Monday, 6 February 2012
 
 
Winter 2012 Workshops

Curtain Call Winter 2012 Workshops

Information and registration for all available eight-week winter classes after school, evening and weekends can be found below. Just scroll down. Classes are listed according to age range (from age five through adult).

Curtain Call’s Winterstock 2012 - the perfect cure for the "winter blahs!"

WINTERSTOCK is a full-day performance curriculum for ages six to sixteen held February 20 to 23, 2012 (when most area public schools experience their winter break). Details and registration are below. Just scroll down.

Curtain Call’s Summerstock 2012 -

No Business Like Show Business!!!

Registration is now available for Curtain Call's Summerstock and Summerstock Junior workshop programs! This year's program focuses on theatre about theatre, plays about players, scenes, monologues and musicals about performers, entertainers and show buisiness! Scroll down for details and registration.

All workshops take place in a safe and nurturing environment here at the Sterling Farms Theatre Complex.

Curtain Call follows the Stamford Public Schools calendar as to vacation, holiday and weather-related closings. For emergency or weather-related closing information, watch our website, News Channel 12 or tune in to 1400 WSTC.

Refund policy:

100% refund if notified of withdrawal up to 7 days prior to the starting date of the class.

75% refund if notified of withdrawal less than 7 days prior to the starting date of the class.

50% refund if notified of withdrawal prior to the 2nd class date.

NO refunds beyond the 2nd class date.

 
Register For Winter 2012 Workshops
Storybook Stages: an Introduction to Acting and Storytelling (Ages 5 to 7)

Instructor: Donnie Moody

Thursdays: 4:15 to 5:30pm

Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29

Bring fairy tales and fables to life! Students challenge their imaginations as they create a storybook performance for an invited audience! Donnie Moody is a Dramatic Arts Teacher at Westover Magnet school and has been teaching and directing children for over 20 years, creating his own storybook stage adaptations.

Price: $250

 
Register For Storybook Stages: an Introduction to Acting and Storytelling (Ages 5 to 7)
Let's Put on a Show (Ages 8 to 11)

Instructor: Tony Republicano

Tuesdays: 4:15 to 5:30pm

Dates: 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27

Flex your performance muscels as you explore character and story-telling exercises to create a mini-play for an invited audience! Students must have taken a beginning actor's workshop (either with Curtain Call, another local theatre group or at school) or have had performance experience (i.e. a school play or local theatre production). Tony Republicano is an experienced actor of stage and screen and has taught with New England Academy of Theatre, Artworks, Middle School University, Interactive Educational Theatre and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

Price: $250

 
Register For Let's Put on a Show (Ages 8 to 11)
Broadway Melodies (Ages 8 to 11)

Instructors: Jonathan Cahr and Ruth Lettera

Wednesdays: 4:15 to 5:30pm

Dates: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/29, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28

Explore some of Broadway's best-known musicals, combining voice, movement and acting to create a showcase for an invited audience during the final class. Jonathan Cahr has almost two decades of experience in choral arranging for concerts, musicals and his own recordings. His career as an actor and singer spans Broadway, television and national tours. Ruth Lettera is a music and choral instructor whose performance credits span New Jersey, Indiana, Connecticut and Broadway.

Price: $250

 
Register For Broadway Melodies (Ages 8 to 11)
Acting for Fun (Ages 8 to 11)

Instructor: Tony Republicano

Thursdays: 4:15 to 5:30pm

Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29

Push your creativity to the next level with advanced improv games, audition techniques, scene-study and on-camera performance. Students must have taken a beginning actor's workshop (either with Curtain Call, another local theatre group or at school) or have had performance experience (i.e. a school play or local theatre production). Tony Republicano is an experienced actor of stage and screen and has taught with New England Academy of Theatre, Artworks, Middle School University, Interactive Educational Theatre and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

Price: $250

 
Register For Acting for Fun (Ages 8 to 11)
Teen Comedy (Ages 12 to 15)

Instructor: Tony Republicano

Thursdays: 5:30 to 7:00pm

Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29

Develop confidence, timing, memorable characters and scenarios. Students build stronger performance and social skills as they work as an ensemble, exploring improv, sketch comedy and parody. Tony Republicano is an experienced actor of stage and screen and has taught with New England Academy of Theatre, Artworks, Middle School University, Interactive Educational Theatre and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

Price: $250

 
Register For Teen Comedy (Ages 12 to 15)
The Young Actor's Toolbox (Ages 12 to 15)

Instructors: Various Artists

Saturdays: 12:00 to 1:30pm

Dates: 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24

An actor is a skilled craftsman, and a craftsman needs the proper tools for any situation. This workshop will help assemble a "tool box" that will aid in auditions, rehearsals and performances. Techniques will be explored in areas such as improv, scene and monologue study, on-camera, auditions, musical theatre and stage combat. A new artist, specializing in each "tool," will work work with the group every two weeks to provide a fully-equipped "tool box" for young actors.

