Kids Ages 7-10

March 25th-May 13th

Wednesdays 4-5:00

Performance Showcase: May 15th 6:00

This is it – all things in one place: a one-stop-shopping acting class. A sprinkling of all the stuff we have covered in all our classes to date: Audition Prep, Improv and “Skitprov,” Emoting, Character Acting, Physical Choices, Scene Work, Ensemble Work, Diction and Projecting, Stage Directions and more, ultimately focusing on a final classs kit presentation for the showcase. This class is for beginners or new-ish child actors and would be a great second or third course for anyone who has taken one of our previous classes! We will have new material and as is always the case with this age group, one of our main focuses will be on building confidence. And to clarify for any parents signing up your kids… No – we are not going to be teaching your kids how to do the dishes, sorry.

Denise Page has been acting since she was a kid (first unofficial role was as Santa Claus in her in-school preschool class holiday presentation… it’s possible no one attended this performance, but it DID happen!) Some recent favorite roles at the Academy include: Mama Rose in Gypsy!, Nancy in Oliver!, Miss Hannigan in Annie, Ado Annie in Oklahoma! Other recent credits include Mrs. Cratchit in a Christmas Carol, Provincetown Theater; Mrs. Gibbs, Our Town at Cape Rep Theater; Gayle & Rhonda in Almost, Maine, Eventide Theater. Denise LOVES teaching. She loves watching her students grow and shine on stage. Her philosophy is that anyone can do this as long as they are willing to dig in and expand themselves a little... and then dig and expand a little more. She’s had many wonderful mentors over the years and passes their lessons onto her students. By day she is the Office Manager at the family business in Provincetown. Up next this Spring at the APA, catch her as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!

Ryan started acting as an adult, but has been performing his entire life. When other kids got piano lessons, he was teaching himself accents and impressions to get his family to laugh at him (which they did already). Ryan loves to share the joy of performing with the various classes. Past credits include Wizard of Oz (Tin Man), Oliver (Bill Sykes), Annie (Bert Healy), Oklahoma (Curly), Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley) and Guys & Dolls (Nathan Detroit), to name a few. His first and all-time favorite role was playing NINE members of the D’Ysquith Family in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Ryan works as a firefighter/paramedic and lives in Eastham with his wife Megan and two kids, Esme & Gus. See Ryan this Spring at the APA as “Horace Vandergelder” in Hello, Dolly! or later this year in…well, you’ll have to just wait and see!

Ages 14 and up

Thursdays, 4:30-5:30

March 26th-May 14th

Performance Showcase: May 15th, 6:00

When you see the phrase “Martial Arts”, what comes to mind? Chances are you will think of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Self Defense, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Karate, Fighting, and the list goes on. All are valid answers but they usually are only describing the “Martial” portion of the phrase, the physical manifestation of it, the actual Martial Combat that is taught. What all too often ignored is the second part of the phrase, “Arts”. A true practitioner of the Martial Arts needs to be creative in how to apply it in the real world. They need to be an Artist.

Randy Doyle is a Master Black Belt in the Art of Tang Soo Do and has taught this Korean form of Karate for over thirty years (Doyle’s Martial Arts Center). He is a former World Champion and inductee into the Action Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He also is a trained actor with a degree from Bridgewater State College who has worked professionally and most recently on the community theatre stages of Cape Cod. These two skill sets combined help him create a unique course in studying the Martial Arts from a different perspective.

He has created a program that will be beneficial to teenagers and adults of all physical abilities in providing fundamental Martial Art skills. This is not a course with uniforms and belts and not meant to take the place of full-time instruction in a reputable Martial Arts school.

You will learn:

Fundamental self-defense techniques

Role play de-escalation scenarios

Creative kata or form movement

We will build on self-confidence, perseverance and situational awareness