Registration Form I
Improv Intensive
Playwriting
Advanced Acting Intensive

Registration Form II
Audition Skills
Scene and Song Study
Art and Shadow Puppets I and II*NEW CLASS!
Instructors


"Creating a 'Second City Style' Improv Review"
Students will use basic improv exercises and scene work in learning how to write and create an original comedy show. This will culminate in a free ‘Second City’ or ‘Saturday Night Live’ type of review performed by the class members on the night of the 22nd. The class meets daily from 10-1pm and is for students 12 - 18.

Ages: 12-18
Dates: June 9 - June 20, 2008
Duration: 2 Weeks
Class Times: Weekdays: 10 - 1 pm

Cost: $325


In this two week class, students will learn the craft of playwriting. The goal of the course is to write an original short work. Enrolled participants will learn basics of dramatic structure with an emphasis on finding each writer’s original voice in a theatrical medium. The two weeks will culminate in a reading of each students play with invited guests. The class meets from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon, Monday - Friday, and is limited to 16.

Ages: Recommended for students over age 12 (some previous theatre experience recommended.)
Dates: June 18 - July 7, 2008
Duration: 2 Weeks
Class Times: 10 am to Noon, Monday - Friday

Cost: $325

NOTE: The class size is limited to 16. Make your reservation today.


This three week camp is taught by recent Walden Theatre alumni who currently attend top post secondary theatre programs. They share their knowledge in acting, voice and movement with students who are interested in the serious study of theatre. The camp will focus on using imagery in monologue and scenes, training in vocal honesty, channeling vocal power and basic movement for actors. You may sign up for one, two or three weeks at 125.00 per week or 325.00 for entire camp. Classes meet from 9:00 am-noon Monday-Friday. Instructors will include Rachel Knouse, Emily Newton, and Leah Raidt. For students 14-18 years of age with some experience.

You may sign up for one, two, or three weeks.

Ages: 14 - 18 (some prior experience required.)
Dates: July 7 - July 25
Duration: 3 Weeks
Class Times: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - Noon

Cost: $325.00 for 3 weeks or $125.00 per week


This class is for anyone who has thought about auditioning for a play or musical or for anyone who has an upcoming audition and wants to be PREPARED! Students will learn/improve the process of selecting, studying, and performing a monologue, learn how to approach "cold readings" from a script, and even navigate their way through a 16-bar musical piece and a dance break. Time will be given to help create an audition package of two song cuttings (one up-tempo, one ballad) and a monologue. (limited to 20 students)

Ages: 9 - 17 (All levels of experience welcome.)
Dates: July 28 - August 1, 2008
Duration: 1 Week
Class Times: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Cost: $175.00 per week


This class explores the triple discipline of musical theatre: acting, singing, and dancing. Students will train in all three areas as they work together on scenes and songs musical theatre. Students will breack down text, gain skills in vocal production, movement, dance, physical attack, and character development. This class is a blast, and all levels of experience are welcome. (limited to 25 students)

Ages: 9 - 17
Dates: August 4 - August 8, 2008
Duration: 1 Week
Class Times: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Cost: $175.00 per week



In this class students will create shadow puppets and art using a variety of materials including found objects, poster board, wire, wood, markers and paint. They will use drawing, painting and building skills to make puppets, scenery and other original art. Meets daily at Walden Theatre from 9:30 to noon for one week and is limited to 12 students. All materials are provided. A $50 deposit will reserve your place. The balance is due the first day of camp.

Session I~
Ages: 7-10
Dates: June 9 - June 13, 2008
Duration: 1 Week
Class Times: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $150.00 per week

Session II~
Ages 11-14
Dates: June 16 - June 20, 2008
Duration: 1 Week
Class Times: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost: $150.00 per week



Guest Instructors

• Chris Anger
(Improvisation)
a founder and Artistic Director of the Louisville Improvisors, Chris has been a professional actor working in Improvisation for over 25 years. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Chris has performed with numerous troupes before moving to Louisville ten years ago. He studied improv with the late Dr. Martin de Maat, former head of the world-famous Chicago Second City Training Center. Keith Johnstone, Founder/Creator of Theatresports and author of Impro.


• Sharon Kinnison
(Audition/Scene and Song Study)
Sharon holds an MFA in acting from the University of Louisville and a BS in Theatre and Voice from the University of Kentucky. Acting credits include Red Hot and Cole, Suds:The Rocking Sixties Musical Soap Opera (Center REP, SF-Bay Area), Our Affair with Astaire (Miry Productions, SF-Bay area), Singin’ (SF-Bay Area Cabaret circuit), Annie (MTL, Louisville KY), Floyd Collins (ATL, Louisville). Directing credits include Candide, Phaedra, She Loves Me, Hello Dolly, Grease, Annie Get Your Gun (All SF-Bay area), The Winter’s Tale, A Piece of My Heart, Major Barbara, The Lion In Winter, The Fantastiks (Louisville area). In 1999 Sharon became the Education Director for Music Theatre Louisville and went on to serve as the Executive Director for MTL. She is now the Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Louisville Collegiate School where she teaches Middle and Upper School drama. Sharon is also a full-time faculty member of the Governor’s School for the Arts.


• Hank Willenbrink
(Playwriting)
is a playwright whose work has been produced internationally. He was an instructor/director for Walden Theatre’s 2004 Young Playwright’s Festival, and directed The Pied Piper of Hamelin for the 2004 Summer Academy. His play Antarctica won the 2005 Corwin Award for Best Short Play and his play Talking Heads was a national finalist for the 2001 ACTF 10-minute play festival. Hank holds a BA in Theater from the University of Tulsa and an MA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.


• Brenda Wirth
(Art and Shadow Puppets)
Brenda has been teaching art to children and adults for 20 years. She exhibits her own artwork at Zephyr Gallery and teaches art at Highland Presbyterian Preschool and through VSA arts Kentucky. She has taught in numerous visiting artist programs in schools and community programs throughout the state.

Alumni Instructors

Rachel Knouse
A 2007 graduate of Walden Theatre, her credits include Troilus and Cressida, Playing for Time, Measure for Measure, The Grapes of Wrath, Summer and Smoke, The Three Musketeers, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Ghost Sonata, A Night of Poe and In Celebration of Shakespeare. Other theatre includes Pro Patria Mori at Northern Illinois University, where she is a sophomore earning her BFA in Acting.

Emily Newton
A 2007 graduate of Walden Theatre, where her credits include Troilus and Cressida, Tartuffe, Playing for Time, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Mother Courage, The Three Musketeers, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Long Christmas Dinner, The Second Shepherd’s Play, Chanukah Stories, The Ghost Sonata, A Night of Poe, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew. Other Theatre includes Quatro Formagio and the series of plays I Live Suddenly at The Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California where she will complete her training in June.

Leah Raidt
A 2007 graduate of Walden Theatre, her credits include King Lear, The Hot L Baltimore, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Grapes of Wrath, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Picnic, The Three Musketeers, Pride and Prejudice, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Durang, Durang, Take Down Break Down, Pericles, The Children’s Hour, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Young Playwrights Festivals, How Trick or Treating Came to Be and The Taming of the Shrew. Other Theatre: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Stage One, Annie at the Ursuline School of the Performing Arts, State Fair and It’s a Wonderful Life at Derby Dinner Playhouse, and The Children’s Hour at Presentation Academy. Leah just completed her first year as an acting major at The Theatre School at DePaul University.