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[COMPOSING FOR MUSICAL THEATER]

COMPOSING FOR MUSICAL THEATER
http://www.cornish.edu/summer/courses/songwriting_at_cornish_music-theater/

Course Description
Many elements come together to create a successful musical. The choice of subject and words, effective dramaturgy, and a compelling melody: book, lyrics, and music, the three pillars of all musicals. We will focus on all these elements with exercises in lyric writing, melody, chord progressions, and story development. We will listen to successful musicals and examine the elements that make each work tick. Group activities and exercises will alternate with individual work and one-on-one attention. The workshop culminates with a Friday concert featuring performances of selections by students sharing new work. Family and friends are encouraged to attend.


Who should enroll?
Students, ages 15-19, who are already active songwriters or musical theater performers who want to explore the art of writing songs for music theater. Participants should have prior experience writing songs, basic competency on a chordal instrument (guitar, piano, harp, etc), and be comfortable singing and willing to share ideas vocally in a group setting. Some basic familiarity with music theory will be helpful.


Daily Schedule
Monday through Friday, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm with a break for lunch, and a concluding performance Friday in PONCHO Concert Hall on the Cornish campus.


Audition Requirements
None. Open for enrollment to students, ages 15-19, without any audition. Participants should have prior experience writing songs, basic competency on a chordal instrument, and be comfortable singing and willing to share ideas vocally in a group setting.”

July 22 — 26, 2013 , M T W Th F , 10:00 am — 4:30 pm
Kerry Hall 313, 710 East Roy St, Seattle, WA

$395.00
Ages 15 - 19

Instructor

Kristen Lee Rosenfeld is a freelance composer and music director based in New York City. She music directed the First National Tour of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, and other NYC music directing credits include Making Books Sing, NYMF, American Theatre of Actors, Prospect Theatre Co, Family Opera Initiative and many others. Regional music directing credits include Village Theatre, Cortland Rep, Tibbits Summer Theatre and the Barn Theatre. Kristen's compositions have been performed at theatres and cabarets around the country, and her work has been commissioned by SecondStory Repertory, Wooden O Theatre, Franklin & Marshall College, the Atlantic Acting School, American University and Red Fern Theatre.

Kristen's one-act musical, The Nightingale, was premiered by Sprouts! Children's Theatre in 2005 and is available as part of the Sprouts! Library. To Find Happy, a musical for which Kristen serves as one of the composers as well as music director, is receiving a reading at Emerging Actors Theatre in New York this spring. Kristen collaborates with her mother, Luanne Aronen Rosenfeld, and they have written several shows, including a musical version of Rumer Godden's classic holiday tale, Holly and Ivy. Their one-act musical, Equal Time, was premiered in New York in 2012 and was hailed by reviewers as a "mini-jewel" for its "great music." Red Fern Theatre has recently commissioned Kristen and Luanne to write a new one-act musical which will be premiered in New York in April 2013.

Summer at Cornish’s Music program affords students ages 12 to 19 the opportunity to study with the renowned Cornish music faculty and special guest artists in a series of one week intensive workshops designed especially for the aspiring young musician.

You will hone your skills, learn new techniques from working musicians, and meet other students passionate about music. With a variety of scheduling options, the summer music program at Cornish provides a perfect platform to expand your knowledge, grow as an individual, develop strong audition pieces, and get a real taste of college life. We offer a variety of workshops open to middle school and high school students, as well as a few workshops open to adults. If you have any questions, please contact us.

[TPS members are always $10]

Audiences and critics love The Temperamentals:

"... the cast is solid throughout" — Misha Berson, Seattle Times says

"Mr. Marans interleaves ... themes of individual love, collective responsibility and political awareness quite expertly." — Omar Willey, The Seattle Star

"a solid production of a beautiful work." — Jay Irwin, BroadwayWorld.com

"... see this entertaining, emotionally courageous, and inspiringly humble production" — Aaron Skye, Drama in the Hood

TPS members are always $10 in advance or at the door. Last week we turned people away at the door, so purchase your TPS tickets in advance entering code TPS_TT on BrownPaperTickets.

Final three performances:
• Thursday May 23 at 7:30pm
• Friday May 24 at 7:30pm
• Saturday May 25 at 7:30pm

All performances at The Ballard Underground.

Secure your tickets at http://arouet.us/tix.

[Step I: Intro to Acting with Stefan Enriquez at Freehold Theatre]

Step I: Intro to Acting with Stefan Enriquez at Freehold Theatre

At Freehold, we believe that acting is a process that can be learned and practiced by anyone at any age. In the Intro class, you develop fundamental acting tools: playing an action, living truthfully in imaginary circumstances, and working with a partner. No matter your experience, you learn acting in an exciting and safe environment. This is the first class in our three-step acting progression, introducing you to a vocabulary and approach that will be the basis of Step II: Acting with Text and Step III: Basic Scene Study.

