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2 Dallas Children s Theater Academy PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY SHOWBIZ SUMMER & TEEN CONSERVATORY SUMMER 2019 ENROLL TODAY dct.org OR CALL IMPORTANT INFORMATION All classes are taught by DCT theater professionals. Classes are held at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts. ALWAYS FREE PARKING! All Grade Levels indicated are for Fall A deposit is required for registration. Deposits are non-refundable & non-transferable. Tuition balance is due to DCT two weeks in advance of the first day of class. No refunds. DCT reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds are made for cancellation. In the case of inclement weather, DCT cannot guarantee missed classes can be made up. Please accompany your student to the first day of class to check in. After the first day, students are allowed in the building only 10 minutes before class time. STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP ON TIME. Late fees will be charged. The FINAL SHOW is very important. Don t miss it! MUSICAL THEATER MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTION $500 $50 Deposit / $450 Tuition due two weeks in advance Entering Grades 5th - 12th Come explore the magic of a musical theater class INTO THE WOODS JUNIOR. Auditions will take place on the first days of rehearsal. All students will receive a role in the performance. REHEARSALS July 1-19 (no rehearsals July 4-6) 2:00-6:00 p.m. Saturdays July 13 and July 20 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. HOW TO REGISTER Directed by K. Doug Miller WEB: Visit dct.org, and then click on ACADEMY CLASSES to enroll or for information. PHONE: Call to enroll by phone with a credit card. MAIL Fill out the form in the back of this brochure. A non-refundable deposit is required for each class for which you register. Include a credit card number or a check for the deposit(s). Mail your payment as soon as possible; classes fill quickly! FAX Complete the registration form and fax it to (214) Be sure to include a credit card number for the deposit(s). Call to confirm receipt. Enrollments are processed on a first come, first served basis in the order of deposits and forms received. You will receive immediate notification if a class you want is full and you have been placed on a waiting list. Otherwise, DCT will send you notification after your registration has been processed confirming your class placement. INTO THE WOODS JUNIOR Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Original Broadway production produced by Heidi Landesman, M. Anthony Fisher, Rocco Landesman, Frederick H. Mayerson, Rick Steiner, Jujamcyn Theaters Originally Produced by the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA TECH WEEK Monday - Thursday July :00-8:00 p.m. PERFORMANCES Friday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27 at 1:30 p.m. Questions? Contact Nancy Schaeffer or Terry Feagin by phone at , or nancy.schaeffer@dct.org or terry.feagin@dct.org Education Sponsors 2 Educational support is also provided by: Sensory-Friendly Sponsors include: THE M.R. & EVELYN HUDSON FOUNDATION STEMMONS FOUNDATION CAPITAL FOR KIDS FROST BANK STRAKE FOUNDATION ORIEN L. & DR. JACK WOOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION THE MELINDA & JIM JOHNSON FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND THE HERSH FOUNDATION PEROT FOUNDATION THE EUGENE MCDERMOTT FOUNDATION THE ROY & CHRISTINE STURGIS CHARITABLE TRUST THE RYAN GOLDBLATT FOUNDATION GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY FICHTENBAUM CHARITABLE TRUST Christmas Market 2018 W.P. & Bulah Luse Foundation DCT s Fall Family Party Contributors and our inaugural donors, The Crystal Charity Ball DCT s official renewable energy partner Brochure photography by: Karen Almond, Patty Bates-Ballard, Danny Hurley and DCT Staff Check out technical theater opportunities for teens on page 10. 3

