<div dir="ltr">The Center for Applied Drama & Autism is pleased to announce our spring slate of classes on Saturdays from March 25 to May 27.<div><br></div><div>We are located in the Evans Building at the corner of S Main St and E Exchange St in downtown Akron, OH 44308.<div><br></div><div>Register online at <a href="http://www.centerforada.org">www.centerforada.org</a> or contact us at <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica">330-595-4565 or by email at <a href="mailto:info@centerforada.org">info@centerforada.org</a></span></div><div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Spring into Improv!</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">For all ages and abilities </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays 9:30am - 10:30am </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks, $250</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Dean Coutris and Ruben Ryan of Just Go With It, Akron’s only long form improv troupe!</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>Our improv class encourages collaboration, curiosity and creativity. Our instructors create a fun and supportive environment that allow the participants to explore, develop, and succeed using the art of theatre improvisation.</i></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>All the World’s A Stage </b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ages 8-13</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays 10:45am - 11:45am</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks, $250</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Wendy Duke & Laura Valendza</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>For young people who enjoy role play and acting out stories, with a focus on adventure tales, superheroes and sidekicks, animal trickster tales and a wee bit of Shakespeare!</i></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Next Stage: Transitions Workshop </b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ages 14-18</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays 1:30pm - 2:30pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks, $250</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Wendy Duke & Laura Valendza</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>For young people on the spectrum who are getting ready for a transitional time in their lives, moving from middle to school to high school to college to career. Through work on a collaborative theatre project, participants will be rehearsing the skills they will need in real life as well as the stage. </i></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Girl Power!</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ages 12 - 16</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays 2:45 - 3:45</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks, $250</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Laura Valendza & Debora Totti Cranendonk</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>Our Girl Power class will allow girls to develop respect for and understanding of self and others all while having fun participating and developing improvisational skills, characters and scenes specifically designed for girls on the spectrum.</i></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Individual Sessions</b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">All ages & abilities </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">$25 an hour</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Laura Valendza/Wendy Duke</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>Individual sessions can include, but are not limited to, preparation for auditions, and coaching in voice and monologue work. Individual drama therapy sessions, tailored to the individual’s needs, that can provide healing and empowerment through creative play, narradrama, and other drama therapy techniques.</i></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i><br></i></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The Center for Applied Drama and Autism is committed to providing theatre-based opportunities for individuals on the Autism Spectrum, those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities and their communities.  Our classes are inclusive and open to people of all abilities. Some classes are designed to be age or gender specific to meet the needs of a particular group. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:16px"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">

</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We have created a safe and welcoming space where those who love theatre can grow and develop as performers and as human beings. Neurotypical actors are welcome to take our classes. By encouraging individual and collaborative success through drama in an inclusive, safe environment that celebrates diversity and the joy of the creative arts, CADA supports social and emotional well-being, growth and empowerment. </span></p><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font>Wendy Duke</font></b><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Co-Founder,</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><i style="font-size:12.8px">The Center for Applied Drama and Autism<br></i><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">email:<span> wendy</span><a href="mailto:laura@centerforada.org" target="_blank">@centerforada.org</a><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">telephone:<span> </span>330.687.4177<br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">web:<span> </span><a href="http://centerforada.org/" target="_blank">centerforada.org</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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