Category Archives: Training

October 24, 2012 · 12:34 pm

Clifton Performance Theatre Offers Classes, Productions and Birthday Parties – Oh, My!


Children’s Musical Workshops
Learn to perform an entire musical for your family and friends in just four weeks! Join friends and other area students ages 5-15 as you learn about what it takes to put on a staged production. From theater terminology to backstage tasks to acting, singing, and performing in front of an audience – this hands-on experience is a terrific opportunity to become educated about theater while having fun.

We have two new sessions starting immediately. They include:

  • Sleepy Hollow (Written by James Crowley, music by Jeff Holmes) – When Schoolmaster Ichabod Crane arrives in the quiet little village of Sleepy Hollow, he finds that many of the Hollow’s residents view him as an odd creature who does not belong. But the ladies, including Katrina Van Tassel, soon notice that he possesses qualities that the local farm boys do not – among these…culture and refinement. And Ichabod notices Katrina as well; however, she already has a suitor…Brom Bones. Brom, however, holds secrets that are best never told. A wonderful, not-too-spooky way to let your creative side appear!

    Rehearsals: Mondays and Wednesdays, November 5-28, 6:00-7:30 p.m. (No rehearsal Wed., Nov. 21 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Make-up class on Fri., Nov. 30, 6-7:30 pm.). Performances: Sat., Dec. 1 and Sun., Dec. 2, 3 p.m. Cost: $185

  • A Christmas Carol (script adapted by Carol Brammer) – A classic and inspiring production for the holiday season! Full of humor, bah humbugs and some thought-provoking moments, so…
    Come one! Come all!…Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?…In the lane, snow is glistening…Scrooge in sight!…He’ll get such a fright!

    Rehearsals: Tuesdays and Thursdays, Nov. 6-Dec. 6, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Performances: Sat., Dec. 8 and Sun. Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. Cost: $185

Improv for Teens
This class teaches the art of making up theater on the spot – think Second City in Chicago. Taught by local professional actor and Playhouse regular Kevin Crowley. Session Two: Saturdays, Nov. 3-Dec. 15, 12:30-2pm, except Nov. 24. Cost per session: $235.

Baby Box musical theater preperatory class
For ages 3-7, this ongoing class takes place Saturdays, 10-11am. Session One: Sept. 15-Dec. 15 (except Saturday, Nov. 24). Session Two: Jan. 12-April 27, 2013. Cost per session: $225. Pro-rated fee: $15 per class.

Adult Acting Classes
Taught by local professional actor and Playhouse regular Kevin Crowley, Session Two: Tuesdays, Oct. 30-Nov. 18, 8-9:30pm. Cost per session: $235.

Clifton Performance Theatre also is a great place to celebrate birthdays! For class registration and info on birthday packages and productions, go to www.cliftonperformancetheatre.com or call 513.861.SHOW (7469). CPT is located at 404 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.

 

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October 8, 2012 · 3:14 pm

Thompson House Hosts Tony Winner, Tour Vet for Workshop

Donna McKecknie.

NEWPORT (KY.) – Thompson House – Greater Cincinnati’s live music and creative hub – announces the first-ever event in its new Musical Theater Workshop Series – A Chorus Line Workshop. The workshop takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. 4, in the Tommygun Theater at Thompson House, 24 E. 3rd Street, Newport, Kentucky.

A Chorus Line Workshop will feature the talents of special guest artist Donna McKechnie – director Michael Bennett’s muse and the Tony Award-winning Cassie in the record-setting original Broadway company – and David Combs, who played Larry in the 1996-97 national tour of A Chorus Line.

“We’re thrilled to have two people so intimately familiar with the show to conduct this workshop,” said Cathy Creason, Thompson House artistic director. “They bring a special knowledge of the material, of both its creation and execution, that makes this workshop a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for area performers.”

The two-day workshop will focus on Michael Bennett’s choreography Saturday and on vocals and acting technique Sunday. Local musician Jared Adamsom will provide piano accompaniment both days.

Cost to register is $25 per day, or $40 to participate both days. A limited number of $10 observer tickets will also be available each day.

Registration opens and tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 8. To register or to purchase tickets, please visit www.thompsonhousenewport.com and click on the calendar.

“We’re committed to providing the very best talent to the Greater Cincinnati arts community,” said Kirt Lee, Thompson House operating partner. “I think bringing Donna McKechnie and David Combs to Newport shows how serious we are and how artists around the country are responding to what we’re building.”

Both McKechnie and Combs will be available for interviews at the conclusion of each day’s workshop activities.

Thompson House will present a full-scale production of A Chorus Line next summer. The workshop is not only a unique learning opportunity, but also a chance for interested performers to get a leg up on the competition and begin preparing for auditions scheduled for Sunday and Monday, May 5 and 6, 2013.

For more information about Thompson House Newport and its many events and programs, please visit www.thompsonhousenewport.com.

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August 30, 2012 · 11:41 am

CSC Adds Monday Night Acting Class

Responding to demand, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is opening up another Monday night adult acting class!

Beginning September 10th and running seven weeks, Act Up allows adults to work with professional actors, exploring fundamental acting principles through scene study. All levels of experience welcome!

Follow the link to register! http://www.cincyshakes.com/acting-classes.html

The Monday night Act Out Teen Class has two more places left and registration closes next week. Last chance!

See you at the theatre!

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August 28, 2012 · 7:07 pm

Playwriting Class for 10-13 Year-Olds at CCM Prep

Playwriting 101 

A new class in the CCM Preparatory Department for 10 to 13 year-olds!

“Budding playwrights will develop their own original scenes in this class with fun, engaging exercises, improv games and group readings. Students will learn about structure, form and plot and how to create believable characters. Writers will present staged readings of their own dramatic and comic scenes at the culmination of the class in the spring.”

The class meets on Saturday mornings from 9 to 10 at CCM and the cost is $375 for the year (30 weeks). The tuition may be paid in one, two, three or more installments. Sign up on line at http://www.ccm.uc/prep, or call the Preparatory Department Office at 513.556.2595. For further information contact CCM Preparatory Theater Arts Coordinator Elaine Eckstein at ecksteec@ucmail.uc.edu or 513.218.6832.

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August 20, 2012 · 11:31 am

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Playwriting Class: Action, Dialogue & Subtext

Instructor: Y York
Instructor Bio: Award-winning playwright Y York is currently working on new plays for People’s Light and Theatre Company and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Her play Accidental Friends will tour this fall as part of the Playhouse’s Off the Hill program. She has written over forty plays which have been produced across the English-speaking world; twenty-five of them have been published. Y has taught playwriting classes and workshops since 1993 at the University of Washington, Freehold Theatre School (Seattle), Arizona State University, Ko`olau Writers Workshop (Kane`ohe, Hawai`i), Bamboo Ridge Tri4Write (Honolulu), Kumu Kahua Theatre (Honolulu), The Last Frontier Playwriting Conference (Alaska), Sarah Lawrence College, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and online. For more info on the playwright, visit www.yyork.com.

Mondays, 6:30-9:00 PM
8 sessions, 2½ hours
September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29
Fee: $285; $250 early bird discount for registration before August 27

The goals of this class are twofold: one, to write action-driven dialogue that reflects character; and two, to enable the writer to keep going when inspiration wanes. The class can be taken by a beginner, but will also be satisfying to the seasoned playwright. There will be in-class writing exercises and at-home writing assignments that students will read in class.

Preparation. We will not read previously-written work, but writers may use their existing characters and situations in the exercises. Bring paper and pens, not computers or recording devices. Be thinking about at least two characters who know one another and their context.

Register online at www.cincyplay.com or call 513.421.3888.

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