SARTA Announces Upcoming Workshops and Events

IMPROV CLASS with Kurt JohnsON
Have fun, meet new people and learn improvisation in this fun, low-pressure class offered by local actor Kurt JohnsON and THE ACTORS COLLECTIVE. This six-week Beginning Workshop is designed for anyone and everyone who wants to loosen up, be more spontaneous and learn to take risks on stage and in life. No prior experience necessary.

Each week you'll play games and explore a challenging variety of improv exercises that unleash your natural creativity and humor. Build your self-confidence, give and receive trust and support, say YES to new ideas, expand the creative flow, and LAUGH A LOT!
Kurt JohnsON has been acting and teaching in Sacramento, and around the country, for more the 17 years. He has numerous professional credits on the stage, screen and radio and has taught locally for professional theatres, school systems, businesses, and his own independent classes.

Where: California Stage 1723 25th street (25th & R) Sacramento, CA 95816

When: Sunday Evenings 6pm-8pm February 21st - March 28th
Cost : $120.00 for 6 Weeks.
How: Call Kurt JohnsON at (916)799-8309 to reserve your spot!

CLASSES WITH STC'S ENSEMBLE:

The Ensemble for Kids and Teens! classes offer a unique creative experience in an exciting and stimulating theatre environment. Our instructors are professionals with years of experience teaching theatre arts to young people. Small class sizes provide a comfortable setting where students receive personal attention.

Enrollment is limited!
Sign up for this wonderful opportunity today!

WINTER 2010

SATURDAY

January 16-March 13
Grades 1st-3rd 9:00-10:15am
Grades 4th-6th 10:30am - 12:00pm

MONDAY

January 11-March 15

Grades 7th-9th 4:00 - 6:00pm

SPRING 2010

SATURDAY

March 20 - May 15

Grades 1st-3rd 9:00-10:15am
Grades 4th-6th 10:30am - 12:00pm

MONDAY

March 15 - May 17
Grades 7-9 4:00-6:00pm

For more info contact:
Lynn Baker
Director of Ensemble/STC Summer Camp
Sacramento Theatre Company
(916) 446-7501 ex 116 fax (916) 446-4066
stcEnsemble@yahoo.com
www.sactheatre.org

PRIVATE VOICE LESSONS:

Priviate Voice Lessons with Professional Vocal Coach and Actress, Katie Rubin, MFA.

Katie works as a professional stage and screen actress and teaches both private voice lessons and adult acting classes in Sacramento
and the Bay Area. She has an MFA in Acting from UC Davis and has been teaching voice lessons privately for 10 years.

Katie has studied vocal production for 20 years both privately and as a member of several professional choirs. She has performed lead roles
in Musical Theater Productions in Florida, New York, and California, and has toured to Europe and Carnegie Hall as a vocalist. Most recently, she played Mrs. Pennywise
in The Foothill Theater Company's professional production of "Urinetown."

For further information about voice lessons, please respond with an email.
klrubin@gmail.com

Lessons are $50 for a 55 minute session and $35 for half an hour. Price is negotiable if need be. Please don't let financial worries stop you from contacting me. We can work something out!

PLAYWRIGHTS COLLABORATIVE 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, February 28, workshop, Jim Rosenfield's

"Franzi in Love" will be read and discussed. Domineering Archduchess Sophie engages the beautiful,
sophisticated Countess Leonora to initiate her 18-year-old son, Emperor Franz

Joseph, into the mysteries of love. Come and see if His Majesty graduates with
flying colors or fails the
course.

The March workshop date has not yet been determined.
"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)

 

NEW WORKS FORUM AT THISTLE DEW

The workshop members and the owners of The Thistle Dew, Tom and Ellie, are dedicated to supporting original works by local playwrights and offer the opportunity for new works to be performed in Sacramento on the Thistle Dew stage.

 

Calling all Playwrights and wanna-bees! Do you have a play you'd like critiqued?
The workshop meets every Monday evening at 7:00.

On Monday nights, jump into the critique fray or listen quietly....until your passions rise and you feel compelled to join the mêlée. (Overheard before a reading: "I came just to listen, honestly, I've never critiqued a play before, but I just had to say something about Act II, Scene Three ....").
Yes. We know. We've all been there. All newcomers are welcome!

Published playwrights since Thistle Dew Playwright's Workshop began three years ago:
Laura Sheperd, "Annie's Story", Julie Greene, "Going Somewhere?", Timothy Cahill, "The Seduction of Thomas Sorrell", & "Going to Tibet", Charles McIntosh "The Divine Court-Martial of Field-Marshal Keitel"" Thomas M. Kelly, "...smile, and smile, and be a villain.", "Ba-Bang! ( or the end of an error! ) ", "The Timekeeper", "Fana!", "The Butterfly Within", "Extreme Unction", "Zen and the Art of Making Par" and a collection of childrens plays: "Your in Trouble Now, Charlie!", "This is Not Our Backyard, Charlie!", "Wake Up, Jay! It's Christmas!", and "Stop Snoring, Jay! I'm Dreaming of Christmas."

Local Playwrights Produced At The Thistle Dew Playwrights Theatre: (Full-Length Plays) Timothy Cahill, Julie Greene, Paul Hauck, Thomas M. Kelly, Leo McElroy, Charles McIntosh, Laura Sheperd, Donya Wicken, (Monologues) Gladys Acosta, Timothy Cahill, Charley Cross, Theresa Elliot, Mark Fejta, Bernie Goldberg, Julie Greene, Eugene Griffith, Cindi Bennett, Frank Ingram, GloRia Jones, Thomas M. Kelly, Charles Kelso, Roger Linder, Laura Sheperd, Susan Webster, Donya Wicken and Jeff Webster.

Copies of most of the plays are available in the lobby of the Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre
1901 P Street, downtown Sacramento.
Email Tom at thistledewplaywrights@yahoo.com or Julie at julie.greene@sbcglobal.net

 

DANCE CLASSES FOR ALL LEVELS AND STYLES

1st and 3rd 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.
darrylstrohl@gmail.com
(916)225-0999

CLASSIFIEDS (2)
COSTUMER NEEDED AT FAIRY TALE TOWN:

Costumer Wanted ASAP for Fairytale Town Troupers 2010 season.

Energetic & enthusiastic Costumer with a passion for Fantasy & Sci-Fi design is needed immediately for three original productions: "The Little Mermaid & the Yellow Submarine", "The Monkey King: Bollywood SuperStar", and "A Princess of Stars"(AKA: "Sleeping Beauty in Space"). Must be willing to work patiently with teenage and preteen actors. Must have solid grasp of bold color pallette, 1960's to 2000's pop culture, martial arts wear, mythology, and international/historical/cinematic design concepts. This is a paid position, but please do not respond if you cannot deliver quality work under pressure and, more importantly, are not genuinely intrigued by the challenges of costuming the listed productions with creativity, grace, and pride. Theatre Arts Majors are preferred, but will consider any serious inquiries. Please respond today.

Season Stipend (TBD) plus $50 budget per costume.

Contact: John Lee, Artistic Director, the Fairytale Town Troupers

magic@fairytaletown.org, mrlee@fairytaletown.org

916-808-8886

TECHNICIAN NEEDED AT SAC COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL:

Part-time after-hours lighting and set person needed for local high school. Located near Fulton and Fair Oaks Bl. in Sacramento.
Flexible hours. Great job for retired older person or someone looking for part-time work. $10 an hour.

Email Brian: actorscons@hotmail.com, if interested

 

For more information about all SARTA Workshops visit www.sarta.com.

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