[NEohioPAL]CPT Academy begins Winter 2004!

[Dan Kilbane]

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Holly Holsinger, CPT Academy Director
216/631-2727 ext. 202
cptacademy at cptonline.org <mailto:cptacademy at cptonline.org>
November 24, 2003
CUTTING EDGE THEATRE TRAINING FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS BEGINS AT
CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE

CLEVELAND, OH -- For 20 years, Cleveland Public Theatre has blazed trails,
producing high quality, adventurous theatre and educational programs in
Northeast Ohio.  Now we add a thrilling educational opportunity for
children, teens, and adults to take another step toward the edge.  Beginning
in January 2004, CPT presents the CPT Academy.

CPT Academy commits to providing innovative theatre training to artists of
all ages, regardless of experience level. CPT’s groundbreaking methods
unlock the creative power and inspiration in each individual, while at the
same time focusing that energy through clear dramatic technique.

All classes take place on the CPT campus.

Instructor bios can be found at the bottom of this document.

The first class schedule, for Winter 2004, follows:

Children’s Class Schedule

Classes for children allow for fun theatre games, dress-up play, and guided
improvisations into magical worlds. They learn important tools about
building performance as they work towards producing and performing in their
very own production.

The Play Room (ages 6-12)
This class allows young actors to create their own play from a familiar
story or a tale all their own. The play develops from improvisations and
theater games, which encourage working together as an ensemble. Fun and hard
work coexist as the kids write, design and perform their own show.
Instructor, Jill Levin. Saturdays 10:00-11:00 a.m.  Ten sessions, January
17- March 20, $125.

Fairy Tales (ages 3-5)
This class is a fun approach for little performers just starting out, and it
includes interactive games, music, dress-up, and new stories to act out each
week. Parents are invited to participate with their children.  Instructor,
Holly Holsinger. Ten sessions, Saturdays, 10:00-10:45 a.m. January 10-March
13, $100.

Teen Class Schedule

Act Out! (ages 13-17)
For young people interested in spontaneous, exciting theater-of-the-moment,
this class gives teens the opportunity to express themselves through
improvisational games and exercises. Students learn how to think on their
feet, gain confidence, and develop fundamental acting skills. The class
culminates in a presentation for family and friends. Instructor, Jill Levin.
Ten sessions, Saturdays 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. January 17-March 20, $125.

Adult Class Schedule (ages 18 and up)

Acting Inside Out
This acting techniques class helps free actors from habits and boundaries
through exercises, scene work, and improvisation. Work to make stronger
emotional investments and create bolder physical choices. Learn how to
deliver a more fascinating, truthful performance, by moving past the
ordinary to find the extraordinary. Instructor, Jill Levin. Ten sessions,
Saturdays 12:30-2:00 p.m. January 17-March 20, $150.

Experimental Theatre Wing
This class is an exploration of actor as “creative artist.”  Find your own
inspiration through bold, new exercises for the body and voice as well as
exciting ways to tap into your imagination and creative impulse. Learn how
to begin work on your own theatrical performance as well as how to
collaborate.  Instructor, Holly Holsinger. Ten sessions, Saturdays 11:00
a.m.-12:30 p.m. January 10-March 13, $150.

Going Solo: Writing for Solo Performance
Do you have a story you've always wanted to tell?  Do you have material that
would work for a solo piece, but you're not sure how to put it all together?
Would you just like to try a different way of writing or performing? This
class uses writing exercises, movement, and improvisation to jump start the
creative process and put you on the way to creating your own solo work for
the stage.  All levels of experience are welcome. For the final class, each
student performs an excerpt from his or her own solo work-in-progress.
Instructor, Sarah Morton. Ten sessions, Saturdays 1:00-3:00 p.m. January
10-March 13, $175.

For more information about these classes, contact Holly Holsinger at
216/631-2727 ext. 212 or email at cptacademy at cptonline.org
<mailto:cptacademy at cptonline.org>.

Holly Holsinger brings over 20 years of acting and teaching experience to
the CPT Academy. In 2001, Holly was voted “Best Actress in Cleveland” in The
Free Times. She has toured all over the U.S., Canada, Europe and Brazil
performing with Wishhounds performance group, as well as taking on classic
roles for the stage. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of
California, Irvine, where she studied with Robert Cohen (Acting Power) and
experimental theatre guru Jerzy Grotowski. Holly has taught theatre at Ohio
State University, University of Akron, Tri-C, and Lorain County Community
College. She has been teaching and performing for children since 1987,
including work with Creative Arts and Pacific School of Music and Arts in
California and as a company member and teacher at the Illusion Factory,
Idaho Theatre for Youth, and Weathervane Playhouse. She has developed and
taught programs for children and teens at Cleveland Public Theatre,
including co-founding CPT’s innovative Student Theatre Enrichment Program
(STEP), now in its tenth year.

Sarah Morton is an award-winning playwright and performer and a native of
Cleveland, Ohio. Recent productions of her plays include Night Bloomers at
Emerging Artists Theatre in New York City, Love in Pieces at the NYC
International Fringe Festival,  Stumble at Great Lakes Theater Festival
(2002 Surround Tour), and courage of i, which she co-wrote with the
residents of the Elyria Y, a transitional housing facility for women, and
produced by Cleveland Public Theatre. She has served as artist-in-residence
at Cleveland State University, Cleveland School of the Arts, and Hathaway
Brown School, and has been teaching in The Cleveland Play House's Young
Playwrights Workshop for the past six years. Her solo piece, The Eighth
Wonder of the World, was produced by Dobama's Night Kitchen and won a Scene
Award for Best Solo Performance. Her newest solo work, 4 Minutes to Happy,
will be seen in CPT's Big [BOX] series in January.

Jill Levin has been an acting teacher for many years, working with actors at
Cleveland Public Theatre, the Cleveland Play House, Wisdom Bridge Theater in
Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Stage Company. She has performed in numerous
shows at CPT as well as theaters in New York, Chicago, and Tokyo. Her most
recent CPT credits include the starring role in Tennessee Williams’ Summer
and Smoke and The Herald in Discordia. She has extensive professional actor
training, and is a graduate of New York’s Circle in the Square Theater
School.  Jill is also the mother of three children aged 3-6.

The mission of Cleveland Public Theatre is to inspire, nurture, challenge,
amaze, educate, and empower artists and audiences, in order to make the
Cleveland public a more conscious and compassionate community.

Cleveland Public Theatre and its artistic and education programs are funded
in part by funding from Cleveland Foundation, George Gund Foundation, Ohio
Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Nord Family Foundation, John
P. Murphy Foundation, Kulas Foundation, Theatre Communications Group, Doris
Duke Charitable Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bruening
Foundation, Codrington Foundation, Giant Eagle Foundation, Thomas White
Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Lorain, Family Foundations of
Jewish Community Federation, Dolphin Trust, Saint Ann Foundation, Deaconess
Foundation, O’Neill Foundation, Stocker Foundation, Key Foundation, Nordson
Foundation, Wolf Foundation, Forest City, Alcoa, Third Federal, Huntington
National Bank, National City Bank, and other corporate and individual
contributors.






Dan Kilbane
Publicist
Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH  44102
tel:  216/631-2727 ext. 203
fax:  216/631-2575
www.cptonline.org
dkilbane at cptonline.org

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