Workshops & Special Events Announced For Sacramento From Oct.-Nov.

The Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance announces classes and workshops and special events for October-November. Also, they are holding auditions and present new shows that are now playing and opening soon.

Workshops and Classes:

Introducing Minimoon Productions...- Tony Award Winning actress Faith Prince and director/acting coach Natasha Burr are thrilled to announce the formation of their new company, Minimoon Productions, based in Sacramento. They have many exciting projects on the horizon. Classes include professional audition skills in musical theater, acting for the stage and basic acting skills for the camera. Faith Prince has worked in Broadway, television, film, animation, symphony, and cabaret for 30 years. Her business partner, Natasha Burr, has extensive background in the industry including directing, teaching, and as a talent agent for 15 years. They have formed a partnership and company that will help students navigate their skills to reach their individual goals. Their intention is to provide "An insider's perspective into the longevity of the art of performing." Faith and Natasha are looking forward to utilizing their talent and years of working in the professional entertainment industry to support this community. For more information about their upcoming Master Class and other class offerings please contact them at minimoonproductions@gmail.com or call 916-382-4989 and please check out their website www.minimoonproductions.com

NAKAMOTO PRODUCTIONS' "LAST WORKSHOP OF THE YEAR!"- D.C. GOODE'S: "AUDITIONS!-----THEY'RE YOUR JOB!!!"- This workshop gives Tips on How to Audition more Efficiently:

* When to pass?

* To Slate or not to Slate?

* To Slate in character?

* Which Internet Voice Sites should you join?
Pay to Play Sites: VOICE123 & VOICES.COM and others.

* Understanding the process and The Players

* How not to do a Zillion takes on your auditions!

* Be Confident in your delivery! "How to Cut Loose!"

* Getting rid of insecurity and doubts.

* How to Self-Direct.

* When to use and not to use headphones.

* Think like a Producer, Director, Copywriter and Editor, simultaneously... without loosing your mind!

* Knowing when to STOP already!

D.C. Goode is a National Voice! His Audition System and Strategies will save you hours of frustration behind the microphone. D.C. will show you how to identify and edit your best "Take"!

You will end each audition knowing: "You Gave it Your Best Shot! And that's a Good Feeling!
Be prepared to take notes and to Step up to the Mic and show us your Brilliance!

The workshop is on SATURDAY, OCT. 29TH, 10am-1pm at the Weston House Recording, 955 Venture Court, Sacramento, 95825. Tuition cost is $75 cash or check only at the door. This special "Recession Price" is a savings of $20 off regular workshop tuition!

For Reservation email raynakamoto@att.net or if last minute call (916) 508-2660

Remember: This is Nakamoto Productions last workshop until January 2012! Seating is Limited!

SACRAMENTO THEATRE COMPANY presents...A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, KIDS!- Music by Robert Reale, Book and Lyrics by William Reale, and Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel.

Musical Theatre Workshop is open to students ages 6-12. No experience necessary! Registration Is NOW OPEN and Filling Up Fast!

Auditions are on November 8th/9th. Rehearsals are Tuesday-Friday, 4:00-7:00pm from November 10th-January 13th (excluding Thanksgiving week and the last two weeks of December). Performances are on January 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd at 7pm
January 21st, 22nd at 2pm.

Rehearsals to be held at the Lutheran Church of the Master, 1900 Potrero, in South Land Park.
For more information and to register, check out STC's website at www.sactheatre.org or contact Michele Hillen-Noufer, Education Director, at (916) 446-7501 x113 or hillenm@sactheatre.org.

NEW WORKS FORUM AT THISTLE DEW- "Workshopping" a play is not an easy process. By one definition it is a factory. By another it is a discussion group. At the Thistle Dew, it is a combination of both. According to Apple's dictionary it is "a performance of (a dramatic work), using intensive group discussion and improvisation in order to explore aspects of the production before formal staging".

The workshop members and the owners of The Thistle Dew, Tom and Ellie, are dedicated to supporting original works by local playwrights. After we have fully workshopped their plays we offer local playwrights the opportunity to have their plays performed on the Thistle Dew stage.

On Monday nights at 7pm, jump into the critique fray or listen quietly....until your passions rise and you feel compelled to join the mêlée.  All newcomers are welcome! The theatre is located at 1901 P Street.

Local Playwrights Produced At The Thistle Dew 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.

NOVEMBER 6 PLAYWRIGHTS COLLABORATIVE MEETING AT THE CALIFORNIA STAGE THEATRE - At the Sunday, November 6, Playwrights Collaborative Meeting (7:00 PM) we will reread and discuss Donya Wicken's "The Mysterious Secret of Rock Rat Cove." 

Christmas promises to be bleak for two fatherless children who, wth their hardworking mother, have recently relocated to live with their harsh, unwelcoming grandfather. But the arrival of two mysterious young strangers sparks a series of events that will reveal what lies beneath the town's quiet surface. Secrets and truths must be told before everyone can look forward to a joyous holiday.

This workshop is at the California Stage Theatre, 2509 "R" Street (on "R" Street between 25th and 26th Streets), Sacramento. The Playwrights Collaborative thanks the California Stage Theater Company for the use of its theater.

The following workshop is on November 20 at the Big Idea Theatre.

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

 SPECIAL EVENTS 

Costume Sale at IT! - The sale is in Placerville on October 27 - 6 - 9pm.

Looking for that special costume for an upcoming party? Imagination Theater is clearing out their costume closet just in time for Halloween. Many unique, cool, nostalgic, eclectic, colorful, crazy, fun, classy, and one of a kind items will be available. Prices will be very reasonable and you won't want to miss out. The last opportunity will be on Thursday, October 27 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.-just in time for the weekend! The sale will be held at the theater.

Imagination Theater is located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. For more information call 530-642-0404 or email ITplacerville@yahoo.com.

Woodland Opera House Theatre for Families Presents "The Canterville Ghost" A Haunting Good Comedy- Jennifer Goldman, D.D.S., and Amy Tran, D.D.S., present "The Canterville Ghost" at the Woodland Opera House. The play is part of the Theatre for Families series. The show runs Friday, October 28, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30 at 2 p.m. Reserved tickets are available online at www.woodlandoperahouse.org, at the box office at 340 2nd Street, or by calling 530-666-9617. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, $8 for children 17 and under, and $10 for adults in the balcony and $5 for children in the balcony. Discounted group tickets for 10 or more are available, call the box office for details.

"The Canterville Ghost" is Oscar Wilde's classic tale told with whimsical humor and charm. For three centuries, the Canterville ghost has been perfectly happy rattling chains, clanking armor, producing a reappearing blood stain, and generally haunting the old English manor house, the Canterville Chase. The Otis family, Yankee upstarts, purchases the house, insisting on paying extra for the ghost. With their quirky ways and modern ideas, the Otis family ends up torturing the ghost. Frightening these nonplussed American tenants proves to be not only infuriating but almost impossible for the temperamental British ghost.

The cast includes; David Buse as the Canterville ghost, Emma Black as Virginia Otis, Spencer Alexander as Hiram Otis, Katherine Barksey as Lucretia Otis, Sam Burke as Chip Otis, James Hayakawa as Charlie Otis, Jacob Hopkins as the Duke of Cheshire, Terence O'Flaherty as Lord Canterville and Melanie Woo as Mrs. Umney.

This show is directed by Crissi Cairns Kessler. Costumes are designed by Mary Kessler with the set and lighting design by John Bowles.

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