Whidbey Island Theatre Fest Announces Summer Training Program and Tour

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, presents its third annual Whidbey Island Theatre Festival, June 28 - August 07, 2010.

Whidbey Island Theatre Festival is a celebration of theatre that brings together artists and enthusiasts for a vast array of entertaining and educational experiences.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts' annual theatre festival provides our community and visitors with engaging summer classes, thought-provoking theatrical experiences, and great entertainment for all to enjoy.

Registration has begun for the following Summer Training Program classes:

Stagecraft with Ann Deacon and Tyler Raymond (youth + adult)
Intermediate Acting with Ann Deacon (youth)
Introduction to the Stage with Kathy Stanley (youth)
Web Series 101 (youth)
Play and Scene Study with Vito Zingarelli (youth + adult)
Musical Theatre Audition with Kira Keeney-Vogt (youth + adult)
Lighting for Directors with Ann Deacon (youth + adult)

And, back by popular demand -
WICA on Tour Youth + Adult Travel:

Brush Up on Your Shakespeare: An Ashland Adventure with Deana Duncan

Class and tour fees range from $20 - $600.

To register, or for more information, please visit www.WICAonline.com or call 60.221.8268 - 800/638.7631.

WHAT: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents the Whidbey Island Theatre Festival.

WHERE: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, Washington.

WHEN: June 28 - August 07, 2010.

PROGRAMS: Summer Training Program

Stagecraft (youth + adult education)

Intermediate Acting (youth education)

Introduction to the Stage (youth education)

Web Series 101 (youth education)

Play and Scene Study (youth + adult education)

Musical Theatre Audition (youth + adult education)

Lighting for Directors (youth + adult education)

WICA on Tour Youth + Adult Travel:

Brush Up on Your Shakespeare: An Ashland Adventure

INSTRUCTORS: Ann Deacon, Deana Duncan, Kira Keeney-Vogt, Tyler Raymond,

Kathy Stanley, and Vito Zingarelli

CREATIVE TEAM: Stacie Burgua (Executive Director)

Deana Duncan (Education Director)

Jason Dittmer (Marketing Director)

REGISTRATION: Class fees range from $20 - $600.

To register please visit www.WICAonline.com or 360.221.8268 - 800/638.7631.

The Whidbey Island Theatre Festival - Summer Training Program

Built on years of great summer theatre classes and productions, WITF offers conservatory-style theatre education for youth and adults, through readings, workshops, productions and special events. Our core faculty includes performers, designers, teachers, and playwrights all working together with top academic credentials as well as professional experience. Theatre is a great way to encourage self-expression and creativity for people of all ages. We invite you to join us on this fabulous and fun journey toward growing great theatre.

Our Mission.

To provide students with high quality, innovative, participatory theatre arts education and training taught by theatre professionals and teaching artists; to reflect the diversity of the community we serve; and to help our students develop skills and broaden their horizons.

Our Classes.

Ignite the imagination.
Encourage investigation of the world through the creative process.
Engage and enable artistic and personal growth.
Unleash creative potential.
Build confidence and self-awareness

Fundamentals Youth + Adult Training

Stagecraft with Ann Deacon and Tyler Raymond
Get behind-the-scenes training in technical theater. Using "Sing Faster - the Stagehands' Ring Cycle" (a backstage view of building the San Francisco Opera's production of The Ring Cycle) as a launching point, we will explore the process of how a set design makes it to the stage: from the creation of plans; to tools and materials; and building flats, platforms, steps, doors, and windows. Stagecraft provides a great learning opportunity for all ages.

Schedule Jun 28 - Jul 02 Time 9.30am - 2.00pm
Fee $125 Ages all ages Class size 12

Intermediate Acting "Sleepy Hollow" with Ann Deacon
In a wickedly funny adaptation of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a classic tale of superstition and village rivalry, young actors will learn to develop a character, work in an ensemble, build skills in character make-up, costume changes, and backstage protocol -- all important skills to have but are often overlooked in many training programs.

Schedule Jul 06 - 29 Time 10.00am - 2.00pm
Fee $200 Ages 9 - 14 Class size 16
Showcase Performance Jul 31 @ 7.30pm

Introduction to the Stage "The Garden Show" with Kathy Stanley
Our younger students will experience all aspects of a production (The Garden Show) from rehearsing lines and learning music, to designing and constructing their costumes, props, and set.

