Upcoming Training Opportunities:
SUMMER WORKSHOP PRODUCTION: August 5 - 23
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SUMMER WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
3 WEEK INTENSIVE | August 5 - 23
Monday-Friday 9am-3pm (with a final works-in-progress performance on August 23rd)
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In this new 3-week intensive workshop, students of all levels (grades 7-12) will develop skills as singer/actors/dancers, focusing on selected scenes from musicals appropriate to their age and level. In working with these scenes and through exercises, improvisation and games, dynamite music theater professional teaching team Anna Smith and Evan Alparone (bios below) will help students build their vocal technique and dance skills, as well as develop characters and on-stage relationships. Students will be assigned scenes and music and develop sections to perform from three shows: Urinetown, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Hairspray.
YMTC's Artistic Director, Jennifer Boesing will be a visiting teacher during the weeks of the workshop, and will watch the work and offer insights regarding the progress of the participants.
Workshop will fill up on a first-come-first-served basis. Class size limited to 30.
LOCATION: Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins Street at Napa Ave
COST: $1,050 (some tuition assistance available)
About the instructors:
Anna Smith 
is a local teaching artist with Cal Shakes, Berkeley Playhouse, and Redwood High School in Marin County. Anna will also be starting work with the education department with 142 Throckmorton in Mill Valley, teaching self-designed acting curriculum. As an actor, she has performed with the Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Ray of Light Theater Company, and CCCT. After seeing YMTC’s production of Ragtime, Anna has been itching to work with YMTC, and is looking forward to Pocket Broadway!
Evan Alparone is a music director, accompanist, and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from the Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program in UCLA's School of Theater Film and Television in 2006 and has worked on over 35 musicals as an accompanist and music director. Recently he has worked with TriValley Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Boxcar Theater, and the Douglas Morrison Theater. From 2007-2010 Evan was the Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward where he conducted 100 students in five choirs participating in festivals, competitions, and tours. As an accompanist, Evan is in demand to accompany workshops, recitals, and concerts around the Bay Area and currently serves as the music director at El Cerrito United Methodist Church.
For more information, please email us at info@ymtcberkeley.org