SARTA Announces Staged Reading of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING & More

Davis Shakespeare Ensemble and the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum present A Winter Evening Featuring a Staged Reading of: Much Ado About Nothing.

Come celebrate the holidays with the Davis Shakespeare Ensemble! This ONE NIGHT ONLY event, on Saturday, December 17th at 8:00 PM, at the Putah Creek Lodge in the UC Davis Arboretum will feature a reading of Shakespeare's hilarious comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Come ready to indulge in wine and scrumptious holiday treats!

The event is General admission and tickets are $10 for all audience members. To purchase tickets or for more information visit http://www.shakespearedavis.com/ or call the box office at (530) 802-0998, or e-mail davis.shakespeare@gmail.com.

The evening features an abridged version of Much Ado, running just over an hour. The entire event will last no longer than two and a half hours.

On Saturday evening, parking in the Putah Creek Lodge lot is FREE! 

This event is recommended for ages 12 and up, due to the focus on Shakespeare's language.

El Dorado Musical Theatre and Ovations Resources present Getting Started in Improv Advanced Acting Workshop Series

The Workshop Instructors Jim and Tamra Meskimen.

The Workshop is on Sunday, December 18, 2011 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm.

Dramatically enhance your acting skills by attending this special workshop, Getting Started in Improv.

Over the course of this three hour workshop, you'll you'll learn:

The fundamental principles that can make you a successful improvisor who is confident about creating on the spot.

Two things that are deadly to any creative artist, and how to avoid them!

This information is a vital for actors who are serious about learning their craft. If you want to succeed on stage, this information is critical to learn.
This is just one of our series of Advanced Acting Skills Workshops

Each month, a different Advanced Acting Skills Workshop will be presented in the El Dorado Hills/Folsom area. Each will focus on a key aspect of helping you to be a more effective actor on stage.

This workshop in this series is being held on Sunday, December 18 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Jim & Tamra Meskimen have been performing and teaching improv in New York City and Los Angeles for over 25 years. Tamra is one of the principal founders of The Acting Center school in Hollywood, which teaches a revolutionary new approach to acting that has been embraced by beginners as well as seasoned, award-winning professionals.

Jim has improvised on the British "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?" and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, including five films for director Ron Howard. The promotional video for Jim's one man show, JIMPRESSIONS has gathered world wide acclaim with over 725,635 views.

The fee for attending this three hour workshop is $65. The only way to get this type of information from Jim or Tamara would be to fly to Los Angeles, don't miss out.

This advanced acting skills workshop is available for actors thirteen and older. (Yes. Adults are welcome at this workshop too.) Younger performers with extensive experience will also be considered, but need to be approved on a case-by-case basis. (Send an e-mail to request an approval.)

A maximum of 50 people will be able to attend this workshop. It is being held at the El Dorado Musical Theatre practice facility at 5100 Golden Foothill Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA. Since space is limited, only a limited number of people can be accommodated. Guarantee your spot by signing up now. This workshop will be closed as soon as attendance is reached. Walk ups will only be accepted on a space-available basis.

On Sunday December 18th, attend Getting Started in Improv to learn skills for your success as an actor.  Please contact El Dorado Musical Theatre for more information and to register at www.edmt.info or 916-941-7464.

At the Sunday, January 8, Playwrights Collaborative Meeting (7:00 PM) 3 short plays will be read and discussed: Ron Tochterman's "Conscience" and "Bad Cop Good" and Leo McElroy's "Tower."

This workshop is at the California Stage Theatre, 2509 "R" Street (on "R" Street between 25th and 26th Streets), Sacramento.

For further information or if you have a play you would like workshopped, contact Gary Agid, chairman, at gary@agid.com (916-383-9267).

Workshops are monthly (or occasionally twice monthly) on Sundays on dates to be announced. There are no dues, fees or other charges for participating. Staged readings may be scheduled occasionally by playwrights.

"The Playwrights Collaborative is an organization of writers, actors, directors and others interested in the theater, working together to promote the development and production of new plays in Sacramento and elsewhere. Through a cooperative process of peer review, Playwrights Collaborative assists in making plays ready for production and helps in finding suitable venues where shows mightbe performed."

At each workshop, original plays by local writers are read and discussed as are ways to promote deserving works for production. Several theaters have expressed an interest in producing one new original play per year and Playwrights Collaborative has encouraged similar interest by other theatres in the area. There will also be occasional speakers with expertise in various aspects of theater.

Playwrights participating in the Sunday workshops will be scheduling occasional "staged readings" of plays that have been developed sufficiently to be ready for production. 

Playwrights Collaborative invites interested writers and actors to attend and take part in the workshop readings which can lead to invitational staged readings of new works. The group actively promotes new plays to prospective producers. Following each reading, comments and suggestions for improvement will be solicited from all who are present.

Minimoon Productions offers Ongoing classes.

The Business of the Business class has been rescheduled to Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 7-9pm at the Jean Runyon Little Theatre inside the Memorial Auditorium. 

Private and semi-private vocal coaching and acting lessons are now available with Faith Prince and/or Natasha Burr. Please email minimoonproductions@gmail.com or visit minimoonproductions.com for more information.

For more information on SARTA visit http://www.sarta.com/.

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