BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – From Puppets to Make-up to Stage Combat and more, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble announces its winter theatre school workshop line-up with one day Saturday classes for all ages!
These classes have an early class from 10 am to 12:30 pm for 5–8-year-olds and a 2 pm – 5 pm class for 9- to 12-year-olds. Begin with an Introduction to Acting on January 6 and learn the fundamentals of acting in this engaging and entertaining class. Focus on character development and creation in the fun Character Creation class on January 13 th . Create and perform with some amazing puppets in the Puppet workshop on January 27 th .
For our slightly older students, we have the following Saturday classes from 10 am to 1 pm for 9-12 year-olds and 2 pm – 5 pm for 13-18 year-olds. Explore the fundamentals of Improv on January 20 th and the ins and outs of Stage Combat on February 3 rd . Create some horrifying and gruesome makeup tricks with Stage Makeup on February 10 th .
Our instructors for this winter’s Theatre Workshops are BTE Education Director Abigail Leffler, Resident Acting Company members Elizabeth Dowd and Aaron White, BTE Stage Manager A’nie Kirchner and BTE guest artist, Violet Race. Classes will be held at BTE’s Theatre School space at the First Presbyterian Church, 345 Market Street, Bloomsburg. Enrollment costs $90 per class, but financial aid is available. For more information visit, bte.org and for registration, visit https://form.jotform.com/233134041348144.
Founded in 1978 as an artist-driven, community-based resident ensemble, BTE creates innovative work with local and national impact. Today, BTE produces a lively mix of classic and contemporary plays and original theatre education programs for all ages. For more information about our shows and programs, please see www.bte.org.