Youth Classes - Spring
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American Stage Education is proud to offer year round acting classes for youth ages
5-17. With a focus on developing the student’s performance skills, creativity, and
self-confidence we have classes for the beginning actor as well as for advanced performers.
For more information or having problems enrolling online, contact Meg Heimstead, the director of education, at 727-823-1600 x 201 or email her at mheimstead@americanstage.org.
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Spring 2013
Creative Storytelling II (5 - 7 year olds)
The focus of this class will be on exploring the dramatic situations and characters presented in popular stories through pantomime. Children will enjoy using their bodies in creative ways to express the mood and action of a story. Activities will include creative drama games that encourage use of the five senses, interpretive movement and dance. The class will end with an informal presentation of the stories explored in class.
“My child has a great imagination and this class fosters that in so many ways.”
“Miss Katie rocked! She is great with the kids. Very inspiring.”
“It has opened my child up!!”
Schedule: 12 weeks
Spring: Saturdays, February 2 – April 20 (10am-11:30am at American Stage)
Instructor: Katie Castonguay
Tuition: $230
Story Theatre (8 - 10 year olds)
In this popular class students will learn how to shape stories that are based in
narrative writing into entertaining Story Theatre plays. Story Theatre is unique in its presentation because performers play multiple roles; a storyteller can transform into a character and back into storyteller as the play unfolds. It's magic, it's fun and it's a great challenge for the young actor. The Story Theatre plays that students create will be performed for an invited audience at the end of the class.
Schedule: 12 weeks
Spring: Saturdays, February 2 – April 20 (10am-12:00pm at American Stage)
Instructor: Betty-Jane Parks
Tuition: $250
Page to Stage (11 - 13 year olds)
What is it that inspires an actor to give a brilliant performance? How does an actor use the words on a page to create magic on the stage? Students in this class will find answers to these questions and more by reading select scenes and discovering how the dialogue, plot and characters can inform and stimulate an actor's creativity on stage. This basic introduction to scene study will help students develop an organized approach to working with a script. At the end of this class students will perform select scenes for an invited audience.
Schedule: 12 weeks
Spring: Saturdays, February 2 – April 20 (10am-12:00pm at American Stage)
Instructor: Jessica Kerner
Tuition: $250
Advanced Teen Acting (14 - 17 year olds)
This advanced level acting class will challenge students with previous acting experience, helping them to take their skills to the next level. Structured as a Master Class, topics of study will change each semester.
The class will culminate in a public showcase of the student’s work. Placement in this class is by audition only. Auditions will be held at the theatre on Saturday, February 9 from 10am-12pm. Students should prepare two contrasting monologues. To schedule an audition appointment, please call Meg Heimstead, the Director of Education, at 727-823-1600 x 201.
“I look forward to every Saturday morning.”
“Yay American Stage!”
“This class make me happy because I love theatre and I get to do it every Saturday!”
Schedule: 11 weeks
Spring: Saturdays, March 9 – May 18 (10am-12:00pm at American Stage)
Instructor: Giles Davies
Tuition: $250
Classes subject to change and/or cancellation if fewer than 6 students enroll. Should this occur, your tuition will be fully refunded.
For more information or if you are having problems trying to enroll on-line, please call Meg Heimstead, the Director of Education, at 727-823-1600 x 201 or email her at mheimstead@americanstage.org.
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