15-Week Online Musical Theatre Workshop

Acting 

The class begins with foundational exercises to train the actor’s reflexes toward behavioral truth within imaginary circumstances. Once this foundation has been established, the students can apply themselves to scripted text. 

Performance Lab 

This is a performance-based class that approaches musical theatre the same way an actor explores text in a play. During the course, each student will develop necessary skills to thoughtfully investigate material in order to combine organic choices in movement, acting and singing. Students will explore the fundamentals of text analysis and research in order to provide intentions, stakes and conflict for each character in a variety of contrasting musical theatre genres. 

Ballet 

This class provides a highly disciplined and developmentally appropriate sequence of ballet training. In class training focuses upon building strength, flexibility, musicality, and coordination. The class will cover the basics of placement/alignment, turnout, lines of positions, port de bras, quality of movement, class etiquette, ballet terminology. 

Jazz/Theatre Dance 

This class is designed to teach each student the correct alignment and specific techniques necessary for advancement within this and all dance genres. Class is aimed at increasing strength, flexibility, endurance, and the ability to learn and retain choreography. 

Voice Studio Lab 

This course provides an introduction to the basic functional skills of vocal production and singing. Topics include: breathing, muscular and air support, diction, the vocal anatomy, tone production, vowel and consonant modification, resonance and vocal health. 

History of Musical Theatre 

This course provides students with an overview of early and modern theatre; including composers, lyricists, performers, directors, choreographers, and producers. 

Audition Technique 

The study of musical and non-musical based audition techniques. This class includes a unit of work focused on professional preparation and the business of acting covering topics related to casting, audition prep, headshots and resumes, personal style, awareness of type, and current trends in the profession.

Basic Music Theory 

This class teaches students literacy in the written language of music. Actors who have the ability to read music fluently have a much easier time learning songs and can do so without the help of a coach or musical director. Sight singing is the ability to sing what is notated at a glance, and requires the ability to identify intervals immediately and sing them correctly, and on time.