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| TURTLE SHELL PRODUCTIONS (TSP) - a theatrical organization of professional playwrights, directors, actors, and designers committed to producing works of superior quality - is in the process of forming a new “Turtle Teens” program for actors age 9 – 17, as an integral adjunct to our theatre company. |
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Now in our sixth year, TSP continues to enjoy the reputation of staging quality productions in our very own theatre, located in the heart of the New York City 's Times Square . We are excited about the “Turtle Teens” program and look forward to welcoming both established and new younger actors into our organization. |
TURTLE TEENS OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
- Membership in Turtle Shell Productions, a company that creates theater focusing on current issues, ethics, culture, and history. Turtle Teens benefit from working first-hand on the creation and development of new works with dedicated, professional artists in a supportive atmosphere.
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Access to weekly Sunday classes , where Turtle Teens gain additional insight on the craft of theater, and learn how to be more articulate and share more of themselves in the art of theater. Each Sunday consists of two classes—one focused on acting, the other on improvisation and creative development in theater. (First day of classes begins at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 14 at TSP's Turtle's Shell Theater – 300 W. 43rd St. – Suite # 403 ). |
Participation in TSP's Playwrights' Platform , a workshop where actors and playwrights collaborate on the playwright's work during its stages of development.
TSP prides itself on creating a safe haven where artists can grow in their craft, and collaborate on productions that celebrate the universal truths of human experience. |
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We have produced over one hundred plays, including Five by Tenn , Blues for Mister Charlie , PUCK'd , Ourselves Alone , The 8-Minute Madness Playwright Festival , The Aspern Papers and Dreams . |
TO APPLY FOR TURTLE TEEN MEMBERSHIP
Mail your picture/headshot and resume, along with a brief letter telling us about yourself and why you would like to be a Turtle Teen, to: Turtle Shell Productions, 300 W. 43rd St. – Suite # 403 , New York , NY , 10036 . Attention: Turtle Teens Committee.
FEES: Membership - $100 per year. Classes/workshops (optional) - $200 per month. |
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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES AND BIOS OF INSTRUCTORS
The workshops will be separated by age:
(Ages 9-12) & (Ages 13-17)
Improv
Improvisation and theater games are learning techniques designed to develop self-awareness and creative expression. With an emphasis on building an ensemble in a safe and nurturing environment, students are free to explore their own creativity and to trust their instincts. The exercises are largely based on the work of Viola Spolin and Keith Johnstone; they foster group participation and spontaneity, exploring, character, place and objects in place. Preliminary work on movement, group, awareness and problem solving will lead to creating scenes and improvisational performance games. |
Acting
This class will commence with a “fun and dynamic” assessment of each individual's knowledge of stage directions and theater terminology. This will get everyone up-to-speed quickly and get everyone working on the same page with a professional vocabulary. The utilization of theater fundamentals will be peppered throughout the course. The course will then move through cold readings, casting and into an exploration of scene study which will focus primarily on motivating one's performance honestly, staying true to the text, utilizing emotions and conflict – both internal and external. These concepts and skills will be explored while stressing the practical applications of proper breathing, good diction, and appropriate stage movement and stillness . It is training that will last a lifetime. |
ANNA SAVANT
Anna is a New York actor as well as a middle school teacher. She has an M.A.T. from Occidental College in Los Angeles and has studied acting and improvisation at the New Actors Workshop in New York with George Morrison and Mike Nichols. She has taught at the Munich International School in Germany, Nishimachi International School in Japan, and Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York. She likes working with teenagers because she feels they are just slightly crazier than she is.
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BILL TOSCANO
Bill has been an actor for 30 years. He was at the GOVERNOR THOMAS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL in Maryland (a public school that houses a magnet program) for 12 years and taught through TJSTAGE, an ensemble program. Later, at MCDONOGH SCHOOL, a private school in Owings Mills, Md, he taught theater (K-12) for 3 years. Then at ACT N ATU RAL PRODUCTIONS, MODEL 1, THE ERICKSON AGEN CY and JOHN ROBERT POWERS – (pre-K through adult), he taught acting for theater, acting for TV and film, commercial acting, improvisation, and naturalistic acting and farce.
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CHRISTIE BOOKER
Christie has been acting for 15 years. At the UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS she taught Intro Theatre and Acting 1 for Undergraduates. As one of the primary instructors for the for the Young Actors Training Program (Playmakers 1 and 2 – (K-3) at WALTER ARTS her classes focused on learning skills fundamental to theater while encouraging young actors to discover how types of movement, patterns, shapes, direction, and rhythm work together to dramatize stories. At ARTS LIVE, she led intensive summer workshops on voice, speech and movement through theatre games and improv, scene work. (8-14), toured with CLIMB C HIL DREN'S THEATER. She also directed two of the teen plays for TURTLE TALES. Christie has a BFA from the University of Louisiana, Monroe, and an MFA from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
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TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP
A Picture, Resume, and a letter of intent (tell us about yourself.)
All submissions should be sent to: Turtle Shell Productions 300 W 43rd St.
Suite #403 New York, NY 10036 Attention: Turtle Teen's Committee
AS MEMBERS OF THE TURTLE TEENS
Workshops will be held once a week. The first workshop will be Sunday, October 12th @ 11:00 PM till 2:00 PM at
THE SHELL Theater at 300 W. 43rd St., Suite #403.
Each Sunday the Teens will take two classes one will be focused on acting and the other will be improvisation and creative development in theater. (Workshops are not mandatory for members)
Workshops are $200 monthly
There is an annual member's fee of $100
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