<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Our ten week sessions begin Saturday, September 16 and go through November 16. </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Enrollment is limited to five students per class — enroll now to ensure a space. <br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Register online at <a href="http://www.centerforada.org/Classes.html">http://www.centerforada.org/Classes.html</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Join us at our new location:</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Center for Applied Drama & Autism</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In the Village at New Seasons</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">1501 S Hawkins Ave.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Akron, OH 44320</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times">Fall Schedule: *Inclusive and diverse — for young people of all abilities</font></b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><font color="#000000" face="Times"> **Designed for young people with autism specifically</font></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>*Improv for All! </b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)">All ages</p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks - $250.00</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Ruben Ryan of Just Go With It Improv and Wendy Duke</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Improv games and exercises that promote co-operation, turn-taking, </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">collaboration and creative play with favorite characters! This class </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">is for all ages and abilities. It covers the basics of improv including </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">saying “Yes” to your scene partner, practicing “Give and Take,” and</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">transforming physically and vocally into multiple characters.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:14px"><br><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:14px"><b>**All the World’s a Stage</b><br><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ages 8-13</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays 10:45am - 11:45am</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks, $250</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Laura Valendza and Wendy Duke</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Elementary through grade 6: This class will focus on beginning drama</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">techniques with a lot of emphasis on individual needs in terms of</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">developing social/emotional/communication skills. We will be working </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">animal tales, superheroes and sidekicks and other favorite characters to tell </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">stories through dramatic play.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>**Next Stage: Transitions </b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ages 14-18</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Saturdays 1:30pm - 2:30pm</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">10 weeks, $250</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Instructors: Wendy Duke & Laura Valendza</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">For young people on the spectrum who are getting ready for a transitional </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">time in their lives, moving from middle to school to high school to college to </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">career. Through work on a collaborative theatre project, participants will be </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">rehearsing the skills they will need to use in real life.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps: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>Wendy Duke</b><br>Co-Founder,<span> </span><i>The Center for Applied Drama and Autism<br></i><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps: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-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps: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> 234-678-7830</span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps: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: <a href="http://centerforada.org/" target="_blank">centerforada.org</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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