Jump into the improvised fun at the Contemporary Theater Company with no pressure and lots of joy! This class is the perfect way to try your hand at a new skill, jump-start your acting career, or just have a blast in a low-pressure environment with lots of welcoming new friends!
Mondays, June 28 - August 9 from 6 pm - 8 pm, with a graduation show on August 16th. No Students Under 15, $175, financial aid available (email Maggie Cady at cady@thecontemporarytheater.com for details), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Delve into the next level of improv with an exploration of improv focused on working with the other people onstage with you! We'll play around with games that you can often see on the Micetro stage, and find your improviser style and voice! Build on the collaborative work of Improv 101 and discover new possibilities in improv.
Completion of Improv 101 or instructor permission is required.
Mondays, June 28 - August 9, 6 pm - 8 pm, with a graduation show in August 16. Session is $149 and financial aid available (email info@thecontemporarytheater.com for details), 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI 02879
Students are immersed into the theater world, exploring all aspects of creating a play and collaborating! They'll use this all in their final presentation of a play on Friday!
July 5 - 9, 9 am - 3 pm, $275 (snacks included, bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Financial aid available (email Maggie Cady at cady@thecontemporarytheater.com for details)
Take that creative spark and learn how to spin it into fun onstage! Have fun with a week of improv learning games, skills, and collaboration. Get out of your head and onto the stage! Because of the nature of the camp, you can take it multiple times with lots of new games, scenes, and fun each week!
Session 1: July 5 - 9, 9 am - 3 pm, $275 (bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Why should the older kids have all the fun? Our improv camp for ages 8-12 is back! Take that creative spark and learn how to spin it into fun onstage! Have fun with a week of improv learning games, skills, and collaboration. Get out of your head and onto the stage!
July 12 - 16, 9 am - 3 pm, $275 (bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Shakespeare was not meant to be taught in a classroom, but to be experienced live. Students will get the opportunity to learn how to perform a Shakespeare piece, not just interpret it. Each student will work for a week on refining an iconic speech from one of Shakespeare plays. We will be melding classical language with modern technique, with the ultimate result being a Shakespeare showcase, and a monologue that you can confidently present at auditions.
July 12 - 16, 9 am - 3 pm, $275, 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Students will work as a collaborative ensemble, each of them taking on the role of a playwright, a director, and an actor, in order to produce a piece of theater in only one week. Students will be asked to engage in the world around them, to respond to current events, and to produce a show that reflects the age we all live in. This camp is really what you make of it!
July 19 - 23, 9 am - 3 pm, $275 (snacks included, bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Over two weeks of camp, students ages 9-14 will learn to turn the creative ideas in their head into a real play! Students will work together to write a play over the course of a week with guidance from the instructors. In the second week, students will take the play they wrote and bring it to the stage! They'll be writers, actors, and behind the scenes tech all in one!
July 19-23 & 26-30, 9 am – 3 pm, $550 (bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
Like to get your hands dirty in the name of art? In this camp, students will learn the techniques, tips, and magic behind prop making, set painting, and turning almost anything into something amazing.
July 26 - 30, 9 am - 3 pm, $300 (all materials and snacks included, bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
All the world's a stage, so learn how to use it! Learn how to approach a play as an actor from finding the secrets of your character in the text to having a confident stage presence. Everyone will work on a monologue throughout the week leading up to the final performance!
Aug 9 - 13, 9 am - 3 pm, $275 (bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
In this crash course introduction to film, students will learn the basics of movie making and be challenged to work collaboratively to produce a group short film. Lights, camera, action!
Take that creative spark and learn how to spin it into fun onstage! Have fun with a week of improv learning games, skills, and collaboration. Get out of your head and onto the stage!
Session 2: Aug 16 - 20, 9 am - 3 pm, $275 (bring a lunch), at 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
©2017 The Contemporary Theater Company.