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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 size=2><STRONG>NEWS RELEASE </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><STRONG>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe (330)
836-2626</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5><STRONG>Weathervane
Playhouse</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>1301 Weathervane Lane
* Akron, Ohio 44313</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>** </STRONG></FONT><A href=""><EM><STRONG>CLICK
HERE to view bios for our instructors!</STRONG></EM></A><FONT
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<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>New Kids on the Block: Bugs and Butterflies<BR></FONT>June
13 - 17, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon<BR>Ages 3 to 6 (Students must
be potty trained)<BR>Tuition $110<BR><I>Please pack a snack!</I> <BR><BR><I>A
summer session for 3 to 5 year olds. Students use their creativity to explore
theater arts through games, storytelling and creative drama.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Kids Take the Stage! Act One<BR></FONT>June 13 - 24, Monday
- Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 5 to 9<BR><I>Students divided by age
for group work</I><BR>Tuition $260<BR><I>Please pack a lunch!</I>
<BR><BR><I>Kids Take the Stage! Summer Camps engage students in acting,
improvisation, staging, auditioning and technical theater. Subjects covered
include stage directions, movement for the stage, vocal production, emotional
expression, developing awareness for technical theater and understanding theater
as an art form. The class uses theater games to teach the fundamentals, and
focuses on collaboratively creating a performance for the class day.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Broadway Dance Camp, Act Two<BR></FONT>June 20 - 24, Monday
- Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 9 to 14<BR>Tuition $160<BR><I>Please
pack a snack!</I> <BR><BR><I>The Broadway Dance Camp is a summer session custom
designed to meet the needs of beginning and intermediate students. Theater
training in movement for the stage, dance steps and combinations, acting &
audition techniques allows each student to advance at his or her own pace.
Collaboratively, students create a performance for the final day of class.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Theater Around the World<BR></FONT>June 27 - July 1, 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 5 - 8<BR>Tuition $160<BR></B><I>Please pack a
lunch!</I> <BR><BR></FONT><EM><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Theater Around the
World is designed to learn about and compare theater practices in modern
American Theatre to its roots in Ancient Greek Theatre and other theater forms
from around the world including; American, Greek, African, Middle Eastern,
Japanese (Kabuki & Noh), India (Shadow Theatre) and Latin American
theatre.</I><BR><BR>Students in Theater Around the World will build skills in
theatrical performance and learn about the history and scope of theatre as an
art form. The class will study stage directions, movement for the stage,
projection and diction, and improvisation in several forms the theatre, from
Japanese theatre like Kabuki and Noh to the Shadow Theatre of India. Students
will also discuss practical aspects of theatre such as audience etiquette and
elements of technical theatre. <BR><BR></FONT></EM><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT
color=#000000 size=4><FONT color=#800000 size=5>Musical Theater, Act
One<BR></FONT>June 27 - July 1, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.<BR>Ages
9 to 14<BR>Tuition $180<BR>Instructor: </FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/meettheinstructors.asp"><FONT
color=#000000 size=4>Sarah Bailey, M.M.</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=4><I>Please
pack a snack!</I> <BR><BR><I>Students in Musical Theater, Act One will build
skills in acting, music vocabulary, basic music notation, vocal dynamics, pitch
matching and musical theater movement. The class will apply their skills through
working on group musical numbers consisting of acting, singing and choreographed
movement. Students will present their work on the last day of class.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Broadway Dance Camp, Act One<BR></FONT>July 11 - 15, Monday
- Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 5 - 9 <BR>Tuition $160<BR><I>Please
pack a snack!</I> <BR><BR><I>The Broadway Dance Camp is a summer session custom
designed to meet the needs of beginning and intermediate students. Theater
training in movement for the stage, dance steps and combinations, acting &
audition techniques allows each student to advance at his or her own pace.
Collaboratively, students create a performance for the final day of class.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Kids Take the Stage! Act Two<BR></FONT>July 11 - 22, Monday
- Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 9 to 14<BR><I>Students divided by age
for group work</I><BR>Tuition $260<BR><I>Please pack a lunch!</I>
<BR><BR><I>Kids Take the Stage! Summer Camps engage students in acting,
improvisation, staging, auditioning and technical theater. Subjects covered
include stage directions, movement for the stage, vocal production, emotional
expression, developing awareness for technical theater and understanding theater
as an art form. The class uses theater games to teach the fundamentals, and
focuses on collaboratively creating a performance for the class day.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Musical Theater, Act One<BR></FONT>July 18 - 22, Monday -
Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 5 - 9<BR>Tuition $180<BR>Instructor:
</FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/meettheinstructors.asp"><FONT
color=#000000 size=4>Sarah Bailey, M.M.</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=4><I>Please
pack a lunch!</I> <BR><BR><I>Students in Musical Theater, Act One will build
skills in acting, music vocabulary, basic music notation, vocal dynamics, pitch
matching and musical theater movement. The class will apply their skills through
working on group musical numbers consisting of acting, singing and choreographed
movement. Students will present their work on the last day of class.