August 6 - September 24
Tuesdays, 6:30pm-10:30pm
$390 Discounted
$470 Full Price
Tuition is based on household income
For more information or to register:
https://www.freeholdtheatre.org/civicrm/event/info?id=201&reset=1

Stefan Enriquez has been an actor and teacher in Seattle for the last 13 years. He studied at Western Washington University and the Pasqualini-Smith Studio. He has performed on numerous stages including the Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, the Seattle Children's Theatre, and the Empty Space Theatre where he appeared in the West Coast Premiere of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. He has taught acting as an artist-in-residence for the Seattle Rep and the Seattle Children's Theatre. He can be seen in several feature films, local and national commercials, corporate videos, print, and television--most recently on the series The Fugitive and Citizen Baines.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org

[Step I: Intro to Acting with Andrew McGinn at Freehold Theatre]

Step I: Intro to Acting with Andrew McGinn at Freehold Theatre

At Freehold, we believe that acting is a process that can be learned and practiced by anyone at any age. In the Intro class, you develop fundamental acting tools: playing an action, living truthfully in imaginary circumstances, and working with a partner. No matter your experience, you learn acting in an exciting and safe environment.

July 18 - September 12
Thursdays, 6:00pm-10:00pm
$390 Discounted
$470 Full Price
Tuition is based on household income
 
For more information or to register:
https://www.freeholdtheatre.org/civicrm/event/info?id=205&reset=1

Andrew McGinn has been a professional actor, director, and teacher since his graduation from Juilliard in 1998 with a BFA in acting.  NYC performance credits include the Tony Award record-breaking Coast of Utopia, and Invention of Love, both American premieres by Tom Stoppard, directed by Jack O’Brien, and produced by Lincoln Center.  He has also performed in film, television, commercials, and industrials.  Seattle credits include performances at Seattle Repertory Theater, ACT Theater, and Seattle Shakespeare Company.  Other venues include The Old Globe, Chicago Shakespeare, The Hangar Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, two seasons with The Acting Company, and 5 performances with NYSF/The Public Theater.  His wife and fellow theater artist Christine Marie Brown and he moved to Seattle in 2010, where Andrew earned his MFA in directing at the University of Washington having directed David Edgar’s Pentecost as his thesis production.  Andrew was producer/director for The Infinite Theatre in NYC, Supervising Director at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, and director for the new Seattle One Act Play Festival’s Knocking Bird by Emily Conbere.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org

[Advanced Clown with George Lewis at Freehold Theatre]

Advanced Clown with George Lewis at Freehold Theatre

In this class, we seek to deepen the character through a series of new provocations; to heighten the awareness of the clown in relationship with partners; to explore the possibilities of the clown with music, costume and props; and to begin the creative process of developing clown pieces. Prerequisites: For students of Personal Clown with George Lewis or with similar experience (instructor permission required).  Please submit a summary of your prior training to info at freeholdtheatre dot org after registering for the class.

July 15 - July 31
Mondays and Wednesdays
6:00pm-10:00pm
$420 Discounted
$500 Full Price
Tuition is based on household income
Location: Washington Hall - 153 14th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

For more information or to register:
https://www.freeholdtheatre.org/civicrm/event/info?id=199&reset=1

George Lewis (Founding Partner, Freehold) has been working in the field of movement-based theatre for almost 40 years as an actor/performer, director, creator of original work, teacher, and producer. He has performed and toured with Omnibus in Montreal, Theatre-Mime Mirage in Boston, and the Sykes Group and threeCompany in Seattle. As a director, he has created numerous movement-driven productions, including Shakespeare, Moliere, Thornton Wilder, Irene Fornes, and James Thurber. As a creator/director, he has brought his unique understanding of choreographic concern, dramatic acting values, and physical comedy skills to over fifty original works, including Fancy Mud with LeFrenchword and The Suicide for BASH Theatre in Seattle. He has been teaching acting and physical theatre skills, at acting studios, colleges, and universities across the U.S. and Canada. His own background includes three years of study in Corporeal Mime in Paris with Etienne Decroux, circus skills and physical comedy at the French National Circus School, acting at the Pasqualini-Smith Studio in Seattle, Balinese Dance with I Made Djimat in Bali, Meyerhold's Biomechanics with Russian Master Teacher Gennadi Bogdanov, and Clown with Sue Morrison in Toronto. From 2008 to 2012, George divided his time between Seattle and Buenos Aires, where he teaches and has created/directed three original full-length clown performances: The Last Time I Threw Myself Off a Cliff, Seasick, and The Myth of Love.  He now resides permanently in Argentina.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org

[Personal Clown with George Lewis at Freehold Theatre]

Personal Clown with George Lewis at Freehold Theatre

This class is an approach to character that involves taking the part of oneself that is most uncomfortable, and expanding it to the ridiculous. It is an in-depth investigation into that deeper source of comedy: the tragedy of the character's failure. This work emphasizes physical articulation and expansion of the actor's every impulse and serves as an introduction into elements of physical comedy. The process is readily applicable to any role one may play as a way of discovering whole other dimensions of character.

