The Williamston Theatre Offers Eleven Week Workshop 1/9-26

The Williamston Theatre will be offering an 11-week workshop this winter for high school students (13-18 years old). The workshop runs from January 9 - March 26, 2012. There is no class on February 20. Dana Brazil, a professional actress and teaching artist, will be teaching this workshop.

The students will use the fundamentals of acting as well as improvisation and theatre games to create a piece of theatre for performance. This will provide the high school student with an invaluable performance experience. It will also reinforce the following aspects of theatre: auditioning, theatre games, improvisation, acting technique, scene study and character development. Additionally, the students will be involved in all the elements of a theatrical production including costuming, props, sound design and set design. The class will take a play (material will be chosen to suit the students) from the page and go thru all stages of production in preparation for the final public performance. There will be one public performance on March 26th.

Dana Brazil has been seen locally onstage at the Williamston Theatre as well as the Purple Rose Theatre Company, Peppermint Creek, Stormfield Theatre and the former BoarsHead Theatre. She won a Lansing State Journal Thespie Award for her portrayal of Ellen Pazinski in Over the Tavern. Dana is a graduate of Michigan State University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors' Guild. She has been teaching classes for the Williamston Theatre for over 4 years and is currently the Associate Director of the Michigan State University Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center for Performing Arts.

The workshop will run on Monday evenings from 6:00 - 9:00PM with an additional mandatory final dress rehearsal on Sunday, March 25 from 5:00 - 9:00PM. The workshop will be held at the Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam Street in downtown Williamston. Cost is $195. The workshop is limited to 16 students (minimum to conduct workshop is 6). For more information or to register, call the Williamston Theatre at 517-655-7469, Tuesdays - Fridays from 12-6PM.

The Williamston Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional live theatre company, dedicated to producing plays that excite, engage and entertain our audiences. The theatre opened its doors in 2006 and has received a number of local awards including the 2008 Robert Busby Award for extraordinary overall contribution to theatre in the Greater Lansing Area.
Additional information about the 2011-2012 Season and upcoming classes is available online at www.williamstontheatre.org or by calling (517) 655-SHOW (7469).

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