Teen Summer Acting Camp
The
amazing Showdown Stage Company team
returns to Francis Wilson Playhouse!
Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus are back!!!!
They will
be joined by Dennis Poore, Dominic Bisesti and Mickey
Bronson and are going to run our summer camp again!
Yippee! Yahoo! And Oh Boy!
We are so
thrilled. No, beyond thrilled. "Bit chomping!" as Flip
would say. This promises to be an awesome summer.
The cost is
$400 for new students and $375 for returning students
(anyone who has attended any Showdown camp in the past).
Minimum age
for this year's teen camp will be 11 years old
Some
scholarships are available.
Camp hours are Monday - Friday 9:30am -
5:00pm
Orientation Sunday 07/12/09 and Performance Saturday
08/01/09
Showdown
will offer something special for those who sign up
before June 1, 2009
Showdown’s
Teen Theater Academy offers teens a chance to experience a
show from page to stage.
Mornings
are devoted to classes. Students can choose from Acting,
Directing, Playwriting, Composing, Stage Movement, Dance,
Musical Theater, Stage Craft and Technical Theater. They
go to three one-hour classes a day, taught by professionals
who actually make their living in the entertainment
industry.
Supportive adult mentoring relationships nurture trust in authority
figures.
First rate
original productions build their self-confidence, sense of
achievement, and a passion for reading, especially the
classics.
Students get hands on experience in all aspects of theater.
They help design and build the sets. They help
design and construct costumes. They learn to hang
lights and design a lighting scheme. They design and
run the sound. They stage manage. They manage
the front of the house. Playwriting students have
the option to write the shows for upcoming seasons.
After lunch
it's into rehearsals
of a full scale production that ends with performances
before an audience.
Under the
guidance of veteran composer Dennis Poore, students even
get to write songs for the show.
High
Quality performing arts classes geared toward teen issues
give students a better understanding of who they are and why
they matter, as well as help them discover their inner
strengths and talents.
The camp emphasis is on original shows.
This gives the students a chance to create something never
before seen. They get a chance to breathe life into new
characters, to design a set that relies on nothing but
imagination.
With these two new shows, Showdown will have five shows published with
Francis Wilson Playhouse hosting their world premieres.
1) Ghost of a Chance with Samuel French.
2) Brothers Grimm Out Of Order with Pioneer.
3) Nottingham with Pioneer.
And the two new shows, Best Of Both Worlds and
Hard Boiled High.
Even more
exciting, the publishers want to fly out from Colorado to
see the productions. They've never done that for anyone
before so we are very flattered.
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