2019 Summer Depot Youth Academy
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The Depot Players are excited to announce our summer Youth Academy Experience! We are accepting enrollment for students entering 3rd through 7th grades for our BIG FISH camp. Students enrolled will participate in daily camp activities (9am-2pm) July 15-19 learning choreography and music for the Wetumpka Depot and Wetumpka High Theatre Guild’s community collaboration project of BIG FISH. Students will then be a part of the production for BIG FISH on the evenings on July 23, 25, 26 and 27! This is a unique opportunity to experience not only a camp program but a fully immersive performance experience! Camp Fees ( includes camp t shirt and 2 complimentary tickets to the show) $175.00. Camp fee may be made in two installments. Program lead by Jeff Glass.
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Did You Know?
*Source: National Assembly of State Art Agencies and the Arts Education Partnership, 2006 |
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Little Actor’s Camp |
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June 10-14. 9am-10:30am.
Showcase performance: Friday, June 14 at 10:30am Little Actor’s Camp will introduce the basic components of theatre to campers! Your little actor will come away confident in performance with improved relationship skills and self esteem. The program introduces theatre 101 through music and acting. Designed for K5-2nd graders. The class will be led by Chris and Kari Kelley.
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Main Street MondaysAges 8 and above 5:30 - 6:30PM
Intro to theatre class exploring stage movement, creating characters, building blocks of improvisation that all lead to a performance showcase. |
Terrific Tuesdays Elementary (3rd-5th grade or age 8-11)
Home-school class 1:00-2:00 PM Page to Stage! Tell me a Story! Join us to learn the basics of being on stage and storytelling. We will explore, go on imagination adventures and create characters, using theatre exercises and reader's theatre. |
Troupe Thursdays Home- SchoolAges 12 and above 1:00-2:30 PM
Performance based class with goals of working together to create, produce scenes and songs. Additional goal for this group is to prepare an performance geared for preschool children in the spring. The intent is for performance experience and outreach. |
Troupe Thursdays After- School
Ages 12 and above 4pm-5pm Performance based class with goals of working together to create, produce scenes and songs. Additional goal for this group is to prepare an performance geared for preschool children in the spring. The intent is for performance experience and outreach. |
All sessions are $125.00 Let us know what your child is interested in. We can incorporate most disciplines of theatre ( technical theatre, musical theatre, design) into Troupe Thursdays and Marvelous Mondays. All classes taught by River Region theatre artist, Chris Kelly
Chris Kelly graduated from Faulkner University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. He worked professionally with Blue Gate Theater in Indiana and Missoula Children's Theatre and also participated in many shows around the River Region community. It was at MCT that he discovered his love for teaching as well as acting. He now lives with his wife and two year old daughter and hopes to spread a love of theatre to the next generation.
