Offshoot offers drama camp this summer

Offshoot

offers drama camp this summer

Fayette County-based

Offshoot Productions has announced three different

week-long summer theater camps for children offered

through the Community School at LaFayette Educational

Center in Fayetteville.

The camps

are part of Offshoot's "Festival of Theater for

Children," with activities spread throughout June

and July.

The first

summer camp, which runs June 19 - 23, is creative

dramatics, geared for children 6 - 8. According to

artistic director Susan M. Steadman, Ph.D., who has been

teaching acting for 30 years, "Children enjoy games

and are naturally imaginative, so it makes sense that the

theater games they'll play in the camp provide an

excellent way of introducing them to the stage and

instilling confidence."

The camp

meets Monday through Friday, 10 - 11:30 a.m., and costs

$42. A daily snack is provided for the youngsters.

The second

camp, designed for children 9 to 12, is "curtains

up!" This camp meets Monday through Friday, June 26

- 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Work will focus on creating

an ensemble and on character development. During the

week, the participants will work on a short performance

using "story theater" techniques. An invited

audience will view the result Friday afternoon at 1. Cost

for the workshop is $65.

The final

camp is for adolescents 13 - 17, and meets July 10 - 14.

In scenes for teens, the participants will work on

scripted material written for their age range. Scenes

will be presented Friday at 1 p.m. Fee is $65.

Several

instructors, including Steadman, will teach the camps, so

that the young actors will have input from various

sources. All camps will stress the process of creating

theater and the ways in which actors work together.

To

register, phone the Community School at 770-460-3990,

ext. 1135. For information, phone Offshoot at

770-631-2362 or e-mail to [email protected].

Other

aspects of the "Festival of Theater for

Children" include a workshop in stagecraft, single

session acting workshops at the Peachtree City Library,

and the presentation of two participatory children's

musicals: "The Further Adventures of Maide

Marian" and "The Tale of the Frog Prince"

at the LaFayette Educational Center between July 20 and

July 30.

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