Theater Workshops and Camps Planned for Summer

By BEAVERCREEK R&R DIANA BLOWERS

Whether you just want to test the stage or you’re interested in improving your theatrical skills, the Beavercreek Community Theatre may have something for you.

BCT will offer classes and workshops this summer designed to help children, teenagers and adults learn more about the world of theater.

The classes and workshops are the latest in a continuing growth pattern for the theater that presented its first show in December 1995.

For many years the group of dedicated thespians presented live theater in a variety of rented venues before moving into its own permanent home for the 2006-07 season.

BCT shares the Lofino Adult Enrichment and Cultural Arts Center, at 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road, with the Beavercreek Senior Center.

During the 2006-07 season, BCT added two new production arms: the BCT Children’s Theatre and Edge of the Creek Productions, which produces more adult shows than BCT’s normal family-oriented entertainment.

This summer, BCT is adding another dimension to its program with the addition of the theater classes and workshops, taught by Teresa Connair of Dayton.

Connair, who has appeared in or directed more than 100 productions locally, is the director of the BCT Children’s Theatre and teaches acting classes for children and adults at Rosewood Arts Centre in Kettering at the Oakwood Community Center.

Youth/teen camps

The BCT Youth/Teen Camps 2008, for those ages 8 to 18, will cost $60 per weeklong camp. The camps, to be held at the Beavercreek Community Theatre, are:

Auditioning and Theater Basics: 4 to 5:30 p.m. July 7-11.

Participants will learn the ins and outs of auditioning and proper etiquette. They will each learn an audition piece to perform in front of an audience on the last day of camp.

Registration deadline is July 2.

Improvisation and Building a Character: 4 to 5:30 p.m. July 21- 25.

Participants will learn how to build a character for a play and improve improvisation techniques, as well as work on a piece for the final performance on the last day of class before an audience.

Adult workshops

The BCT Adult Workshops, summer 2008, for ages 18 and older, will cost $10 per workshop.

The workshops, which also will be held at the Beavercreek Community Theatre, are:

Improvisation: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 12.

Participants will learn the ins and outs of improvisation and will be encourages to “play games and let yourself learn to be child- like again.

Registration deadline is July 9.

Auditioning: 7 to 9 p.m. July 15.

Participants will learn “how to land the role or just walk out of the audition feeling good about yourself.”

It will cover cold readings, call backs, proper etiquette, how to accept or decline a part and other essentials parts of auditioning. Registration deadline is July 11.

Finding and Building a Character:

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 26. Participants will learn the basics of “finding and building a real three dimensional character that lives on stage.”

Registration deadline is July 23.

Registration forms are available on the BCT Web site at www.bctheatre.org or by calling (937) 429-4737 or e-mailing bctheatre@bctheatre.org.

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