Germantown Community Theatre

For Our Homeschoolers

ALL CLASSES WILL BE HELD in the Robinson Rehearsal Hall at GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY THEATRE Spring 2012 F.I.T. Homeschool Programming Wonderful World of Seuss January 12th-March 22nd Recommended for ages 9-13 Thursdays 9:30-10:30am Come get “Seuss-ified” at GCT! This class for children ages--- will take a story by Seuss from the start to finish and learn what all it takes to get a production up and running. Students will learn everything from set design and props to costume design and acting skills. They will be in charge of every element of the show and will then present their final project on the last day of class. Teachers: Heather Hooten Character Mask Making January 12th-March 22nd Recommended for ages 13-18 Thursdays 10:45-11:45am Mask acting is about taking an uncharacterized mask and turning it into a multi-dimensional character. For this class students will build their own mask over the course of the first few days and then create the character through a series of improvisation classes. Children ages 13-18 will then use the characters they have created to write scenes for the culminating performance. Teachers: Doug Johnson RESERVATION FORM Teacher Bios Heather M. Hooten - Heather Hooten holds a degree in Speech and Theatre from the University of Central Arkansas. She has been involved in children’s theatre since she was a child, and has been teaching children's theatre since she was a freshman in college. She has been an assistant director for Youth Theatre of Central Arkansas, Director of Theatre for Sunshine Academy from Conway Arkansas, has taught classes at both Theatre Memphis and GCT, and directed Fairy Tale Trail at Germantown Community Theatre. Doug Johnson - Doug Johnson is an actor, mask-maker, stilt-walker, juggler, and clown. He has a BFA in theatre from the University of Memphis where he also assisted in mask making and acting classes. Doug now teaches classes in Memphis and at Germantown Community Theatre as well as construct masks which he sells online. He also walks on stilts for events in the area, most notably the Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival. Previous acting credits include The Little Prince, Cyrano, As You Like It and, Much Ado About Nothing. This is Doug’s first show for which he has made the masks that are onstage.

Spring 2012 F.I.T. Homeschool Programming

Wonderful World of Seuss

January 12th-March 22nd
Recommended for ages 9-13
Thursdays 9:30-10:30am

Come get “Seuss-ified” at GCT! This class for children ages--- will take a story by Seuss from the start to finish and learn what all it takes to get a production up and running. Students will learn everything from set design and props to costume design and acting skills. They will be in charge of every element of the show and will then present their final project on the last day of class.

Teachers: Heather Hooten

Character Mask Making

January 12th-March 22nd
Recommended for ages 13-18
Thursdays 10:45-11:45am

Mask acting is about taking an uncharacterized mask and turning it into a multi-dimensional character. For this class students will build their own mask over the course of the first few days and then create the character through a series of improvisation classes. Children ages 13-18 will then use the characters they have created to write scenes for the culminating performance.

Teachers: Doug Johnson

RESERVATION FORM

Teacher Bios

Heather M. Hooten - Heather Hooten holds a degree in Speech and Theatre from the University of Central Arkansas. She has been involved in children’s theatre since she was a child, and has been teaching children's theatre since she was a freshman in college. She has been an assistant director for Youth Theatre of Central Arkansas, Director of Theatre for Sunshine Academy from Conway Arkansas, has taught classes at both Theatre Memphis and GCT, and directed Fairy Tale Trail at Germantown Community Theatre.

Doug Johnson - Doug Johnson is an actor, mask-maker, stilt-walker, juggler, and clown. He has a BFA in theatre from the University of Memphis where he also assisted in mask making and acting classes. Doug now teaches classes in Memphis and at Germantown Community Theatre as well as construct masks which he sells online. He also walks on stilts for events in the area, most notably the Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival. Previous acting credits include The Little Prince, Cyrano, As You Like It and, Much Ado About Nothing. This is Doug’s first show for which he has made the masks that are onstage.


Germantown Community Theatre 3037 Forest Hill-Irene Road Germantown, TN 38138 901-754-2680
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