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Treehouse Shakers prides itself on being one of the first companies for young people to pay its performers for rehearsals in NYC. When the company was founded in 1997, the majority of companies did not give compensation to performers.

As a non-profit company, it is not always easy to make our rehearsal payroll, especially in a fluctuating economy and a small administration staff. With this gift, you will help us continue to make award winning, and high-quality professional theater for young people, while also supporting the pay of a company member.

With this gift you are supporting 10 hours of rehearsal pay, for one company member, and will receive a tax-deduction letter.

Thank you for your support! 

 

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About Treehouse ShakersTreehouse Shakers, Inc., a non-profit dance and theater company, was co-founded in 1997. Treehouse Shakers has created and performed 20 original dance-plays for young audiences and adults in many established performance venues, including theaters, festivals, and schools across the nation. Treehouse Shakers has been awarded multiple awards, including a commission from Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase under the leadership of Executive Director, Seth Soloway. We have also received the CUNY Dance Initiative, Flushing Town Hall 2015-2022 Space Grant, selected artists for the New York State Presenters Network Roster, and were chosen to participate in the prestigious BAM Professional Development Program in association with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management for the 2014-2015 cycle. Treehouse Shakers created and performed the dance programming for the Television show, Alex & The Kaleidoscope, which won an Emmy. In 2019, in partnership with UOutlook and Star America Preschools, we began leading drama camps in Shanghai and Beijing, China. Since the pandemic, we have also increased our services specific to LGBTQIA+ youth, with our school programming, Branching OUT.

Currently, Treehouse Shakers has several original performances for young audiences on a rotating tour across the nation including: Let’s Talk About IT!, a piece for teens. Let’s Talk About IT! incorporates the vocabulary of dance, world folklore, real-life stories, and video interviews of everyday teens. Hatched, for the youngest viewers ages 0-6, is about baby animals and their life on the farm. Our newest piece is the dance-mystery, Under the Tangle, about an orphaned young girl who becomes trapped in an enchanted labyrinth, for ages 8 and up. Olive & Pearl is for the very young, ages 2-5, and follows the story of a young girl Olive and her grandmother. The Boy Who Grew Flowers, based on the book of the same name, is about diversity, empathy and celebrating individualism. Our awarded show for babies, Flutter, is for ages 6-18 months. The Deepest Breath, for ages 9-13, premiered in 2023, alongside The Littlest Cove, an immersive discovery play for ages 3-6. Our newest show for toddlers, Sail Away, will premiere in the spring of 2024. Pillow Fort, is our 9 part web-series for ages 3-7, and Dance Break is an interactive dance series for classrooms.

Since 2004 Treehouse Shakers has dedicated itself in providing subsidized tickets and residencies to underserved and low-income communities. We offer Title One schools tickets to the performances and have created strong relationships with organizations across NYC to reach these disadvantaged communities. Many of the students we serve not only live in poverty, but they have also never left their NYC neighborhood or experienced a live professional performance in a city that prides itself on being a cultural capital. Treehouse Shakers also offers Relaxed Performances in our New York City Seasons. These performances are part of our commitment to making our work accessible to all. Relaxed Performances are designed to welcome audience members who will benefit from a less restrictive audience environment, including (but not limited to) those with sensory processing conditions, Autism, and learning or intellectual disabilities. Everyone is invited to these performances. Children with the tools of imagination are more likely to imagine themselves into a better set of circumstances as adults.