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he Lawrence Arts Center's Drama Program features performing arts classes for children and adults. Instructors are drama professionals with expertise in all aspects of theater; many of them work regularly with The Seem-To-Be Players or the Summer Youth Theatre Program.
Classes and workshops include beginning, intermediate and advanced acting, story-playing, improvisation, film making, audition techniques and dramatic writing. The Drama program also sponsors performance based groups including City Youth Theater (for High School - 9th-12th grade students) and First Saturday Players (for 6th – 8th grade students.)
The Drama Program works each year with the Dance Program to offer a large Holiday production. In 2007, THE SNOW QUEEN, with music and script by Ric Averill and Choreography by Deb Bettinger, will feature a cast of student and adult community dancers and actors working side by side with professional dancers and actors providing on-stage opportunities for more than 100 people and entertainment for six full houses!
n addition, the Drama Program will offer a Spring Production open to student and community actors. The 2008 production will be THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, as adapted from Mark Twain by Ric Averill.
Other productions throughout the year will include RAPUNZEL, the professional tour, the weekend before Halloween. CATS AND BATS, for the very young, on Saturday morning the 27th of October and PUSS AND BOOTS, the 35th anniversary production of the Seem-To-Be Players as ‘Hot Dog Theatre’ on Saturday, April 26th, 2008.
Acting, Improvisation, Stage Combat, Dramatic Writing, Film-Making, Singing and Acting for the Camera are some of the annual workshop and weekly class offerings of the drama education program for adults. This constantly evolving program provides opportunities for people to continue their theatre education or investigate unexplored territory and talent.
From Erin Girard’s Parent/Child pre-school Saturday workshops to Jennifer Glenn’s regular Wednesday acting classes for K-2nd graders and 3rd – 5th graders and the First Saturday Players – there are classes for every age and experience level. Look for Film-Making on Mondays and/or Tuesdays, Dramatic Writing on Thursdays and other workshops offered throughout the year. Students can also sign up to learn about Technical Theatre from Danny Rogovein, learning to run the shows performed by the Drama Education Program. Life long learning skills including concentration, observation, imaginative thinking and cooperation are all a natural part of the drama curriculum.
The Lawrence Arts Center's most comprehensive theatre education program is Summer Youth Theatre. This program has been available to the youth of Lawrence since 1973. Through the direction of recognized theatre professionals, students will be trained in all aspects of theatre.
Our mission is to create an environment where students can expand their imagination, test the boundaries of creativity, and discover with pride the joyful results of cooperation. Every student is guaranteed to be cast in a show and will have the opportunity to work on lighting, scenery, costumes and all aspects of the production. Programs are offered for grades Kindergarten-3rd, 4th-7th and 8th-12th.
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