Student Festivals
Première Scène | Theater Festival
Launched in 1999, the Lycée's annual competition of French theater welcomes over 400 students, ages 10-18, from schools across the U.S., Canada, France and beyond. This event is a yearly highlight for New York’s francophone community.
Métamorphose(s), from Ovide to Kafka
Friday, January 31 & Saturday, February 1 , 2025
Première Scène is a unique opportunity for students who already speak French or are learning the language to master lines and delve into the meaning of words and phrases in French language and culture.
Each year, participants create their own work or present excerpted work in plays of five minutes or less with a minimal decor. It's an exciting challenge and opportunity to meet and learn from new friends in French.
Every performance has one thing in common: a theme that changes every year.
For the 2025 performance, we have chosen… "Métamorphose(s)... from Ovide to Kafka"
Each year, participants create their own work or present excerpted work in plays of five minutes or less with a minimal decor. It's an exciting challenge and opportunity to meet and learn from new friends in French.
Every performance has one thing in common: a theme that changes every year.
For the 2025 performance, we have chosen… "Métamorphose(s)... from Ovide to Kafka"
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Watch Première Scène 2025 Live!
Participate
- Please email the festival organizers at nroussel@lfny.org
With the participation of...
- Académie Marie Claire, Canada*
- Bergenfield High School, US*
- Browning High School, US
- Collège Cousteau, France
- Collège de Montréal, Canada
- Collège Marie de France, Canada
- Dwight school, US
- Éducation Française à New York, US
- French American Academy, US
- French American School of New York, US
- Greenwich County Day School, US
- High Tech High School, US
- International Community Highschool, US
- International School of Boston, US
- Lycée Charles de Gaulle, Chili*
- Lycée Français de Chicago, US
- Lycée Français de Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia*
- Lycée Français de New York, US
- Lycée Frison-Roche, France*
- Nightingale Bamford School, US
- Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, US
- Regis High School, US
- International French School, Singapore*
- St Benoit de la Réunion, France*
- United Nation International School, US
Rules
- Each scene should not exceed a duration of 5 minutes.
- Accessories/props must be able to fit in a suitcase.
- Lighting cannot be changed.
- If you submit a video, keep it simple - it is the acting that should be emphasized by the cinematographic production.
- Film landscape format (.mov in 1920 x 1080).
- No graphic titles.
- Possibility of using royalty-free music.
For more information please contact fyvelin@lfny.org or prichard@lfny.org
Support for the festival is generously made possible by the Cadahemark Foundation.
Support for the festival is generously made possible by the Cadahemark Foundation.
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