Acting for the Stage
Introduction to Acting
Acting I
High School Acting
Advanced Acting I
Advanced Acting II
Scene Study: High School (previous acting exp. required)
Stage Combat: Acting the Stage Fight
Advanced Stage Combat
New students should enroll by age, unless audition is required. All acting classes explore the basic techniques of becoming an actor: improvisation, character development, and scene work.
Imagination Express| Ages: 5 - 7 |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 10:00 am |
| Instructor: Lauren Carr |
| Description: The purpose of this first acting experience is to stretch the imagination and creativity in performance. This class is designed to be fun and exciting for each child, giving them a chance to expand on stories, experiences and characters, while implementing the fundamentals of acting. |
Introduction to Acting
| Ages: 8–10 |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday, 9:00 am or 11:00 am |
| Instructor: Lauren Carr |
| Description: The purpose of this class is to stretch the imagination and creativity in performance. This class is designed to be fun and exciting for each child, giving them a chance to expand on stories, experiences, and characters, while implementing the fundamentals of acting. |
Acting I
| Ages: 11 - 14 |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 9:00 am |
| Description: Acting I is designed to help the young student begin the transition in thinking and technique from the games-oriented pretend based instruction of earlier classes to the foundation techniques of true acting. This is accomplished through instruction in correct improvisation technique from its most basic form to the more constructed rule-based form used to create improvised scenes. |
High School Acting
| Ages: 5 - 7 |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 10:00 am |
| Instructor: Lauren Carr |
| Description: This class for different levels of high school students includes a diversity of improvisational, physical and text based exercises using neutral dialogue and non-dramatic text as a starting point. |
Advanced Acting I
| Ages: 11 and up (audition required) |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 11:00 am |
| Description: Advanced Acting classes are designed to continue developing the skills learned in earlier acting classes while introducing new higher level concepts. This is accomplished by using advanced improvisation techniques to understand character interaction in scenes. Concepts such as character interaction, focus, point of view, passing focus, scene dynamics, and energy will be introduced and explored throughout the year as we move into scripted scenes. |
Advanced Acting II
| Ages: 11 and up (audition required) |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 10:00 am & 12:00 pm |
| Description: Same above description for Advanced Acting I. |
Scene Study: High School (previous acting exp. required)
| Ages: High School Students |
| Cost: $225 |
| Time: Saturday 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Instructor: Bob Allen |
| Description: Scene Study is designed to allow students to continue developing their acting skills individually while working in a scene group setting. The students in this class have a wide range of skill levels which allows them in this “learn by doing” situations, to learn not only from the instructor but also from each other. The students will work with scenes from classical and contemporary works. Memorization is required. Concepts such as scene structure, scene dynamics, character interaction, focus, scene arc, whose scene is it and why will be studied throughout the year as we work with scripted scenes. |
Stage Combat: Acting the Stage Fight
| Ages: 14 - Adult |
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 10:00 am |
| Description: Founded upon the safety techniques developed by the Society of American Fight Directors, Acting the Stage Fight teaches students how to become safe Actor/Combatants capable of creating the illusion of violence on stage as often required in classical and contemporary theater. In the beginning class, students work on the ability to create the illusion of violence while remaining completely safe. The classes begin with hand to hand techniques and advance to weapon introduction. |
Advanced Stage Combat
| Cost: $190 |
| Time: Saturday 12:00 pm |
| Description: n the advanced class, the focus is on found objects and swords. |