Skills Classes:
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Rehearsal and Performance Classes:
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Winter Camp:
Skills Classes
In the Skills Classes, the students focus on particular aspects of performance and/or production under their teachers' guidance. The students' ideas inspire the final showcase--from selecting material to creating stories, props and costumes.
We are looking for: good team players, movie fans, avid readers, sports fans, brainiacs, shy kids, pirates, princesses and born performers – anyone and everyone who has ever imagined their own adventure!
What you will need: your body, your voice, and your imagination!
These classes draw on students’ strengths and abilities for every aspect of the final production. Students will focus on bringing characters to life through creative movement, improvisation and text. They will explore dramatic structure as they write their own play to perform for families and friends on the last day of class. They will also create most costumes, props or set pieces they might need.
SATURDAY OPTIONS:
Core Acting: Act 1 (Ages 4 - 6 - Students will be further subdivided by age)
Dates: Sept. 11 - Nov. 13, 2010
Days and Times: Saturdays, 9 - 10:30am
Performance: Saturday, Nov. 13, at 10am
Location: MST - Chelsea Market
Fee: $175
Core Acting: Act 2 (Ages 7 - 9 - Students will be further subdivided by age)
Dates: Sept. 11 - Nov. 13, 2010
Days and Times: Saturdays, 10:30am - noon
Performance: Saturday, Nov. 13, at 11:30am
Location: MST - Chelsea Market
Fee: $175
Core Acting: Act 3 (Ages 10 - 14)
Dates: Sept. 11 - Nov. 13, 2010
Days and Times: Saturdays, 10:30am - noon
Performance: Saturday, Nov. 13, at 11:30am
Location: MST - Chelsea Market
Fee: $175
WEDNESDAY OPTION:
Core Acting: Act 1 (Ages 4 - 6)
Dates: Sept. 15 - Nov. 3, 2010
Days and Times: Wednesdays, 4:15 - 5:45pm
Performance: Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 5:15pm
Location: MST - Rice Village
Fee: $175
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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- NEW!
Under the guidance of Art Ornelas and Amelia Rico, the resident videographers for Kids On Stage, students will collaborate on a short film to be screened at MST – Chelsea Market. Students will work on every aspect of the film, from script to storyboard to acting to editing.
Ages: High School (Middle school students may be accepted after interview)
Dates: Sept. 11 - Nov. 13, 2010
Days and Times: Saturdays, 1 - 4pm
Screening: To be scheduled by the class
Location: MST - Chelsea Market
Fee: $300 (includes all materials)
Class Limit: 10 Students
Note: Previously enrolled Filmmaking or Summer Studio Company: Filmmaking students do not need to re-interview and may enroll directly. To see films made by previous MST Filmmaking classes, visit http://www.mainstreettheater.com/info/videos_KOS.html
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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Rehearsal and Performance Classes
We offer two types of Rehearsal & Performance (R&P) classes - R&P Lab and R&P By Audition. Both are directed by experienced professionals, both put on a performance at the end of the rehearsal process, and both require learning lines outside of class. In the R&P Lab class, everyone who signs up will have at least one role in the final performance for family and friends. In the R&P By Audition class, everyone who is cast will do 3 performances open to the public. There are no prerequisites for either type of class. Choose the level of your challenge!
Adapted by Tim Kelly
Forget keeping the wolf from the door…Young Sir Henry is worried about getting the beast out of the hallway. Having inherited the family fortune, he’s also inherited the family curse. When Sherlock Holmes isn’t available, his trusty landlady, Mrs. Hudson, shows up to interview the suspects. And there are suspects aplenty—from sinister servants to mysterious ladies. Avid readers may recognize characters from an Arthur Conan Doyle classic…but this is Sherlock Holmes as you’ve never seen him before!
Ages: 8 - 14
Audition: No audition necessary. Just sign up! Everyone in the class will have a role (or several) in the play.
