Cape Rep Sets Summer 2016 Theatrelab Offerings

Cape Rep Theatre, 3299 Rt. 6A, Brewster, is pleased to announce the continuation of its professional theater training program, TheatreLab. Cape Rep's Resident Playwright Art Devine, author and director of many plays including Cape Rep's hit, 9-Ball, is offering a new writing class for actors, Playwriting for Performance. Professional actor Alison Weller will be offering an exciting spin on a scene study course, Stretch: Scene Study With A Twist and veteran performer Damian Baldet will offer a four week stage combat training intensive, Stage Combat. Cape Rep's TheatreLab provides professional theater training to any Cape Cod artist hoping to improve or expand his or her skills.

Class size is limited, to register call Cape Rep at 508-896-1888, or visit us online at

www.caperep.org for further information.

Class descriptions:

Playwriting for Performance with Art Devine (for actors)

Are you an actor who wants to create your own work? Do you have an idea for a solo show with you at the center? Art will help you take your idea from concept to performance. He'll have you on your feet from the first class and by the showcase, not only will you be performing your show, you w ill have a manuscript of it for future! Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm, beginning June 20, continuing June 27, July 11, 18 & 25, August private sessions scheduled with class members, September 12, 19 & 26 with a showcase October 3. Classes are held in the Community Room of Cape Rep's Cape House. Fee $350

STRETCH: Scene Study with a twist with Alison Weller

Anything goes in this scene study class geared to give experienced actors an opportunity to explore characters they've never had the chance to play or writers they've never had the opportunity to perform. We'll forget about the constraints of casting by age, sex and race and open things up. If you're a woman and want to try your hand at Glengarry Glen Ross, we'll do it. If you've always wanted to take a stab at Shakespeare or Chekhov but feel it won't happen any time soon, we'll dive in. If you're a man who's always wanted to play Blanche, sweet. This eight-week course will give each actor the chance to explore several characters and will culminate in an end-of-season showcase for friends and Cape Rep staff. First class is Tuesday, 7/5 and then it continues on Monday evenings. All classes are from 6-9 in the Cape House Community Room. Class runs through August 29 with a showcase of work on that evening. Fee $350

Stage Combat with Damian Baldet

Damian Baldet, veteran actor of Broadway, Off Broadway, Cape Rep and SAFD certified actor-combatant, will teach a four-week Stage Combat course covering Rapier and Dagger, Quarterstaff and unarmed combat. We'll explore how violence can be used as a particularly riveting way of telling stories and developing character in a safe, fun and collaborative environment. Learn the techniques that will make you an effective and confident stage fighter! Classes will run August 6-27, Saturdays from 10-12, in Cape Rep's Rehearsal Studio.

Fee $150

About the teachers:

Art Devine is a multi-talented theater artist. He has written three world premiere plays for Cape Rep (9-Ball, Winter Wheat and The Bottom of the Sky) and is currently hard at work on his latest commission, A Cloud of Canvas. His most recent acting credits include Rooster in Jerusalem, Dindon in La Cage Aux Folles and Roy in The Light in the Piazza. For Cape Rep, he directed A Streetcar Named Desire, Sunday in the Park with George, Topdog/Underdog, Our Country's Good and 9-Ball. Art trained at Trinity Rep Conservatory.

Alison Weller is an Associate Artist with the Obie award-winning The Civilians who has taught workshops at Colorado College, Kingsborough Community College and Illinois State University. She has taught Shakespeare and Moliere at The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, and voice, acting and public speaking at UCSD. Alison has been affiliated with Cape Rep since 1990. Over the course of her career, Alison has worked in regional theaters, and on and off Broadway, often finding herself in an enormous dress, armored with a fan. Last summer, she had a terrific time performing in The Learned Ladies at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's outdoor space, a show the NY Times called "Moliere at his freshest best." She is excited to bring her enthusiasm for classical theater to students on the Cape. BA, Harvard, MFA, UCSD.

Damian Baldet most recently appeared as Hoover in Here's Hoover! directed by Alex Timbers. He appeared on Broadway in the 2014 revival of Machinal starring Rebecca Hall and Michael Cumpsty. With the Obie Award- winning company, The Civilians, he was an original collaborator on Gone Missing and appeared in Nobody's Lunch, Paris Commune, Canard Canard Goose, and most recently in The Great Immensity at the Public Theatre. At La Jolla Playhouse, he appeared in Blood Wedding, directed by Mark Wing-Davey and Sweet Bird of Youth, directed by Michael Greif; A Murder, A Mystery and a Marriage, adapted and directed by Aaron Posner; Timon in Disney's The Lion King across America, in Las Vegas and in London's West End. At Soho Rep, he appeared in The Flying Machine's Frankenstein and in Attempts on Her Life, directed by Steven Cosson. His solo show, Pugilist, played at Barrow St. Theatre. Last year he played in Henry VIII at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

About TheatreLab:

TheatreLab is Cape Rep's professional theater training program, offering classes for all levels of theater artists in all areas of theater.

Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. is a 501c3 organization, founded in 1986 as a company dedicated to creativity and professionalism. On seven acres of land in Nickerson State Park in Brewster, Massachusetts, Cape Rep Theatre is the steward of the beautiful land and historic buildings that are home to the company's three theaters, including the only outdoor theater on Cape Cod.

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