Connecticut
COLCHESTER:
The Colchester Community Theatre (CCT) announces its
Children's Summer Theater Workshop, July 13 through July 24.
Auditions will be held Tuesday, June 9,
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 13, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., at the
St. Andrew Church Hall, 128 Norwich Avenue, Colchester. The workshop is
open to all children entering grade 2 through grade 12 in the fall.
Every child must audition to attend the program. There are NO
exceptions. Please note that the auditions are used only for determining
placement within the program, not for determining if a child is eligible
to enter the program. The program is limited to 100 children. In the
event that more than 100 children audition, a lottery will be held to
determine which 100 children get into the program. Each child is to
bring sheet music or an instrumental recording and be prepared to sing.
An accompanist will be provided. The workshop will be held at Bacon
Academy Auditorium, July 13 through July 24, Monday through Friday,
9am-Noon, culminating in a show on July 25 at 2:00 p.m. The program fee
is $90 per child (additional $15 for non-residents – waived for CCT
members), payable at auditions. Enrollment and health forms will be
completed by parents and/or guardians at auditions as well. The actual
musical for the workshop has not been selected to date. CCT is currently
researching suitable material. For any additional information,
please contact Wallis Johnson 267-1023 or Laura Brown 537-3259.
Maine
GARDINER:
The popular Summer Shenanigans Visual and
Performing Arts Day Camp held at Johnson Hall, 280 Water
Street, Gardiner, is a well-known favorite of talented youngsters. They
use their creativity to write a play, build sets, make props, and
perform an original piece. Campers decide what character they want to be
and then create a play and all the artwork for backdrops and costumes.
This creative process results in a production on the last day of camp.
The camp offers five sessions, for different age groups, based on the
grade they will be entering in fall 2008. Session II,
July 6-10, for kids entering grades 2-4; Session III,
July 13-17, for grades 3-5; and Session IV,
July 20-24 for grades 5-8. New for 2009 is a teen session:
July 27-31, from 1-4pm, for teens entering grades 9-12.
For many years, people have asked for a session for kids who have
"graduated" from Shenanigans. Johnson Hall is happy to kick off a new
teen session, which will continue the development of Upstage Youth
Company, offering teens a chance to create their own play in their own
voices, and learn more tech and production skills as well. Tuition is
$110 for half-day sessions and $195 for full-day, which includes art
materials and a snack each day. Shenanigans and Upstage Youth Company
are staffed by theater and art professionals who return each year to
provide a fun and creative experience for youngsters. Iona McCabe is
Theater Director for Session I. Iona has studied theater and dance in
New York City and at USM. She spent a year touring and directing with
the Missoula Children's Theater. She co-directs the Olios of Cony's
Chizzle Wizzle, and has been directing Shenanigans since 1998. Kathleen
Nation is Theater Director for all other sessions. Kathleen trained at
USM, Roehampton Institute in London, New Playwright's Theater in Denver
and Orange Coast College in California. She has directed both Winter and
Summer Shenanigans for several years. Kathleen is the drama coach for
Monmouth Middle School, and directs the Olios of Cony's Chizzle Wizzle.
Assistant Director Coleman Nation is a veteran of Shenanigans and local
theater productions. Johnson Hall is seeking a new Art Director, as Yana
Suponitskaya is entering a graduate program and will not be available.
Space is limited, and many weeks fill very quickly. Registration
brochures are distributed through many area schools, mailed, and are
available at Johnson Hall, Gardiner Public Library, Gardiner City Hall
and the Greater Gardiner Boys & Girls Club. Scholarships (50%) are
available, funded by a grant from Bank of America. For more information,
contact Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center at (207) 582-7144 or email
info@johnsonhall.org or
johnsonhall@verizon.net.
Visit Johnson Hall's website at
www.johnsonhall.org
HARRISON: Student Acting Workshops -
A weeklong opportunity for young aspiring thespians to explore the
fundamentals of acting, stage techniques, and the many aspects of
theatre under the direction Chris Torn, a professional acting coach from
the Deertrees Theatre Festival. July 27 – 31: ages
12-18 & August 3 – 7: ages 8-12.
www.deertreestheatre.org
for info.
