[Choir] FYI: DeBaun Summer Acting Workshop

[Bethany Reeves]

Dear Choir-Members-Who-Are-Theatre-Folk or Potential Theatre Folk!


I'm writing to give you some basic information on DeBaun's summer theatre season. The season includes a full play production and an Acting Workshop.


About the Acting Workshop:

  *   Open to all Stevens community members, including current students, alumni, staff & faculty.
  *   Free of charge.
  *   Takes place Monday and Wednesday evenings, 7-10pm (with flexibility on leave time for folks with day jobs).
  *   Dates: Weds May 31 through Weds July 5
  *   Performance: the class culminates with two Scene Presentation nights, open to the public, on Friday & Saturday July 7 & 8, 8pm at DeBaun (free)
  *   Teacher: Bethany Reeves
  *   Covered in the course: basic instrument work (body/voice/imagination), playing actions, character building. Some of this is via independent exercises; some is within the context of scene study.
  *   Scene material: generally, scenes for the final performances will be chosen from the modern theatre repertoire (anything from Ibsen/Chekhov/Strindberg forward). This may include older classics of modern drama and/or probably-will-eventually-be-considered-classics from more recent years.
  *   Requirements:
     *   A commitment to really digging in and challenging yourself in order to build your craft as an actor.
        *   Those who have never yet acted - or very little - and are up for an adventure are absolutely welcome!
     *   "Commitment" includes coming to all or most of the M/W classes (please write to me about specific & can't-avoid-them conflicts. I usually figure something out).
     *   Commitment also may mean braving some dramatic  challenges - and challenge can feel risky!
     *   Challenge can also involve careful reading of one or more plays towards working on your scene with real integrity. You'll need to find your play online, purchase it (Drama Books on 40th just east of 8th in NYC is a good resource), or hit a well-stocked library (i.e., the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center, NYC).

PLEASE REPLY TO BETHANY REEVES at breeves@ stevens.edu (do NOT hit "reply to all") if you would like to participate. Thank you!


This summer's play production, "PROOF," was cast a few months ago and will feature alumni Colin Gliech, Ben LaGue, Liz Lamb, and Molly Molino. Performances of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play are on Friday and Saturday July 14 & 15.


Cheers,

Bethany Reeves?


Dr. Bethany Reeves
Director, Stevens Choir & DeBaun PAC Voice Studio
Music Program Coordinator, DeBaun Performing Arts Center
Stevens Institute of Technology
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