Directing for the Stage

Service Description

(Ages 15-18) Monday 12:30pm to 2:30pm Teacher: Tinamarie Panyard Fall 2024/25 Mondays: Sept.9th 16th, 23rd, 30th, Oct. 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, Nov. 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, Dec. 2nd, 9th Saturdays 2pm to 6pm: Oct: 5th, Nov. 9th, Dec. 7th Performance time TBA: Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th, Sunday December 15th (20 days) Fee: $475+$50 Material Fee (Sibling 1 $425 +$50 material fee, Sibling 2 $375 +$50 material fee Winter 2025 Mondays: Jan. 6th, 13th, 27th Feb. 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th March 3rd, 10th Saturdays 2pm to 6pm: Jan. 25th, Feb. 22nd (11 days) No Class Jan. 20th Martin Luther King Jr. Day Fee: $475+$50 Material Fee (Sibling 1 $425 +$50 material fee, Sibling 2 $375 +$50 material fee Spring 2025 Mondays: March 17th, 24th, 31st April 7th, 21st, 28th, May 5th, 12th, 19th Saturdays 2pm to 6pm: March 22nd,26th May 10th, 17th Sunday 10am to 10pm: May 18th (Performance) (14 days) No Class Monday April 14th Passover/ Spring Break Fee: $475+$50 Material Fee (Sibling 1 $425 +$50 material fee, Sibling 2 $375 ) Class Description: Directing for the stage will give young directors the opportunity to dive into the heart and soul of making theatre on stage. In this three term course students will have the opportunity to be the ultimate storyteller reading, analyzing, and choosing plays and play excerpts to bring to life for the stage. Theatre is a collaborative art form and the director is the ultimate channel for the creative flow. Our young directors will experience all aspects of mounting a production: the audition process, casting their play, creating their directors book, including director concept, set design, costumes, sound, and lighting. In the fall we will explore the text of the pieces they choose focusing on, meaning, intention and movement (blocking) that supports the story and acting. In the winter and spring term students will choose a short one act they will present as a final project at the end of the spring term. Directors will be responsible for all aspects of their production, including, scheduling, casting, communicating with their actors, sound, lighting, blocking, costumes and communicating with their technical crew. The final show case will be presented in a professional theatre. Students who take this class are expected to be at all rehearsals including and especially production week rehearsals and put in time outside of class doing homework and possibly doing pick up rehearsals with classmates to prepare for class.