Oberlin College - Theater
Work with Broadway professionals as you receive intensive training in acting, movement, and voice.
| Week 1: |
July 5 - July 10, 2009 |
Spaces Remaining:
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| Ages: |
11 - 18 yrs
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| Tuition: |
$1150
(Includes room and meals) |
Details
This acting workshop offers the camper professional training in the theater. The week's activities involve intensive training in the craft of acting through theater game techniques and improvisation. The workshops are designed to incite the creative imagination of each participant. Each day students will explore external performance techniques in comedy, improvisation, character analysis, rhythm and timing, movement, and stage combat.
* Additional Information
Students check-in between 1 and 3pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Clevend Hopkins Airport (CLE) on the first day of camp between 10am and 12:30pm.
Flights should depart from Clevend Hopkins Airport (CLE) on the last day of camp after 4pm.
Airport transportation is available to and from Clevend Hopkins Airport for $30 each way.
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Program Directors
Elmore James, Program Director
His Broadway credits include: Jim in Big River, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well... , Your Arms too Short to Box with God with Patti LaBelle and Al Green (also recorded with Patti LaBelle), and the original cast of Beauty and the Beast. Most recently Mr. James shared the stage with Patti LuPone in the Kennedy Center's production of Regina and with Reba McEntire in the Carnegie Hall concert version of South Pacific. Mr. James studied opera at The Juilliard School and made his professional opera debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni in the famous Peter Sellars production. Additionally, Elmore has sung as a soloist at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and has sung for many US Presidents, and European royalty. Most recently Mr. James performed in the Swedish premiere of the Broadway hit, The Full Monty. Directing credits from Broadway to international, from Shakespeare to Andrew Lloyd Webber. When Elmore has the time, he lends his teaching talents to New York University, Mercy College, Iona, SUNY Purchase and the School of Performing Arts.
Location Information
Oberlin's exquisite 440-acre campus, located just 35 miles southwest of Cleveland, provides outstanding facilities, including the Allen Memorial Art Museum and beautiful Hall Theater. Founded in 1833, Oberlin College is renowned for its Music Conservatory and has an exceptional theater program. Oberlin College also holds the distinction of being the first coeducational college in the United States.
Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice.
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