WINTER CLASSES
JAN 19 – MARCH 20
Financial aid deadline= January 10
All registrations are subject to faculty review.
(For enrollment information click on the downloadable PDF of the class schedule at the bottom of the page)
FUNDAMENTALS
Drama and Dress Up: Ages 5 – 7
Julianne Kaplan and Tyler Hatton Bullock
Thursdays, 4 – 5 $125
A rack of wild clothes, a box of silly props and dramatic exploration each week to use as a springboard for imaginative and supported creative play for youngsters.
Acting Skills 1: Ages 8 – 10
Kali Quinn
Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:30 $125
Students will grasp the foundations of acting: voice, physical presence, listening, problem solving, working together, self-expression, observation and creative thinking.
Acting Skills 2: Ages 11 -13
Kali Quinn
Wednesdays, 5 – 6:30 $150
In this class, students will delve into acting through exercises that spark their creativity, along with expanding their ability to express themselves, improvise and start scene work.
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
X-factor ACTING! Ages 11 – 14
Adam Woolley
Thursdays, 3:30 – 5 $150
X-factor Acting is a special class targeted towards actors who are looking to break out of their shells! We will work mostly on versatility, how to take direction, freeing our expressive instruments and FOCUS. This class will take you a little beyond your comfort zone, and teach you that "not knowing" what happens next is actually a good thing. We'll work on comedy AND drama, preparing any young actor for deeper responsibility in any kind of performance, and we will do it all through physical game playing and improv work!
Intense Scene Study: Ages 13 – 19
Adam Woolley
Thursdays, 5:15 – 7:15 $200
In this class everyone will get to work on lead roles in a classroom setting, preparing and deepening their instrument. Rather then focusing on a single play, this class will incorporate spatial awareness and emotional accessibility exercises with intense one-on-one scene work, using scenes drawn from contemporary dramatic and comedic plays. Not only will this class sharpen the skills of any young actor, but it will expose students to contemporary plays and solid acting techniques useful to a more nuanced performance style.
Shakespeare Monologues: Ages 11 and up
Rebecca Waxman
Tuesday, 3:30 – 5:00 $150
This is a class for students who may have a basic familiarity with Shakespeare but have not yet delved deeply into the Bard’s plays. Everyone in the class will be assigned an individually chosen monologue to explore for meaning, rhythm, physicality, variety and personal connection. Both comic and dramatic pieces will be used and students will end up with a specially selected and richly prepared piece to use for auditions.
Advanced Shakespeare 2: Ages 14 – 19
(Students must have completed 2 intermediate level acting classes as well as a Shakespeare camp; waived only by teacher permission.)BEGINS JAN 27TH.
Keely Eastley & Stephen Stearns
Tuesdays, 3:30 – 6:00 $200
The use of the First Folio will be included in our experiential exploration of Shakespeare’s use of language, imagery and verse structure as well as voice and rehearsal processes that emphasize visceral connection to language, other actors and self. Some of the text explored will be from next summer's Shakespeare production of As You Like It.
Class is by audition and limited to 8 people.
TAP
Theatre Adventure Program: Ages 7 to adult
Laura Lawson Tucker
Darlene Jenson
Three Weekly Classes:
Wed, 9:30 -11:30 am. Jan 28 – May 6. Rose Room. $250
Wed, 3:45 -5:30 pm Jan 28 – May 6. Rose Room. $250
Thurs, 9:30 – 11:30 am for adults. Jan 8 – April 9. Rose Room. $250
Theatre Adventure Program is for students of mixed abilities. During the fall semester the focus will be on improvisation, character exploration, pantomime, percussion instruments, singing, and costuming in preparation for a cabaret. Wednesday classes are for children and youth and will culminate in a cabaret presented on April 2 at 10:30 am. The Thursday class is for adults and will present a cabaret on April 29 at 4:00 pm. These cabarets will showcase the students' work from the semester.
For more information call Laura Lawson Tucker at 257-7024 or Michelle at 246.NEYT
HOME SCHOOL OFFERING
Building Theatre from the Inside Out: Ages 10 – 13 (or with teacher permission)
Julianne Kaplan
Fridays, 1 – 3 $150
Class runs Jan. 30 – March 20 with a presentation March 21st at 5:00.
This class offers students a creative outlet to build theater pieces of many different forms, with an emphasis on listening to each student’s voice. Beginning with exploratory theatre games, we will weave individual ideas into a final collaborative piece.
ADULT CLASSES – 10 WEEK SESSION
Playreading for Adults
Rebecca Waxman
Fridays, 10 – 12 $150
Do you enjoy catching up on the latest prize winning plays? Do you relish returning to your favorite classics for another look? Have you discovered how hearing the characters’ voices read aloud and how sharing observations with others can magnify your appreciation for a script exponentially?
Join us in our weekly gathering as we read and discuss great plays.
Adult Acting
Keely Eastley
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 pm $200
“Acting, like carpentry, is a craft with a definite set of skills and tools: a voice that can reveal; a strong, supple and expressive body; imagination and a child-like spirit in order to inhabit the world of the play; intellect to analyze the text; the ability to focus your thoughts and senses as well as the bravery to throw yourself into the action of the play despite fear of failure and self-consciousness...the actor bringing not some ‘magnificent performance’ to the stage, but his/her own simple human values and the actions to which they drive him/her.” *(adapted from A Practical Handbook For The Actor)
Come with your passions, your aliveness, your heart as well as your intelligence as we explore and illuminate text, language and the humanity of theatre.
Open to all levels of experience.
Please come to the first class with a prepared monologue learned by heart.
For enrollment information and to download a PDF copy of the Winter Class brochure click below.