Beginning
Acting
(or
Acting 4 Adults)
Instructor: TBA
Tuesdays,
June 16 - July 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (6 weeks)
at the ArtCentre of Plano
Adults
need to play too! Here's your chance to take a six week beginning acting course
that will be fun, educational and conducive to freeing up the creative instincts
in you. Although this is a "basic" class, improv, scene work, and monologues
will challenge various levels of experience while remaining in an encouraging,
can-do environment. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll surprise yourself...and be
the better for it!
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| Tuition:
$150 | | | Discount
Tuition for second class this season
or returning student
payment (see Application
Form for details) | |
Acting
Through Movement
Instructor:
Mark-Brian Sonna
Saturdays, July 11 - August 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. (6 weeks)
at the ArtCentre of Plano
In this six week course,
you will learn the method of character development via physicalization. While
many actors focus on the internal and emotional mechanism of acting, it is also
essential for the audience to be able to visualize and thus experience the character
as a separate entity from the actor. In this class, we will focus on methods of
getting in touch with the use of the body, the development of a character's physical
portrait, the development of physical tics or traits indicative of the character,
and how physicalization can affect the emotional state of the character, thereby
creating a convincing physical presence in which the actor disappears behind the
character. The class will include a low impact, body strengthening warm-up at
the beginning of each session, allowing the actor to become more limber and flexible
and gain control of the body. At the end of the course, all actors will perform
a monologue and/or scene.
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| Tuition:
$195 |
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Tuition for second class this season,
returning student or "Early Bird"
(30 day before class) payment (see Application
Form for details) |
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Master
Class
Perfecting
the Monologue
Instructor:
Mark-Brian Sonna
Saturdays, September 26 and October 3 from 1:00 to 4:00
p.m. (Master Class)
at the ArtCentre of Plano
This two week intensive
course is designed to strengthen the actor's ability to deliver a fluid, convincing,
and emotionally resounding monologue. Actors will learn proper ways of phrasing,
how to develop a monologue arc, and how to maintain an audience's interest. Actors
will also be coached on the dreaded "two minute monologue" that is frequently
required at auditions. All actors that wish to take the course should have two
monologues prepared: a two minute monologue and a five to seven minute monologue.
The end of the class will include a showcase of the monologues presented to an
audience and other theatre professionals.
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Beginning
Acting
(or
Acting 4 Adults)
Instructor: TBA
Tuesdays,
September 29 - November 3 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (6 weeks)
at the Huffhines
Recreation Center in Richardson
Adults need to play too! Here's your chance
to take a six week beginning acting course that will be fun, educational and conducive
to freeing up the creative instincts in you. Although this is a "basic"
class, improv, scene work, and monologues will challenge various levels of experience
while remaining in an encouraging, can-do environment. You'll laugh, you'll cry,
you'll surprise yourself...and be the better for it!
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Master
Class
Audition Intensive
Instructor:
Carol M. Rice
Saturday, October 17 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Master Class)
at the ArtCentre of Plano
Get ready to do some cold readings and play
with your monologues! This three-hour intensive class will focus on helping the
experienced actor come across better in auditions. Come with at least two contrasting,
one to two minute monologues prepared and with the desire to open up and make
some changes. While very focused, this will be a fun class that should result
in your getting some roles you've been after!
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Acting
in Charge: Treading the Boards to Address the Board
Instructor:
Rick Tuman
Thursdays, October 15 - November 5 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (4
weeks)
at the ArtCentre of Plano
From time to time, each of us has
been called-upon to "get up and say a few words." The request to do
so may evoke both delight and shock as one is handed this "honor." This
workshop is geared to those who speak publicly on an occasional or regular basis,
to those who are in line for or desire positions where public speaking of some
type will be a part of their duties, and to those who just want to feel more confident
when addressing a group. Using theatre performance techniques and exercises (breathing,
body language, enunciation, and improvisation, monologue or scene work), including
gentle but honest feedback from the instructor and workshop participants, this
workshop will help prepare you for the on-the-spot request as well as preparing
you in advance for your big moment. No experience is necessary. This workshop
will culminate with each student having the opportunity to "present themselves"
to a gathering of invited guests.
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| Tuition:
$195 |
| | Discount
Tuition for second class this season,
returning student or "Early Bird"
(30 day before class) payment (see Application
Form for details) |
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Vocal
Aerobics
Instructor:
Lisa Devine
Mondays, November 2-30 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (5 weeks)
at
the ArtCentre of Plano
Are you envious of the people with the "radio
voices"? Would you like to be vocally confident? This is a voice session
for anyone wanting to learn more about the power of their voices: a good workshop
for performers to CEOs, from lawyers to stand-up comedians. Focus will be on building
vocal support, vocal variety, articulation, and performance confidence in a fun
and fast paced environment. Prerequisite: a willingness to play with your voice.
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| Tuition:
$160 |
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Tuition for second class this season,
returning student or "Early Bird"
(30 day before class) payment (see Application
Form for details) |
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Authentic
Movement for Musical Theatre
Instructor:
Lisa Devine and Patsy Sadowski
Saturday, November 7 from 11:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. (Master Class))
at the ArtCentre of Plano
Ever wondered
what to do with your hands and body while performing? Ever wonder how to fill
a song with emotion and characterization and NOT be cheesy? This five-hour Master
Class will fill you in on turning a song into a performance. Focus will be on
your body language and matching it to the character. Each participant will have
individual coaching with a Master Acting Coach and a Musical Theater Voice Specialist.
The session will end with a showcase for an invited audience. (Each participant
will need to bring one song selection to the session.)
