Teachers & Students

2010 Summer Classes and Workshops at Barter Theatre

Barter Theatre is now accepting enrollments for upcoming, summer workshops and classes beginning June 21. Classes taught by Barter professionals will be offered varying from training beginners to those seriously dedicated to their craft. Your children will love these summer workshops and learn valuable life-skills, like teamwork.

Amanda Aldridge, David Alford, Katie Becker, Thomas Bryant, Ryan Fischer and Wendy Piper will be instructing classes in their expertise; everything from theatrical make-up design to beginning playwriting to musical theatre intensive. All class locations will be in Abingdon and there is a class for all ages, even teachers. To view a video highlighting a past class visit www.youtube.com/bartertheatre.

For more information and to enroll, please contact Evalyn Baron at outreach@bartertheatre.com or call 276.619.3314.

*Please determine your child’s age for these classes based on the class they are going INTO in the Fall of 2010. Thanks!

GOTTA DANCE! (and ACT, too!)

Ages:	Kindergarten – 2nd graders
When:	Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25
Time:	9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Wendy Piper
Cost:	$125

Experiment with the basics of acting by using theatre games and techniques. Learn basic dance movements to be used in combination to enhance performance skills. An important class for the young performer who wants to do both: act and dance!!

CREATIVE MOVEMENT: BEGINNING STEPS

Ages:	Kindergarten – 2nd graders
When:	Tue, Wed, Fri; July 13 - 30
Time:	12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Katie Becker
Cost:	$120

This is the perfect 1st class for little ones who want to begin to explore what it’s like to move their bodies in order to communicate a story to others. Basic, simple, yet engaging exercises will emphasize focus, discipline, paying attention and having fun with movement.

CREATIVE MOVEMENT: SHAKE IT OUT AND GET IT GOIN’

Ages:	Kindergarten – 3rd graders
When:	Monday, July 5 – Friday, July 9
Time:	12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Katie Becker
Cost:	$125

An essential class to learn how to listen to direction, get the body involved in total performance, and focusing all those energies into a final performance. Includes tickets to a Barter Players performance

SPECIAL STYLES: THEATRICAL MAKE-UP FUN!

Ages:	1st – 8th graders
When:	Monday, July 12 – Friday, July 16
Time:	10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Where:	William King Museum
Teacher:	Ryan Fischer
Cost:	$150 (materials included)

Once again, Barter Make-up and Wig Master Ryan Fischer fascinates and educates your artistically-minded youngster–with this special class in unusual theatre make-up styles.
SPECIAL SAVINGS: $25 will be deducted for students enrolled in both make-up classes OR for enrollment in the William King Camp on Asian Arts.

ACTING OUT LOUD

Ages:	3rd – 5th graders
When:	Monday, July 5 – Friday, July 9
Time:	9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Wendy Piper
Cost:	$140

Students will enjoy theatre games and activities while working on skills and techniques in this encouraging and confidence-building class. Explore both dramatic and comedic scenes. Both beginners and experienced acting students are welcome!

 

ACTING SCENES WITH MUSIC

Ages:	4th – 7th graders
When:	Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25
Time:	11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Katie Becker
Cost:	$140

Very engaging work will be done in this class on small, fun acting scenes that have a song in each scene. The final class will let parents see the fun work kids have done learning to mesh talking and singing onstage.

 

ADVANCED ACTING CLASS

Ages:	6th – 9th graders
When:	Monday, July 12 – Friday, July 16
Time:	9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Wendy Piper
Cost:	$160

A class for young actors who have had some experience either in one of our acting classes or on any stage, who wish to work at a higher, more rigorous level of learning.

THEATRICAL MAKE-UP DESIGN FOR YOUNG ACTORS

Ages:	8th – 12th graders (teachers welcome)
When:	Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25
Time:	10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Where:	William King Museum
Teacher:	Ryan Fischer
Cost:	$150 (materials included)

Barter Theatre Make-Up and Wig Master Ryan Fischer, gives an introduction on how to do special effects make-up, like scars, and bruises and more. Barter teams up with William King Museum to make sure the kids know another aspect of theatre arts!
SPECIAL SAVINGS: $25 will be deducted for students enrolled in both make-up classes OR for enrollment in the William King Camp on Asian Arts.

 

BEGINNING PLAYWRITING

Ages:	8th – 12th graders (teachers welcome)
When:	Mondays and Thursdays, July 12 – 29
Time:	12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Thomas Bryant
Cost:	$125

The primary purpose of this course is to teach the basics of writing a play while developing individual projects in a workshop environment. For the duration of this course (6 meetings, one hour each, spread over 3 weeks), students will germinate ideas and begin the process of building upon that idea to write a complete play.

 

THEATRICAL IMPROVISATION AND COMEDY

Ages:	9th – 12th graders (teachers welcome)
When:	Monday, July 19 – Friday, July 23
Time:	9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Where:	New Hall, Barter Education Building
Teacher:	Wendy Piper
Cost:	$150

Learn the art of improvisation to improve both acting and life skills, as well as write and perform your own comedy sketches.

THE BIG SUMMER WORKSHOP!
2010 BARTER SUMMER MUSICAL THEATRE INTENSIVE

Ages:	6th – 12th graders
When:	Monday-Friday, July 5 – 23
Time:	12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:	Coomes Recreation Center
Teacher:	David Alford, Amanda Aldridge & other Barter artists
Cost:	$350 (materials and t-shirt included)

Following up the sensational , fun success of last Summer’s The Music Man Intensive, Barter is extending the hard-working fun into a 3-week Workshop:

The King and I - From Start to Finish: The Process!

Popular teacher / director David Alford will lead a special group of students on the step-by-step journey of how to audition, rehearse and then present in simple workshop format the famous American musical The King and I, by Rodgers and Hammerstein!

This 3-week Intensive will culminate in an evening showing of the students’ work on the Coomes Center outdoor stage, and all are welcome to attend this final class project presentation. David will be assisted by Barter choreographer Amanda Aldridge, and various other Barter performers throughout the 3 weeks of the Intensive.

WEEK #1: These first 5 days – from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. – basic skills will be taught through an introduction to the audition process, how to prepare an audition, project voice and character in an audition, how to move, speak and sing under the intense pressure of “going for a role”!! While David and his assistants are teaching the importance of certain skills, they will also be watching, assessing and taking note of how to cast the class in the planned show, so the week is “learning in action” - growing skills while going for the
goal of achieving a role.

WEEK #2: These 5 days – again from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. – “Putting It Together”: the kids will be taught the techniques and skills of a useful rehearsal process. How to learn music, how to learn dance combinations and routines quickly, how to interpret and build strong theatrical characters, and how to put all three skills together seamlessly (singing/dancing/acting) for a well-rounded performance. This is the how, the why and the what of a good rehearsal process, so that the students will take away specific skills that will help them the rest of the careers!

WEEK #3: These last 5 days – again from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. except for the last Friday, which will go later due to the final class presentation , is all about taking the initial rehearsal techniques into the next stage: “Polishing It UP!!” – readying the show for a full-blooded, though production-simple, performance in front of an audience.
Please keep in mind: the final presentation – open to all who wish to watch – is NOT a finished production, with lights, costumes and scenery, but rather a final showing of the work the class has achieved up to that point! You will be amazed at how much your young actor has grown in the three-weeks leading up to this presentation.