Community Outreach
Professional Theatre Youth Camp & Classes
DO YOU HAVE A CHILD OR YOUTH WHO LOVES THEATRE? GIVE THEM THE UNFORGETTABLE GIFT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN THE SUMMER OF 2011
Windsor Fringe Camp 2011 Dates Monday, July 11 to Friday July 15 and Monday July 18 to Friday, 22 with performances at Kids Fringe out of doors on Ouellette Avenue on July 23 and July 24. Time: The standard course program runs from 9::00 AM to 4 PM Monday to Friday and the performances on the weekend of July 22 and 23 are as scheduled when camp begins in July. Participants need to be free to perform anytime during the day on July 22 and 23 in order to participate. (Parents may also elect to bring their children as early as 7:30 AM each day for an additional $2 charge per day, and parents may also have their children stay as late as 5:30 PM each day for an additional $2 charge per day or children may come early and stay late for an additional $4 per day. ) Locations: The Capitol Theatre, the Art Gallery of Windsor and the Windsor Armouries. Drop off points are at the entrance to each building. The complete camp schedule with locations will be sent to parents July 5. Cost: "Your Big Break!" Windsor Fringe cost is $340 for two weeks.BUY FOR MULTIPLE CHILDREN AND SAVE! (Second child 10% off. ) The Camp fee includes two snacks a day are included in the price of camp. Hot lunch may also be purchased for each full day of camp (10 days) for a cost of $50 for both weeks. To Register: 1. Make your payment by Paypal below:
2. Download, printout and return a completed application form by e-mail, mail or in person by appointment. To download registration form, right-click on the word Registration Form.t Completed Registration forms may be mailed to:: 1420 Victoria Avenue, Windsor Ontario N8X 1P3. or Registration form can be returned by e-mail to: info@actorstheatreofwindsor.com In person registration by appointment only, please call 519.944.1312 to schedule a time. In person payment by Cash or Cheque. Additional Information: Students should arrive at 8:45 AM to be prepared to start class at 9 AM and runs to 4PM each day of the camp.. The Final Camp performances takes place at 2 PM on Saturday July 22 and 23 At the final performance each student will present a collection of songs and a monologues they have learned during camp. The performances times will be sent out to participants on July 5. Over the course of the week, each child will work as a group and individually with full-time theatre professionals from Windsor and Michigan, assisted by experience theatre counselors in training, who will assist students in learning their lines. The foundation of the course is based ont he work of Michael Shurtleff and his book 'Audition. and for senior students we will also touch on the work of Uta Hagen. We balance the camp day, by alternating, monolugues and scene work, with energic activities such as Michael Checkove Movement Techniques, and, laugter yoga, theatre games and physical activity gamesr. The chldren lear a lot while also having fun! Windsor Fringe camp will accept 30 children and youth between the ages of 9 to 15 for the two week program with final performances on July 22 and 23. . The course fee includes text, CD with scales for vocal exercises at home and a T- shirt used as a costume!.. While two healthy snacks are provided each day as part of camp tuition, children must bring their own lunch each day The hot mails with the program will be pizza, pasta, chicken nuggest etc with a fruit and milk or juice. For more information or to register contact Actors Theatre of Windsor at 519.944.1312
Additional Information: Students should arrive at 8:45 AM to be prepared to start class at 9 AM and runs to 4PM each day of the camp.. Camp also offers a AM and PM program each day, beyond normal hours, an additional $2 fee each, for parents who have to drop off their children early to get to work or have them stay late so they can finish their work each day, or both. Over the course of the two weesk, each child will work as a group and individually with full-time theatre professionals from Windsor and Michigan, assisted by experience theatre counselors in training, who will assist students in learning their lines. The foundation of the course is based ont he work of Michael Shurtleff and his book 'Audition';. Actors Theatre will be scheduling days at the Capitol Theatre, The Art Gallery of Windsor and the Windsor Armouries in downtown Windsor The children will enter each building from the entrance and Parents must sign in and sign out children each day. . For more information or to register an interview contact Actors Theatre of Windsor at 519.944.1312. |
ATW Big Break Instructors
| Mona el Baroudi |
| Mona el Baroudi is the Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Windsor, and the producer of the Windsor International Fringe Festival.. Mona is a trained acting professional (BFA Concordia & MFA York). She is a member of Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA) and the Association of Radio and Television Artists (ACTRA). Mona has directed a number of productions in Windsor over the past 10 years including : "Les Belles Soeurs" & "It's a Wonderful Life" for Theatre Windsor; The Vagina Monologues "; and Inherit the Wind"," 12 Angry Men", & "To Kill A Mockingbird" as Legal Benefit Productions for ATW. Mona is the co-founder of Actors Theatre of Windsor with her husband Gord Mackenzie. Gord and Mona live with their two children Jacqueline and Mercedes in downtown Windsor, Ontario. |
| Mary L. Pettit |
Univ. of Michigan, M.A. in Acting & Directing; Brown University, R.I. B.A. Trained with: Andre Gregory and the Manhattan Project. George Morrison; Viola Spolin; Harvey Vincent. Chosen by Mr. Shurtleff to co-lead an “Actors Gym” for Michigan actors Acting: Orleans Arena Theatre (MA), Black Sheep Repertory Theatre (Manchester, MI), The Yeats Ensemble and The Brecht Company in Ann Arbor, both in residence at the University of Michigan. Roles include: Cassandra in Trojan Women, Mrs.Warren in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Frankie in Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Moon in the Real Inspector Hound, Doris in Same Time Next Year, Chelsea in On Golden Pond as well as roles in Vinegar Tom, Top Girls, Mother Courage, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Tartuffe (Dorine and Elmire), Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, Jacque Brel is Alive and Well…, It Had to be You, Duet for One, Hot’l Baltimore and String of Pearls. Directing: Most recently, Heaven, for the Windsor Fringe for Actors Theatre of Windsor. Michigan and Orleans (MA) credits: Little Foxes, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, The Crucible, Hay Fever, Candida, Dial M for Murder, The Real Inspector Hound, Arsenic and Old Lace, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cabaret, Never Been Kissed and Even Burning. |
| Lada Skender-Micic University of Belgrade, Serbia, B.A. Faculty of Dramatic Arts. Acting career in theatre, radio, TV and film industry. Roles include: Twelfth Night – Viola, The Brothers Karamazov – Lisa, Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Honey, Drums in the Night – Anna Balicke, Extremities – Patricia, Top Girls – Angie & Gret, Trojan Women – Helen. Lived at Moscow, Russia and Nicosia, Cyprus. Additional training: Ancient Greek Drama Workshops, based on New Zealand Aboriginal rituals and masks. After settling at Windsor, Lada began drama coaching and working with Actors Theatre of Windsor. |