Thrillpeddlers Summer Camps 2010, 6/14-8/13

Thrillpeddlers is proud to announce Creepshow Camps, Summer 2010. Summer is always a favorite time of year at The Hypnodrome because we open our doors to young devotees of horror, sci-fi and suspense. This is the 5th year offering this one-of-a-kind performing arts program. In each of the two-week sessions of Creepshow Camps, performers ages 8 - 15 study and participate in workshops led by our dedicated staff of four full-time teaching artists as they engage participants, hands-on, in activities that teach and reinforce fundamental skills in monster make-up, special effects, sleight of hand and stage combat. At our theatre venue, campers screen classic horror movies and prepare stage plays culmination in a farewell performance featuring horrific one-acts, ghoulish demonstrations, a blackout spookshow and even an occasional macabre production number, given for family and friends at the end of every Creepshow Camp session. 

Each Camp session enrolls approximately 20 campers ensuring that individual attention is given to each participant. Enroll the little monster in your life now! http://www.box.net/shared/7hf64hlf1k
Creepshow Camp 2-week sessions meet Mondays - Fridays from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

Tuition is $395 (per 2 week session) and aftercare is available from 3:00 - 5:30 pm for an additional fee of $125 (per 2 week session). Session 1 (June 14 - 25), Session 2 (July 5 - 16), Session 3 (July 19 - 30), Session 4 (August 2 - 13). Camp located at Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome Theatre, 575 10th Street, in San Francisco. (Bryant & Division Sts.)

Camp Staff:

Every professional and dedicated staff member brings with them vast expertise, insight and exuberance for creating on-stage thrills and chills. Each two-week session is led by the Creepshow Camps' director Russell Blackwood, and guest artists from Thrillpeddlers company - including:

Russell Blackwood - (Program Director) launched the first Creepshow Camp in 2006. He has designed and implemented arts education programs for the Lake Tahoe, Heart of America, and CA Shakespeare Festivals, New Pickle Circus, and University of San Francisco. He is the creator of the popular Bay Area Shakespeare Camps, which he began in 1993, and now serve young people throughout the region. He founded Thrillpeddlers, a San Francisco-based theatre company dedicated to Grand Guignol horror theatre, and is the producer of The Hypnodrome, the company's year-round performance venue. He has produced and/or directed for the LA, SF and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals, Berkeley Opera, SF Conservatory of Music, Theatre Rhino, Shotgun Players, and The Lamplighters. His productions have played in South Africa, Taiwan, London and throughout the USA from NYC to Alaska. He is a graduate of Boston University's School for the Arts BFA Acting program.

Will McMichael - William has been acting since childhood. For the past 3 years he has been working with the Thrillpeddlers on productions including PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI. Aside from his on-stage duties, William works behind the scenes as a fight director and a special effects technician with an emphasis in blood and monster makeup. William has also lent his abilities to several independent films, TV, and motion-capture for video games. This will be his third summer of Creepshow Camp, where he will be camp manager as well as leading stage combat and special effects workshops and one of the directors for the final performances.

Michael Phillis -is an award-winning actor, playwright, & solo performer. Theatre credits include The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (CA Shakespeare Theatre), Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party

(SF Playhouse & NY Fringe 2009), and PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI (Thrillpeddlers). He has written, produced, and performed plays including D*Face (NCTC), Wish We Were Here (NY Fringe 2008), and Dolls (NCTC, NY Fringe 2009, Fringe Encore Series 2009). Michael is an New Conservatory Theatre Center Emerging Artist and a member of the PlayGround Acting Company and Writer's Pool. www.michaelphillis.com

Kate Richards - Kate's obsession with modifying her appearance dates back to early childhood, when she sported a beard of Mr. Bubble at bath time. She has done makeup for stage, film & video, holds a critically acclaimed monthly make-up tutorial and is currently in the Thrillpeddler's production of PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI, where she gets to go hog-wild with make-up.

Thrillpeddlers Theatre Company received a coveted 2009 GOLDIE AWARD
(Outstanding Local Discovery Award) from the SF Bay Guardian!

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Thrillpeddlers

Thrillpeddlers (www.thrillpeddlers.com) have been performing their unique brand of horror and fetish theatre in San Francisco since 1991. Under the direction of Russell Blackwood, Thrillpeddlers are continuously engaged in translating, adapting and producing classic plays from the infamous repertoire of Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol and producing other works inspired by the Grand Guignol. The company's SOMA performance venue, The Hypnodrome, is tailor-made for the specific needs of horror theatre, "lights-out" spook show spectacle, multi-act bills, and arts education programs for young people. Currently The Hypnodrome is playing PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI - Now in its smash record-breaking 10th month. The show is scheduled to run thru August 1, 2010.

June 14 - August 13, 2010 (in 2-week Sessions)

The 5th Year of Unique Summer Theatre Camp Training
to Young Devotees of Horror, Sci-Fi and Suspense.

at Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome Theatre in San Francisco

http://thrillpeddlers.com
WHEN: June 14 - August 13, 2010 (in 2-week Sessions)

Session 1 (June 14 - 25), Session 2 (July 5 - 16),

Session 3 (July 19 - 30), Session 4 (August 2 - 13)

Creepshow Camp 2-week sessions meet Mon. - Fri. from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

TUITION: $395 (per 2 week session)

Aftercare available from 3:00-5:30 pm for an add'l. fee $125 (per 2 week session).

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