Everyone raves about it! "I'm getting lead roles now!" "The best summer theatre program ever!" "I can't wait to do it again next year!" Join in the fun to improve your acting skills and performance experience. Past participants are routinely getting cast in local theatres as well as landing better roles in their school productions-- and it's a great way to spend some of your summmer! Some theatres that have cast AAA students: Pear Avenue Theatre BusBarn Stage Company Saratoga Drama Group Peninsula Youth Theatre Los Altos Youth Theatre 42nd Street Moon
Bored with the same old summer camps? Want some serious acting training? Join Dr. Forte's Advanced Acting Academy-- Guaranteed to challenge and guide you to better acting and better appreciation for your craft. ******************************************************************* 2008 Dates: June 16 through July 12 (no camp July 4th) Location: first three weeks at Jordan Middle School, Little Theatre, 750 N. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Last week in Palo Alto High School's Haymarket Theatre, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301 ****************************************************************** For serious, advanced students of theatre ages 14 - 19 Entrance by application and audition Limited enrollment: Minimum 10, Maximum 30 Cost: $750 per student - includes all materials, venue rentals, guest instructors, morning snacks, royalties, and production costs Also: attendance at TheatreWorks' summer production, seminar with the actors, tour of TheatreWorks' facilities and meet artists behind the scenes. ******************************************************************* 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM each day-- Mornings (9:00 - 12:00) focus on technique-- with workshops in improv, voice & dialect, mime technique, audition protocols, Scene Study with Dr. Forte, clowning, dance, and stage combat. Afternoons (12:45 - 3:00) we rehearse, leading to full production; performances on the last Friday and Saturday in the Historic Haymarket Theatre at Palo Alto HS; this year's title TBA Training & direction by Dr. Jeanie Forte, w/guest instructors from TheatreWorks and other local working theatre professionals ******************************************************************* APPLICATION DEADLINE APRIL 25th Print out application from this website, fill it out and mail it in. You'll be contacted for your audition appointment. e-mail Dr. Forte with any questions: see link below. Jeanie Forte has a Ph.D. in Theatre and over 25 years teaching acting at all levels; over 25 years directing; recipient Dean Goodman Choice Award 2003 for her direction of The Seagull; and a lifetime of theatre experience. *************************************************** TOO YOUNG FOR AAA? I recommend a few summer programs for Elementary age: TheatreWorks Summer Camps-- go to: http://www.theatreworks.org/thewks_camps.htm Bay Area Shakespeare Camps-- run by San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, offered in two-week programs all over the Bay Area! http://www.sfshakes.org/camp/index.html Dragon Theatre-- go to: http://www.dragonproductions.net/classes.htm or click on the link below or, for Musical Theatre fans, there's Hope!: http://www.hopemusicaltheatre.com/
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"The play was fantastic!" - 2004 audience member "The whole AAA experience was awesome! I learned so much, and my acting got so much better over just four weeks. I'm definitely coming back next year." - 2004 participant "Dr. Forte is the best!" - 2004 participant
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