Les Miserables, Winter 2010
the young company Spring 2010 Workshops
Session 2 & April Vacation Workshops now enrolling.
>>> Please click here to download the registration form. The deadline for turning in your registration form is Saturday, April 24th.
Vacation Week Workshop: Making a Musical
Monday, April 19-Friday, April 23
8:30am-2:30pm (late pick-up option available)
Students in overture (1-3) and act 1 (4-6)
During this week the student will work on dance, singing, designing playwriting and acting. We will write an original 20 minute musical based on a Chinese folk tale to be performed for friends and family at the end of the week. After our first day of brainstorming and ensemble theatre exercises, the group will divide into different teams to serve as playwrights, costume designers, props artisans, lyricists, dancers and actors for an original production!
Cost: $250 for the week. Scholarships available!
Session 2
Mondays and Wednesdays (April 26-May 26)
2:45-3:30pm: DancePlay
Who: Playdates (ages 3-6)
Instructor: Susan Paino
Description: This introduction to dance focuses in moving to music and allows for creative fun. Students participate in warm-up exercises to develop their coordination and concentration, as well as movement games and dancing with musical instruments, props and costumes. Please note: this class is limited to 10 students.
4:00-5:00pm: Playmaking
Who: overture (grades 1-3)
Instructor: Caitlin Lowans
Description: Using games, improvisation, brainstorming and a magical costume trunk, children dive into their imaginations to create their own plays inspired by a favorite fairy and folk tales. The show is only limited by our imagination. Over the course of the five weeks, we'll choose a tale, determine the basics of the story we want to tell, improvise a script, create our own set and costumes before a final sharing for parents and friends.
5:15-6:45pm: Playing with Shakespeare
Who: act 2 (grades 7-9)
Instructor: Joy Lamberton
Description: Shakespeare wrote plays to be played by players in a playhouse! So let's play with some Shakespeare! Through collaborative movement and voice games our ensemble will explore the world and words of Shakespeare.
7:30-9:00pm: Dancing for Dudes
Who: Grades 7-12
Instructor: Chris Carcione
Description: Ever wanted to take a dance class but been afraid of being the only guy? More often, guys are expected to be triple-threats, just like the ladies. This class will cover basic dance techniques you're likely to see in a performance or audition and essential musical theatre dance styles, but from a guy's perspective. Combinations will explore styles including jazz funk, ballet, and lyrical jazz and will feature choreography by the instructor as well as original choreography from music videos and lesser-known Broadway shows that require dudes to dance.
Highly recommended for guys interested in Crazy for You or Footloose this summer.
Session #2 Tuesdays and Thursdays (April 27- May 27)
4:00-5:30pm: Working with Text!
Who: act 1 students who have previous taken Introduction To Acting
Instructor: Caitlin Lowans
Description: An actor is like a detective. The playwright has left clues about our characters in the script, now we have to unearth them. We'll use script analysis, translated for the elementary school brain to discover the given circumstances - or the who, what, when, where and why - that can already be found in the play itself. We'll move on to exercises for the voice and body that help illuminate those words and facts for the actor and audience. As a bonus, all actors will come away from the workshop with an age-appropriate monologue that they will be able to use for future auditions!
**Our private voice lessons are full for the Spring semester. Please contact us if you would like to be put on a waitlist.
Questions? Contact us! (781)279-7885 x104, or: education@stonehamtheatre.org
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