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Intro to Improv class at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 15-Apr 19

Intro to Improv class at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 15-Apr 19

Introduction to Improv

Join Ken Krintz in a fun filled improvisation course. This class has you up and practicing each session. So come join the fun and learn what improv is all about!

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Sundays March 15, 2015 through April 19, 2015, except April 5.
Class Schedule
Class 1: March 15 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Improvisation Basics and Rules
Class 2: March 22 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Physicalization (Where)
Class 3: March 29 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Characterization (Who)
Class 4: April 12 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Storytelling (What)
Class 5: April 19 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Performance Games

This Introduction to Improv class is excellent for actors or for those looking to be more comfortable onstage or in public speaking situations. It can help in your work and day to day relationships. The basics of improvisational theater will be taught in a small, supportive and relaxed class. Through the use of lecture, games, exercises and peer feedback, you will learn:

The vocabulary of improv
Improvisation rules
Physicalization, characterization and storytelling (Who? What? Where?)
To take the initiative and lead sometimes
To take the back seat and follow other times
To be innovative and spontaneous
To work together effectively while having fun
To be more comfortable on onstage or in public speaking situations

$50 tuition fee for five classes. For adults 18 and over. If younger, contact Maureen Rogers at 301-452-2557.

Ken Krintz has been involved in live theatre for 20 years as an Actor and a Director. Always being curious about improvisation and the needed skills, he used his instructional design and training skills from his day job, his interaction and studies with other improv groups, and then put together an outline of rules, exercises, and games for several actors at LMP. They met informally, learned the rules, played a lot of games and had the times of their lives! They found it a nice change of pace from studying lines and managing props. That outline has grown into a five-session course that he has taught several times to both teens and adults.

Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 17, 19 & 22

Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 17, 19 & 22

Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors will be held on:

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 7:00 PM

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Director Michael V. Hartsfield will be casting:

8 men and 6 women plus ensemble are needed. Actors may audition bringing sheet music for the accompanist that will be provided or a CD. Sixteen bars of a Broadway style song that showcases vocal range will be requested. Little Shop of Horrors will open on April 24 and run through Sunday, May 17. Performances will run on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm with two Sunday matinees at 2pm on May 10th and May 17th.

For more information see: http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php

Harvey at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 13-Mar 8

Harvey at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 13-Mar 8

Harvey
by Mary Chase
Directed by Clare Shaffer
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Friday February 13, 2015 through Sunday March 8, 2015

When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also!

Performances run weekends from Friday February 13, 2015 through Sunday March 8, 2015 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Auditions for Young Adult Spring One Acts at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 29 & 31

Auditions for Young Adult Spring One Acts at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 29 & 31, 2015

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Auditions for Young Adult Spring One Acts will be held on:

January 29, 2015 at 7:00 PM
January 31, 2015 at 1:00 PM

Director Larry Simmons will be casting:

20 to 25 roles in a mixture of drama and comedy for young actors, male and female, from 7th grade up through age 20.

Performances are scheduled to run from March 27, 2015 to April 12, 2015.

For more information see: http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php, contact producer Maureen Rogers at 301-452-2557 or e-mail maureencrogers@gmail.com, or e-mail the theatre at LMP@laurelmillplayhouse.org.

Auditions for 2015 season at The Venus Theatre, Jan 18

Auditions for 2015 season at Venus Theatre Play Shack, Jan 18

Venus Theatre: Feral 15 Casting

Venus Theatre play shack will be casting all roles for the four plays in their 2015 season, including puppeteers, starting the week of January 18, 2015. Email to make an appointment.

Location: Venus Theatre Play Shack.

Venus Theatre is committed to more team building and will also enter into the world of puppetry in the 2015 calendar year season.

This year we celebrate women with poetry, song, puppets, and Grimm’s Fairy tale play. Inspired by Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, ee cummings, and the Krofft brothers.

Here come scripts 51, 52, 53, and 54!!!

Venus Theatre: Feral 15 Casting

Auditions will take place the week of January 18, 2015. Email submissionsofvenus@gmail.com to schedule an audition on the ½ hours from 3-8 in the evening. Actors please prepare a 2 minute contemporary monologue and be prepared to cold read and move. Puppeteers, please prepare a 2 minute contemporary puppet monologue and be prepared to cold read and move.

For further questions call deb (202-236-4078)

For more information including shows and roles, click here.