Tween Theater Club is just for kids ages 10-13! Come join in the fun as our dedicated instructors provide an evening of fun to improve acting and improv skills, memorization, and listening. Every meeting is sure to be a blast!
Summer 2018 Tween Clubs
Join us on Tuesday, June 12th from 6:30pm to 9:00pm as we kick off summer clubs with a joint Tween & Teen Club – Double Ensemble Night!
Starting June 19, join us weekly on Tuesday at 6:30 pm for Tween Club, led by Julia VanDyk, Vivian Cook, and Zoey Lazere.
Details
- Social time at 6:30 pm and workshop 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
- Dates: June 12, 19, 26; July 10, 17, 24, 31; August 7. (No clubs during the week of July 4.)
- All meetings are at the Story Theater Company rehearsal space, 615 S. Dayton Ave, Suite 133.
- A fee of $10 for the workshops will be collected upon arrival.
- All tweens ages 10-13 are welcome! 13-year-olds can also choose to attend our Teen Theater Club as well!
- Pre-registration is not required.
- Parents of new participants will be asked to provide an Activity Authorization form. This form must be completed and signed by a parent prior to participating in the club. Parents can complete paperwork when dropping off participants at the first meeting, or complete the form in advance by downloading it from the website.
Tween Club Schedule – Summer 2018
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| June 12 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | Summer at STC Begins! Double Ensemble Night! mprov, storytelling, games, and more! Get ready to begin a summer of teen and tween clubs with a night of ensemble building. Both teens and tweens will gather in STC’s new blackbox to explore collaborative storytelling, saying “yes, and…,” and creating a summer environment filled with innovation, generosity, and curiosity. Bring your friends, and let’s kick off the summer with a celebration of theatre and the STC community! |
| June 19 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | Stage Makeup From “basic stage face” to crazy character makeup, tonight is all about stage makeup looks and how to create them. How do costumes and lighting affect your face onstage? How do you look older without looking silly? We’ll answer these questions and several more, with chances to practice your own stage makeup skills. |
| June 26 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | Story Building What’s the difference between an exciting story and a boring one? How does one small idea turn into a tale you just can’t wait to read, watch, or perform? In this tween club, we’ll explore story structure and content as well as ideas like character and setting. We’ll also build plenty of stories together, and conclude the night with some never-before-seen original tales! |
| July 10 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | Design Concepts: Trash to Treasure In a new take on a classic favorite, this club is all about the theatrical design process...and playing with trash! How do designs for things like sets, props, and costumes grow from scripts and ideas into real things on stage? We’ll talk about how good designs can enhance a play and discover the process of creating them. Then, get ready to turn some trash into treasure with creative designs of your own! |
| July 17 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | Motivations and Mirroring Life on Stage: Psychological Realism In tonight’s tween club, we will dig deep into building characters from the inside out! Come ready to listen, experiment, and discover how we can create the magic of theatre through characters’ motivations, history, experiences, and dreams. We will play games, explore stories, and work together to figure out how theatre artists put reality on the stage! |
| July 24 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | “Yes, and…???” Improv night is back at STC! With two simple words, “Yes, and…,” the #1 rule of improv is formed. No matter what your experience with improvisational comedy might be, you are more than ready to join us for this week’s night of improv games galore! All it takes is listening, saying “yes” to your team members’ ideas, and building on the characters and worlds we imagine together! |
| July 31 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | Sharpen Your Senses Acting is reacting! This is one of the most important secrets of performance, and at tonight’s tween club, we will play games and learn strategies for how to be present and ready on stage, no matter what. We will figure out how to sharpen our senses and keep our eyes, ears, and entire bodies ready to respond to our fellow actors, our audience, and our story at all times. Come prepared to listen, move, and play! |
| August 7 Tuesday 6:30PM-9:00PM | The Moral of the Story: Medieval Theater Have you ever tried telling a story about a situation in order to improve it? Tonight we’ll explore the world of medieval theater, and the power of theater to both teach and entertain. Medieval “morality plays” were quite popular in their time, and usually tried to tell stories for a reason. At this club we’ll discuss ways to try our hand at that, too, with some medieval staging concepts to help us out! |