Newtown Arts Company Annual Scholarship Program

Newtown Arts Company awards scholarships each spring to graduating high school seniors who are pursuing higher education in the performing or fine arts. To date, more than $75,000 in scholarships has been awarded to qualified students through an audition process.

Twenty-five percent of proceeds from shows and 100% of proceeds from other fundraising initiatives are dedicated to scholarships. Newtown Arts Company’s membership in the Newtown Community Foundation helps to assure that its mission of providing financial support for young artists will continue into the future.

Congratulations to the 2011 Scholarship Awardees

What Scholarships Mean to Young People

“…I would like to thank you so much for awarding me with the Newtown Arts Company Scholarship Award. I am so honored and grateful to you and the committee who selected me. This scholarship has gone, and will go, a long way for me and I will make sure to continue working, improving and doing everything I can to ensure that I am still worthy of it.”

— Elizabeth Schorr, Hartt School, University of Hartford

"I am honored to have received the Newtown Arts Company Scholarship towards my tuition at Stony Brook University. I'm excited about pursuing a career in the performing arts. Thank you for your support.”

— Molly W. Warren, Stoney Brook College NYU

"Thank you so much for renewing my scholarship for the 2011–2012 school year. This year I got a lead in our 'opera in a can' project and I'm going to pursue French to strengthen French opera which has become my main focus. Thank you!”

— Laura Maloney

How to Apply for a Scholarship

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a graduating high school senior who has applied to or has already been accepted by an institution of post-secondary education.  If your application is accepted, you will be scheduled for an audition before a selection committee.

Check back for details about our 2012 Scholarship Program.

Good luck!