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(The following programs require previous enrollment in at least one Santa Monica Playhouse workshop and director approval) |
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Spring & Fall Play Production Workshops
Meet once a week with Santa Monica Playhouse theatre artists to create an always awesome piece of original theatre. Bring us your ideas, dreams, concerns and together we'll craft a professional production from start to finish, where you learn how to mount a play and channel your creativity through exciting and unique theatre and acting techniques, writing exercises, singing, dancing, and of course, performing. Confidence, a steady work ethic, and a sense of fulfillment are added bonuses. No experience needed, but even the most “advanced” young actor will benefit from this class. Fall Session:
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Teen Performance Lab
A specially designed workshop program for teens 13 to 17 where students plunge into the world of theatre and acting through a unique experience only found at Santa Monica Playhouse. Members work with theatre professionals in a supportive and dynamic atmosphere to create a performance piece based on the world they live in, unleashing each student’s unlimited creativity. Students study the world-renowned SMP acting method, learning how to build a trusting ensemble and create truthful characterizations. Program focus includes voice and movement and culminates in a fully mounted stage production. Added bonuses include a new found sense of self, increased confidence, and a profound appreciation for the arts. (For SUMMER TEEN PERFORMANCE LAB dates and prices, scroll down or click “Return to Index” and then click on SUMMER WORKSHOP) 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Inside/Outside: Acting for Camera & Stage (Ages 10 to 16)
Learn how to develop the inner life of the character while simultaneously gaining camera, audition and cold reading skills, using improvisation, theatre games, text and performance art to practice techniques and develop proficiencies that will help you not only be dynamite on stage or screen, but excel in classroom participation, be confident in one-on-one personal conversations and learn to be a creative problem-solver. Spring Session I:
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Early Stages Create-a-Play
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Spring Break Theatre Camp (Ages 6 to 13)
Our short-burst theatre workshops are a thrilling adventure of the theatrical kind! Get a taste of what it’s like to be on stage. Combining theatre skills with personal expression and communication skills, members of the workshop become part of a unique theatre team that will use text, music, movement, costumes and make-up to build and perform an awesome original play – all in just five days! Session I: FOR SPRING BREAK ONLY! If your child’s school takes their Spring Break on dates other than those listed above, please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 ext 3 to find out more about special Spring Break Workshops that may be created just for you and your friends (minimum 8 students). For more information please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Winter Break Theatre Camp (Ages 6 to 14) Our short-burst theatre workshops are a thrilling adventure of the theatrical kind! Get a taste of what it’s like to be on stage. Combining theatre skills with personal expression and communication skills, members of the workshop become part of a unique theatre team that will use text, music, movement, costumes and make-up to build and perform an awesome original play – all in just five days! Session I:
For more information please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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(ages 6 to 17) Receive personal attention in private sessions that emphasize movement for the stage, basics of auditioning and camera technique, focus and concentration, memorization and cold reading, projection and enunciation. These 90-minute sessions allow young actors to develop the ability to excel in auditions and performance on any stage and in any artistic endeavor in a truthful, authentic manner. No matter where you would like to perform, no matter what sort of performing arts experience you would like – theatre, dance, musical performance, speech, debate, television, film – this program will boost your confidence quickly and easily, from school to the Broadway stage. Dues:
For more information please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Summer Theatre Camp and Teen Performance Lab
Our summer theatre intensives are our most popular workshop! A spectacular all day theatre experience where young people make friends, expand their imagination, have fun, learn how to build an ensemble, all while working on creating an always astonishing original musical all their own. Students learn from professional artists in a supportive, dynamic atmosphere that nurtures self-confidence and creative self-expression. This theatre experiences includes acting, dancing, singing, costumes, make-up, and of course a full fledged production mounted on one of the Playhouse's two performance venues. SUMMER PLAY PRODUCTION THEATRE CAMP (ages 7 to 12) Dues: $595.00 Dues: $725.00
Dues: $595.00 Dues: $725.00
For more information please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Special One-Week Summer Workshops for Kids & Teens
(ages 6 to 12 and 12 to 17)) Our short-burst theatre workshops are a thrilling adventure of the theatrical kind! Get a taste of what it’s like to be on stage. Combining theatre skills with personal expression and communication skills, members of the workshop become part of a unique theatre team that will use text, music, movement, costumes and make-up to build and perform an awesome original play – all in just five days! Perfect for young people with a busy, busy summer schedule! Summer Starter Session: Midsummer Madness Session: Summer's End Session: Class Meeting Time:
1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Summer After Care TWO extra hours of Supervised Theatre Fun for your kids, TWO extra hours of convenience for YOU! During After Care, members play theatre games, rehearse their lines and blocking with the other students, sing songs, create dances, make props, learn about make-up and have an extra snack time. Available for students ages 6 and up for some sessions. Just ask.
1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Challenging Programs for the Serious Actor |
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Summer Stock
For more information please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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The Advanced Preparatory Program As the name suggests, this workshop program is the preparation for the Advanced Workshop Program and the plays presented by the Young Professionals' Company. Members of the program take part in the Fall or Spring After-school Performance Workshop and The Acting Workshop as well as such theatre management activities as Ushering, Birthday Parties and Workshop Teaching Assistance. Call for dates, prices and enrollment requirements 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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The Advanced Conservatory Program As a highly intensive look at theatre as a total activity, members study performance technique, voice, diction and enunciation, improvisation, aerobics and specialty dance, comedy timing, stage presence, cold reading, rhythm, theatre history, communication and mediation, teaching skills and more. This workshop emphasizes personal responsibility and commitment, team spirit and the togetherness that comes from sharing in the creative process.
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October through May Class Meeting Time: Two classes per week, 4:00 to 6:30pm Call for dates, prices and enrollment requirements For more information please contact us at 1-310-394-9779 Ext. 3 or or to e-mail us click HERE.
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Santa Monica Playhouse, a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 educational corporation founded in 1960, provides exciting and entertaining dramatic and comedic, classic and contemporary live theatrical productions, Family Theatre musicals, birthday and tea parties, year-round and summer theatre acting classes and educational programming for kids, teens and adults, create-a-play classes and Mommy and Me events for pre-schoolers, daytime and after school field trips, enrichment classes and in-service in public and private schools, cultural exchange, international touring, and community outreach, as well as theatre rental space for productions, seminars, solo shows, concerts, recitals, lectures, meetings and more. |
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