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TEEN ACTING ENSEMBLE & WORKSHOP

SUMMER 2008

New York City / Queens / Long Island / Brooklyn / Manhattan
 (Convenient to Long Island and the metro area.)

A FOUR-WEEK ACTING PROGRAM FOR THE TEEN ACTOR WHO IS LOOKING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL  PERFORMING EXPERIENCE.

BY AUDITION. SEE INFO BELOW. LIMITED SPACE AS OF MAY 2008.
EMAIL ASAP FOR AUDITION INFO.

This Workshop is for young actors and actresses, ages 13 - 19, who want to focus on  acting and performance technique.  The Acting Ensemble is in residence in the Shadow Box Theatre.  The theatre was renovated in 2007.  The students will perform a fully staged play, such as the production pictured here!  

The Acting Workshop, June 30 - July 27, 2008, is a full day program, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The program immerses teen students in the world of acting in a professional, supportive, and creative atmosphere (ages 13-19).  Each student will rehearse and perform a fully staged play at the newly remodeled Shadow Box Theatre on the Queensborough campus. 

 

 
The Teen Acting Workshop ALSO includes classes with  working Theatre Arts Professionals in acting, voice and diction, movement, on-camera technique, stage combat, mime, Alexander, stage make-up, period styles, audition technique, improvisation, and other performing arts.  Working Guest Artists, such as David DeBesse (fight choreographer on B'way's Spamalot), Jen Nails (NYC People's Improv Theatre), Jonathan Cantor (film & TV; prof. director and teacher), and Michael DeVellis (make-up artist and founder of the Powder Group) teach specialized classes throughout the four weeks. 


 

A typical day for the Acting Ensemble includes a variety of theatre arts and acting classes during the morning hours and then, after lunch,  rehearsals for the show they will be performing.  

 

All students will have a speaking part in the final play presented by the Ensemble.  The 2008 script will not be chosen until the entire company is cast so we can best match a script to the talent in the Ensemble. Students will receive scripts for the show in June and auditions for the play will take place during the first week of the workshop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos from SANDY SHORES SHENANIGANS, A Modern Retelling of Shakespeare's A COMEDY OF ERRORS, by Eric C. Dente and k.c. Keene, performed by the Summer Teen Acting Ensemble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great preparation for those young actors who are looking to be accepted into performing arts schools and colleges.  Many Theatre Arts Center students are enrolled in local performing arts high schools, such as LaGuardia, and choose to continue their theatre studies professionally and at specialized universities and conservatories.

Stage Make-up with James Vincent who's clients range from Liv Tyler to Jane Fonda.

CABARET WORKSHOP

Students who are accepted into the Acting Ensemble may audition for a special fifth week Cabaret Workshop.  This workshop will feature advanced actors, singers, and dancers in an intimate cabaret show in the Shadowbox Theatre.  The special Guest Artist will be Broadway Star, Karen Mason!

For more information click here.

 

 

Eric C. Dente
Acting Ensemble Playwright

As a Director, Playwright, and educator, Eric brings a professional level of expertise that results in a fully staged play in which all the actors are able to showcase their talents.

Eric is a founding member of The Watermark Ensemble as well as a member of The First Look Theatre Company at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts under the Artistic Direction of Gary Garrison.  His play, Brother Mine, is making its New York premiere June 2006.  Playwriting: Three Men In Search of a Pair of Shoes (Denver Drama Critic Award Nomination), Apartment X “the serial comedies,” The Bottomless Cup, Appropriate Dress Required, Bagels, Brecht and the Bourgeoisie, Graffiti on a Van Gogh and the musical farce, The Redford Incident. Eric has directed shows in theatres around the country including: The Denver Civic Theatre, The Nomad Theatre, ATA, New York Theatre Arts Center, The Play Group Theatre, Civic Center, Summerstage and for Compass Theatre Company. Eric is a facilitator of theatre education and has developed theatre arts programs for Queens Theatre in the Park, Periwinkle National Theatre, The Denver Center Theatre Company and The Footlights Theatre.  He will be directing the 2006 Actors Workshop in his original adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors.

 

 

AUDITION / INTERVIEW INFO

Theatre Arts Center conducts interviews and auditions for each
student who is interested in joining the summer workshop.
This process is part of the professional experience and SPACE IS LIMITED. 

 PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ACTING ENSEMBLE WHEN YOU CALL OR WRITE.

FOR AUDITION INFORMATION & APPOINTMENT
PLEASE CLICK HERE

OUT OF TOWN APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED

Video tape auditions accepted for those applicants
 not in the New York Metro Region.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

 email or CALL FOR more info AND AUDITION APPOINTMENT
 718-595-2905

 

2008 TUITION

  4 week session ONLY $1,550

That's ONLY $387 per week!

Teen Cabaret Workshop (fifth week) add $400


 

COMPARE OUR TUITION TO OTHER THEATRE WORKSHOPS & THEATRE CAMPS--

 BOTH SLEEP AWAY & DAY PROGRAMS.

 

 


 $50 Late Fee for all Applications/Auditions made after April 20, 2008
Deposit of $350 will guarantee your spot after you have auditioned and been accepted.

 All applicants must interview/audition to be considered for participation.

 

 

Past Acting Ensemble Shows have included A Midsummer Night's Dream and The American Dame.