The Teen Leadership Council is a school-year youth employment program that will hire up to 18 Teen Leaders, ages 14-18, specializing in one area of the performing arts - dance, music, or acting - using the arts for social change in their communities. Teen Leaders will collaborate to create an original Final Showcase performance as well as interactive workshops on a social justice topic. Teen Leaders will deepen their job readiness skills, practice facilitating groups while engaging community members in meaningful dialogue; and operate as agents of change in their communities.
Previous performing arts experience is NOT necessary! Prior preparation is NOT required for interviews.
Eligibility requirements:
- You must be between 14 and 18 years old in high school.
- All applicants are required to live in the city of Boston in order to participate.
- All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
Please fill out the following application to complete your interview sign-up. We will then send you an email confirming your interview time slot:
Interview Process:
All applicants must complete an in person interview with Boch Center Education staff (Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street); we will ask your goals for joining the program, interest in the arts and social justice, and your availability for our program schedule. Interviews will be scheduled in 30 minute slots. An Education staff member will contact you to confirm your interview once your application is completed.
Interview Dates:
Tuesday September 22nd
Tuesday September 29th
Tuesday October 6th
** interview times are scheduled every half hour between 4pm and 6pm.
** if you cannot attend any of these interview dates, please email Javiera Lagunas-Alvarez at jlagunas@bochcenter.org.
Callback:
All candidates will be required to attend a second interview part, which will be an in-person interactive workshop with warm-up games/activities, social justice/current event conversations, and artistic creation on a social justice topic. We will give you all the details about the callback session at your first one-on-one interview. These will be on Thursday October 8th or Thursday October 22nd @4pm-6pm at the Shubert Theatre.
All applicants will be evaluated on the following: collaboration, creative risk-taking, artistic aptitude, content engagement, and facilitation/public presentation.
Please complete this application and we will confirm your interview date and time through email with all the necessary information.