Fall 2010
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Youth Classes
Drama with Your Mama
Come experience the class everyone’s talking about! Drama with Your Mama pairs toddlers and their parents or caregivers in an engaging and enriching class designed to activate and encourage children’s imaginations while helping them bond with their caregivers. Incorporating drama games, music, storytelling and creative play, this class nurtures children’s social, physical and vocal awareness and teaches them to work with others. Parents and caregivers will learn to cultivate their children’s creativity with fun, exciting games and activities they can also incorporate into playtime at home. “a great parent-toddler activity… a really wonderful program” – Q13 FOX News
Ages 1-3
$75 per session or drop in for $15 per class
Seattle: Thursdays, Sept 9-Oct 14, 6 weeks 10-10:45 am
Location: Timberlake Church-Ballard
Shoreline: Thursdays, Sept 16–October 21, 6 weeks 11:30 am-12:15 pm
Location: Northwest Church **New dates and time!
Learn more about the class!
Dramatic Adventures
Acting is a tall order, with many skills required to create believable characters and situations, but this class breaks it all down for young actors, helping them learn each of the components of acting-words, emotions, thoughts, expressions and movement-in a fun and exciting way. With sessions for various age groups, ranging from Pre-K through third grade, each session is designed with lessons specifically targeted for your child’s age. Children will be encouraged to use their imaginations as they work together to create their own play, which they’ll perform for friends and family during the final class.
2 Sessions!!
Session 1: Grades: Pre-K & K
Session 2: Grades: 1st -3rd
Mondays, Oct 4-Nov 8
4-5:30 pm
6 weeks
$195
Location: Taproot Theatre Company
Youth Actors’ Workout
Just like playing a sport or speaking a second language, acting requires training and practice. Whether your child or teen is a beginning or advanced actor, Youth Actors’ Workout will provide students with the experience they need to keep their skills sharp. Using improvisational exercises and scene work, Taproot’s teachers will coach students in the techniques needed for acting, along with polishing each student’s performance.
Grades: 4th-12th
Tuesdays, Oct 5–Nov 16
4-5:30 pm
7 weeks
$235
Location: Taproot Theatre Company
Christmas Showcase
Think your kid or teen has what it takes to light up the stage? Give them a taste of the professional acting experience, from first rehearsal to final production, by signing them up for Christmas Showcase. Students will learn acting techniques during each class and put them into practice as they work together to put on a holiday production for friends and family. All levels welcomed; beginning students will learn the building blocks of acting while advanced students will be encouraged to stretch their acting skills and explore their range of characterization.
Grades: 4th-12th
Tuesdays, Oct 19-Dec 6
6–8 pm
8 weeks
$235
Location: Timberlake Church-Ballard
Dress Rehearsal: Sunday, Dec 5, 3-5 pm at Taproot Theatre Company
Performance: Monday, Dec 6, 7 pm at Taproot Theatre Company
Adult Classes
Adult Showcase
You’re never too old to develop your acting skills. After all, you do it all the time, whether you realize it or not, in interviews, presentations, and telling stories. Whether you’re already an actor or you’ve never set foot on stage, embrace this opportunity to learn new techniques and develop your skills under professional tutelage tailored to your individual experience. You’ll put it all together while participating in the rehearsal process and performance of a one-act play to be presented on Taproot’s stage. A great option for first-timers and people with amateur experience!
Tuesdays, Oct 5-Nov 22
7–10 pm
8 weeks
$360
Location: Timberlake Church-Ballard
Dress Rehearsal: Sunday, Nov 21, 7–10 pm at Taproot Theatre Company
Performance: Monday, Nov 22, 7 pm at Taproot Theatre Company
Professional Classes
Professional Actor Conservatory: Going deeper with the basics
The magic key to acting is knowing what a character wants. This key leads to an exciting terrain of actions. For 5 weeks, practice these basics of wants, obstacles and actions as we approach them from different angles that will deepen your story telling skills and give you the ease and confidence that you desire. This is a scene work class. Taught by nationally esteemed actor and director Marianne Savell.*
Mondays, Oct 25-Nov 22
7–10 pm
5 weeks
$200
Location: Timberlake Church-Ballard
| *Recently mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, Marianne Savell has years of experience directing and acting on stages from the West Coast to Chicago. She has served on the staff or boards of Hollywood’s Actor’s Co-op and South Coast Repertory Conservatory in Costa Mesa. Acting credits include As You Like It (Rosalind, Taproot Theatre Company), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella, American Coast Theater), All My Sons (Sue, Actors Co-op), Twelfth Night (Olivia, Actors Co-op), The School For Wives (Arnolphe, Illinois Repertory) and Skinning, Peeling, Discovering (Patrick Cooper, Embassy Studio/London). |  |
