Kelsey Kids Playshops 2013-2014

"PLAYtime" is for students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade, and it meets on Saturdays from 9:00am to 10:00am

In "PLAYtime", children explore movement and storytelling as they dramatize stories. Through creative drama, children develop expression and self confidence by playing with language and pantomime. Meets for 10 Saturdays and culminates with a "SHARING" for family and friends.

"PLAYing Around With Theatre" is for students in 3^rd through 5^th grade and it meets from 10:15am to 11:30 am

"PLAYing Around With Theatre" classes encourage students to become other characters, cooperating with one another as they create their own improvisational scenes. Meets for 10 Saturdays and culminates with a "SHARING" for family and friends. 

Fall Session:

Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013 SHARING - Nov. 23, 2013

Cost - $200.00

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Winter Session:

Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014 SHARING - Mar. 22, 2014 (No class Feb. 15)

Cost - $200.00

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PLAYSHOPS Master Class for students in 6th-8th grade 10:15 AM-12:15 PM.

This full-year acting class will begin in September 2013 and run for twenty-four 2-hour sessions. This class is for 6th-8th grade students who have attended two semesters of Playshops, or the equivalent of a year of acting classes elsewhere and permission/audition of the instructor. Point of Vier:  Looking at Fairytales from Different Perspectives.  (Please read an older version of:  Jack and the Beanstalk, Rumplestiltskin, and Cinderella prior to class.)This class will devise, script, rehearse and present an original play for the final performance – Sat. April 12th, 2014 at 1pm.

MASTER CLASS SESSION – $500

Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, Dec. 7*, 14*, 2013, Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, Apr. 5*, 12*, 2014.  *Note: Dec. 7, 14, April 5 & 12 class will begin at 9am

SHARING - April 12, 2014 at 1pm

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Recent students exclaim:

"Scarlett said that her heaven would be at Kelsey Theater." 

"Kelsey Theater is like family now. "

"A Special Thank you to Jean and Lott for helping our son to find his character voice ;-)"

                            

Kelsey Kids Playshops are held in conjunction with Youth Stages under the supervision of its founder, Jean Prall Rosolino. Ms. Rosolino, who received her MA in Educational Theatre from NYU, founded Youth Stages in 1996 to provide high quality participatory drama and theatre programs to area youth. From 1987-1995 she was the Education Director of Creative Theatre. Jean also conducts drama classes for Princeton Day School, Montgomery Recreation Department, , and she teaches four classes for children with disabilities for VSA New Jersey. In addition to teaching, Jean tours Youth Stages' one-woman shows of The Three Bears for preschoolers, and The Natural World Around Us: Rachel Carson for 3rd - 5th graders.  She has performed on the Kelsey stage as The Woman in Death of a Salesman, Dora Strang in Equus, Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web, Bella in Lost in Yonkers, and the Cook and Mock Turtle in Alice in Wonderland. Her directing credits include innumerable class presentations, Our Town for VSA arts of New Jersey, and the Youth Stages touring productions of Little Red Riding Hood, Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe, Genies, Lamps and Dreams: Tales of the Arabian Nights, and Aesop and the Bully: A Fable for Our Times.

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Please note: There are NO tuition refunds.

Contact us at 609-570-3566 to register or email at projects@mccc.edu

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