SCORE! is a mentor-led devised theater intensive held every July for 2 weeks.

Students entering grades 7, 8 or 9 in the fall of 2025 are eligible to enroll.

It’s all yours. You create the story, write the script, play the parts, and stage the production.
It’s your story…we’ll help you tell it.

BASIC WORKSHOP DETAILS & SCHEDULE

2025 Program Date & Time: July 7-19, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. (Young artists are to bring bagged lunch daily. Water provided.)
Location: Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Grade Level: Students entering grades 7, 8 or 9 in the fall of 2025 are eligible to apply.
Registration Deadline: June 13, 2025
Registration Fee: $350 (A $50 deposit is due with the enrollment form. Click here for SCORE! payment information.)

NOTE: Enrollment is limited to only 22 students and spots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

What is the goal of SCORE!?

To provide an intense and rigorous creative experience in which young people will:

• Devise, create and produce an original presentation on the stage of the historic Embassy Theatre through a unique peer driven collaborative approach.
• Generate and harness the energy and discipline needed to create original pieces.
• Give life and voice to a story that has meaning in their own lives – devising is creating on your feet!
• Learn the multidisciplinary elements of the art form including play-writing, composition, movement, drama, music, visual arts and technical arts with the facilitation of industry professionals.
• Meet and collaborate with peers who have common interests.

Questions? education@fwembassytheatre.org.

Brought to you with support from:

Embassy Theatre Educational Programming is brought to you by PNC Foundation with additional support from the Howard P. Arnold Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation, Foellinger Foundation, Lincoln Financial Foundation and Dr. Louis and Anne B. Schneider Foundation and PNC Charitable Trusts.

Check out what happened during SCORE 2024

BAILY FRITZ

Baily Fritz is a Ball State University alum with degrees in Directing and Theatre Education. Currently a New York based director and producer, she has a passion for new works. Previous credits include her continuous work with The Larry Ray Show (Greenroom 42), Matterhorn (The Producers Club), One for the Road (NALPA), and Bully (Ball State University).

KATIE LAUCK

Katie Lauck is a teaching artist and writer from Leesburg, IN. A SCORE! alum herself, Lauck interned with the program for the past three summers before becoming the team’s newest mentor last year. A graduate of Denison University with degrees in creative writing and devised theatre, she is in Denver working as a theatre and English teacher as part of the AmeriCorps program ArtistYear. She is so grateful to the SCORE! program for introducing her to devised theatre and feels extremely privileged to continue sharing that gift with students today.

GABRIEL WALBURN

Gabriel (Gabey) Walburn has a BFA in theatre with a directing emphasis from Purdue Fort Wayne and an MFA in devised theatrical performance from Pig Iron Schools in affiliation with the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Gabey has taught at several schools, including Canterbury, and is a director, writer and actor in devised theater productions.

BEN WEDLER

Ben Wedler is a long time music director for many theatres and projects around Fort Wayne. He has music directed many shows at USF including Sister Act, Seussical, Catch me if you Can and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in collaboration with the Fort Wayne Youtheatre. He has music directed many musicals at Arena dinner Theatre over the past 17 years. He is on the board of directors at Arena Dinner Theatre.