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About
the instructors:
Debbie
Cheng -
can
be found in the 1984 Fairgrounds Junior High School Yearbook (Nashua, NH) as the
shyest person in the entire school. One day at the University of California, Irvine,
she decided to take an intro acting course and things changed dramatically. Since
then she has received her B.A. in Drama and Masters in Education/Counseling Psychology.
Grateful for what these disciplines have taught her, and the amazing people that
have helped her along the way, she has enjoyed acting in L.A. and Plano, teaching,
and is always looking to ways in which drama works its magic and makes people's
lives better. Her favorite role ever, however, is that of wife and mother of two
little girls.
Lisa Devine - 
holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Oklahoma. She
has coached actors for 14 years at the college/university level at some of the
country’s top acting conservatories including DePaul University, Rutgers
University and University of the Arts. She has the ability to teach 3 disciplines
including Theater, Communication, and Film. In 2006, Lisa was nominated for Leading
Educator of Higher Education in Philadelphia, PA. She is currently on faculty
in the Theater Department at Collin County Community College. Lisa enjoys dividing
her time between academic and professional theater. In 1998, she was nominated
for the Best Director in Chicago for her production of Eye
of God which was extended for a 6-month run. In 2001, the world premiere production
of Cheating Death received 22 awards including Judge’s Choice and Directing
at the national play competition KC/ACTF. After relocating to Dallas in July from
the East Coast, she was delighted to direct Rover Dramawerks’ production
of Private Eyes.
Sasha Truman-McGonnell - 
Sasha divides most of her time between acting and directing but can also be seen
doing makeup, costumes, and stage combat. She has been doing theatre for over
15 years while also teaching theatre in Middle School and High School. She recently
returned from NYC after performing The Long March in conjunction with the Gaiety
School of Acting. She is currently working on Misty Dawn, a TV series based on
Dark Shadows. Check it out at www.mistydawntexas.com.
Her greatest pleasure is spending most of her time with her mighty family, Bill,
Zoe and baby Sage. Sasha received her BFA from OU and her Masters from TWU both
in drama.
Carol
M. Rice -
is
a co-founder of Rover Dramawerks and has been Artistic Director since the company
began, having directed The Star-Spangled Girl, Shakespeare in Hollywood, Gilligan's
Island: the Musical, Frame 312, Claptrap, Morphic Resonance, Lady Windermere's
Fan, and Mrs. California, as well as various one-act plays. She also wrote Rover's
World Premiere adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days and appeared in Everything
in the Garden and Woman in Mind. She has directed not only for Rover Dramawerks,
but also for Bucket Productions, Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre, Audacity
Productions, and Plano Repertory Company, to name a few. She has received awards
in directing, playwriting, and design and was a Column Award nominee for acting
in both 2006 and 2007.
Patsy
M. Sadowski -
has
taught singing privately since 1994 to students age 9 through adult in a variety
of styles, including musical theatre, contemporary, and classical. She is certified
in Somatic Voicework: The LoVetri Method for teaching contemporary music. Her
students have been offered college and university scholarships, and have appeared
in professional, semi-professional, and amateur theatre productions. She is on
the faculty of the Brookhaven College Arts Academy, and she maintains a private
studio.
Mark-Brian Sonna -
has worked in the
field of Dance, Theatre, and Television for over 25 years. He was a principal
dancer for various north Texas Ballet companies, and is the Artistic Director
of MBS Productions. Besides producing, choreographing, and directing theatre,
he has served as a consultant with various theatres in the area of movement technique
for the actor. As a performer, he is particularly known for his ability to physically
"disappear" behind his characters.
Sherri Small Truitt - 
is successfully credited as a performer, director, producer, teacher, and arts
administrator. Originally from San Antonio, Sherri currently resides in the Dallas/Fort
Worth area where she continues to act on stage and in film and works in the art
community. A multi-award winning actor, her resume has many credits including
independent films, commercials, industrials, TV, radio and theatrical productions.
A few of her diverse list of stage roles include Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf to Cherie in Bus Stop to Emelia in Othello. She has worked for PBS, Kodak,
Bravo and The Independent Film Channel, Taco Cabana, Disney, Sea World, USAA,
HEB, and Aramark, to name a few. Her latest work is in the thriller feature film
Be Careful What U Ask For, as Anna in Rover Dramawerks' production of The Baltimore
Waltz, and as Karyn Dockett in the feature The Water's Edge (awarded Best Feature
Film, and Sherri took Best Actor Runner-up in the Script-2-Screen Film Festival
last October). She recently produced Rover's Woman in Mind, is co-producing a
documentary about the New Braunfels Conservation Plaza, and is in pre-production
for two short films and her next feature film Leftovers, in which she is both
performing and producing. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre with
a minor in radio, television, and film.
Rick
Tuman - 
is a director, actor, educator, and manager. He works full time in Corporate and
Continuing Education at Brookhaven College and is associate faculty at Collin
College. He is on the Board of Directors for Rover Dramawerks and Mesquite Community
Theatre and works seasonally as a UIL One-Act Play Adjudicator. Originally from
Brooklyn, New York, Rick considers himself a well-rounded fellow and prides himself
on using common sense and humor as teaching tools in all venues, be it on the
stage or in the boardroom. He earned an MFA in Drama from Syracuse University,
having majored in directing and minored in business. Rick recently directed The
Housekeeper and The Foreigner for Mesquite Community Theatre.
Classes
will be taught at the Art Centre of Plano
(1039 East 15th Street in Plano,
corner of 15th and K) Space
is limited!
Please complete registration forms available
here (right-click "Save As") and mail with
tuition to: Rover
Dramawerks
Drama Classwerks
1039 East 15th Street
Plano, Texas 75074 Please
make checks to Rover Dramawerks. For
more information, please contact us at 972-849-0358.
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