SARTA Announces Their Upcoming Workshops, Readings, And Classes

The following are notes from SARTA:

Thistle Dew Playwright's Workshop presents:

Original 1 to 7 minute monologues by members of
the Thistle Dew Playwright's Workshop:
by Jeff Webster, Susan Webster, Juile Greene, Donya Wicken, Gladys Acosta, Bianca, Eugene Griffith, Charley Cross, Mark Fejta, Frank Ingram, & Thomas M. Kelly

"Monologue Mania III!"

Final set: September 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27.
 
September is audience appreciation days. They need you to luagh, to giggle, and perhapst to cry.

"Monologue Mania III!"
Two tickets for the price of one: $25
Throughout the September performances
Tird and final set: September 11(7pm), 12 (7pm), 18 (7pm), 19 (7pm), 25 (7pm), 26 (7pm) & 27 (2pm).
 
You get dessert, coffee and tea, too!
[General admission after September: $25.00 per performance]

For required Reservations:
444-8209
or E-mail (Best):  thistledewplaywrights@yahoo.com

Playwrights collaboratvie meetings at the Big Idea Theatre:

All activities are at the Big Idea Theatre, 1616 Del Paso Blvd (in the same complex as Fran's Cafe and the Supper Club, across Del Paso and a little east of KFC). 
Workshops are monthly on Sundays at 7:00 PM on dates to be announced. There are no dues, fees or other charges for participating.
Staged readings may be scheduled occasionally by playwrights. 

At the Sunday, October 4, workshop, two short plays,
Bernie Goldberg's "Your Cursing Days Are Over"and Daniel Richer's "I, Driver"
will be read and discussed.

The following workshops will be on November 8 and December 13.
"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 might be performed." 

Workshops: 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.

Staged readings:  Playwrights participating in the once-a-month Sunday workshops will be scheduling occasional "staged readings" of plays that have been developed sufficiently to be ready for production.  A staged reading is a play production with the actors holding scripts.

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.

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

Rocklin Youth Theatre Workshop:

Musical Theatre Class:
Jeannie Larson will teach a musical theatre class for children ages 5 - 7-1/2.  Classes will be held at the Rocklin Dance Center on Tuesdays at 4:00 - 5:00.   Classes start on Tuesday, September 8.  $52 per month.  Call (916) 632-7197 to register.

Dance Classes for all levels and styles

Every Saturday (except holidays) at Sierra II Dance Wing on 24th Street.
Beginning 10am; Int/Adv 11am
Nominal donation to cover studio rental.  Drop-ins welcome.
For inquries, email darrylstrohl@gmail.com or phone (916)225-0999.

Woodland Opera House workshop

Registration for Drama, Dance and Performance Workshops

The Woodland Opera House Education Program is currently holding registration.

Drama classes include Creative Drama for children ages 7-10 and Actor's Workshop for children ages 11-16. Creative Drama is designed to develop the young actor's creativity and confidence through the use of theatre games and exercises. Actor's Workshop students will explore the art of acting through theatre games, improvisation, character study and scene study. The 9 week session will begin September 22 meeting on Tuesdays. (Creative Drama from 3:30-4:30 and Actor's Workshop from 4:45-6:15.)

Musical Theatre Workshop classes are held Wednesdays from 4:00-5:30 for ages 9-13 and Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 for ages 5-8. The nine week session begins September 23. Music Theatre will develop the student's skills as a vocalist and dancer while working on numbers from popular Broadway and movie musicals.

Pre-ballet (Ages 4-6), Ballet (Beginning through advanced), Jazz, and Tap (Ages 7-Adult) and Lyrical classes are also registering for new students at all levels. Dance classes will begin August 31 and will conclude on May 21 with the Spring Showcase performed on the opera house stage.

Rising Stars Performance Workshop is an opportunity for budding actors to develop characterization, acting skills, theatre terminology, and theatre etiquette and professionalism. The workshop will end with performances on the Woodland Opera House stage. All students will have speaking roles. The Fall Workshop will run September 14 through October 25 with classes on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:15-6:45. Performances are on Saturday, October 24 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, October 25 at 7 p.m. There is a prerequisite of a previous acting class or performance workshop.

To register for classes please call the box office at 530-666-9617 or visit www.wohtheatre.org Class sizes are limited.

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