Price: $250

 
Register For The Young Actor's Toolbox (Ages 12 to 15)
Winterstock 2012: Full, four-day program

WINTERSTOCK 2012

is a full-day performing arts curriculum for ages 6 to 16, which will take place at our Sterling Farms Theatre Complex February 20 to 23, when most area public schools experience Winter Break. In age-appropriate groups, students will rotate between instructors specialized in the day’s theme. Each day will run from 9:30am to 4:00pm and conclude in a “showcase period” where students have the opportunity to put what they’ve learned to practice (parents and guests are welcome). Students may register for individual days or register for all four days and save $100! Our Winterstock themes for 2012 are:

 

Musical Monday, February 20

Acting singing and dance for musical theatre performance!

 Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 

To Be or Not to Be Tuesday, February 21

Techniques in performing Shakespeare, including stage combat!

 Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 

Wocka - Wocka Wednesday, February 22

Build confidence and creative instincts through improv, sketch and physical comedy!

Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 

Thoroughly Modern Thursday, February 23

Performance skills for modern stage and screen!

 Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO REGISTER FOR

ALL 4 DAYS AND SAVE $100!!!

 
Register For Winterstock 2012: Full, four-day program
Winterstock 2012: Musical Monday (ages 6 to 16)

Musical Monday, February 20

What makes Musical Theatre so unique and so popular is that it combines three main elements of performance inherent in every culture: music, acting and movement. Each element adds a new level of creative and emotional expression to storytelling. In this program, students will learn how to become a well-rounded performer through intensive focus in all three of these elements.

 Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 
Register For Winterstock 2012: Musical Monday (ages 6 to 16)
Winterstock 2012: To Be or Not to Be Tuesday (ages 6 to 16)

To Be or Not to Be Tuesday, February 21

William Shakespeare is one of the most challenging and widely studied masters of the theatre. From his use of language, his poetic structure and some of the most unforgettable characters in the world, he has left an indelible mark on nearly every culture. This intensive day of classes, focused on this master’s works, will explore vocal and acting techniques, scene study, movement, characterization and even stage combat!

 Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 
Register For Winterstock 2012: To Be or Not to Be Tuesday (ages 6 to 16)
Winterstock 2012: Wocka-Wocka Wednseday (ages 6 to 16)

Wocka - Wocka Wednesday, February 22

Comedy is challenging. It involves instinct, timing, confidence and trust. In a comfortable and creative environment, students will build instincts and confidence through improv, sharpen timing and stage presence through physical comedy, and fortify a sense of teamwork and trust through sketch comedy. Together, they will create memorable characters and scenarios and share some laughs!

Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 
Register For Winterstock 2012: Wocka-Wocka Wednseday (ages 6 to 16)
Winterstock 2012: Thoroughly Modern Thursday (ages 6 to 16)

Thoroughly Modern Thursday, February 23

Modern Acting centers around a philosophy that every character is driven by an objective both immediate and personal. It uses techniques in creating a performance that is more truthful and natural. Students will explore some of these techniques for stage and screen performance, applying them to scenes and monologues from some of the writers of modern stage and screen.

 Price for the day: $125 (Register for all 4 days for only $400)

 
Register For Winterstock 2012: Thoroughly Modern Thursday (ages 6 to 16)
Summerstock 2012: Both Sessions of Creative and Musical Theatre

Curtain Call’s Summerstock

Performance Workshop Program 2012:

No Business Like Show Business!!!

Curtain Call’s Summerstock Performance Workshop Program  offers fun, creative and challenging full-day curriculums for ages eleven through sixteen. Our intensive programs focus on acting, improv, musical theatre and Shakespeare, while creating a safe and comfortable environment that promotes confidence and social development.

