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Acting Classes for Grades 1-3 and 4-6

Offered by Asheville's Professional Children's Theatre

January 17, 2017

Asheville Creative Arts (ACA), Asheville’s professional children’s theatre has unveiled new educational initiatives, and will offer 2 After-School Theatre Classes led by Instructor Katie Jones.  Classes will be held for six Thursday Evenings from Feb 9- March 16, 2017 at Magnetic 375, 375 Depot St.

DREAM A PLAY will be held from 4:30-6:00 and is for Students grades 1-3.  In this class students will use their imaginations to create original characters, then create a world in which these characters live and meet each other.  A celebration of the collective human imagination, this class will help young people explore the universe through stories.

CREATING CHARACTERS will be held from 6:30 – 8:00 for Students grades 4-6.  In this class students will learn the basics of embodying a character in a play and will focus on analyzing text, finding a character’s movement and speech, and creating the character’s history.  Taking into account the idea that a playwright’s script is set, a director’s vision is clear and firm, still within those parameters an actor has limitless possibilities for creating a character that is interesting, beautiful and uniquely their own.

The course’s instructor, Katie Jones, is a director, performer and passionate theatre educator. Since 2004, she has been teaching students of all ages, and has served as Education Coordinator at major regional theatres.

Both courses culminate in a sharing for friends and family.  Tuition for 6 weeks is $200 per student- scholarships available.  For registration and scholarship inquiries please contact Abby Felder at 914-830-3000 or at abby@ashevillecreativearts.org.

In addition to after-school acting classes, the season will include innovative mainstage productions, THE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD SHOW (April 6-9) and CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE (July 21-30), plus the continuation of its Incubator Series with BUGS (May 6), a new musical.  Additional details are available at ACA’s website.