Founding member of Shakespeare and Co. Joins NEYT faculty

New England Youth Theatre is happy to welcome a new addition to its faculty. John Hadden joins an already impressive group of teachers and directors, bringing a life full of exciting experiences in the professional acting world, and a plethora of teaching experience – having held positions at universities as well as working with younger youths.
Hadden was a founding member and Associate Artistic Director at Shakespeare & Company, in Lennox, Massachusetts.  The Youth Theatre has had a relationship with this organization for years – attending plays, bringing company members up to Vermont to conduct workshops, and incorporating their voice coach, Keely Eastly into the NEYT faculty. With this group, Hadden acted, taught and directed for twenty years and founded the company's Summer Training Program.
NEYT is glad to add faculty who bring new talents and experience, as well as accolades: Taken, a film that Hadden directed and appeared in, was an award winner at the 2009 Boston International Film Festival. He also is a produced playwright, an experienced director, and a published author.
Hadden is currently directing a small group of NEYT’s younger students in a workshop version of You Can’t Take It With You, not for public performance, but for the students’ growth as actors. This spring he will be directing New England Youth Theatre’s production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, opening April 23.