July 14 - August 1
Sundays, 2:00pm-6:00pm, and
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:00pm-10:00pm
$420 Discounted
$500 Full Price
Tuition is based on household income

For more information or to register:
https://www.freeholdtheatre.org/civicrm/event/info?id=196&reset=1

George Lewis (Founding Partner, Freehold) has been working in the field of movement-based theatre for almost 40 years as an actor/performer, director, creator of original work, teacher, and producer. He has performed and toured with Omnibus in Montreal, Theatre-Mime Mirage in Boston, and the Sykes Group and threeCompany in Seattle. As a director, he has created numerous movement-driven productions, including Shakespeare, Moliere, Thornton Wilder, Irene Fornes, and James Thurber. As a creator/director, he has brought his unique understanding of choreographic concern, dramatic acting values, and physical comedy skills to over fifty original works, including Fancy Mud with LeFrenchword and The Suicide for BASH Theatre in Seattle. He has been teaching acting and physical theatre skills, at acting studios, colleges, and universities across the U.S. and Canada. His own background includes three years of study in Corporeal Mime in Paris with Etienne Decroux, circus skills and physical comedy at the French National Circus School, acting at the Pasqualini-Smith Studio in Seattle, Balinese Dance with I Made Djimat in Bali, Meyerhold's Biomechanics with Russian Master Teacher Gennadi Bogdanov, and Clown with Sue Morrison in Toronto. From 2008 to 2012, George divided his time between Seattle and Buenos Aires, where he teaches and has created/directed three original full-length clown performances: The Last Time I Threw Myself Off a Cliff, Seasick, and The Myth of Love.  He now resides permanently in Argentina.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org

[New Play Lab: From Page to Performance with Paul Mullin at Freehold Theatre]

New Play Lab: From Page to Performance with Paul Mullin at Freehold Theatre

This dynamic class is designed for eight writers who are in the process of writing the first draft of their play and are ready to explore the rewrite and rehearsal process. Working with a produced playwright throughout the month of August, you'll shape, refine, rewrite, and hone the story you're telling. Then, in September, you'll meet with an experienced director and actors for four hours of intensive rehearsal, culminating in two public staged readings of a portion of your play, as a part of Freehold's New Play Lab Showcase in mid September. Auditions and rehearsal will be scheduled around four weeks prior to the showcase.  Prerequisites: Playwriting I: Exploring the Craft or Playwriting II: The Playwright's Vision or other playwriting training and instructor permission.  Please submit resume of prior training and experience to info at freeholdtheatre dot org for instructor review after you have registered for the class if you have not taken the prerequisites.

July 23 - September 22
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00pm-9:30pm
$495 Discounted
$595 Full Price
Tuition is based on household income
Other important dates:
Auditions: Tuesday, August 27
Performances:
Friday, Sept 20 at 7:00pm
Saturday, Sept 21 at 4:00pm
Saturday, Sept 21 at 8:00pm
Sunday, Sept 22 at 6:00pm

For more information or to register:
https://www.freeholdtheatre.org/civicrm/event/info?id=200&reset=1

After registering, please email your first draft of a script to info at freeholdtheatre dot org by Friday, June 21. Maximum 20 pages.

Paul Mullin's plays include Louis Slotin Sonata (produced at Seattle's Empy Space Theatre; winner of the L.A. Drama Critics Award), Ballard House Duet, The Ten Thousand Things (Washington Ensemble Theatre), and An American Book of the Dead - The Game Show (Annex Theatre).  He conceived, co-wrote, and co-produced NewsWrights United's series of Living Newspapers, and is a regular contributor to Sandbox Radio Live!  He is currently developing a play about human consciousness tentatively titled Philosophical Zombie Killers.  Mullin was recognized by The Stranger with a "Genius Award" for achievement in theatre.  His thoughts on how Seattle can take its rightful place as a World Class theatre town can be found at his blog Just Wrought.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org

[Lakewood Playhouse]

Lakewood Playhouse is seeking experienced designers, assistant stage managers and stage managers for their 75th season.  (Directors have already been chosen)

