Students will learn the secrets to performing comedy from timing, delivery, voice projection, and body language. The comic actor must believe it and then the laughs will come. Students will experiment with different forms of comedy to include character comedy, prop comedy, improvisational comedy, and sketch comedy. Students will perform skits from well-known comedic movies [...]
If you love being creative in every artistic medium…this Punch and Judy camp is just for you. In three days you will be producing a Renaissance sock puppet play from beginning to end. You will be doing everything from writing the play, making the sock puppets, casting the actors and putting on the show… Share [...]
The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge–not only must he protect his tiny friend Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces [...]
Why is this Shakespeare guy so cool? Come on in for a midsummer cool-down with Shakespeare! We will learn how to read and speak Shakespeare’s language as smoothly as a glass of lemonade. Sonnets first, then monologues. By the end of the week you will be able to perform individually in front of friends and [...]
Come learn how to be absurd! And learn why being absurd every once in a while is important. In this one week camp you will be introduced to the theatre of the absurd; a very important movement of theatre from the mid 20th century. Each day we will read a new play, learn about that [...]
Discover the art of storytelling through puppetry. In this one week course we will construct and learn how to breathe life into a different type of puppet each day. Find out about eastern traditions behind shadow puppetry and bunraku. Build a parade and make toys and ordinary objects come to life! Most importantly come and [...]
Come learn why your body, voice, and imagination are so important to your acting technique. Unleash your organic actor and learn to enACT and reACT. We will explore lots of vocal and movement improvisation as you collect tools for your actors toolbox. Subjects we will cover include; contact improvisation, the Roy Hart theatre of the [...]
- Looking at the music of John Dowland, William Byrd, Palestrina (If the students are up for doing things in Italian). Also how the Renaissance period affected the early Baroque period (so also incidently looking at composers like Purcell, Monteverdi, etc). – Singing madrigals and/or solo pieces and/or duets – Stage presentation and Renaissance ideals [...]
Imagine putting on a play without having to learn lines. Improvisational comedians can do this with no problem! In this camp, you will get the basics of improvisational comedy. We will work on becoming comfortable on stage and developing the skills necessary to have the most fun you could possibly have on stage! At the [...]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to perform on a show like Saturday Night Live? These performers make it look easy, but there is a lot involved to make people laugh. This two week camp will be filled with all of the elements of performing in a sketch comedy troupe! We will [...]
Theatre isn’t always flowers and puppy dogs. Sometimes, the only way to get what you want is to fight for it. This class is an introduction into stage combat and stage violence. The class will cover a beginner’s look at two of the eight Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) acknowledged fight disciplines, unarmed and [...]
Sure, you might be familiar with how actors get themselves prepared for a show, but what about EVERYTHING ELSE!? This is a great way to broaden your theatre training in order to understand that there is life beyond the monologue! This class is dedicated to learning how to be a member of the tech crew [...]
Last year, this camp filled so fast we had to offer a second camp…. Brittany is back with her trunk full of costumes and she is ready to to help you take well know fairy tales; rewrite and perform them in a fun and creative way… and this years twist is that they will take place in [...]
Back by popular demand!!!! Our Show Choir Performance Camp features the talents of Mr. Gabriel Di Gennaro (Music Director) and Shayna Harris (Choreographer) Students will have the opportunity to sharpen their individual and group performance skills as they attend choreography and vocal sessions where they will learn a number of songs to be performed at the [...]
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage! The Emmy Award-winning 1970′s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulations,” it’s lighting up stages everywhere, from [...]
