Act 1

Act I is formatted for younger and beginning students using classic fairy tales and popular children's literature for performance material. Besides having a lot of fun you will notice your child’s confidence grow, as they develop skills that will benefit them the rest of their lives.

Registration

Refunds for Acting Classes are only issued within 24hrs of the first class and are subject to a 25% materials and preparation fee.
Students who miss a class due to illness may schedule a 20 minute lesson to make up training.

^*5 & 6 year old - students may be enrolled in Act 1 after an interview with the teacher.

Student Enrollment - Full classes 4-6 students

Classes - will be taught weekly Act 1 for 60 minutes Act 2 for 90 minutes Act 3 for 120 minutes

Class Structure - every class will follow this basic structure: Warm ups, review, perform assignments, practice and critique, new topic lesson, activities and games that reinforce lesson, explain new assignment.

Class Curriculum - Acting Out Loud Classes are designed to build confidence, develop tools: voice, body, & mind and to give students several on stage opportunities. Each session works with a specific tool to facilitate student learning. There are six sessions offered by Acting Out Loud: Character Movement, Character Voice, Character Creation, Actor Movement, Actor Voice, and Actor Creation. The lessons and assignments advance in difficulty as students move from Act 1 to Act 2 to Act 3.

Class Ages - A variety in age helps the students to be brave, less inhibited, and more creative in encouraging each other. So we won’t be separating classes by age beyond the Act 1, 2, & 3 classifications. If your student doesn't quite meet age requirements for a class or workshop, but you feel they are ready for a certain class they may be enrolled with permission of the teacher.

Workshops - are taught daily for 5 to 6 days in one week. All are taught for 90 minutes except the Advanced One Act Play which is taught for 180 minutes.

Costumes - May be rented from Broadway Attire for Hire for a $15 rental fee and $3 cleaning fee.

Refunds - for Acting Classes are only issued within 24hrs of the first class and are subject to a 20% materials and preparation fee. Workshop refunds are only issued 21 days prior to the first class date and are subject to a 45% materials and preparation fee. Students who miss a class due to illness may schedule a 20 minute lesson to make up training.

Past Years Dates and Curriculum

Spring Classes 2008

Act 1 Starting February 22
Character Creation

Friday Class taught 2:10-3:10pm (6 students ) Class is full

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start February 22	Emotion Expression	Feeling Scenes
Week Two	February 29	Creating Characters	Music Video/ Lip Sinc
Week Three	March 7	Moving as your Character	Practice
Week Four	March 14	Speaking as your Character	Monologues
No Class	March 21	Spring Break	Practice
Week Five	Last Class March 28	Putting it all Together	Get ready for performance
Performance	Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 3:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

A second Act 1 class is being offered for 10-13yrs olds
Friday Class 3:20-4:20pm ( 6 students) Class is full

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start February 22	Emotion Expression	Feeling Scenes
Week Two	February 29	Creating Characters	Music Video/ Lip Sinc
Week Three	March 7	Moving as your Character	Practice
Week Four	March 14	Speaking as your Character	Monologues
No Class	March 21	Spring Break	Practice
Week Five	Last Class March 28	Putting it all Together	Get ready for performance
Performance	Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 3:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Winter Classes 2007-08

Act 1 Starting November 30th
Character Vocalization - Students will prepare and perform a story in the form of a storyteller,
they will also study vocal warm ups / tongue twisters, Introductions
and prepare a group presentation from classic children's literature.

Friday Class taught 2:10-3:10pm (5 students )

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start November 30	Warming Up and Introductions	Find your story telling book
Week Two	December 7	Story Telling	Rehearse your Story
Week Three	December 14	Creating Character Voices	Perform your Story
No Class	December 21 Christmas Break
No Class	December 28 Christmas Break
Week Four	January 4	Speaking Loud and Clear	Memorize your part for the play
Week Five	Last Class January 11	Saying What Your Character Means	Get ready for performance
Performance	Saturday, January 12, 2007 at 3:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Fall Classes 2007
Act 1 Starting September 21st
Character Movement - will work with students to become aware physically,
help them notice how characters move and express emotions, Individual Pantomimes,
and a group presentation (that allows each student to play several characters.)

