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October 1, 2023 |
October 2, 2023
Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2October 2, 2023 – Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Alexandra Cahr Mondays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 *No class 9/25 (Yom Kippur) or 10/9 (Columbus/ Indigenous Peoples Day) This class is a dance/ movement class to help students build confidence in movement and learn how actors can use their bodies to create characters and tell stories. Young performers will build comfort and confidence in learning to use their bodies as acting tools. Acting requires more than words. Actors and dancers use their bodies and facial expressions to inform the audience of what kind of personality they are, and what they are feeling and thinking. Just simply how a character stands or how they walk can tell us an awful lot about them. (A giant would move very differently than a mouse, for example.) In this class, students will use music and movement exercises, and choreography to get in tune with their bodies creatively, and explore how body language, posture, gesture and facial expression can be used as effectively as a costume in order to create a character. They will also use masks and work with props. Registration: $136 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class. |
October 3, 2023
Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2October 3, 2023 – Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Ruth Lettera and Josh Elliott Pickel Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14 *No class 10/31 (Halloween) This class will develop a mini-musical culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props , and stage lighting. A favorite of students grades K to 2 for many years, our Music Box Theatre class is expanding this year, with a pair of teachers working together as director and music director to provide more one-on-one focus and attention to students, create more challenging and creative staging, and add a bit more production value (minor set pieces, props, costumes, and stage lighting), so students have a better sense of what the experience of “putting on a show” may be like. Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable that they will perform for families on the final class. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is entitled, A Three Piggy "Opera," (which is a comical reference to the Broadway musical title, A Three Penny Opera). Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for their performance on the final date (November 14). Registration: $350 |
October 4, 2023
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2October 4, 2023 – Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Tony Republicano Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8 This low-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students’ work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session if the class is comfortable. Registration: $280 |
October 5, 2023 | October 6, 2023 |
October 7, 2023
Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2October 7, 2023 – Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Josh Elliott Pickel Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:00am 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 *No class 11/11 (Veteran’s Day). This class will develop a stage play (based on a book, fable, or piece of children's literature) culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props, and stage lighting. In this drama class, students will develop stage adaptations such as fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction, and non-fiction stories that will be used to teach educational lessons. (A new adaptation is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is TBD.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date (November 18). Registration: $350 |
October 8, 2023 | October 9, 2023 |
October 10, 2023
Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2October 10, 2023 – Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Ruth Lettera and Josh Elliott Pickel Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14 *No class 10/31 (Halloween) This class will develop a mini-musical culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props , and stage lighting. A favorite of students grades K to 2 for many years, our Music Box Theatre class is expanding this year, with a pair of teachers working together as director and music director to provide more one-on-one focus and attention to students, create more challenging and creative staging, and add a bit more production value (minor set pieces, props, costumes, and stage lighting), so students have a better sense of what the experience of “putting on a show” may be like. Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable that they will perform for families on the final class. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is entitled, A Three Piggy "Opera," (which is a comical reference to the Broadway musical title, A Three Penny Opera). Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for their performance on the final date (November 14). Registration: $350 |
October 11, 2023
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2October 11, 2023 – Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Tony Republicano Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8 This low-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students’ work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session if the class is comfortable. Registration: $280 |
October 12, 2023 | October 13, 2023 |
October 14, 2023
Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2October 14, 2023 – Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Josh Elliott Pickel Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:00am 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 *No class 11/11 (Veteran’s Day). This class will develop a stage play (based on a book, fable, or piece of children's literature) culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props, and stage lighting. In this drama class, students will develop stage adaptations such as fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction, and non-fiction stories that will be used to teach educational lessons. (A new adaptation is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is TBD.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date (November 18). Registration: $350 |
October 15, 2023 |
October 16, 2023
Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2October 16, 2023 – Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Alexandra Cahr Mondays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 *No class 9/25 (Yom Kippur) or 10/9 (Columbus/ Indigenous Peoples Day) This class is a dance/ movement class to help students build confidence in movement and learn how actors can use their bodies to create characters and tell stories. Young performers will build comfort and confidence in learning to use their bodies as acting tools. Acting requires more than words. Actors and dancers use their bodies and facial expressions to inform the audience of what kind of personality they are, and what they are feeling and thinking. Just simply how a character stands or how they walk can tell us an awful lot about them. (A giant would move very differently than a mouse, for example.) In this class, students will use music and movement exercises, and choreography to get in tune with their bodies creatively, and explore how body language, posture, gesture and facial expression can be used as effectively as a costume in order to create a character. They will also use masks and work with props. Registration: $136 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class. |
October 17, 2023
Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2October 17, 2023 – Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Ruth Lettera and Josh Elliott Pickel Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14 *No class 10/31 (Halloween) This class will develop a mini-musical culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props , and stage lighting. A favorite of students grades K to 2 for many years, our Music Box Theatre class is expanding this year, with a pair of teachers working together as director and music director to provide more one-on-one focus and attention to students, create more challenging and creative staging, and add a bit more production value (minor set pieces, props, costumes, and stage lighting), so students have a better sense of what the experience of “putting on a show” may be like. Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable that they will perform for families on the final class. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is entitled, A Three Piggy "Opera," (which is a comical reference to the Broadway musical title, A Three Penny Opera). Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for their performance on the final date (November 14). Registration: $350 |
