educational advancement to strengthen the community through the power of theatre.

About this Organization

ArtsCentric started with a dream in 2003, when the founders dreamed of creating more performance opportunities for young African-American artists like themselves. What began as a dream slowly morphed into an experiment: a core group of young artists armed with talent and fresh ideas, committed to producing and performing. ArtsCentric forged partnerships and relationships with Baltimore/D.C. area organizations which paved the way for what would become the fiber of ArtsCentric’s mission and model: providing entertainment that is color-conscious, community-oriented, educational and enriching. Today, ArtsCentric emerges as a 501(c)3 nonprofit theater company. We produce four to five innovative productions of traditional, contemporary and original musicals, plays, and concert works per season. In addition to our main stage productions, ArtsCentric holds two summer institutes for aspiring young artists, and offers arts training courses through ArtsCentric Academy's virtual and in-person classes. Ultimately, ArtsCentric strives to positively impact a broad and diverse audience base, and uphold high standards of quality entertainment, while using the arts to inform, change, and enhance lives, one audience at a time.

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ASI is a three-week intensive workshop during which students explore the techniques of musical theatre performance from the perspective of an actor, singer, and dancer. ASI employs both group and individual instruction to train the next generation of triple-threats. Our summer activities include dance classes, choreography and musical staging rehearsals, acting and song analysis classes, private song coaching, and a series of master classes on subjects related to the field. The institute culminates with a fullscale musical presentation complete with lights, set, sound, a band, and costumes.

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