Beowulf Alley Theatre Announces Theatre Arts Enhancement Camp 6/7-8/6

Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S. 6th Avenue in downtown Tucson, today announced their summer program for students ages 9-17. There are four two-weeks sessions beginning on June 7 and running until August 6. The program design is based on the following mission:

"Creating a performance-based learning experience that will provide our participants with a fun, expressive outlet; develop valuable skills through collaboration and creative interaction; foster awareness and sensitivity; and instill an appreciation and love of the art of Theatre."

Each two-week session is priced at an affordable $290 and will contain the following units:

Creative Movement and Improvisation
Can you tell a story without saying a single word? Learn physical expression, economy of movement and how to improvise on your feet!
Voice and Character
Learn techniques for breathing, enunciation, and projection. Then, build your actor's toolkit and prepare a scene for public performance!
Telling the Story: Create a Play From Scratch
It's a blast! Learn how plays are constructed, then participate as part of a team to write your own ten-minute play!
Planning, Preparation, and Performance
Who does what in the theatre? How does a script turn into a performance? Learn how smart planning turns into top-notch performance in front of family and friends on the last day of the session, which Includes time for parents to shoot photos after the performance!

There are four sessions from which to choose: Attend One...Or Come Back For More!

Session 1: Monday June 7th - Friday June 18th
8:00am to Noon Ages 9 - 12*
1:00pm to 4:00pm Ages 13-17*

Session 2: Monday June 21st - Friday, July 2nd
8:00am to Noon Ages 9 - 12*
1:00pm to 4:00pm Ages 13-17*

Session 3: Monday, July 12th - Friday, July 23rd
8:00am to Noon Ages 9 - 12*
1:00pm to 4:00pm Ages 13-17*

Session 4: Monday, July 26th - Friday, August 6th
8:00am to Noon Ages 9 - 12*
1:00pm to 4:00pm Ages 13-17*

* Session schedules will be determined based on minimum enrollment. In some cases, students may be offered different times.

Though each session contains the same elements, students taking more than one session will build on what they've learned. Each session will feature at least one or more special guests who specialize in acting, directing, playwriting, design or technical skills. There's plenty to learn, more friends to meet, and plenty of fun!

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production. Equal and fair treatment will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and/or marital status. Founded on the basis of dialogues with local theatre artists who wanted a permanent home to practice their craft, its intimate 95-seat theatre provides a facility that meets professional standards where performing artists, educators, and technicians can present their skills. Because Beowulf Alley engages a talent and volunteer pool that calls Tucson "home" for its productions, the Theatre is committed to helping grow a new generation of Tucson talent with its programs including education for adults and youth, late night theatre to experiment with and gain experience, readers theatre for playwrights' unpublished works, lunchtime theatre to bring art to the workday and screenings of independent film artists. And true to its roots, the Theatre maintains ongoing dialogues with the community, including Dialogues with theatergoers after the first Sunday matinee performance of each of its main stage plays, at Readers' Theatre nights, and other presentations, providing an opportunity for theatergoers to discuss the plays with the director and artists. Writers who cover the Tucson arts scene say the Theatre provides its audiences with "the best total package"-plays, performances and productions that are high in artistic and technical quality. Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim, including two Mac Awards and nine MAC nominations. The company has presented over 350 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of theatre artists. The theater also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theater companies.

For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org. We thank the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Janet S. Brunel Residuary Trust, and our business sponsors for their support.

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