2008 Youth Acting Workshops

ACCEPTING STUDENTS AGES 6 - 17
FOR THE SUMMER SESSION

Expanded program. Now offering three sessions!

Children's Session: ages 6 - 9	Pre-teen Session: ages 10 - 12	Teen Session: ages 13 - 17

The six week Youth Acting Workshop Summer Session
taught by Gloucester actress Heidi Dallin will be held
Fridays beginning June 27th.

Gloucester Stage's Youth Acting Workshops help students discover their creative potential, build self confidence and develop communication skills, as well as offer an opportunity to learn skills necessary in professional theatre. The workshops include an introduction to theatre basics such as theatre games, improvisation, movement, vocal and physical expression, character study and storytelling.

Class size is limited and registration is on a first come basis. 
 Call 978-283-6688 for class times and registration information.

"HOLIDAY DELIGHTS"
a showcase of student talent 
Conceived and directed by Heidi Dallin

Thu 12/20 - Sun 12/23



This festive evening includes classic holiday scenes from Louisa Mae Alcott’s Little Women, Israel Horovitz’s Scrooge and Marley and acclaimed Gloucester author Lee Kingman’s charming story, The Magic Christmas Tree, rousing holiday music directed by Beth Goldberg and choreography by Windhover Dance Company’s Carol Burnham. Featuring students 6 to 15 years old from the Summer and Fall Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops.



$12 General Admission, $10 Seniors, $6 Students, $4 Children under 12
THU, FRI, SAT at 7pm and SAT & SUN at 3pm

2007 Youth Acting Workshops: Summer and Fall Sessions
Fifty-Five students ranging from 6 to 17 years old from seven different New England communities participated in the 2007 Youth Acting Workshops taught by GSC’s own Heidi Dallin. The Youth Acting Workshops, previously offered only during the summer, have expanded to include a Fall Session in 2007 and a Winter Session scheduled for late February 2008. Each session is six weeks long.

Students in the Summer session memorized and performed Emily Dickinson poems which coincided with Gloucester Stage’s production of The Belle of Amherst starring Lindsay Crouse. Guest artists, including Ms. Crouse and James Ijames, the star of GSC’s Ponies, visited and worked with the students on delivering monologues and improvisation techniques. Mime professional and Tufts University graduate Brendan Shea introduced the students to mime. Youth Acting Workshops Intern and Columbia College Theater major Katie Rose Sheehan assisted with the Summer Session.

Student Caroline Zola, age 12 of Newton, MA who participated in her first Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshop this summer, describes her experience, "This past summer, I learned so much from Heidi. From learning to recite a short poem, to being able to walk like a mime. Everything we did was a blast, and I will continue to act with the Gloucester Stage Company for many years to come."

The Fall Session of the Youth Acting Workshops, held on Saturday mornings, began on September 15. During the Fall Session students worked on beloved American poetry and scenes from classic American drama as well as audition techniques.

2007 Session I Ages 6 - 9	2007 Session II Ages 10 - 13	2007 Session III Ages 14 - 17

Summer 2006 participants below



In 2006 twenty-six students from seven different communities participated in the seven-week Youth Acting Workshops taught by GSC’s own Heidi Dallin. The session for children ages 5 to 10 culminated in a performance of the classic children’s story “Peter’s Long Walk” by Gloucester’s Lee Kingman and the debut of commercials for new products written by the students. Students participating in the session for 11 to 17 year-olds created and performed their own world premiere comic play “The Blizzard.” Over 135 family members and friends enjoyed the Youth Acting Workshops final presentation and reception on Tuesday, August 15 at Gloucester Stage Company.

Jaqi McCarthy, age 9, had this to say about her experience as a student: “I have done Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops for the past 3 years.  It is a fun way to learn acting.  I love it.  It has helped me to project my voice, follow stage directions, and to use more body motions.  I also got used to Show Business.  My experience with the Acting Workshops helped to get me ready to audition for The Wind in the Willows.” 

Four students who participated in this year’s program (Tess Destino, Emily Keyes, Jaqi McCarthy and Racquel Shaw) were cast in our winter production of The Wind in the Willows.

The Youth Acting Workshops are designed to provide young people who possess a variety of abilities and levels of interest an outlet to develop self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills. Students are introduced to the skills necessary for professional theatre through theatre basics including improvisation, character preparation, vocal and physical expression, theatre games and storytelling.

If you are interested in participating in either of these workshops in 2007 please contact Heidi Dallin at 978-281-4099.

2006 Session I
Ages 6 - 10



2006 Session II
Ages 11 - 17



2006 Workshops met for seven weeks
Taught by Heidi Dallin



An Introduction to Professional Theater




Learn theatre basics; develop confidence and communication skills through theatre games, improvisation, character preparation and storytelling.



2005 Session I culminated in the performance
of a classic children's story.



2005 Session II culminated in the performance
of a play written by the students.



 

Class size is limited and registrations is a first come basis.
To register, call 978-283-6688