Friday Class taught 2:10-3:10pm (5 students)

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start September 21	Introductions	All About You: Acting Game
Week Two	September 28	Moving as a Character	People Observations
Week Three	October 5	Showing the Place	Pantomime
Week Four	October 12	Showing Emotions	How Do You Feel?
Week Five	Last Class October 19	Physically Becoming Your Characters	Prepare for Showdown
Performance	Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 3:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Fall Classes 2006
Act 1 Starting September 22nd and 23rd
Actor Movement - will work with students to become comfortable physically, help them to become aware of the body in character development, facial expression, and a group presentation (that uses movement as its main form of communication)

Friday Class taught 2:10-3:10pm (5 students)

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start September 22	Physical Awareness	Mystery Introductions
Week Two	September 29	Facial & Physical Expression	Pocket Book of Skills
Week Three	October 6	Character Development	C. D. for Play
No Class	October 13 - UEA Holiday
Week Four	October 20	Group Presentation	Practice, Practice, Practice
Week Five	Last Class October 27	Putting it all together	Prepare for Showdown
Performance	Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 3:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Saturday Class taught 9:00-10:00am (5 Students)

	Saturday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start September 23	Physical Awareness	Creative Introductions
Week Two	September 30	Facial & Physical Expression	Pocket Book of Skills
Week Three	October 7	Character Development	C. D. for Play
No Class	October 14 - UEA Holiday
Week Four	October 21	Group Presentation	Practice, Practice, Practice
Week Five	Last Class October 28	Putting it all together	Prepare for Showdown
Performance	Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 4:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Winter Classes 2007
Act 1 Starting January 5 &6, 2007
Actor Vocalization - proper use of microphones, creating characters vocally, monologues, and group presentation of story telling or readers theatre

Friday Class taught 2:10-3:10pm (6 students)

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start January 5	Getting to know you	memory book speeches
Week Two	January 12	Monologues & microphones	Memorize Monologues
Week Three	January 19	Creating character vocally	Character Voices
Week Four	January 26	Group Presentation	Practice, Practice, Practice
Week Five	February 2	Putting it all Together	Prepare for Showdown
Performance	Friday February 2, 2006 at 7:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Saturday Class taught 9:00-10:00am (not held Winter Session)

Spring Session 2007
Act 1 Starting February 23 & 24, 2007 (6 students)
(Changed from original schedule)
Actor Creations - character impersonations, scene work, and group performance of a fairy tale.

Friday Class taught 2:10-3:10pm

	Friday	Lesson topic	Assignments
Week One	Start February 23	Using your brain in Acting	Creative Introductions
Week Two	March 2	Scenes	Memorize scene lines
Week Three	March 9	Impersonations	Character Impersonations
Week Four	March 16	Fairy Tales and Characters	Fairy tale parts
Week Five	Last Class March 23	Putting it all Together	Prepare for Showdown
Performance	Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 3:00pm	Acting Out Loud Showdown	Invite Family and Friends (4-5)

Saturday Class taught 9:00-10:00am (not held Spring Session)

Session	Tuition	Class Time	Session Dates 2010	Performance Dates	Student Enrollment (Limited to 6)	February 2010
Fall Character Creations	$60 (7 weeks + Performance)	Thursday 3:45-4:45pm	September 30 - November 18, 2010 (1 wk break Oct. 14th)	November 19, 2010 Friday at 3:30pm	(5 Students)
Fall Character Creations	$60 (7 weeks + Performance)	Saturday 1:00-2:00pm	September 25 - November 20, 2010 (1 wk break Oct. 2nd & 1 wk break Oct. 16th)	November 20, 2010 Saturday at 4:30pm	(3 Students)
Winter Actor Movement	$60 (7 weeks + Performance)	Thursday 3:45-4:45pm	January 6 - February 17, 2011	February 18, 2011 Friday at 3:30pm	(Class Open)
Winter Actor Movement	$60 (7 weeks + Performance)	Saturday 1:00-2:00pm	January 8 - February 19, 2011	February 19, 2011 Saturday at 4:30pm	(Class Open)
Summer 2010 Musical Theatre	$60 (6 weeks + Performance)	Tuesday 4:00-5:00pm	July 27 - August 31, 2010	September 2, 2010 Thursday at 6:00pm	(Class is Full)