3 ONE WEEK SPECIALS ACTING ACTING - JUST ACTING / $275 $50 Deposit / $225 Tuition BE DRAMATIC MINI SESSIONS D R AMA DRAMA DAYS! Entering Grades: Group A: Kindergarten Group B: 1st & 2nd Group C: 3rd - 5th 4-days / $175 $50 Deposit / $125 Tuition Tuesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. May days / $150 $50 Deposit / $100 Tuition I Monday - Wednesday 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. July 1-3 Come to DCT for a whirlwind of theater fun! Come up with a character and work with your class to plan the play. Create the situations and scenes for your one-of-a-kind show! Rehearse your part, pick a costume and get ready for...showtime. Invite family and friends to your Showcase on the last day! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. Entering Grades: Group A: Kindergarten Group B: 1st & 2nd Group C: 3rd - 4th July 29 - August 2 I August 5-9 Are you ready to challenge your acting skills and try something new? Start with the characters: who are you? Be the star of your dreams. Become the character you ve always wanted to be. Work with your class to create the plot and the place what happens? Get ready to present your show for family and friends on the final Friday! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. SUMMER SCENES / $275 $50 Deposit / $225 Tuition Entering Grades 5th and 6th July 29 - August 2 I August 5-9 Do you want to be an actor? Improve your skills with instruction from professional actors and directors. Rehearse and perform scenes from your favorite plays. Learn your lines, develop characters, and polish performances! Take on a scene and take the stage at the Friday show! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. PRE-K DRAMA DAYS / $85 $25 Deposit / $60 Tuition Entering Pre-K: Ages 4-5 years (must be 4 by first class day) Tuesday - Friday May Be creative, be a character, be onstage! Your class will use ideas from stories and fairy tales to come up with a great show! Be your favorite character: a hero, a fairy princess, or a pirate! Work on your show, and then pick a costume for dress rehearsal. Invite family and friends to your spectacular show on the last day! FOR THE YOUNGEST STARS JOIN THE CIRCUS / $165 $50 Deposit / $115 Tuition Entering Pre-K: Ages 3 1/2-5 years Entering Pre-K: Ages 3 1/2-5 years I I II Turn your class into a circus of fun and have a new and exciting circus adventure every day! Be a clown, tightrope walker, strong man any circus character. Act out the circus animals. Move like an elephant or a circus pony. Be a funny clown and do tricks. Perform for your family at the Showbiz show! 4 CREATION STATION / $100 $25 Deposit / $75 Tuition Join our popular creative dramatics adventure for the youngest thespian. Each week is a new adventure in movement, acting, and art. Act out your favorite stories and fairy tales. Be an animal, a dinosaur, a circus friend, and more. Family and friends are invited to an open house of fun on the last day of class! 5

4 ONE WEEK SPECIALS COMEDY LAUGH OUT LOUD LOL COMEDY CAMP / $275 $50 Deposit / $225 Tuition Entering Grades 5th and 6th Showcase Friday, July 26 Do you like comedy? Try your hand at the world of comedy in this wacky class just for you! Try improv, sketch comedy, and clowning with DCT s funny men Karl Schaeffer and David Lugo! Learn a comedy sketch from the old masters! Tell a joke go ahead, tell another one! Learn why corny old jokes can be the best! Work with your class to put on a one-of-a-kind comedy show for family and friends! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. ONE WEEK SPECIALS MUSICAL THEATER MUSICAL THEATER CLASS / $285 $50 Deposit / $235 Tuition Entering Grades: Group A: Kindergarten Group B: 1st & 2nd Group C: 3rd & 4th I II Showcase on final Friday between 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. Come for one week and create an original play with your class! Act, sing, and dance! Choose the character you ve always wanted to be! Learn your lines and rehearse spectacular songs and dances for your show! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. STAY FOR A WHILE AFTERNOON EXTENDED PLAY / Grades K - 6th MUSICAL THEATER BROADWAY BOUND / $285 $50 Deposit / $235 Tuition Entering Grades 5th and 6th Open to any student enrolled in the classes for the weeks listed. One-Week Class / $75 $25 Deposit / $50 Tuition I I II Showcase on final Friday Explore the world of musical theater as you sing, dance and act! Learn songs and scenes from one of the great musicals of the Broadway stage under the direction of DCT s Director of Musical Theater K. Doug Miller. Work on your character. Rehearse your part for the final show! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. Two-Week Class / $150 $25 Deposit / $125 Tuition I Students stay and play with classmates while supervised by DCT staff. Have a snack, watch a video, make a craft, or play a game. Relax with friends after a fun day at DCT. A perfect plus for working parents! 6 Check out page 8 for two-week class offerings. 7