75th Season includes:

Arsenic and Old Lace
Pride and Prejudice
Narnia; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
12 Angry Men
The Odd Couple
Spamalot

Please send letter of interest and resume to Production Manager, Hally Phillips at: hphillips.lakewoodplayhouse@gmail.com

[Movement with Paul Budraitis at Freehold Theatre]

Movement with Paul Budraitis at Freehold Theatre

Movement training is an essential tool for all actors in the practice of any type of theatre. This Movement class will focus on utilizing Biomechanics developed by legendary Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold. Actors who undertake Biomechanics training will experience improved expressivity of gesture, a stronger sense of balance and connection to the floor, and heightened reflexive dexterity and agility when working with partners and physical objects. From Miller, to Beckett, to Lecoq clowning, anything in an actor’s future can benefit in some tangible way from this work. One of Meyerhold’s favorite actors, Igor Ilyinsky, once said: “Technique arms the imagination.” This is ultimately what Biomechanics training seeks to achieve: the “arming” of the actor’s imagination.

July 2 – August 3
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm and
Saturdays, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
$390 Discounted Price
$470 Full Price
Tuition based on household income
Register by May 20th for a 5% early bird discount

For more information or to register for this class or for any of our other great classes, go to:
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org/summer-quarter-acting-classes-seattle-are-now-open-registration

Paul Budraitis is a director, actor, writer, and solo performer, as well as a teacher of acting and stage movement. In Seattle, he has worked with On the Boards, the Degenerate Art Ensemble, Annex Theatre, Balagan Theatre, New City Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts, among others. His solo performance (IN)STABILITY premiered at On the Boards in February, and his production of David Mamet's Edmond received a Seattle Times' "Footlight Award" as one of the best productions of 2010. Paul received a State Department Fulbright grant to study theatre directing at the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy (LMTA) in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he earned his master's degree under the mentorship of visionary theatre director Jonas Vaitkus. In Lithuania, Paul worked with the National Drama Theatre of Lithuania, the State Youth Theatre of Lithuania, the Kaunas State Drama Theatre, and Oskaras Koršunovas/Vilnius City Theatre (OKT). He has assisted directors Jonas Vaitkus and Oskaras Koršunovas, and most recently acted in a contemporary re-imagining of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, directed by acclaimed Finnish director Kristian Smeds and performed at the Vienna Festival.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org

[Shakespeare Intensive with Amy Thone at Freehold Theatre]

Shakespeare Intensive with Amy Thone at Freehold Theatre

Three reasons to find the time/money/commitment to take Shakespeare intensive this summer:

•   Shakespeare is the ultimate workout for all actors - whatever you want to do better as an actor, working on this text will help.  If you want better stakes in contemporary plays, more audition savvy, higher notes while you sing, deeper in-performance connection to your own truth and simplicity, this class will help.  Shakespearean language demands everything you've got, will help you to recognize your own habit and/boundaries, AND inspire you to reach further.
•   A life well-spent is a life spent exploring and owning these delicious and thunderous and trashy and glorious and awe-inspring texts.  The thing about Shakespeare is that he's actually as good as everybody says... how rare is that?  Deepen your connection to one of the key canons that exist IN OUR WORLD!
•   Amy Thone loves helping people own their work with this seminal playwright.  She's been working actively on these plays as an actor, director, dramaturge, casting director and teacher for 28 years... and is always hungry to learn more about them.

All students will work on one sonnet, two speeches and one scene.  We will speak, deconstruct, speak, read, practice, run around outside, speak, watch movie clips, speak, do weird exercises, speak, work with speech/diction, speak, play with breath control, write, study, speak...

Prerequisite: Previous experience with speaking Shakespeare and faculty permission required.  After registering, please submit a resume or cover letter of your experience for final approval.

July 14 – August 25
Sundays 9:00 am – 2:00 pm and
Tuesdays 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
No class August 4 and August 6
$525 Discounted Price
$600 Full Price
Tuition based on household income
Register by May 20th for a 5% early bird discount

For more information or to register for this class or any of our other great classes, go to:
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org/summer-quarter-acting-classes-seattle-are-now-open-registration

Amy Thone has been grappling professionally with Shakespeare's plays for twenty-two years, as an actor, director, dramaturge and teacher. She is the Casting Director at Seattle Shakespeare Company, and a faculty member of Cornish College of the Arts. Amy has performed throughout Seattle at numerous venues including INTIMAN Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Seattle Shakespeare Company and many others.  Amy is also one of the founding members of the New Century Theatre Company.

If you are looking for exceptional classes in a supportive atmosphere,
Freehold is the place.

Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio
2222 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA  98121
(206) 323-7499
http://www.freeholdtheatre.org