Tacoma Youth Theatre is proud to announce Summer Theatre
Camps
Tacoma Youth Theatre will hold Theatre camps for
young actors ages 5-18 beginning on July 8th, 2013. These camps will mark the one year
anniversary of Tacoma Youth Theatre. The
camps are broken down into three series – Theatre Fun Series, Performance Series,
and Audition Series.
Theatre Fun Series
Cost: $125.00 per class
OPEN ENROLLMENT - Suggested
ages: 5 – 10
Three One-Week Camps - 10:00 am
- 1:00 pm
Discover the joy of theatre! Young actors will love this opportunity to
explore the fundamentals of acting through fun games and exercises. Each
one-week camp is perfect as a first introduction to the world of theatre, or an
ideal supplement for any young actor who regularly performs. Each week stands
alone. Sign-up for one class or all three. Enroll early, class sizes are
limited.
July 8 - July 12
Theatre Fun: Taking the Stage!
This fun class teaches the basics of theatrical performance including
movement, pantomime, voice, and staging
July 15 - July 19
Theatre Fun: Telling the Story!
This fun class teaches the basics of story dramatization and
improvisation.
July 22 - July 26
Theatre Fun: Becoming the Character!
This fun class will focus on character creation & acting choices
including physical and vocal character work.
Performance Series
Cost: $175.00 per class
OPEN ENROLLMENT - Suggested ages
8 – 15
Three One-Week Camps - 2:00 pm -
6:00 pm
Designed to immerse young actors in a total theatre experience! Each
one-week production offers actors the unforgettable chance to rehearse, design,
and publically perform the week’s production.
July 8 - July 12
Best of Broadway
Performs July 13 @ 3pm
A compilation of scenes from some of Broadway’s most famous
playwrights: Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, Lillian Hellman, Thorton Wilder and
more! – all featuring young characters. Actors will play characters that are
their own age in a beautiful collection of some of Broadway’s finest moments.
July 15 - July 19
A Tribute to Anne Frank
Performs July 20 @ 3pm
Through selections from her diary and scenes from the award-winning
play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, each young actress will take on
the role of Anne Frank as we tell one of history’s tragedies through the eyes
of a young girl.
July 22 - July 26
Fiction in the Footlights
Performs July 27 @ 3pm
Join us for this beautiful compilation of scenes and monologues from
classic junior fiction. Selections include: The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe, Charlotte’s Web, The Hobbit, The Giver, Little Women and more!
Audition Series
Cost: pay-what-you-can
The audition series is designed to provide a complete theatrical
experience – from rehearsal to fully produced public performances. These are productions, not classes. Actors
will only be called to rehearsal as needed.
Tuition is due, if cast, on the first day of rehearsal.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Audition
on July 21st @ 3:00 pm
TWO WEEK REHEARSAL - 10:00 am -
1:00 pm
July 29-August 9
performs August 9, 10, & 11
suggested ages: 7-16
Cost Requested: $200.00
Join Dorothy, Toto and the rest for Tacoma Youth Theatre’s original
(non-musical) adaptation of Frank L. Baum’s magical book.
Robin Hood
Audition
on July 21st @ 5:00 pm
THREE WEEK REHEARSAL - 2:00 pm -
6:00 pm
July 29 - August 16
performs August 16, 17, & 18
suggested ages: 8 – 18
Cost Requested: $300.00
This witty, original adaptation of the classic folk tale is both funny
and heart-warming. Full of complex characters, intrigue and sword play, this a
play that any serious young actor will enjoy!
PAY WHAT YOU CAN tuition is not
free.
We ask that every young artist enrolled in audition based productions
pay the full cost or select a lesser payment their family can afford. Tickets to
performances are sold as a fundraiser for Tacoma Youth Theatre. We encourage all families to participate in
this important fundraising effort.
Camps and performances are held at The Center for Spiritual Living, 206
North J Street at Division Ave.
Tacoma Youth Theatre is an educational theatre company with no
religious affiliation.
Tacoma Youth Theatre is dedicated to creating high-quality theatre
entirely produced by young artists. The company strives to build community by
emphasizing core values of self-esteem, empathy, responsibility, collaboration,
creativity, and adaptability. Tacoma Youth Theatre provides professional
expectations, resources, and mentors that lead young people through the
exploration of multiple theatrical disciplines. This process works best in a
nurturing, respectful atmosphere where unique individuals, ages 5-18, can
discover the impact, success, and joy of theatre for themselves.
Tacoma Youth Theatre is an affiliated program of Shunpike -- the 501(c)(3) non-profit agency that fuels
innovation in the arts by building productive partnerships, cultivating
leadership and providing direct services to arts groups of all kinds. Learn
more at www.shunpike.org.
For more information about Tacoma Youth Theatre, please call
253-677-0531, or visit www.tacomayouththeatre.org
or http://tacomayouththeatre.blogspot.com