LITCHFIELD: The Theatre Arts Day Camp
which is held each summer in Litchfield and offered by
qualified, trained instructors in the visual and performing arts, is now
accepting applications for their 2009 season. The camp this year will
offer two 1-week sessions. Session One will run from August 3 to
August 7 for children ages 7 through 11, and will offer
activities in introductory acting techniques, basic movement and voice
control, beginner stage make-up, as well as elementary production
design. Session Two will run from August 10 to August 14
for children ages 12 through 16, and will offer advanced acting
techniques, improvisation, advanced stage make-up and special effects,
and general stagecraft. Enrollment in each session is limited to 20
participants and each session will have a culminating performance on the
final Friday evening. The fee of $175.00 includes course instruction and
materials, personal make-up kit, tickets to a professional performance,
guest artists, and daily healthy snacks. For more information or an
application form, you can call Lucy Rioux at (207) 582-5717 or email at
lucyrioux@gmail.com or Cindy
Turcotte at (207) 837-5149, email at
cturcotte25@hotmail.com.
WESTBROOK:
The 1st Annual MASTER
CLASS -
This class is NOT for Masters of Staged Combat...
the class is for people who teach and/or direct theatre at the High
School, University, Community or Professional Theatre levels.
Certified, Award Winning, Fight Director Mark Bedell will not only teach
you many useful, SAFE and effective forms of staged combat, but he will
also teach you how to teach staged combat to your students/cast. Please
click
HERE
for more details on the class.
30 Hours of instruction!
July 6th through July
10th 2009 @ ACORN
STUDIOS,
90 Bridge St., Westbrook, ME, 9:00 am to
3:00 pm. Class requires a minimum of 10 students (limited to no
more than 18). Depending on your "teacher plan" you can apply for
CONTACT HOURS. We are working on being able to offer CEUs for teacher
credit.
Click here for details on the class.
Register SOON by e-mail or
phone!!! Mark Bedell,
Maine Academy of Staged
Combat,
mark@Fight-Director.org;
207-284-4063;
818-800-1701
WESTBROOK: DANCE-FU - Dance Choreographer Jaclyn
Bedell and Fight Director Mark Bedell combine their arts into one
Fun-Filled 25 hour workshop! Empowering, Aerobic, Artistic!
August 10th-14th, 9:00am to 2:00pm @ Acorn Studios.
For ages 13 and up! Only $150. Dance while you Fight...
Fight while you Dance! For more info
visit:
www.maineacademyofstagedcombat.org/staff.html or
www.travelingchildrenstheatre.com/our_staff.htm. Ride Hard,
Fall Soft, Fight Safe! Maine Academy of Staged Combat -
mark@Fight-Director.org;
207-284-4063Massachusetts
Massachusetts
ANDOVER: ACT
Andover High School Musical. Register by 4/1 &
save $50 a week. July 13th - August 7th - Monday -
Friday 8- 2 @ Andover Center for Performing Arts, 16 Haverhill Street,
Andover, MA 01810. Seeking Young Adults ages 12-16 (some
flexibility for mature younger kids. No one under 10) Cost: $300
per week*. Space is limited. Register with first payment by April 15th.
Included is a full staff of professional drama, dance, and music
professionals. Workshops will focus on basic acting & stage movement,
scene & character development, stage craft, costuming, and dance.
Snacks, water and juice provided. Participants should bring a bag lunch.
For more information and a sign up packet please email Heather
Campanella at hjcamp@comcast.net
or
charlesgracy@actandover.com. A few scholarships will be
offered for students who show a financial need.
NEW!!
BOSTON: Are you between the ages of 10 and 13? Want to improve
your musical theatre abilities and have a blast in the musical
experience of the summer? Citi Performing Arts Center is now accepting
Registration Forms for its summer Celebrate Musical Theatre:
Sing Out Loud Workshops - July 7-July 31. Workshops will
take place in three featured Boston neighborhoods: East Boston , North
End and South End. You do not need to live in one of those communities
to join. All levels of experience are welcome – just a willingness to
try all musical theatre disciplines: singing, dancing, and acting. All
participants will perform in a final culminating event. Please contact
Anthony Victoria at
avictoria@citicenter.org or call 617-532-1221 for more information.
www.MySpace.com/CitiCenterEducation
NEW!!
