Summer 2008

Have your children Take Center Stage and perform at the Huntington Theatre Company! Two-week performance training programs offer young actors the opportunity to learn acting and production skills while creating their own production for an invited audience. Participants will work as an ensemble in a challenging theatrical environnment, learning from theatre professionals from Boston.

Summer Theatre Workshop — July 28 – August 8, 2008

This thoroughly entertaining two-week class (Mon.-Fri.) includes acting, storytelling, movement, music, behind-the-scenes tours and theatre-related arts and crafts. The week ends with a presentation for family and friends. Classes take place at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, 527 Tremont Street in the South End.

The Little Actor Ages 8-10
This workshop encourages young children to bring their vivid imagination and creative movement to the stage. Beginning with fun physical, vocal, and facial warm-ups done to lively music, children move into basic improvisational exercises to expand their "play" techniques in a more theatrical way. Children will learn to use their bodies and faces to express emotions, play creative games, and make theatre-related crafts such as masks and props.

The Young Actor Ages 11-13
This workshop is for older children to focus their natural acting ability in a more constructive way. With imaginative vocal and physical warm-ups, children learn how to project their voices and move their bodies for the stage. Inventive theatre games encourage them to create scenes and characters, explore emotions, and work with props to discover new ways of expressing themselves. On a theatre tour, children will explore what it's like to be on a real stage.

For more information and to register, please contact Lynne Johnson, Associate Director of Education, at 617 273-1549.