Actors Shakespeare Academy

2006 SUMMER CAMP .

Offering the very best in the performing arts
for children.
Focusing on the creative process, artistic development, self-esteem, and fun!


We offer an exciting and entertaining curriculum for the child eager to perform. In addition to acting, music, physical performance and dancing, we also focus on character creation, performance interaction, theatre etiquette and professional deportment.

Two completely different four-week Sessions exploring: Period character building & scene study; ensemble teamwork; how improvisation works with Shakespeare; comedy movement; stage combat choreography; interacting with large props, hand props, and period costuming; the art of stage make-up, in addition to basic voice training and Shakespearian technique.

We combine workshop classes like "Physical Comedy" and "Scene Study of Comedy of Errors" to create an outrageous comedy scene for performance, and "Fencing" and "Scene Study of Romeo & Juliet" to create an action packed performance with intense acting.

We are unique in our approach to performance workshops, and our attention to professional level training. At the same time we engage the students in a personal manner to inspire their best achievement at whatever ability level they are at. Everyday at Shakespeare Summer Camp will be fun, exciting, active, and inspirational.

As we are offering camps for a wide range of children's ages, all workshops, whether they be acting, voice, dance, movement, comedy or ensemble, will be age specific.

Session One, for students 9-17, 9a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday runs from June 26 through July 21, with a performance on our main stage Saturday July 22 (*no class July 4th). Fee is $550.

Session One, for students 5-9, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday-Thursday runs from June 26 through July 20, with a performance on our main stage Saturday July 22 (*no class July 4th). Fee is $400.

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Session Two, for students 9-17, 9a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday runs from July 24 through August 18, with a performance on our main stage Saturday August 19. Fee is $550.

Session Two, for students 5-9, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday-Thursday runs from July 24 through August 17, with a performance on our main stage Saturday August 19. Fee is $400

A $100 deposit is required to confirm your child's reservation, and the balance is due on, or before June 6.

RESERVATIONS can be made by calling 310.829.4646

Our Summer Camp staff includes:

T Michael, Program Director
An award winning producer and director, Mr. Michael has taught Children's Theatre classes for 20 years. He has directed over 40 musicals and plays from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to "The Music Man." He has taught Classical, Musical Theatre, acting for camera, character development, audition technique and advanced scene study at a variety of learning and performing institutions.
In addition to teaching and directing, he has held the position of Artistic Director for the El Segundo Youth Drama Program and the Hollywood Playhouse. He has worked on the Artistic Advisory Boards for the Open End Theatre and the Village Playhouse, as well as the Selection Committees for The Enchanted Theater and the Tustin Playhouse.
His Passion for Children's Theatre led to television development. He has developed and produced programs for ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Universal Family, Nickelodeon, Film Roman, Turner Broadcasting, New World and 20th Century Television.


Rae Dubow, Teacher

Having studied and worked as an actress in Chicago and New York, as well as Hollywood, Ms. Dubow has an extensive background in theatre. She has studied and performed at the American Repertory Theatre, the University of Pennsylvania and, Harvard and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She was a founding member of the Rembiko Project Company, and worked for The Roundabout Theatre Company. She has been featured on "General Hospital," and in several independent films.
For Children's Theatre she has taught and directed at Camp PlanetJanet, Creative Space, and the El Segundo Youth Drama Program. She has directed Musical Theatre, and taught improv, character development and silent movie comedy classes. She has also taught speciality classes for Fairy Tale Theatre for children 3 to 5, and worked with special needs children, with autism and those with ADHD.

Roberta Brown: Fencing Master/Stage Combat Teacher

Roberta Brown's choreography credits include "Boudica" for Box Film in the UK (shown as "Warrior Queen" on PBS in the U.S.), "Charlie's Angels" for Columbia Pictures, and "E.R." for Warner Brothers. Other projects, both coaching and doubling, include the action series Queen of Swords, The District, and feature films Prince Valiant and Holes. She is Action Consultant for the Women of Action Network.

Actors Roberta has trained and coached include Patricia Arquette, Lucy Liu, Bo Derek, Billy Campbell, Noah Wyle, Goran Visnjic, Alex Kingston, Hugo Spear, Tessie Santiago, Elizabeth Gracen, Emily Blunt, and Bob Golic.

Ms. Brown has taught theatrical combat and swordplay at Hollywood's Howard Fine Acting Studio, The Lee Strasburg Institute, Bogotá's Teatro Libre and Teatro Lope de Vega, London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Southern California, West L.A. College, College of the Canyons, The Inosanto Academy, the Westside Fencing Center, and the Beverly Hills Fencers' Club, where she is currently Director of Theatrical Combat.

 

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