BOSTON: Acting with the Alexander Technique: A NEW
Master Class with Betsy Polatin and Judy Braha Alexander
Technique has long been regarded as an integral part of acting training.
The change in thinking and physical shifts are ideal for freeing the
actor's impulses, imagination, voice and body onstage. This
enhanced awareness enables the actor to bring themselves to the
character in the present moment. Teaching AT and Acting
training in the same studio allows the actor to combine both skills and
to illuminate a new freedom and path to creativity.
Now, this dynamic duo is beginning to offer team-taught master classes
to the professional theater community, using the forum of scene and/or
monologue work to introduce a model of duel-consciousness.
Students can hope to address any number of key challenges including:
*performance anxiety; *feeling stuck in your process as an actor;
*perceived physical or vocal limitations; *difficulties connecting self
with imagination, character and text; *lack of freedom on stage;
*bringing your impulses to the moment to moment work of the actor.
Prerequisites: professional actors only please. Monday,
August 10th and Monday, September 14th. Time:
6-10 pm @ Boston University School of Theater 808 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA (BU West T stop). Cost: $100.
Click Here to sign up for August 10th at 6PM.
Limit # of students: 10.
Click Here to sign up for September 14th at 6PM. Limit
# of students: 10. Want to Audit this class? We can
also accommodate 10 students to audit each class for a fee of $60.
Auditors will get to participate in group work, but not individual work.
You will be able to observe the instructors and students as they do
their one-on-one work.
Click Here to sign up for August 10th at 6PM to Audit.
Click Here to sign up for September 14th at 6PM to Audit. Come
prepared with a monologue or scene (with your partner), off book and
rehearsed, please! Please wear movement clothes.
STOCKBRIDGE: Berkshire Theatre Festival is proud to announce
BTF PLAYS! Summertime Classes, theatre
education classes that will meet during the summer vacation.
Administered by BTF PLAYS!, Berkshire Theatre Festival’s Year-Round
Education Program, BTF PLAYS! Summertime classes will meet Monday
through Friday from 9:00am to Noon on the campus of BTF in Stockbridge,
MA. There are three sessions of classes for different age groups:
Session One meets July 13-17, 2009 for ages 7-9,
Session Two meets July 20-24, 2009 for ages 10-12, and
Session Three meets August 3-7, 2009 for ages 11-14. The cost is $180
per session. Students in the program will focus on storytelling,
improvisation games, movement, ensemble building exercised, and
performance. The goal of the program is to increase student confidence
and creativity while providing basic knowledge in the theatrical arts
and narrative storytelling. No previous theatrical training is required.
Registration for the class is required and space is limited. Contact
Allison Rachele Bayles, Administrative Director of Education, at
413-298-5536 ext. 19 or
asr@berkshiretheatre.org for registration information or with
questions about the program.
WESTON: Spotlight Summer Theater Workshop
- A 3 week summer theater workshop where participants will be given
instruction and training in the areas of singing, acting, dancing,
film/television acting, auditioning, technical theater, and more.
At the end of the session there will be a fully staged musical open to
family, friends, and the public! (Auditions for the musical will
be held on the second or third day of the program. EVERYONE will be
cast!) Ages 8-17, Monday-Friday (9am-4pm). St. Julia Parish
Center, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493. SESSION 2:
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 -- July 27th - August 14th 2009.
Tuition: $699 per session with the mention of this listing. (Sibling
discounts available also) ***MANY SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE***
E-mail for details. E-mail:
spotlight08@yahoo.com; Visit us at
www.spot-light.org
New Hampshire
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Vermont
BURLINGTON: The Flynn Center hosts a program of
year-round performing arts
classes for adults,
young adults, and
children. Since
its inception, the FlynnArts program has been committed to offering performing arts
classes for the whole community, from the curious beginner to the proficient performer. We
invite you to explore a new area of interest or develop an existing skill. Our teaching
artists have extensive experience both as artists and as educators. All are committed to
the FlynnArts mission of fostering the creative spirit in students of all ages and
backgrounds, igniting a curiosity about the artistic process, and helping students claim
the arts as an integral part of their lives. If you have questions about class selection
or placement, we are always happy to help. Please call or email Paulina Anderson at 802-652-4548