Schedule Jul 13 - 15, 20 - 22 Time 10.00am - 12.00pm
Fee $85 Ages 5 - 9 Class size 16
Showcase Performance Jul 31 @ 7.30pm

Intensives Youth Training

Web Series 101
Do you love "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"? We do.
So much so, that we created our first-ever New Media class!

During our 4-week course, we'll explore:

New Media - Past, Present, and Future with Russell Sparkman
Russell owns Fusionspark Media and is the guy behind The Langley Center for New Media.
Writing + Directing with Kristina Sutherland
Kristina is a playwright, director, the Education Director at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre, and the Artistic Director of Seattle's Macha Monkey Productions. She'll work with us write our own 3-part web series and to discover how it differs from writing for theater, film and traditional TV.
Acting + Directing with Deana Duncan
Whether we're on stage, a movie screen, or computer monitor, the foundations of acting for different mediums are all the same. So, who better to study with than actor, director, educator Deana Duncan?

During our third and fourth weeks, we'll cast, rehearse, shoot, and edit our web series.

Schedule Jul 05 - 30 Time 10.00am - 3.00pm
Fee $400 Ages 12 - 18 Class size 24
Showcase Screening/Streaming Jul 31 @ 7.30pm

Workshops and Clinics Youth + Adult Training

Play and Scene Study with Vito Zingarelli
Play and Scene Study Play and Scene Study provides an environment for experienced, beginning, and "non" actors to gather for readings and to learn staged reading performance techniques. This summer, we'll explore works by Hedgebrook alumnae such as Theresa Rebeck (The Understudy), Sarah Ruhl (Dead Man's Cell Phone), Ruth Ozeki (My Year of Meats), Danai Gurira (In the Continuum), and many more.

Schedule Jul 12 - 13 Time 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Fee $20 Ages all ages Class size 16
Showcase Reading Jul 31 @ 7.30pm

Musical Theatre Audition with Kira Keeney-Vogt
Using a company number from the hit Broadway musical Oliver!, students will be introduced to staging/technique for ensemble, including an introduction to reading music and tips for integrating acting, singing, and movement. Students will explore story, setting, and character in the context of an all-ages street scene featuring several solo opportunities and basic choreography.

Schedule Jul 13 - 15, 20 - 22 Time 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Fee $60 Ages all ages Class size 16
Showcase Performance Jul 31 @ 7.30pm

Lighting for Directors with Ann Deacon
Lighting for Directors is a class for anyone interested in learning or strengthening their skills in lighting in order to communicate a complete aesthetic vision for a strong production. This class will explore the basics of lighting vocabulary, equipment, the design process, and the writing of cues, which will include timing, length, and movement of light. We will work through a scene or short script and determine cue placement as well as develop a basic plot and the "look" for each moment.

Schedule Jul 14, 15, 21, 22 Time 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Fee $80 Ages all ages Class size 6
WICA on Tour Youth + Adult Travel

Brush Up on Your Shakespeare: An Ashland Adventure with Deana Duncan

This year's tour includes:

• Theatre Productions including American Night (by Culture Clash), The Merchant of Venice, Throne of Blood (an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1957 film), and Hamlet

• Spring Talks and Park Talks; Festival Noon events; Prologue discussions; and Mask, Movement, Performance, and Stage Combat Classes with the Southern Oregon University theatre department.

• Round-trip ticket on the Whidbey-SeaTac Shuttle (departing/arriving WICA) - Adults and families may arrange personal transportation.

• (4) Days / (3) Nights stay in the Southern Oregon University dormitories - Adults and families may book accommodations off-campus

• Breakfasts at Southern Oregon University

Schedule Aug 02 - 05
Fee $600
Ages all ages
Tour size 24

WITF 2008/09 SPONSORS: Whidbey-SeaTac Shuttle

WICA 2008/09 SEASON SPONSORS: City of Langley; 2008 Producers Circle; Friends of WICA; Intermec Foundation; Puget Sound Energy; Washington State Arts Commission; The NEA; Whidbey Telecom; Boeing; Glaser Foundation; US Bank Foundation; Westaf; Target; The Inn at Langley; The Edgecliff/Beachfire; Whidbey Coffee; Whidbey-SeaTac Shuttle; The Law Offices of Kelly and Harvey; Catherine DeWitt Custom Picture Framing; Sound Publishing; Dr. Ric Prael, the Dentist; Boomerang Korner; and Island Asphalt.

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