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Education
acting classes and summer theatre day camps | The Playhouse offers seven-week acting classes in fall, winter and spring for children from grades K-12 and for adults of all ages. Playhouse classes offer a chance to investigate the basics of acting, improvisation, movement and theatre games, as well as acting for TV and film. Different classes are offered to different age groups at different times of year. The requirements for classes vary from instructor to instructor, but the intent of all classes is to introduce the student to the beginning concepts of performance. The Playhouse offers limited scholarships to this program. This year, the Playhouse offers classes at its Eden Park facility and two additional locations: Clifton Cultural Arts Center (3711 Clifton Avenue) and the Mayerson JCC (8485 Ridge Road, Amberley). All of our classes are taught by the same group of local theatre professionals. Are you on the hunt for something engaging, educational and entertaining for your young theatre enthusiast this summer? Each summer the Playhouse offers theatre day camps for students from first grade through high school. Students entering grades 1 and 2 are offered a two-hour creative dramatics program with a single instructor throughout. Students entering grades 3 and up take two weeks of half-day camps consisting of three classes. These include a class in acting and two other drama-related activities (such as improvisation, stage movement, stage combat and television acting). All classes are taught by working theatre professionals with extensive experience working with young people. The final day of camp culminates with a demonstration for an audience of family and friends. |
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Improvisation Classes
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Whether you are polishing your performance skills or exploring something new, you will have a great time, in a fun, fast-paced, and encouraging environment.
Classes:
Basics of Musical Improvisation, June 2nd and June 9th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM, with Matthew Loren Cohen.
Improvisation for the Non-Actor 1, June 9th, 9:30 AM - 11 AM, with Cody Dove.
Building a Character through Improvisation, June 11th, 6:30-9 PM, with Amy Roeder.
Improvisation for Teens, June 11th, 6:30-9 PM, with Tim Stoltenberg.
Improvisation for the Non-Actor 2, June 16th, 9:30 AM - 11 AMwith Cody Dove.
The First Two Minutes, June 16th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM, with Tim Stoltenberg.
Long-Form Improvisation, June 25th, 6:30-9 PM, with Amy Roeder.
Instructor Bios
Cody Dove is an alumnus of The Second City Cleveland where he performed in every revue they produced. He is a current ensemble member of Cincinnati's The Second City 2: More Pride...Less Pork, and Chicago's The Second City’s Improv All Stars and Porchlight Music Theater Company’s Best Musical.
Amy Roeder is a current ensemble member of Cincinnati's The Second City 2: More Pride...Less Pork. In the past, she has worked as a cast member of The History of Chicago in Second City's new UP Comedy Club, with Second City in three original revues at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, in Sex, Love and the Second City at the Alliance and Denver Center for the Performing Arts and in various revues onboard the NCL Star and NCL Epic.
Tim Stoltenberg comes to the Cincinnati Playhouse as a cast member with The Second City from Chicago. Tim teaches improv in Chicago, and previously was the Improv Director of Dad’s Garage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia where he taught, directed and performed.
Matthew Loren Cohen was hired in 2009, by Chicago's famed Second City to music direct a revue aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines's Gem. Since that time, he has worked steadily for the Second City, including music directing and writing music for Second City revues at such regional theaters as Arizona Theatre Company, Centerstage (Baltimore), Actors Theatre of Louisville and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
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Lower Juniors Summer Camp
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Designed for children entering the 5th and 6th grades.
Tuition: $350
Early Bird Discount: $275 (registration must be in by two weeks prior to the start of the session)
Class Sessions:
Lower Juniors Session 1: June 18-29, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM. In session 1 students take classes in acting, improvisation, and puppetry.
Lower Juniors Session 2: July 9 - 20, 2012 from 1 - 5 PM. In session 2 students take classes in acting, improvisation and circus performance .
Lower Juniors Session 3: July 23 - August 3, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM. In session 3 students take classes in acting, improvisation and musical theatre .
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Children's Acting Summer Camp
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Designed for children entering the 3rd and 4th grades.
Tuition: $350
Early Bird Discount: $275 (registration must be in by two weeks prior to the start of the session)
Class Sessions:
Children's Acting Session 1: June 18-29, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM. In session 1 students take classes in acting, improv, and puppetry.
Children's Acting Session 2: July 9 - 20, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM. In session 2 students take classes in acting, movement, and costumes.
Children's Acting Session 3: July 23 - August 3, 2012 from 1 - 5 PM. In session 3 students take classes in acting, movement and Circus Performance.
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Creative Dramatics Summer Camp
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Designed for children entering the 1st and 2nd grades.
In this creative dramatics camp, students work on acting, social and developmental skills though games and imaginative play! Students use theatre exercises, improvisation, art and structured play to share ideas through movement and speech in order to become part of the magic on stage. Each session has a different instructor, so it’s never the same camp twice!
Tuition: $150
Early Bird Discount: $100 (registration must be in by two weeks prior to the start of the session)
Class Sessions:
Creative Dramatics Session A: June 18-22, 2012 from 9-11 AM
Creative Dramatics Session B: June 25-29, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM
Creative Dramatics Session C: July 9-13, 2012 from 9-11 AM
Creative Dramatics Session D: July 16-20, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM
Creative Dramatics Session E: July 23-27, 2012 from 9-11 AM
Creative Dramatics Session F: July 30-August 3, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM
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Upper Juniors Summer Camp
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Designed for children entering the 7th and 8th grades.
Tuition: $350
Early Bird Discount: $275 (registration must be in by two weeks prior to the start of the session)
Class Sessions:
Upper Juniors Session 1: June 18-29, 2012 from 1 - 5 PM. In session 1 students take classes in acting, musical theatre and improvisation.
Upper Juniors Session 2: July 9 - 20, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM. In session 2 students take classes in acting, improvisation and circus performance.
Upper Juniors Session 3: July 23 - August 3, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM. In session 3 students take classes in acting, Shakespeare and musical theatre.
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Teen Summer Camp
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Designed for children entering the 9th - 12th grades.
Tuition: $350
Early Bird Discount: $275 (registration must be in by two weeks prior to the start of the session)
Class Sessions:
Teen Camp Session 1: June 18-29, 2012 from 1 - 5 PM. In session 1 students take classes in acting, improvisation and stage combat.
Teen Camp Session 2: July 9 - 20, 2012 from 1 - 5 PM. In session 2 students take classes in acting, improvisation and stage combat.
Teen Camp Session 3: July 23 - August 3, 2012 from 1 - 5 PM. In session 3 students take classes in acting, circus performance and musical theatre.
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