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SP24 Kids Invent Theatre: Keep Playing

$205

with Jenna Darsee

Calendar Mar 23, 2024 at 10 am, runs for 8 weeks

KIDS INVENT THEATRE: Keep Playing!

Grades 4-6 • Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 AM, Mar. 23-May 11, 2024 • $195 Subscribers/$205 Non-subscribers

Rehearse and perform an original short play, while continuing to work on diction, character development, body awareness, and ensemble building. We’ll even throw in a song or two! Perform on the final day of class for your family. Returning students who have taken this class before are always welcome, as scripts are new each session. This class builds on the fall and winter sessions of Kids Invent Theatre however new students may sign up if they wish.

Full Course

SUM24 Making a Scene Grades 4-5

$175

with Maren Grant

Calendar Jun 5, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 5-7 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Use scripts from popular plays to select scenes made for honing acting skills: voice, movement, memorization, character choices, and diction.

Full Course

SUM24 Scene Stealers

$110

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Jun 5, 2024 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3 · 1:00-4:00 PM, June 5-7 · $100 Subscribers/$110 Non-Subscribers

Using favorite books, perform scenes in large and small groups. Have fun while working on beginning acting skills and ensemble building.

Full Course

SUM24 Page to Stage: Hansel and Gretel

$285

with Catie Miller

Calendar Jun 10, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-7, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 10-14  · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

One fairy tale. Five days. Needed: Young actors to bring this timeless story about cleverness, courage, and creativity to life. Help make the set, choose costumes, rehearse, then take the stage!

Full Course

SUM24 William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls

$285

with Nate Jorgensen

Calendar Jun 10, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 8-10, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 10-14 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

On Wednesdays we array ourselves in pink! Mean Girls gets an Elizabethan makeover in this totally fetch comedy about North Shore High’s queen bees and wannabes. Shakespeare didn’t pen this classic story of rivalries, betrayal, jealousy, obsession, and fastidious rule-making about when one can and cannot wear sweatpants, but he could have.

Will run

SUM24 10 Minute Plays

$285

with Allison Crain

Calendar Jun 17, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 7-9 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 17-21 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Performers serious about exploring the art of acting are assigned roles in short plays and monologues to emphasize working in a professional environment. Beginners are challenged with learning lines and blocking. Advanced actors can delve in to the emotional life of the character and gain a finer understanding of how to manipulate stage space. Be ready to give it your all!

SUM24 Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

$285

with Molly Thorsen

Calendar Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 24-28 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Red is not afraid of anything, even the big bad wolf. But when her granny falls ill, fearless Red is forced to confront her one weakness-magic. With the help of a blond, porridge-sampling nuisance called Goldie, Red goes on a quest to cure Granny. Audition for roles, learn your lines, practice your blocking, and get ready to take the stage!

Full Course

SUM24 Playhouse Players: Frankencrayon

$175

with Jenna Darsee

Calendar Jul 1, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 1-3 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

The crayons are ready to tell the thrilling tale of Frankencrayon. The roles are cast, but then disaster strikes. Someone has scribbled on the page! Horrifying! The story can’t go on! Learn the basics of story dramatization and creative problem-solving while rehearsing the play.

Full Course




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