5 ACT! SING! DANCE! CREATE! SHOWBIZ SUMMER MUSICAL THEATER SONGS & SCENES / $400 $50 Deposit / $350 Tuition MUSICAL THEATER Entering Grades 5th and 6th I Showcases on final Friday Are you ready to work on scenes from the DCT stage seasons past and present? Do you want to be the characters and sing the songs from the best of DCT? Would you like to work with theater pros on the three basics of musical theater: acting, singing, and dancing? Then get ready to learn, rehearse, polish, and present your scenes, songs, and fabulous tap dance finale at our Friday show! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. TWO WEEK MUSICAL THEATER ACTING CLASS $400 $50 Deposit / $350 Tuition Entering Grades: Group A*: Kindergarten Group B: 1st & 2nd Group C: 3rd & 4th DCT provides the costumes and supplies. H Bring your own tap shoes if you have them. H All students will perform their fabulous tap dance finale with or without tap shoes! Don t worry if you don t know how, we ll teach you the ropes! LIGHTS CAMERA,, ACTION *Must be 5 by June 1, 2019 I Showcases on final Friday of each session between 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. Choose the character you want to be, and then be a part of putting on an original play with your class! Act, sing, dance, and tap. Learn your lines, rehearse your songs, and get ready to perform for family and friends on SHOWBIZ Friday! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. DCT provides the costumes and supplies. H Bring your own tap shoes if you have them. H See page 6 for information about Afternoon Extended Play for two-week sessions. All students will perform their fabulous tap dance finale with or without tap shoes! Don t worry if you don t know how, we ll teach you the ropes! ENROLL TODAY! Always a se ll out! MAKIN MOVIES / $250 $50 Deposit / $200 Tuition Entering Grades 5th and up I Don t miss one of our most popular classes! Come at 2:30 or stay late after Musical Theater Songs & Scenes. Experience the world of movie making with DCT s Karl Schaeffer! Be an actor, director, and camera operator. Get a DVD of your very own world premiere movie! 8 Combine Musical Theater Songs & Scenes with Makin Movies for $600 - SAVE $50! 9

6 ONE WEEK SPECIALS TEENS ONE WEEK IMPROV / $250 $50 Deposit / $200 Tuition TEEN CONSERVATORY Classes designed for students in grades 7 and up Students work with professional actors, directors, and teachers to enhance their performance skills. Two-week intensive workshop for students entering Grades 7th and up 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Showcase Friday, July 19 Work with B.J. Cleveland, award-winning actor and director, to perfect your acting technique. Your class will focus on the scenes from one play and really delve into the plot and characters as you rehearse your show. Students from the Technical Theater class will provide design elements props, costumes, setting and lights to enhance the final production. Present your show on the final Friday for family and friends. Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. $75 per session / $125 for both Full tuition due at registration Entering Grades 8th - 12th Showcase Friday, July 26 Master improv skills with Jeff Swearingen, director, actor, and improv artist. Learn to think on your feet and how to be funny doing it! See what it takes to bring your imagination to life on the stage. Invite family and friends to your original improv show on the final Friday! 1:00-5:00 p.m. Showcase Friday, June 7 TECHNICAL TEEN 1:00-5:00 p.m. ACTING: SCENEWORK / $250 $50 Deposit / $200 Tuition PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP / $550 $50 Deposit / $500 Tuition BEHIND THE SCENES Interested in lights, costumes, props and more? Sign up to help with the technical elements for: Work with Emily Gray as you and your class explore critical theater skills. Try your hand at scenes from different styles of theater: classic and contemporary. Work on the voice, movement, and motivation of your character. Present selections of scenes for family and friends at your Friday showcase! MOVIE MAKING FOR TEENS / $300 $50 Deposit / $250 Tuition 1 An exciting offering just for DCT teens who want to work on or behind the camera. Join master movie maker Karl Schaeffer as he leads you and your class to create new work. Write the script, operate the camera, hold the boom and be in the shot. You and your class will create your own movie and video shorts; then you get the DVD to add to your collection. Performance workshop 2:00-5:00 p.m. July INTO THE WOODS JUNIOR I Monday - Thursday 3:00-8:00 p.m. July Performances: Friday, July 26 at 7:30 and Saturday, July 27 at 1:30 A perfect chance to work behind the scenes with DCT theater professionals! Interested? Call Terry for info or to enroll at COSTUME WORKSHOP / $225 $50 Deposit / $175 Tuition One-week workshop for students entering Grades 6th - 12th 1:00-4:00 p.m. July 8-12 Work with DCT s award-winning resident costume designer, Lyle Huchton, to help design and create some of the colorful costumes for the musical theater production of INTO THE WOODS JUNIOR