October 18, 2023
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2October 18, 2023 – Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Tony Republicano Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8 This low-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students’ work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session if the class is comfortable. Registration: $280 |
October 19, 2023 | October 20, 2023 |
October 21, 2023
Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2October 21, 2023 – Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Josh Elliott Pickel Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:00am 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 *No class 11/11 (Veteran’s Day). This class will develop a stage play (based on a book, fable, or piece of children's literature) culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props, and stage lighting. In this drama class, students will develop stage adaptations such as fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction, and non-fiction stories that will be used to teach educational lessons. (A new adaptation is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is TBD.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date (November 18). Registration: $350 |
October 22, 2023 |
October 23, 2023
Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2October 23, 2023 – Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Alexandra Cahr Mondays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 *No class 9/25 (Yom Kippur) or 10/9 (Columbus/ Indigenous Peoples Day) This class is a dance/ movement class to help students build confidence in movement and learn how actors can use their bodies to create characters and tell stories. Young performers will build comfort and confidence in learning to use their bodies as acting tools. Acting requires more than words. Actors and dancers use their bodies and facial expressions to inform the audience of what kind of personality they are, and what they are feeling and thinking. Just simply how a character stands or how they walk can tell us an awful lot about them. (A giant would move very differently than a mouse, for example.) In this class, students will use music and movement exercises, and choreography to get in tune with their bodies creatively, and explore how body language, posture, gesture and facial expression can be used as effectively as a costume in order to create a character. They will also use masks and work with props. Registration: $136 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class. |
October 24, 2023
Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2October 24, 2023 – Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Ruth Lettera and Josh Elliott Pickel Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14 *No class 10/31 (Halloween) This class will develop a mini-musical culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props , and stage lighting. A favorite of students grades K to 2 for many years, our Music Box Theatre class is expanding this year, with a pair of teachers working together as director and music director to provide more one-on-one focus and attention to students, create more challenging and creative staging, and add a bit more production value (minor set pieces, props, costumes, and stage lighting), so students have a better sense of what the experience of “putting on a show” may be like. Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable that they will perform for families on the final class. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is entitled, A Three Piggy "Opera," (which is a comical reference to the Broadway musical title, A Three Penny Opera). Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for their performance on the final date (November 14). Registration: $350 |
October 25, 2023
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2October 25, 2023 – Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Tony Republicano Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8 This low-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students’ work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session if the class is comfortable. Registration: $280 |
October 26, 2023 | October 27, 2023 |
October 28, 2023
Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2October 28, 2023 – Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Josh Elliott Pickel Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:00am 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 *No class 11/11 (Veteran’s Day). This class will develop a stage play (based on a book, fable, or piece of children's literature) culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props, and stage lighting. In this drama class, students will develop stage adaptations such as fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction, and non-fiction stories that will be used to teach educational lessons. (A new adaptation is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is TBD.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date (November 18). Registration: $350 |
October 29, 2023 |
October 30, 2023
Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2October 30, 2023 – Imagi-Motion: How Actors Use Their Bodies, Grades K to 2 - (NO LONGER AVAILABLE) Instructor: Alexandra Cahr Mondays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 *No class 9/25 (Yom Kippur) or 10/9 (Columbus/ Indigenous Peoples Day) This class is a dance/ movement class to help students build confidence in movement and learn how actors can use their bodies to create characters and tell stories. Young performers will build comfort and confidence in learning to use their bodies as acting tools. Acting requires more than words. Actors and dancers use their bodies and facial expressions to inform the audience of what kind of personality they are, and what they are feeling and thinking. Just simply how a character stands or how they walk can tell us an awful lot about them. (A giant would move very differently than a mouse, for example.) In this class, students will use music and movement exercises, and choreography to get in tune with their bodies creatively, and explore how body language, posture, gesture and facial expression can be used as effectively as a costume in order to create a character. They will also use masks and work with props. Registration: $136 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class. |
October 31, 2023 |
November 1, 2023
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2November 1, 2023 – Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Tony Republicano Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8 This low-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students’ work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session if the class is comfortable. Registration: $280 |
November 2, 2023 | November 3, 2023 |
November 4, 2023
Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2November 4, 2023 – Stage-a-Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2 Instructor: Josh Elliott Pickel Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:00am 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 *No class 11/11 (Veteran’s Day). This class will develop a stage play (based on a book, fable, or piece of children's literature) culminating in a performance on the final date for family and friends that includes minor set pieces, costumes, props, and stage lighting. In this drama class, students will develop stage adaptations such as fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction, and non-fiction stories that will be used to teach educational lessons. (A new adaptation is explored each session for recurring students. This fall's selection is TBD.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date (November 18). Registration: $350 |