An Acting Class for Ages 13-17

Fall Session:

Saturdays, 3pm-5pm

September 28 - November 16

Class Description:

This class forms an ensemble for teen actors with weekly classes designed to enhance skills for performance and collaboration.

Each 8-week module creates a unique experience, in which students explore audition techniques, contemporary scene study, and monologues. Specialty classes will focus on subjects including Shakespeare, clowning, stage combat, set design, acting for the camera, and musical theatre performance. There is a combination of group work and individual instruction as teachers work generously with each student. Actors are assigned material and spend time preparing outside of class.

Additionally, students are invited to participate in special events, including group trips to see professional theater productions. There is an invited showcase for friends and family at the of each session giving students the opportunity to share their work.

Our Teen Ensemble class is instructed by Co-Artistic Directors, Matthew Bretschneider and Anna Basile with additional instruction from guest artists. Students of all abilities and levels of experience are encouraged to join.

Curriculum Includes:

• Voice, movement, & physical acting

• Working with a scene partner

• Performing a monologue

• Musical theatre performance

• Introduction to specialty training, including stage combat, clowning, devised theater, and set design

• Opportunities to participate in events, including groups trips to see professional theater productions

• Skills for audition techniques and ensemble collaboration