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Kids Acting Class Ages 11-14
with Denise Page

Ages: 11 - 14
Class taught by Denise Page & Ryan Van Buskirk
Kids: Acting
Ages 11-14
Mondays 4-5 pm
Classes Start the week of 9/22 and end the week of 11/10
A slightly more accelerated class from the younger age group, this is an ideal course for
the middle school student who is either completely new to the stage and acting, has never tried
it but wants to OR for those experienced actors who have performed here and there but want to
elevate their skills. All actors will get a chance to shine in our end of course show case! We will
cover (a review for some) the basics, stage direction, diction, emotions, body language, facial
language. We will more intensely review, discuss and practice audition prep, tactical
approaches to conquering an audition as well as the anxiousness and confidence issues that
can sometimes plague both the inexperienced actor and those who have been doing this a long
time. (hint: most people don’t like auditions, but we have some tools to share to help cope with
that!) Included in this course will be a mock audition day! For most of the course time, we will
be focusing on a small play/skit for presentation at the showcase and breaking this down to
better understand our characters and how they fit in the story, and how knowing both of those
things makes us better at our craft. Part of this course will include a little improv work and how
that relates to staying in character, being in the moment and exploring creativity while remaining
true to someone else’s written work and the vision of an overall production… “improv with
boundaries.” Our focus may be on one small skit or play for presentation, but the skills and
practices taught for this one “micro show” are things that can be brought to all your future
theater endeavors. This course and what we teach will become a permanent part of the tools
for your overall acting, speaking and presentation tool kit. We can’t wait to work with yo
Kids Acting Class Ages 7-11
with Denise Page

Class taught by Denise Page & Ryan Van Buskirk
Kids: Beginners Acting
Ages 7-11
Fridays 4-5
Classes begin the week of 9/22 and end the week of 11/10
** No classes on 9/26 and 10/31
11/7 and 11/19 will be 2 hour classes from 3-5 pm ***
This kid’s acting class is going to cover A LOT in a short time! This is an ideal course for
the young student who is either completely new to the stage and acting, has never tried it but
wants to OR for those young actors who have performed here and there but want to elevate
their skills. All actors will get a chance to shine in our end of course show case! We will learn (a
review for some) the basics, stage direction, diction, emotions, body language, facial language.
We will cover audition prep, tactical approaches to conquering an audition as well as the
anxiousness and confidence issues that can sometimes plague both the inexperienced actor
and those who have been doing this a long time. (hint: most people don’t like auditions, but we
have some tools to share to help cope with that!) Ultimately, we will be focusing on a small
play/skit for presentation at the showcase, however we will also touch a little on improv and how
that relates to staying in character, being in the moment and exploring creativity while remaining
true to someone else’s written work and the vision of an overall production… “improv with
boundaries.” Lots to do and we can’t wait to get started!
Adult Acting Class
with Denise Page

Class Taught by Denise Page & Ryan Van Buskirk
Mondays 5-6pm
Age: adults
Classes run beginning the week of 9/22 qnd end the week of 11/10
“Ok, so I’ve been cast as a tree… AGAIN. I think I need help but I don’t know where to start.”
First, this is not your average acting course! That’s either a spoiler alert, warning or a
test to see if you’re serious about leveling up. Keep reading if you’re still interested - this will be
a group course but with HIGHLY individualized direction and instruction. Ryan and Denise are
back with a next level Adult Acting course, (that’s also suitable for the new actor). For the
showcase presentation we will be presenting monologues (or POSSIBLY a couple of small skit
presentations). As actors, most of what we do is based on what we have seen others do, either
in real life, on stage or on screen… As actors, we are stepping into playing someone (or
something – yes! Even you trees out there!) else. We are studying this every day, whether we
realize it or not. In this class, we will discuss how to be ACTIVELY studying this versus
PASSIVELY studying this. We will begin by having a detailed discussion with each individual
actor about their past roles, if/how they feel maybe they are stuck in their acting and discuss
what areas they want to work on. This will be done via Zoom BEFORE the start of the in-person
classes and will be highly personalized. Are you often playing comedic villain roles and love it
but really would love to just try on the young ingenue role? Are you often drawn to
Shakespeare tragedies but would just LOVE to dabble in some adult comedy loaded with
innuendo? Whatever it is you want to try or work on, we will and we’ll help you identify what to
work on if you aren’t sure! We’ll splash in a mock audition day during the course as well. Does
this sound like a highly personalized, build-your-own acting class? It kinda is… but we are also
going to do it together because that’s half the way we learn, grow, inspire and create. We will
likely also find a play on the Cape this Fall that we can all attend together (not included in the
classroom fee), that we will discuss and analyze as a group, helping learn how to become more
actively engaged in theater and acting not just from the on stage perspective but from off stage
as well. Are you brave enough to step into this course? We hope so. We will push you as
hard as you want to be pushed.