Course Description

Advanced Acting develops young actor's abilities by providing the foundation of theatrical elements such as staging, vocal projection and clarity, movement, dance and singing.

 

Students learn the skills needed to create an expressive, detailed, believable and memorable character through the use of scene and monologue work, creating a character’s history, inventing a character’s physicality and understanding a character’s psyche.

 

Advanced Acting prepares students to not only excel in MTC productions, but also to have the training needed to find success in other productions they may pursue.

Instructors

Thomas Weaver holds a BFA degree in Musical Theater from Otterbein College, and has been the director of MTC's Ardmore theater program since 2007. 

Angela Pomo is a graduate of DeSales University, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Theatre.  Angela has performed and taught with the Walnut Street Theatre, Media Theatre, New Candlelight Theatre, The Ritz Theatre, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and the Upper Darby Summer Stage programs.  She has performed in productions including Grease, Oklahoma, Lend me a Tenor, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chicago, Scrooge, My Fair Lady, As you Like it, Man of La Mancha, West Side Story, Crazy for You, and many others.

Advanced Acting Curriculum

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• Fall term - The Character

• Winter term - The Actor

• Spring term - Theatrical Movement and Dance

Schedule

• Mondays or Wednesdays from 7 PM - 8 PM

• Fall term - Sep. 15 - Dec. 3 2008

• Winter term - Jan. 5 - Mar. 11, 2009

• Spring term - Mar. 16 - June 3, 2009

Requirements

• Age 7 -12

• Excellent classroom behavior is expected

Tuition (per season)

• If enrolled in Main Stage theater: $125

• If not enrolled in Main Stage theater: $250

• $5 additional per student for credit card payments