SARTA Announces Upcoming Workshops and Classes

Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance announces upcoming workshops and classes.

Tony Award Winning actress Faith Prince and director/acting coach Natasha Burr are thrilled to announce the formation of their new company, Minimoon Productions, based in Sacramento. They have many exciting projects on the horizon. The first of which, is a Master Class series beginning October 17th Mondays or Wednesdays for college/adult students from 7-10pm. Classes are offered for 12-18 year olds on Saturdays from 10-1. This series consists of six consecutive classes concluding with a showcase on the final class for friends and family to attend. These courses seek to compliment and enhance all existing theatre programs.

Classes include professional audition skills in musical theater, acting for the stage and basic acting skills for the camera. Faith Prince has worked in Broadway, television, film, animation, symphony, and cabaret for 30 years. Her business partner, Natasha Burr, has extensive background in the industry including directing, teaching, and as a talent agent for 15 years. They have formed a partnership and company that will help students navigate their skills to reach their individual goals. Their intention is to provide "An insider's perspective into the longevity of the art of performing." Faith and Natasha are looking forward to utilizing their talent and years of working in the professional entertainment industry to support this community. For more information about their upcoming Master Class and other class offerings please contact them at minimoonproductions@gmail.com or call 916-382-4989 and please check out their website www.minimoonproductions.com

Voice Casting Services
AND V.O.I.C.E.S
"Voice Over Immersion Club & Exchange of Sacramento"

Join Together for:
" Voice-Over Open Mic Night"
When: THURSDAY, Oct. 20th, 7-9pm
Where: Weston House Recording, 955 Venture Ct.
Sacramento, 95825
Info: Raynakamoto@att.net
Here's your opportunity to meet your fellow Sacramento VO talent from beginners to veterans. Exchange phone numbers and find practice partners! Learn about VO jobs and upcoming VO Workshops! ... all in a supportive, creative environment!
ADMISSION: Only $5.00.

Read scripts for Commercials, Movie Trailers, TV Promos, Retail, Image, Automotive, Dialogs, Hard-sell, Documentaries, Audio Books, or bring your own!

You will be professionally directed!
Who knows? You might be the next Don LaFontaine....
Or--- "Donna" LaFontaina?
Be there!

SACRAMENTO THEATRE COMPANY presents...
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, KIDS!

Music by Robert Reale
Book and Lyrics by William Reale
Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel

Musical theatre workshop is open to students ages 6-12.
No experience necessary!
Hurry! Registration Is NOW OPEN and Filling Up Fast!

Auditions: November 8th/9th
Rehearsals: Tuesday-Friday, 4:00-7:00pm
November 10th-January 13th
(excluding Thanksgiving week and the last two weeks of December)
Performances: January 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd at 7pm
January 21st, 22nd at 2pm

Rehearsals to be held at the Lutheran Church of the Master,
1900 Potrero, in South Land Park.
For more information and to register, check out STC's website at www.sactheatre.org or contact Michele Hillen-Noufer, Education Director, at (916) 446-7501 x113 or hillenm@sactheatre.org.

"Workshopping" a play is not an easy process.
By one definition it is a factory. By another it is a discussion group. At the Thistle Dew it is a combination of both. According to Apple's dictionary it is "a performance of (a dramatic work), using intensive group discussion and improvisation in order to explore aspects of the production before formal staging".

The workshop members and the owners of The Thistle Dew, Tom and Ellie, are dedicated to supporting original works by local playwrights.

After we have fully workshopped their plays we offer local playwrights the opportunity to have their plays performed on the Thistle Dew stage.

Calling all Playwrights and wanna-bees!
Do you have a play you'd like critiqued?

On Monday nights at 7pm, jump into the critique fray or listen quietly....until your passions rise and you feel compelled to join the mêlée.

(Overheard before a reading: "I came just to listen, honestly, I've never critiqued a play before, but I just had to say something about Act II, Scene Three ....").

Yes. We know. We've all been there.

All newcomers are welcome!

The theatre is located at 1901 P Street.

Local Playwrights Produced At The Thistle Dew Theatre: (Full-Length Plays) Timothy Cahill, Julie Greene, Paul Hauck, Thomas M. Kelly, Leo McElroy, Charles McIntosh, Laura Sheperd, Donya Wicken.

(Monologues) Gladys Acosta, Timothy Cahill, Charley Cross, Theresa Elliot, Mark Fejta, Bernie Goldberg, Julie Greene, Eugene Griffith, Cindi Bennett, Frank Ingram, Gloria Jones, Thomas M. Kelly, Charles Kelso, Roger Linder, Laura Sheperd, Susan Webster, Donya Wicken and Jeff Webster.

 

At the Sunday, November 6, Playwrights Collaborative Meeting (7:00 PM) we will reread and discuss Donya Wicken's THE MYSTERIOUS SECRET OF ROCK RAT COVE.

Christmas promises to be bleak for two fatherless children who, wth their hardworking mother, have recently relocated to live with their harsh, unwelcoming grandfather. But the arrival of two mysterious young strangers sparks a series of events that will reveal what lies beneath the town's quiet surface. Secrets and truths must be told before everyone can look forward to a joyous holiday.

This workshop is at the California Stage Theatre, 2509 "R" Street (on "R" Street between 25th and 26th Streets), Sacramento.

The Playwrights Collaborative thanks the California Stage Theater Company for the use of its theater.

The following workshop is on November 20 at the Big Idea Theatre.

For further information or if you have a play you would like workshopped, contact Gary Agid, chairman, at gary@agid.com (916-383-9267) . Please let me know if you would like to be removed from this list. 

Workshops are monthly (or occasionally twice monthly) on Sundays on dates to be announced. There are no dues, fees or other charges for participating. Staged readings may be scheduled occasionally by playwrights.

"The Playwrights Collaborative is an organization of writers, actors, directors and others interested in the theater, working together to promote the development and production of new plays in Sacramento and elsewhere. Through a cooperative process of peer review, Playwrights Collaborative assists in making plays ready for production and helps in finding suitable venues where shows mightbe performed."

WORKSHOPS: At each workshop, original plays by local writers are read and discussed as are ways to promote deserving works for production. Several theaters have expressed an interest in producing one new original play per year and Playwrights Collaborative has encouraged similar interest by other theatres in the area. There will also be occasional speakers with expertise in various aspects of theater.

STAGED READINGS: Playwrights participating in the Sunday workshops will be scheduling occasional "staged readings" of plays that have been developed sufficiently to be ready for production. A staged reading is a play production with the actors holding scripts.

Playwrights Collaborative invites interested writers and actors to attend and take part in the workshop readings which can lead to invitational staged readings of new works. The group actively promotes new plays to prospective producers. Following each reading, comments and suggestions for improvement will be solicited from all who are present.