Thursday, July 26, 2007

Young Actors Workshop with Mary Thoma, fresh from Broadway Teaching Lab

Award-winning actress, director and Southfield School drama teacher Mary Thoma has just returned from New York, says Shaum Grimshaw of Bossier Arts Council. Thoma attended workshops presented by the Broadway Teaching Lab with instructors from Yale Drama School, Julliard, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.

Youths can learn new skills in improvisation, storytelling through movement, scene and monologue work in her Young Actor Workshops.

* Ages 7 to 17.
*All young actors are expected to have memorized a 1- 2-minute monologue (no longer monologues, please) taken from a play, movie or book. Suggestions will be made available upon email reservation, if needed.
* Limited to 16 participants.
* Saturday, August 4, 10 am to 4 pm.
* Bring a sack lunch and drink.
* East Bank Theatre/Bossier Arts Council 630 Barksdale Blvd.
Bossier City, LA 71111
* Fee: $80.00
* Registration: email mmatters3@bellsouth.net or phone (318)861-0538. Deadline Friday, Aug. 3.

Says Thoma: "I had a Marvelous experience in New York, training at the Broadway Teaching Lab and cant wait to share the fun and exercises! I was very affirmed in my teaching style and process."

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