Englert School for Performing Arts: Winter/Spring 2010

Description

Englert School for the Performing Arts
Winter/Spring 2010 Classes

Acting classes for kids of all ages! Check out the descriptions below, print out a registration form, and bring the completed form to your first class at The Englert Theatre. Most classes will be held at the Englert, and occasionally at Public Space One (a block away).

QUESTIONS?
Contact director Kitty Forsythe at (319) 631-4099 or 2msts@mchsi.com

Download class descriptions here.
Download registration form here.


Awesome Adventures!
K-2nd grade
Teacher: Kristy Hartsgrove Wednesdays at 3:30 PM, Feb. 3 until April 14
Join us as we journey to a world of imagination. Each week we will use our imaginations to go on an adventure we create together as a class. We will create crazy characters, solve problems, and work together as a team to decide what happens next in our story. Kids learn the basics of acting without even realizing it, as their voices, bodies, and imaginations expand on this tale of fantasy and adventure. Final class sharing. Cost: $80

Be a Hero! Becoming Mythic and Super Heroes
Grades 3 - 5
Teacher: Kristy Hartsgrove Wednesdays at 4:45 PM, Feb. 3 until April 14
This class will focus on drama, art, and the process of turning great stories into great plays. We’ll revisit some of the great myths and stories of super heroes and make up new tales of our own. Using improvisation and short scenes, students will learn to make strong character choices, and work with objectives and relationships in the creation of original scenes in this fun & creative acting class. Final class sharing. Cost: $80

Acting 1
Grades 6-8
Teacher: Saffron Henke
Sundays at 1:00 PM, Feb. 7 until April 25
How do you turn yourself into someone else onstage? In this challenging class, we will work together as a collaborative ensemble to build our actor toolbox through movement and improvisation. We will tackle scripted work, including a group scene, two person scenes, and monologues. We’ll dissect the text, explore character creation, and create a unique ensemble. Cost: $120

Acting 2
Grades 9-12
Teacher: Saffron Henke
Sundays at 2:30 PM, Feb. 7 until April 25
We will begin the year delving deeper into acting techniques and process. Creating a strong character is the building block of any strong show—and an important skill for a young actor. Participants will cultivate performance skills through voice, movement, improvisation, and characterization work. We will explore scripted work, including group scenes, two person scenes and monologues as well as develop our own work. Students will gain skills and technique that allow them to inhabit characters using body, face, and voice. Cost: $120


About the Teachers:

Kristy Hartsgrove holds an M.F.A. from Illinois State University and has appeared in numerous productions with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, the Iowa Summer Repertory, and Riverside Theatre (she was most recently seen as Mrs. Van Daan in Riverside's production of The Diary of Anne Frank). In addition to teaching with the Market Street Theatre School, she has introduced 8th graders to Shakespeare with Riverside Theatre's Will Power project, and is currently an adjunct professor of theatre at Coe College in Cedar Rapids.

Saffron Henke graduated from the University of Iowa Theatre Department 13 years ago since then she has appeared in over 50 professional productions at many theatres including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival the most respected Shakespeare Festival in the United States. She has also appeared at the Seattle Children’s Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble as well as Iowa Summer Rep this past summer. She has taught acting and movement at the University of Southern California and is the recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation’s Honorarium for Emerging Artists. Saffron was the lead instructor for the Sacramento Theatre Company’s school for young actors.