 

Now entering its 22nd summer, Summerstock declares there’s No Business Like Show Business! This year’s program examines theatre about theatre, plays about players, scenes, monologues and musicals about performers, entertainers and show business. Every two weeks begins a new and exciting program:

 

Summerstock Creative Theatre: The Play’s the Thing

(ages 11 to 16) June 25 to July 6, 2012 (no class July 4);

Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm

Explore “life upon the wicked stage” through improv, modern acting and Shakespeare performance. Registration: $725

 

Summerstock Musical Theatre: Broadway Barnstormers

(ages 11 to 16) July 9 to 20, 2012;

Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm

A tribute to Broadway’s best shows about show business!

Registration: $800

 

Register for both Creative Theatre and Musical Theatre and save $150!!!

 
Register For Summerstock 2012: Both Sessions of Creative and Musical Theatre
Summerstock Creative Theatre: The Play's the Thing (ages 11 to 16)

June 25 to July 6, 2012 (no class July 4);

Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm

Explore “life upon the wicked stage” through improv, modern acting and Shakespeare performance. Registration: $725

 

(Register for both sessions of Summerstock Creative and Musical Theatre and save $150!!!)

 
Register For Summerstock Creative Theatre: The Play's the Thing (ages 11 to 16)
Summerstock Musical Theatre: Broadway Barnstormers (ages 11 to 16)

July 9 to 20, 2012;

Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm

A tribute to Broadway’s best shows about show business!

Registration: $800

 

(Register for both sessions of Summerstock Creative and Musical Theatre and save $150!!!)

 
Register For Summerstock Musical Theatre: Broadway Barnstormers (ages 11 to 16)
Summerstock Junior 2012: Both Session One and Two

Curtain Call’s Summerstock Junior

Performance Workshop Program 2012:

Offstage Antics!!!

 Curtain Call’s Summerstock Junior Performance Workshop Program  offers fun, creative and challenging full-day curriculums for ages six through eleven. Our intensive programs focus on acting, improv, musical theatre and basic stage craft, while creating a safe and comfortable environment that promotes confidence and social development.

 

Now entering its 22nd summer, Summerstock Junior engages in Offstage Antics: skits, songs and sketches about "life upon the wicked stage" woven all together into one big showcase about show business! Every two weeks begins a new and exciting program:

 

Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics

(ages 6 to 11)

 

Session One: July 23 to August 3, 2012;

Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 3:00pm

 

Session Two: August 6 to 17, 2012;

Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 3:00pm

 

A well-rounded exploration of acting, improv, music, dance and basic stage craft set against the backdrop of show biz!

Registration: $750 for each two-week session.

 

Register for both sessions of Summerstock Junior and save $150!!!

 
Register For Summerstock Junior 2012: Both Session One and Two
Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics Session One (ages 6 to 11)

July 23 to August 3, 2012;

Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 3:00pm

A well-rounded exploration of acting, improv, music, dance and basic stage craft set against the backdrop of show biz!

Registration: $750 for each two-week session.

 

 

(Register for both sessions of Summerstock Junior and save $150!!!)

 
Register For Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics Session One (ages 6 to 11)
Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics Session Two (ages 6 to11)

August 6 to 17, 2012;

Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 3:00pm

A well-rounded exploration of acting, improv, music, dance and basic stage craft set against the backdrop of show biz!

Registration: $750 for each two-week session.

 

(Register for both sessions of Summerstock Junior and save $150!!!)

 
Register For Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics Session Two (ages 6 to11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Winter 2012 Workshops
 Storybook Stages: an Introduction to Acting and Storytelling (Ages 5 to 7)
 Let's Put on a Show (Ages 8 to 11)
 Broadway Melodies (Ages 8 to 11)
 Acting for Fun (Ages 8 to 11)
 Teen Comedy (Ages 12 to 15)
 The Young Actor's Toolbox (Ages 12 to 15)
 Winterstock 2012: Full, four-day program
 Winterstock 2012: Musical Monday (ages 6 to 16)
 Winterstock 2012: To Be or Not to Be Tuesday (ages 6 to 16)
 Winterstock 2012: Wocka-Wocka Wednseday (ages 6 to 16)
 Winterstock 2012: Thoroughly Modern Thursday (ages 6 to 16)
 Summerstock 2012: Both Sessions of Creative and Musical Theatre
 Summerstock Creative Theatre: The Play's the Thing (ages 11 to 16)
 Summerstock Musical Theatre: Broadway Barnstormers (ages 11 to 16)
 Summerstock Junior 2012: Both Session One and Two
 Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics Session One (ages 6 to 11)
 Summerstock Junior: Offstage Antics Session Two (ages 6 to11)
 
 
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