2010
Youth Acting Workshops
Now Accepting Students Ages 6-18 for Summer Session on
Fridays Beginning July 9
Call 978-283-6688 to Register
Expanded program. Now offering three sessions!
Children's
Session:
ages 6 - 9 |
Pre-teen
Session:
ages 10 - 12 |
Teen
Session:
ages 13 - 18 |
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GSC'S Youth Acting Workshops are taught by award-winning
Gloucester actress Heidi Dallin!
Gloucester Stage's Youth Acting Workshops help students discover their creative
potential, build self confidence and develop communication skills, as well as
offer an opportunity to learn skills necessary in professional theatre. The workshops
include an introduction to theatre basics such as theatre games, improvisation,
movement, vocal and physical expression, non verbal communication after physical
expression, character study, storytelling, and public speaking training .
Class size is limited and registration is on a first come basis.
Call 978-283-6688 for class times and registration information. |
Summer 2008
Ms. Dallin assists students with various acting techniques, including
group acting games and advanced scene study.
"HOLIDAY DELIGHTS"
a showcase of student talent
Conceived and directed by Heidi Dallin
December 2007
This festive evening includes classic holiday scenes from Louisa
Mae Alcott’s Little Women, Israel Horovitz’s Scrooge
and Marley and acclaimed Gloucester author Lee Kingman’s
charming story, The Magic Christmas Tree, rousing holiday
music directed by Beth Goldberg and choreography by Windhover Dance
Company’s Carol Burnham. Featuring students 6 to 15
years old from the Summer and Fall Gloucester Stage Youth Acting
Workshops.
$12 General Admission, $10 Seniors, $6 Students, $4 Children under
12
THU, FRI, SAT at 7pm and SAT & SUN at 3pm
2007 Youth Acting Workshops: Summer and
Fall Sessions
Fifty-Five students ranging from 6 to 17 years old from seven different
New England communities participated in the 2007 Youth Acting Workshops
taught by GSC’s own Heidi Dallin. The Youth Acting Workshops,
previously offered only during the summer, have expanded to include
a Fall Session in 2007 and a Winter Session scheduled for late
February 2008. Each session is six weeks long.
Students in the Summer session memorized and performed Emily Dickinson
poems which coincided with Gloucester Stage’s production
of The Belle of Amherst starring Lindsay Crouse. Guest
artists, including Ms. Crouse and James Ijames, the star of GSC’s Ponies, visited
and worked with the students on delivering monologues and improvisation
techniques. Mime professional and Tufts University graduate Brendan
Shea introduced the students to mime. Youth Acting Workshops Intern
and Columbia College Theater major Katie Rose Sheehan assisted
with the Summer Session.
Student Caroline Zola, age 12 of Newton, MA who participated in
her first Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshop this summer, describes
her experience, "This past summer, I learned so much from
Heidi. From learning to recite a short poem, to being able to walk
like a mime. Everything we did was a blast, and I will continue
to act with the Gloucester Stage Company for many years to come."
The Fall Session of the Youth Acting Workshops,
held on Saturday mornings, began on September 15. During the Fall
Session students worked on beloved American poetry and scenes from
classic American drama as well as audition techniques.
2007 Session I
Ages 6 - 9 |
2007 Session II
Ages 10 - 13 |
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Summer 2006 participants below
In 2006 twenty-six students from seven different communities participated
in the seven-week Youth Acting Workshops taught by GSC’s
own Heidi Dallin. The session for children ages 5 to 10 culminated
in a performance of the classic children’s story “Peter’s
Long Walk” by Gloucester’s Lee Kingman and the debut
of commercials for new products written by the students. Students
participating in the session for 11 to 17 year-olds created and
performed their own world premiere comic play “The Blizzard.” Over
135 family members and friends enjoyed the Youth Acting Workshops
final presentation and reception on Tuesday, August 15 at Gloucester
Stage Company.
Jaqi McCarthy, age 9, had this to say about her
experience as a student: “I have done Gloucester Stage Youth
Acting Workshops for the past 3 years. It is a fun way to
learn acting. I love it. It has helped me to project
my voice, follow stage directions, and to use more body motions. I
also got used to Show Business. My experience with the Acting
Workshops helped to get me ready to audition for The Wind in
the Willows.”
Four students who participated in this year’s program (Tess
Destino, Emily Keyes, Jaqi McCarthy and Racquel Shaw) were cast
in our winter production of The Wind in the Willows.
The Youth Acting Workshops are designed to provide young people
who possess a variety of abilities and levels of interest an outlet
to develop self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills.
Students are introduced to the skills necessary for professional
theatre through theatre basics including improvisation, character
preparation, vocal and physical expression, theatre games and storytelling.
If you are interested in participating in either of these workshops
in 2007 please contact Heidi Dallin at 978-281-4099.
2006 Session I
Ages 6 - 10
2006 Session II
Ages 11 - 17
2006 Workshops met for seven weeks
Taught by Heidi Dallin
An Introduction to Professional Theater
Learn theatre basics; develop confidence and communication skills
through theatre games, improvisation, character preparation and
storytelling.
2005 Session I culminated in the performance
of a classic children's story.
2005 Session II culminated in the performance
of a play written by the students.
Class size is limited and registrations is a first come basis.
To register, call 978-283-6688
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