Acorn Productions Offers Free Acting Workshop 9/19

Acorn Productions begins its 2011/12 season of programming for the community with a pair of free offerings for adults and kids at the company's studios in Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook. The adult sessions will be held on Thursday, September 15th and Monday, September 19th from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Two sessions for kids also take place on Monday, September 19th and Thursday, September 22nd from 4 to 5 p.m. All of Acorn's free workshops are taught by Producing Director Michael Levine, and they are designed to provide beginning and continuing actors with an introduction to the actor's craft, as well as a sense of what transpires during a full-length acting class. Students in the workshops participate in a series of acting games and theater exercises that will introduce them to many common acting terms. No experience necessary, but pre-registration is required. Interested students may sign up on line at www.acorn-productions.org or call Acorn's business office at 854-0065.

The Acorn Acting Academy starts its fall session of 8-week classes for kids and adults the week of September 26th, 2011. This is the company's 5th year of offerings designed to allow people of all walks of life the chance to get involved in the performing arts. Acorn's mission is to nurture and develop new talent in the performing arts, and the four semesters of acting classes is one of the main vehicles the company uses to incubate new acting talent. All classes at the Acorn Acting Academy meet for eight sessions and are conducted by Levine, Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble member Keith Anctil, and improv comedienne Rachel Flehinger. Along with the popular beginning class Acting for Ordinary People, adults can choose from Interactive Acting, Duos (offered at Mayo Street Arts in Portland), and Writer's Improv. Classes for children begin with students in Kindergarten and continue through all ages including a Teen Acting class. Acorn is also pleased to offer the third year of the Young Actors Shakespeare Conservatory, a chance for teenagers to study with Naked Shakespeare actors to learn how to work with classic language on stage. A complete listing of classes appears below.

Students interested in more information about Acorn's classes can get information at Acorn's website www.acorn-productions.org or by calling the Acorn Studios at 854-0065. Registration fees vary from $100 to $195 for the eight-week classes, with a discount for returning students.

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