Spotlighters Theatre Announces Feb. & March Workshops

Spotlighters Theatre announced Theatre Workshops for February and March:

Playwrights Series- All four sessions are $165 or $50 per session. The instructor is Mark Scharf.

Playwrights Series - An Introduction to Play Writing

Sat. Feb 4th from10am - 2:30pm.

An introduction to writing for the stage -- how play writing is different than every other kind of writing; explores the craft of play writing and the tools and techniques one can use to create a script other theatre artists can use to create a play, live onstage.

Playwrights Series - Getting Started

Sat Mar 3rd from 10am - 2:30pm.

You want to write a play -- how do you get started?

Subjects covered include formatting, point of attack (opening with a bang), engaging your audience, exposition.

Playwrights Series - I've Started a Play but Now I'm Stuck!

Sat Apr 14th from 10am - 2:30pm.

Mark explores with you various tools and techniques that you can use to keep moving forward to complete a draft of your play.

Playwrights Series - Marketing for Playwrights -- How to Get Produced

Sat May 5th from 10am - 2:30pm

You've written a play -- now what?

Mark Scharf presents an organized, methodical approach to getting that first production (or the second, third, fourth...)

Brush Up Your Monologue

Tues Feb 7th from 7pm - 9:30pm.

The instructor is CJ Crowe.

Students with a prepared monologue will receive coaching and direction from CJ Crowe, founder and director of Do or Die Murder Mystery Productions, and local stage director and actor, to refine and improve their presentation of a powerful monologue that will showcase the actor’s talents to get cast.

The workshop is limited to 8 participants.

The cost for this workshop is $35.

The Actor On Stage - A Workshop Series- The instructor is Fuzz Roark. The cost is $125 for the series.

The Actor Onstage - Relaxation

Saturday, Feb 11th from 11am - 2pm.

The workshop will focus on developing relaxation techniques to allow the actor to utilize their entire body for the performance.

It will identify a variety of tension points that each individual actor has, and find ways to overcome these roadblocks to a a solid, comfortable and believable performance.

The Actor Onstage - Breath / Voice / Projection

Saturday, Feb 18th from 11am - 2pm.

The workshop will focus on developing breathing skills to ‘speak to the line’ and ‘speak to the room’

It will work with individual actors to find voice placement for the best character sound, and for vocal health.

It will develop skills to be heard without amplification and to develop a crispness and clarity in stage speech.

The Actor Onstage -  Connection / Listen, React, Respond

Saturday, Feb 25th from 11am - 2pm.

The workshop will focus on the actor being present and engaged when on stage, and to be in an active relationship with other actors and the audience during a performance.

For more information on the workshops offered at Spotlighters Theatre visit http://www.spotlighters.org/workshops.html.

 

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