Yellow Taxi Productions is offering classes in downtown Nashua to advance the adult performer's resume and repertoire. 

• "Improv Comedy," runs two consecutive Sundays on July 13^th and 20^th from 7-8:30pm at $50. Improvisational theatre also known as improv is a form of theatre in which the actors typically use audience suggestions to guide the performance as they create dialogue, setting, and plot extemporaneously.
• "Commedia dell'Arte" is one night only on Monday, July 21^st from 7-9pm for $20.  Commedia dell'Arte is more familiar than it sounds – as the prototype for our modern sitcom. Commedia dell'Arte featured stock characters, some of whom wore distinctive masks.

Workshops are taught by James Phillips, who was the founder and director Capitol City Improv for seven years and directed The Drawer Boy and Six Nights in the Black Belt for YTP, both which earned him Best Director Nominations at the NH Theatre Awards. Currently he is visiting faculty at Wabash College in Indiana and is directing The Beard of Avon for YTP this summer. 

To register: call 603-791-4558 or  email .

Yellow Taxi Productions will begin free monthly lunchtime lectures and performances at their office in downtown Nashua on Thursdays in July and August. Programs start at 12:10 and last for forty minutes.  

• July 24^th with a discussion on “What Makes Something Funny?” coupled with a performance of a scene from Neil Simon’s play Broadway Bound.  Lecture led by "The Beard of Avon" director James Phillips
• August 14^th with a lecture on “Playwriting Basics” and a performance of the ten-minute play Playwriting 101: The Rooftop Lesson. Lecture led by YTP Playwright-in-Residence Lowell Williams.

Yellow Taxi Productions

Summer Camps 2008

Partnering with Nashua Parks & Recreation

All Camps held at Nashua High School South 

Comedy Workshop (1 Week- July 14-18, ages 10-13)  What makes something funny? Students will learn pratfalls, improv games, and how to embody comedia dell’arte’s stock characters like Harlequin. This fast paced and fun theatre workshop is perfect for kids who like to make others laugh. Taught by James Phillips who has a MA in Theatre Education from Emerson and a MFA in Directing from Catholic University. He was the instructor of the comedy camp during the summer of 2005, a two-time Best Director nominee for NH Theatre Awards and is currently theater faculty at Wabash College in Indiana. Assistant instructor will be Plymouth State University theatre student Eric St. Cyr. 

From the Page to the Stage (2 Weeks - July 21-August 1, ages 10-13)  Discover the transformation from narrative to drama in this theater camp where the students will write, act and direct short pieces from their favorite books.  This camp will culminate in a revue of works created by the campers. Taught by Leah Belanger who has a BA from Keene State College in Acting and Directing and has taught at the Acting Loft and for the 21st Century Program in Manchester. Assistant instructor will be Plymouth State University theatre student Eric St. Cyr. 

Discovery Theatre (1 Week - August 4-8, ages 6-9)  SOLD OUT! Look for information about our fall classes for this age group in July.

Scanning Shakespeare (3 Weeks – July 28-Aug 15, ages 12-16) Using William Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, campers will learn about Elizabethan theatre, how to scan the poetry, get their tongues around the language and create characters culminating in a performance of the script. Taught by Yellow Taxi Productions’ Artistic Director Suzanne Delle who ran the Macbeth and Midsummer Nights’ Dream camps in past summers. Suzanne has a MFA in Directing from Catholic University and currently teaches at Northeastern University and UMass Lowell. Assistant Instructor will be Annie Drewello a music and theatre student at UMass Lowell.

All instructors and assistants are certified in CPR and First Aid. Snacks and lunches must be provided by the camper. Pick up and drop off are from 8:30AM to 3:30PM.