[NEohioPAL]CPT Academy Spring Classes take those April showers away!

[Dan Kilbane]

To register contact: Holly Holsinger 216-631-2727 ext. 202

For years Cleveland Public Theatre has blazed the trails, offering the
highest quality, most adventurous, cutting edge theatre in Northeast Ohio.
Now Cleveland Public Theatre offers an educational opportunity for you and
yours to take a thrilling step toward the edge.  After an exciting winter of
classes, Cleveland Public Theatre presents CPT Academy, the Spring Session.

SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE	8 SATURDAYS	APRIL 17-JUNE 5

Classes for Adults

Audition Techniques--Auditioning has become an art in and of itself. Learn
how to audition effectively, the tricks of the trade and how to show your
best self. Learn techniques in cold reading, choosing the right monologue,
and writing the best resume. The last class will be a special private
audition for CPT’s leading directors. Taught by Jill Levin. Saturdays
11:00-12:00 $125

Experimental Theatre Wing--Work with CPT’s Resident Director Raymond Bobgan
as you learn new techniques to explore creativity, craft, and the essence of
great acting. This class is a great way for artists to reconnect to their
creative resources and get inspired. You will also learn ways of developing
your own creative material through movement, sound, song, and action.
Saturdays 12:30-2:30. $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? In this class, we will use
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. Former students of Going Solo are
encouraged to attend, but no prerequisite is required. Taught by Sarah
Morton. Saturdays 3-5pm $150

Classes for Kids and Teens

Act Out Shakespeare! (ages 13-17)Access the works of the greatest playwright
of all time. Learn how to confront Shakespeare’s works and characters with
active techniques that break down the words into digestible parts and bring
the text to life. By the end of the program you will be able to perform a
fully polished monologue, ready for audition or competition. Taught by Holly
Holsinger. Saturdays 11:15-12:15, $100

Back by popular demand!!!

The Play Room (ages 6-12) This class will allow young actors to create their
own play, from a familiar story or a tale all their own. The play will
develop 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. Taught by Holly Holsinger. Saturdays 10-11am ,
$100

Fairy Tails (ages 3-5) a fun approach for little performers just starting
out. Interactive games, music, dress-up, and new stories to act out each
week. Parents are invited to participate with their children Taught by Jaime
Bouvier. Saturdays, 10-10:45am, $85

The Faculty

Holly Holsinger is CPT’s Director of Education. She 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 Co. Community College. She has been teaching and
performing for children since 1987.

Sarah Morton is an award-winning playwright and performer and a native of
Cleveland, Ohio. Recent productions of her plays include Night Bloomers with
Emerging Artists Theatre in New York City, Love in Pieces at the NYC
International Fringe Festival, Stumble, with Great Lakes Theater Festival
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.

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.

Raymond Bobgan is CPT’s Resident Director and has been creating wholly
original works of theatre for over ten years. His ground-breaking plays have
been seen throughout the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Denmark. Bobgan has
designed and implemented numerous educational programs for CPT and has led
workshops in experimental theatre techniques at colleges, theatres,
universities, and conservatory programs

Jaime Bouvier received a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Iowa.
She completed her honor’s these while studying at the Universite de Caen in
France, where she worked with a renowned puppet theatre, Le Papillon. She
also performed with Natalie Amourette’s company in Normandy. In Cleveland,
she has worked with Theatre Labyrinth and has performed in various roles at
Cleveland Public Theatre.