April Adult classes on sale!

Embrace the warmth by continuing your actor training, exercising your creativity or sharpening your professional skills with a creative-minded community led by professional theater artists. Classes begin the week of April 10th as four-week experiences and start at $175.

Explore the lineup of in-person and virtual classes below and register today! 

APRIL SERIES

• SLAY with Brian Bose

Feel sexy, fierce, and powerful while learning fun choreography, grooving to music, and dancing your way to empowerment. This class creates an open environment to get your cardio up, move your body and challenge yourself. Strip away fears and perfectionism while learning how to get out of your own way so you have no choice but to slay. No dance experience necessary.

Mondays and Wednesdays: April 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, May 1, 3; 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Class Fee(s): Drop In - $25; Five Class Package - $100; Full Series Package - $175 (plus handling fee)

• Cabaret with Martha Eies 

Cabaret connects an artist to their own delight and provides a forum for personal expression, playful comedy or social commentary. Over the course of 4 classes, you will develop a persona through song and learn to engage and activate a live audience. Improvisation and listening are at the heart of the workshop, as you learn to trust your impulses in concert with feedback.  Expect to be on your feet, taking risks and making discoveries! The final class will culminate with an informal sharing for an invited audience. No previous Cabaret experience necessary.

Tuesdays: April 11, 18, 25, May 2; 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Class Fee: $180 (plus a $5 handling fee)

• Voice and Speech II with Mira Kehoe

This four-week course continues the work explored in Voice and Speech Level One including extensive work with breath, resonance, range, articulation, projection, phrasing and expression, and body-mind exercises. There will be assigned readings, experiential exercises, class discussions, and practical application of skills to material of the student's choice. Students will be expected to set goals for themselves and will be supported in developing a daily practice to improve their skills and expressiveness. A component of this class will be an opportunity to perform or present material of the student’s choice.

Tuesdays: April 11, 18, 25, May 2; 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Class Fee: $180 (plus a $5 handling fee)

• Real Stories for the Stage with Ron Peluso

Discover the joys and challenges of developing a play, using real stories or historical events.  Over the course of 4 weeks, you will write a 5-10-minute play based on an event taken from the news, a book, film or historical narrative; you may draw from your own life experience or the story of a family member or friend.  We’ll meet weekly to discuss and workshop each story, reading aloud samples of your work in progress.  In our final week, you will reflect on the process and receive feedback from a professional guest playwright. No experience necessary; all levels are welcome.

Tuesdays: April 11, 18, 25, May 2; 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Class Fee: $180 (plus a $5 handling fee)

• Cultivating Artistry with Lester Mayers

Lester Mayers leads a revolutionary masterclass that empowers you with the tools to activate your artistry and the opportunity to reclaim your story. Through breath and embodiment practice we will explore a range of possibilities for artistic creation. In this series we will explore:

Mindfulness - How to approach a story through fear.

Movement - How to find dance in the story.

Speech - How to walk deeper into the words.

Meditation - How to get in and out of character.

All levels of artistic experience are welcome; meeting you where you are on your journey.

Wednesdays: April 12,19, 26 and May 3; 6:30-8:30 p.m. 

Class Fee: $180 (plus a $5 handling fee)

If you are interested in enrolling in any classes visit: www.guthrietheater.org/education/classes

If you have any questions or feedback feel free to reach us at [email protected]