FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/25/08
PRESS CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre (813) 765-1486 info@gorillatheatre.com
PUBLIC CONTACT: Reservations (813) 879-2914 www.gorillatheatre.com
TEEN ACTING CLASSES
AT THE GORILLA THEATRE
ACTING - For Ages 13-18
TEEN ACTORS GANG @ THE GORILLA
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Created for teens, age 13-18, interested in developing their acting and theater skills on a pre-professional level. Students will be challenged to be 100% present during every class. Not just there, but there, prepared, focused and ready to collaborate. Each week the students with be introduced to different approaches to acting and theater. The skills learned will give the students an arsenal with which they can confidently tackle most acting roles. In addition to class work, students will have monologues and scene work for the fall session and will collaborate on a short play for the spring session. These projects will require a commitment to the program beyond attending class. Homework will be expected each week. But it's theater, so it's fun homework, right? The short play in the spring will have the opportunity to be seen by public audiences and will be a fully realized production.
Ami Sallee Corley instructs, along with visiting artists teaching specialty workshops throughout the fall and spring, allowing the classwork to reflect the mainstage season at The Gorilla. Students and parents are encouraged to become season ticket holders and a special Gorilla Gang discount applies to students and their families.
Individual instruction is also available to help with the homework between group session or doe help with outside projects or auditions.
DATES
Sundays 11am-1pm September 7, 2008- May 31, 2009, with no classes during the Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring Breaks (according to the Hillsborough County Public Schools calendar).
FEES
Term 1 $230 payable by 9/7/08
Term 2 $230 payable by 1/11/09
Term 3 $220 payable by 4/12/09
Tuition , $680 for the year, is based on $10/hr instructional fee. The rehearsals outside of class time do not have a tuition. The total is $680 for 34 weekly 2-hour long classes from September 7, 2008- May 31, 2009, with no classes during the Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring Breaks (according to the Hillsborough County Public Schools calendar).
Private instruction fees are $40/Hr.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Ami Sallee Corley has studied acting, directing and theater management in universities and professional theater companies across the states for the past 15 years. She is currently a freelance actor/director and theater educator/administrator in the Tampa Bay Area. Corley's work can be seen as director/actor/artistic associate for The Gorilla Theater, The Artist and Writers Group and Jobsite, the resident theater company in the Shimberg Playhouse here at TBPAC. She teaches acting to all ages, but specializes in young adults. Children's Theater credits include (acting): Wiley and The Hairy Man, Reynard, The Fox, Newsrock 2000, Alligolion and (directing): Peter Pan, Run, Rabbit, Run, Annie and The Music Man and Pirates of Penzance Jr for The Patel Conservatory's Youth Theater Company. Other directing credits include Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 (Voted Best Director and Best Play, 2003 Weekly Planet), A Girl's Guide to Chaos, This is How it Goes, for Jobsite; Tracey Letts' Bug, Rag and Bone and An Oak Tree for the Gorilla Theatre, Harry T. Moore and Tapestry for American Stage. She has worked in the education department of American Stage, Ruth Eckerd Hall, ArtSpace, Boca Grande Community Center, Lee County Parks and Rec and — of course — The Patel Conservatory. Currently Corley is Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Best Actress and is working on producing and directing 2 original scripts based on the Life of Lord Buckley and Amy VanDerBilt's A Guide to Ettiquette and will perform in The History of the Devil with Jobsite and Six Degrees of Separation with Gorilla. Look for her work on local stages this fall and spring. For further information and to register for classes, please visit www.gorillatheatre.com or call 813-354-0550
Living theatre for thinking minds!
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 15 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and a fascinating season of plays and music.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
PRESS CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre (813) 765-1486 info@gorillatheatre.com
PUBLIC CONTACT: Reservations (813) 879-2914 www.gorillatheatre.com
TEEN ACTING CLASSES
AT THE GORILLA THEATRE
ACTING - For Ages 13-18
TEEN ACTORS GANG @ THE GORILLA
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Created for teens, age 13-18, interested in developing their acting and theater skills on a pre-professional level. Students will be challenged to be 100% present during every class. Not just there, but there, prepared, focused and ready to collaborate. Each week the students with be introduced to different approaches to acting and theater. The skills learned will give the students an arsenal with which they can confidently tackle most acting roles. In addition to class work, students will have monologues and scene work for the fall session and will collaborate on a short play for the spring session. These projects will require a commitment to the program beyond attending class. Homework will be expected each week. But it's theater, so it's fun homework, right? The short play in the spring will have the opportunity to be seen by public audiences and will be a fully realized production.
Ami Sallee Corley instructs, along with visiting artists teaching specialty workshops throughout the fall and spring, allowing the classwork to reflect the mainstage season at The Gorilla. Students and parents are encouraged to become season ticket holders and a special Gorilla Gang discount applies to students and their families.
Individual instruction is also available to help with the homework between group session or doe help with outside projects or auditions.
DATES
Sundays 11am-1pm September 7, 2008- May 31, 2009, with no classes during the Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring Breaks (according to the Hillsborough County Public Schools calendar).
FEES
Term 1 $230 payable by 9/7/08
Term 2 $230 payable by 1/11/09
Term 3 $220 payable by 4/12/09
Tuition , $680 for the year, is based on $10/hr instructional fee. The rehearsals outside of class time do not have a tuition. The total is $680 for 34 weekly 2-hour long classes from September 7, 2008- May 31, 2009, with no classes during the Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring Breaks (according to the Hillsborough County Public Schools calendar).
Private instruction fees are $40/Hr.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Ami Sallee Corley has studied acting, directing and theater management in universities and professional theater companies across the states for the past 15 years. She is currently a freelance actor/director and theater educator/administrator in the Tampa Bay Area. Corley's work can be seen as director/actor/artistic associate for The Gorilla Theater, The Artist and Writers Group and Jobsite, the resident theater company in the Shimberg Playhouse here at TBPAC. She teaches acting to all ages, but specializes in young adults. Children's Theater credits include (acting): Wiley and The Hairy Man, Reynard, The Fox, Newsrock 2000, Alligolion and (directing): Peter Pan, Run, Rabbit, Run, Annie and The Music Man and Pirates of Penzance Jr for The Patel Conservatory's Youth Theater Company. Other directing credits include Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 (Voted Best Director and Best Play, 2003 Weekly Planet), A Girl's Guide to Chaos, This is How it Goes, for Jobsite; Tracey Letts' Bug, Rag and Bone and An Oak Tree for the Gorilla Theatre, Harry T. Moore and Tapestry for American Stage. She has worked in the education department of American Stage, Ruth Eckerd Hall, ArtSpace, Boca Grande Community Center, Lee County Parks and Rec and — of course — The Patel Conservatory. Currently Corley is Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Best Actress and is working on producing and directing 2 original scripts based on the Life of Lord Buckley and Amy VanDerBilt's A Guide to Ettiquette and will perform in The History of the Devil with Jobsite and Six Degrees of Separation with Gorilla. Look for her work on local stages this fall and spring. For further information and to register for classes, please visit www.gorillatheatre.com or call 813-354-0550
Living theatre for thinking minds!
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 15 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and a fascinating season of plays and music.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
