Category: Acting

Do your kids get bored during the Fairfax County (FCPS) Spring Break? Would you like them out of the house during the day? Have no fear – our theater-based Spring Break Camp is the perfect opportunity to keep your kids’ minds engaged while still enjoying a nice break from regular school classes. Daily program times are 9AM to 3PM. Sign up now for single days or the full week of March 26-30, 2018!

Acting For Young People (AFYP), the theater division of Mason Community Arts Academy, is excited to present this thrilling week of theater exploration for students ages 5-11. Spring Break Camp is the perfect way to try out theater skills for the first time. With daily and weekly enrollment options, campers may choose days with themes that interest them most or stay all week!  Spring Break Camp works around your schedule – we even have an “aftercare option” from 3-5PM for a small additional fee.

DAILY TOPICS:

• Monday 03/26 – Acting
• Tuesday 03/27 – Musical Theater
• Wednesday 03/28 – Playwriting
• Thursday 03/29 – Characterization
• Friday 03/30 – Improvisation

“We love meeting new students at spring break camp!” exclaimed instructor Rebecca Wahls. “This camp is the perfect time for a newcomer to try out acting with AFYP. Everyone has a blast learning and creating together.”

Students will be separated into age-appropriate groups and will spend the day doing theater-based games, activities and learning exercises. The award-winning AFYP “Red Shirt” staff will keep participants engaged and entertained, while facilitating team-building and confidence-building experiences. Each day will culminate with a short, informal presentation for families.

Find out how un-boring Spring Break can be! Register and reserve your spot today.

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Calling all writers – instructors Zachary Wilcox and Andrew Reid return in February for another exciting session of Creative Writing for Stage & Screen! For new and experienced teen writers alike, this class explores the strategies and techniques used by professionals to create stories and scripts for tv shows, feature films and more.

“In Creative Writing for Stage & Screen, we are able to give a lot of individual attention to the students and their stories,” explains Zachary Wilcox. “We begin the session with a couple of standard writing activities that expand and stretch one’s creativity. We strive to challenge the students to push their comfort zone as far as their characters and plot will allow. We want them to think outside of the box, take in influences from everywhere and everyone, and write often.”

“The most important part of the class is sharing one’s work with classmates and instructors – hearing your work read aloud is invaluable to the growth of your script,” Wilcox says. “We will talk about dialogue, stage directions/action, character, motivation, style, plot, structure, and much, much more. This class is truly for writers of any level – it is a judgement-free space, and everyone is welcome to share their stories and ideas!”

The Spring session class meets on Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 pm at the Academy Building, starting February 14th (happy Valentine’s Day!). The countdown has begun, so grab your stop today!

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AFYP’s Adult Acting Workshop returns this Spring! This workshop has helped students work towards a wide range of goals, from increasing confidence during work presentations to auditioning and being cast in community theater productions.

“Through individual and scene work, students learn to express themselves and a character in focused, objective-based acting technique,” said past instructor Rebecca Wahls.

Students will build and apply skills to monologues, scenes, and ensemble exercises, culminating in a sharing of work at the final class meeting.

Published playwright and theater director Lisa Nanni-Messegee joins GMU Theater Education Graduate student Ashley Promisel to teach the Spring session, which starts Tuesday, February 13th (7-9pm) and runs for 8 weeks.

“I am so proud of each and every one of us – we have come a long way together from our disparate backgrounds, and we have meshed together as a group,” said one of the Fall 2017 participants. “I am honored to have met each one of you and this experience I will cherish fondly always.”

Sharpen your acting/ audition skills, get practice acting with and performing in front of others, and enjoy the camaraderie that only theater can bring. Join our Adult Acting Workshop today!

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