2008 Fall Class Schedule

The following is a list of our Fall classes.  All classes run for 8 weeks beginning the week of September 8th unless otherwise noted. Download a copy of the Fall Classes brochure by clicking on the blue letters below.

Foundations

Drama and Dress-Up

Ages 5-7

 Thursdays, 4 – 5.  $125  Julianne Kaplan and Tyler Hatton-Bullock

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

Ages 8-10 / Ages 11-12

Mondays, 3:30 – 4:30.   8-10 year olds. Daniel Burmester.  $125 
Tuesdays, 3:30 – 4:30.  11 & 12 year olds. Kali Quinn.  $125

Students will be introduced to the foundations of acting: voice, physical presence, listening, problem solving, working together, self-expression, observation and creative thinking.

Teen Acting Skills 

 Ages 13 and up Tuesdays, 5 – 6:30.  Kali Quinn.  $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 and Advanced

Fun with Shakespeare: an Introduction.

 Ages 11-14
(younger possible with teacher permission).
Mondays, 4 – 5:30. Peter Gould.  $150

This will be a challenging, high-energy introduction to some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, his poetic style, his language and rhythm and humor. We’ll learn how to get physical with his words, and how to communicate the content to really help the audience understand. Basic NEYT acting concepts such as premise, focus, discovery, framing, escalation, pay-off will also be explored.
Playwriting is Play  Ages 12-15
Fridays, 4 – 5:30. 
Bob Jude Ferrante.  $125
This will be an introduction to creating, building, and
completing 10-minute “short form” plays.  Learn capture, theme, dialogue, structure and comedy. The class will
culminate in a reading with NEYT actors.

Scenes from Shaw’s Saint Joan 

 Ages 13-19
Mondays, 4:45 – 6:45.  Adam Woolley.  $175
This will be an intense scene study class that will culminate in a  low-tech showcase of the work for our NEYT family.

Advanced Shakespeare 

 Ages 14-19
(Teacher permission only)
Students must have completed 2 intermediate level acting classes as well as a Shakespeare camp; waived only by teacher permission.
Thursdays, 3:30 – 6:00.
Keely Eastley & Stephen Stearns.  $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.

Home School

Building Theatre from the Inside Out

Ages 10-13 (or with teacher permission). Class begins Sept. 19th.
Fridays, 1 – 3.    Julianne Kaplan.  $150

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 Courses

Play reading for Adults

Fridays, 10 – 12 am.  Rebecca Waxman.  $125

Gather weekly with other adults to read aloud and discuss great plays. This semester will explore many recent prize winners.

Adult Acting

Thursdays 6:15 – 8:15 pm.   Keely Eastley.  $175

“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.

Theatre Adventure Program (TAP)

Theatre Adventure Program 

Ages 7 to adult
Three Weekly Classes:
Wednesdays, 9:30 – 11:30 am. Sept 10-Nov 19.
Wednesdays, 3:45 – 5:30 pm. Sept 10-Nov 19.
Thursdays, 9:30 – 11:30 am for adults. Sept 4-Nov 6.
Laura Lawson Tucker and Darlene Jenson
$200  ($12/snack fee)

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 November 12 at 4:00 pm. The Thursday class is for adults and will present a cabaret on November 6 at 10:30 am.  These cabarets will showcase the students’ work from the semester. For more information, call Laura Lawson Tucker at 257-7024