</I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT
color=#800000 size=5>Character Workshop<BR></FONT>July 25 - 29, Monday - Friday,
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.<BR>Ages 7 to 16<BR><I>Students divided by age for group
work</I><BR>Tuition $160<BR><I>Please pack a snack!</I> <BR><BR><I>Students in
the Character Workshop will focus on the understanding of creating a character
-- creating a physical life, voices, understanding given circumstances in the
world of the play and understanding how your character is different from you.
Students will discover many ways a character can behave, think, feel, experience
things and express themselves differently than the actor. Students will have the
opportunity to apply these skills through scene work, which will be presented on
the final day of class. </I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT
color=#000000 size=4><FONT color=#800000><FONT size=5>Summer Stock
2011<BR></FONT><I>Actor's Nightmare</I></FONT> by Christopher Durang<BR>Plus
scenes from the resource plays for
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color=#000000><I>Actor's
Nightmare</I>:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#800000><I>Hamlet</I>, <I>Private Lives</I>,
<I>Endgame</I></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#800000>A Man for All Seasons</FONT></I>.<BR>July 25 - August 6, Monday -
Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00
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class=CPprodDet><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Ages 13 to
18<BR>Directed by </FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/meettheinstructors.asp"><FONT
color=#000000 size=4>Bob Putka</FONT></A><BR><FONT color=#000000
size=4>Technical Direction by </FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/meettheinstructors.asp"><FONT
color=#000000 size=4>Charles Korecki</FONT></A><BR><FONT color=#000000
size=4>Tuition $350<BR></B><I>Please pack a lunch!</I> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT
size=4><FONT color=#000000><I>Summer Stock is a theater performance lab.
Students in this intense theater-training program will form their own production
company under the supervision of a director and technical director. The class
will fully produce and present a full-length production in two weeks. Summer
Stock culminates in two public performances of the play.
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color=#000000><FONT color=#800000 size=5>Singing Technique<BR></FONT>August 1 -
5, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon<BR>Ages 7 to 16<BR><I>Students divided
by age for group work</I><BR>Tuition $110<BR>Instructor: </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/meettheinstructors.asp"><FONT
color=#000000 size=4>Sarah Bailey, M.M.</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=4><I>Please
bring bottled water and a snack!</I><BR><BR><I>Studies proper singing technique
and is a suitable for beginners to intermediate singers. Specific skills
include: Proper breathing and support, singer’s posture, warm-up techniques and
exercises, introduction to sight reading and music notation, ear training,
resonance and diction. </I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT
color=#000000 size=4><FONT color=#800000 size=5>New Kids on the Block: Join the
Circus!<BR></FONT>August 1 - 5, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon<BR>Ages
3 to 6 (Students must be potty trained)<BR>Tuition $110<BR><I>Please pack a
snack!</I> <BR><BR><I>A summer session for 3 to 5 year olds. Students use their
creativity to explore theater arts through games, storytelling and creative
drama. Through music and movement, students will explore self-expression, body
awareness and learn how music can tell a story. </I><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN
class=CPprodDet><FONT color=#000000 size=4><FONT color=#800000 size=5>Theater
Around the World<BR></FONT>August 8 - 12, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.<BR>Ages 8 - 12<BR>Tuition $160<BR></B><I>Please pack a lunch!</I>
<BR><BR></FONT><EM><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Theater Around the World is
designed to learn about and compare theater practices in modern American Theatre
to its roots in Ancient Greek Theatre and other theater forms from around the
world including; American, Greek, African, Middle Eastern, Japanese (Kabuki
& Noh), India (Shadow Theatre) and Latin American
theatre.</I><BR><BR>Students in Theater Around the World will build skills in
theatrical performance and learn about the history and scope of theatre as an
art form. The class will study stage directions, movement for the stage,
projection and diction, and improvisation in several forms the theatre, from
Japanese theatre like Kabuki and Noh to the Shadow Theatre of India. Students
will also discuss practical aspects of theatre such as audience etiquette and
elements of technical theatre. <BR><BR></DIV></FONT></EM>
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size=4 face=Arial><A href=""><STRONG><EM>CLICK HERE to view FULL
DESCRIPTIONS of our Summer Camps</EM></STRONG></A></DIV>
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href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><FONT
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=4>or call
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