Dates: Sept. 14 - Nov. 4, 2010
Days and Times: Tues. and Thurs., 4:15 - 6:15pm
Performance: Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 at 5:15pm
Location: MST - Rice Village
Fee: $225
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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By Elizabeth Wong
Myth collides with hip-hop in this energetic, multi-award-winning play. The mischievous Monkey King, a superhero of Chinese folklore, wants to try out his kingly powers—and even the best efforts of the goddess Kuan Yin and a cranky Immortal Guru can’t stop him. After his crazy antics get him kicked out of the School of Immortality, he almost gives up on earning a crown, and instead turns to antagonizing the nearby Dragon King and dancing to hip-hop music from the future. Then he learns that a horrible One-Eyed Ogre has captured all his fellow monkeys. As their king, it is up to him to take vengeance—or to forgive. This melting pot of music and culture will thrill all comers!
Ages: 8 - 14
Auditions: Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 8 and 9, from 4:15 - 6:15pm (No reservation necessary. You do not need to prepare anything. Attend 1 day. Parent signature is required at the beginning of the audition.)
Rehearsal Dates: Sept. 13 - Nov. 12, 2010
Rehearsal Days and Times: Mon. & Wed., 4:15 - 6:15pm
Performance: Fri. – Sat., Nov. 12 & 13
Location: MST - Chelsea Market (Auditions, rehearsals and performances)
Fee if Cast: $275 (There is no fee to audition.)
No advance registration for By Audition classes.
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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Looking for a class in the spring? Click here.
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By Jonathan Rand
In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups: the fairy tale police who investigate fairy tale crime, and the fairy tale district attorneys who prosecute the fairy tale offenders. These are their stories. (In Judge F. Godmother’s court and on the streets of Fairyland, you’ll recognize lots of characters—from princesses to pigs, from blind mice to the Big Bad Wolf!) Chuh-chunk!
Ages: 8 - 14
Audition: No audition necessary. Just sign up! Everyone in the class will have a role (or several) in the play.
Dates: Nov. 30, 2010 - Feb. 17, 2011 (No class Dec. 20 – 31)
Days and Times: Tues. and Thurs., 4:15 - 6:15pm
Performance: Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 at 5:15pm
Location: MST - Rice Village
Fee: $225
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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Looking for a class in the spring? Click here.
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By Michele L. Vacca
The old king has died, and the baby prince is missing. Without its leader, the kingdom of Britain suffers famine and civil war. Meanwhile, a boy named Arthur grows up carefree in a knight’s family with adopted siblings Elaine and Kaye. Only two people know Arthur’s true identity as King of Britain—the wizard Merlin, and the wicked enchantress Morgan Le Fey, who will stop at nothing to bring Arthur under her power. Will Morgan be able to derail Arthur’s destiny to pull the sword from the stone and heal his country’s wounds?
Ages: 8 - 14
Auditions: Monday and Wednesday, Nov. 15 and 17, from 4:15 - 6:15pm (No reservation necessary. You do not need to prepare anything. Attend 1 day. Parent signature is required at the beginning of the audition.)
Rehearsal Dates: Nov. 29, 2010 - Feb. 11, 2011 (No class Dec. 20 – 31)
Rehearsal Days and Times: Mon. & Wed., 4:15 - 6:15pm
Performance: Fri. – Sun., Feb. 11 - 13, 2011
Location: MST - Chelsea Market (Auditions, rehearsals and performances)
Fee: $275 (There is no fee to audition.)
No advance registration for By Audition classes.
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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Looking for a class in the spring? Click here.
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Winter Break Theater Camp
For each day of this mini-camp, students will work on short-term projects such as improvisation, storytelling, mask-making, and dance routines.
Ages: 6 – 11
Days: Dec. 20, 21, 22, 23, and Dec. 27, 28, 29, 30
Hours: 9am – 3:30pm
Location: MST – Chelsea Market
Daily Fee: $60 ($50 if by Oct. 15)
Extended Day options available (information coming soon).
Winter Break Theater Camp policies coming soon.
Read our registration and refund policy here.
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Looking for a class in the spring? Click here.
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