7 TWO WEEK CLASSES TEENS ACTING: SCENEWORK TWO WEEK / $400 $50 Deposit / $350 Tuition Showcase Friday, June 28 Work with director and actor B.J. Cleveland to improve your acting skills. Try your hand at scenes from different styles of theater: classic and contemporary. Develop a character with a specific theater style to fit the scene. Work on the voice, movement, and motivation of your character. Present selections of scenes for family and friends at your Friday showcase! Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. Returning students work on n e material! w MUSICAL THEATER MASTER CLASS / $250 $50 Deposit / $200 Tuition MUSICAL THEATER SHOWCASE / $400 $50 Deposit / $350 Tuition Showcase Friday, June 28 Work with K. Doug Miller, DCT s Director of Musical Theater, and Musical Director Adam Wright as you and your class study the work of Broadway s best loved composers. Explore why the great masters of the Broadway stage are still the best to add to your repertoire. Learn the best pieces for your range and be ready to expand and try something new. Present your songs and scenes from the masters of Broadway on the last class day. July 29 - August 9 Showcase Friday, August 9 This is serious and seriously fun musical theater! Work with award-winning musical theater professionals: K. Doug Miller, Director of Musical Theater, and Adam Wright, Musical Director and Composer. In this two week intensive you will work on what it takes to be a triple threat acting, singing, and dancing with the best in the business. Perfect your skills as you prepare to present a one-of-a-kind musical theater showcase for family and friends on the last class day. Bring a sack lunch and drink each day. IMPROV - TWO WEEK / $250 $50 Deposit / $200 Tuition July 29 - August 9 Showcase Friday, August 9 Think on your feet! Turn up the heat! Make em laugh! Get ready to work with professional actor and improv artist, David Lugo! Acting equals reacting in this high energy two-week intense improv class! Create your own cast of characters for auditions and beyond! Strut your stuff at the Friday showcase! 12 Combine Acting: Scenework Two Week and Musical Theater Master Class for $600 - save $50! Combine Musical Theater Showcase and Improv Two Week for $600- save $50! 13

8 A creative dramatics program for young actors with unique minds, talents and imaginations. REGISTRATION FORM SUMMER 2019 Questions? Contact Nancy Schaeffer or Terry Feagin at (214) , or or DCT Fax Number STUDENT S NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP: SCHOOL: GRADE (FALL 2019): Work with DCT professionals using theater techniques to enhance creativity in each student. Classes are designed for youth with autism, Down syndrome, and other sensory processing disorders and special needs. Ages / $125 2:00-4:00 p.m. ONE-WEEK SESSIONS Ages 8-12 / $125 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. July 29 - August 2 Act! Sing! Move! Tell Jokes! Make a Play! Make a Friend! Work with your class to create a one-of-a-kind show to share with family and friends on the last class day. QUESTIONS OR WANT TO ENROLL? Contact Gina Waits for more information at ext 138 or gina.waits@dct.org. Scholarships are available. Call for details. GIRL BOY AGE: BIRTH DATE: PARENTS NAMES: HM. PHONE: ( ) WK. MOM: ( ) WK. DAD: ( ) CELL MOM: ( ) CELL DAD: ( ) PARENT Please list the class(es) you want to take and the dates. CLASS TITLE GROUP DATES DEPOSIT* TUITION TOTAL Total Due To Enroll Total due two weeks prior to the first day of class AMOUNT ENCLOSED OR TO BE CHARGED FOR CLASSES Please consider a $50 donation to help DCT continue to make theater accessible to everyone. Your donations help DCT provide FREE and significantly reduced priced classes to children who might not otherwise have the chance to experience theater. AMOUNT ENCLOSED OR TO BE CHARGED FOR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION MC/VISA/AMEX # NAME ON CARD: EXP. DATE: SIGNATURE: *The deposit is non-refundable! Listed your choice of class(es) and dates correctly? Enclosed a check or provided a credit Class placement is held with deposit only. HAVE card number for deposits? PAYMENT Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable. YOU... Marked class and performance dates POLICIES NO REFUNDS Special thanks to the donors The Melinda & Jim Johnson Family Charitable Fund, Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Chi Omega Christmas Market 2018, on your calendar? W.P. & Bulah Luse Foundation, DCT s Fall Family Party Contributors and our inaugural donors, The Crystal Charity Ball Read the IMPORTANT INFORMATION (pg. 2) carefully? 14 for their support of DCT s Sensory-Friendly Initiative. 15

9 DALLAS CHILDREN S THEATER 5938 Skillman Dallas, TX dct.org Robyn Flatt, Executive Artistic Director Dallas Children s Theater Academy SHOWBIZ SUMMER & TEEN CONSERVATORY SUMMER 2019 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No Dallas, TX