Director’s Notes Friday, Jan 11, 2019
Welcome back from break! I hope everyone had a good week. We had a pretty exciting week here at NESA! Our new VA teacher, Jessica Gonzales, started this week. If you see her, welcome her! We also had an instrumental music concert that was wonderful! It had something for everyone! We got some new computers for the cinema lab, today was our winter audition deadline, and We Will Rock You rehearsals have started!… We hit the ground running!
NESA pARTners meeting Tuesday, Jan 15th at 7pm.
Tickets for We Will Rock You go on sale January 14th. <- click for the link!
RENT! Education Night at The Public
Students are invited to attend a special performance of RENT at The Public Theater as part of Community Education Night Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 7:00pm. Tickets are still available at no cost for students. Please visit the link below for more information on how to reserve tickets.
http://www.thepublicsa.org/education-events
Scholarship opportunity for Seniors
The Public Theater is offering scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors who will be majoring in theater arts related studies, including technical theater. 2019SalekScholarshipAnnouncementFlyer-1m3ewt6
Witte Museum Youth Summit- What is Seeing?
For students in grade 10-12 the Witte is hosting a one day interactive multimedia summit on compassion, perception and visual impairment. Feb. 13th 9am-3pm. 
New performance opportunity: Teen Takeover at the McNay
The McNay’s first Teen Takeover event is an Open Mic Theatre Night planned for February 7, 2019 at 6:30 pm. They are looking for students who would like to participate. The students have the opportunity to perform a maximum 10 minute comedy sketch. The skit can be impromptu or scripted, well-known or self-created. This is an excellent opportunity for a few students to showcase their abilities for a crowd, as Thursday nights are the McNay’s busiest! If you are interested contact Elizabeth Mueller. Email: emueller@student.uiwtx.edu Phone: (210) 289-8531
Enjoy your weekend! We will see you next week!
Yours in service,
Sarah Pagona, Director of the North East School of the Arts