Skills Classes
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New for our 20th Anniversary season, we are offering a selection of skills classes offered for after-school and home school schedules. These are a great way to get your feet wet with Shakespeare before diving into one of our longer programs, or to learn new skills to add to your performance toolbox. Check out our Shakespeare crash course, skills classes, production classes, and our winter adaptation and performance series. We offer specialized classes for younger students (age 7-11) and older students (12-17), and group students by experience within those ranges. Whether you join us for a single class or a whole series, you’ll learn a lot from our professional teaching artists and have a ton of fun with other students in the class.
If you have questions, please consult Enrollment FAQ or contact MC Burce at 206-733-8228 x212, or by email.
FALL CLASSES
Enrollment Now Open
Enrollment Deadline – Friday, September 24, 2010
Shakespeare Crash Course
Ages: 7-11 Class length: 2 hours Cost: $25
October 4th, 2010 – 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
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Take a crash course on the Bard! In one afternoon, we’ll cover the basics of Shakespeare, the man, his stories, and his amazing language, and we’ll do it all up on our feet in a fun and interactive way. This is a great introduction for anyone who has limited experience with Shakespeare, or for students who have seen a few plays but want to know more!
Skills – Armed Stage Combat
Ages: 12-17 Class length: 3 hours Cost: $30
October 11th, 2010 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
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Arm yourself! Learn the basics of armed combat by choreographing quarterstaff fights. This weapon is straight out of Medieval England (think Little John from Robin Hood), and it is a versatile weapon for learning introductory armed stage combat.
Production – Costumes
Ages: 12-17 Class length: 3 hours Cost: $30
October 18th, 2010 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
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Where does the magic of theater come from? In this one-day seminar, we will sample just one area of stage production and look at costume design. We will be exploring how designers create the “look” of a play, using period costumes, modern dress, and outlandish accent pieces. Each student will sketch costume choices for their own ideas for costuming Hamlet characters!
Shakespeare’s Stories – Hamlet
Ages: 7-11 Class length: 2 hours Cost: $25
October 25th, 2010 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
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For young students just being introduced to Shakespeare, we offer this one-day class on Shakespeare’s timeless stories, focusing on our winter product of Hamlet. We will be talking about the themes in Hamlet, learning about the characters and relationships, and using our bodies to explore scenes from the play.
If you have questions, please consult Enrollment FAQ or contact MC Burce at 206-733-8228 x212, or by email.
WINTER CLASS
Enrollment Now Open
Enrollment Deadline – Friday, January 21, 2011
Adaptation and Production
Ages: 12-17 Class length: 3 weeks, 3 hours per week Cost: $90
February 2, 9, and 16, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
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In this 3-week series, we will explore how to take a classic Shakespearean play and adapt it to tell the same story in a different time and place! In three sessions, students will explore the essential themes of the play, come up with a re-location that preserves those themes, fully describe their adaptation, and perform a scene from their proposed play. Perfect for a drama student, aspiring playwright, or any student who has wondered how directors choose to set Two Gentlemen of Verona in 2010 Los Angeles, and Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1950’s America.
If you have questions, please consult Enrollment FAQ or contact MC Burce at 206-733-8228 x212, or by email.
SPRING CLASSES
Enrollment Opens – Monday, January 3, 2011
Enrollment Deadline – Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Intro to Shakespeare Acting: 2 sections
Ages: 7-11 Class length: 2 hours Cost: $25
May 16, 2011 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
Ages: 12-17 Class length: 3 hours Cost: $30
May 18, 2011 - 1 p.m. (Homeschools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
Dive into an acting class that will use Shakespeare as its base, but give you skills you can use in any setting! We will practice ways to transform the words on a page into actions, objectives, and tactics for performance on the stage. Learn what choices actors make to engage the audience in the play!
Production – Masks
Focus: Midsummer Fairies
Ages: 7-11 Class Length: 3 hours Cost: $40
May 23, 2011 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
Focus: Merry Wives of Windsor
Ages: 12-17 Class Length: 3 hours Cost: $40
May 25, 2011 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
Learn how to harness the power of masks to create large, memorable characters. We will explore how masks free our bodies to make bold choices. Then we will create/adapt our own masks for some of Shakespeare’s characters! Finally, we will use the masks in a scene. Cost includes mask-making materials.
Skills – Playwriting
Ages: 12-17 Class length: 3 hours Cost: $30
June 1, 2011 - 1 p.m. (Home Schools), 4:30 p.m. (After School)
All plays start from one little idea! In this class, we will be learning the basics of taking the first spark of an into the first page of dialogue. Working with a series of guided prompts, students will brainstorm a story, outline a plot, create dynamic characters, and get words onto a page. Sharing our writing will be big fun! You’ll be on your way to writing your own short play!
If you have questions, please consult Enrollment FAQ or contact MC Burce at 206-733-8228 x212, or by email.