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Classes

To register for a class click the register button next to the class description. You will be taken to PayPal's site where you can pay using your credit card.* If you would rather mail in a check, please let us know the class you are interested in, the name of the student, & how many places you would like us to hold for you. You can mail a check directly to the address at the bottom of the page.

If you see a class listed below, that means there is still room in the class. You can simply register & show up at the first class unless it states something different

in the text.

* There is a small service fee when using PayPal which is automatically added in. There are no refunds if cancellation occurs within 48 hours of scheduled class.

Beginning Improv

**Peninsula Improvisers**

Workshop Leader: Terry Sandke Five Tuesdays, June 3rd - July 1st (7pm- 9:30pm) Cost: $150 for five sessions ($130 if you sign up before May 26th) Workshop is limited to 12 participants. ages 18 & up.

*Improvisation is fun.* Improvisation is play. Improvisation is a skill that anyone can learn.

Improvisational theatre skills—being spontaneous, listening, making your partner look good, failing good-naturedly, taking risks—can have a positive impact on people’s lives beyond the stage: at home, work, and in interpersonal relationships.

Using the techniques of improvisational theater in a safe, friendly, and fun atmosphere, this workshop focuses on increasing your ability to think, speak, and act spontaneously. You will play short improv games and experiment with creating characters and scenes, all as a fun way to develop a more nimble and responsive engagement with life.

As one student said, "You can learn new ways to ‘play’ at any age. I did when I was sixty years old!"

Come and join the fun. *Newcomers and experienced improvisers welcome*.

Dragon’s Acting Camp for ages 9-14

July 7-19th

Monday-Friday, 10am to 3pm

Final showcase Saturday July 19th, 1pm

Max. 12 students

$275

Not the same old children’s acting camp. Your children are young artists in our eyes & we want to nurture that. They will learn the basics of acting, or develop the acting skills they’ve already acquired, in a fun and stimulating environment. The first half of classes will be spent working on voice, movement, and character through games and exercises. The last two hours will be dedicated to working on scenes that will be presented in a showcase on Saturday, July 19th. The focus of the camp will be the development of a character and of an interactive relationship between scene partners.

Teachers:

Ben Gullard is a Menlo Park native and graduate of Menlo Atherton High School. He is currently pursuing a double major in Drama and Psychology at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. His theater credits include North Shore Fish, here at the Dragon Theater, as well as numerous high school and college productions for both acting and design.

Laurie Roberts, recipient of the 2005 Rotary Club Award for Drama, graduated from Menlo-Atherton in the same year. She has studied theater since the ripe age of one playing the role of Jesus in a Christmas Nativity scene. Her love for performing continues to grow as she wraps up her third year studying drama and dance at the University of Washington in Seattle. Laurie also enjoys writing plays, high jumping, learning, snowboarding, stage makeup, soccer, singing, collaborating, improv, and, of course, acting. She hopes to continue her involvement in theater for the rest of her life.

*Once you have registered, in May or June, one of the teachers will be contacting you to get information about your young artist, laying out the schedule for the workshop, & answering any further questions you might have.

MORE WORKSHOPS TO COME!

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon. . . must inevitably come to pass." - George Shinn