WELCOME

CURRICULUM
"Talent without work is nothing but raw, unfinished material."
                                                                                 Constantin Stanislavski, Director Moscow Art Theatre, Author of An Actor Prepares

PREREQUISITES
Acceptance by the director of the Academy after a personal audition and interview.

Program and Class Times:
The Performing Arts Academy has four sessions - each with a different ensemble of students:

Academy Sessions

JUNIOR MORNING CLASS:  7:40- 10:30 a.m. Daily
3 credits (1 Related, 2 Lab) 

JUNIOR AFTERNOON CLASS: 12:30- 2:40 Daily
3 credits (1 Related, 2 Lab)   

SENIOR MORNING CLASS:  7:40- 10:30 a.m. Daily
3 credits (1 Related, 2 Lab) 

SENIOR AFTERNOON CLASS: 12:30 - 2:40 Daily
3 credits (1 Related, 2 Lab) 

Primary Class Location: 
Academy Studio Theatre
Academy Rehearsal Hall 1
Performing Arts Center Main Stage
Various other classrooms
Chagrin Falls High School, Drama Wing

Performance Locations
Academy Studio Theatre(Chagrin Falls High School)
Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center - Main Stage (Chagrin Falls High School)

Course Content: 
The classes described below will form the basis philosophically and practically of the two year course of study at the Academy. Students joining the Academy as juniors will begin a two year graduated program that will lead them through a course of study that fully prepares them for college and beyond.   Students joining the Academy as seniors will be given an accellerated program with more challenging roles and scene work.

• TWO YEAR CURRICULUM - College Level Courses in:

  • Acting, The first Six Lessons
  • Sense Memory
  • Action
  • Advanced Action
  • Emotion Memory
  • Characterization
  • Speech as Action
  • Advanced Scene Study
  • Acting Shakespeare
  • Musical Theatre 
  • Stage Movement / Mime
  • Tai Chi
  • Voice for the Stage
  • Singing Lab / Music Theory
  • Stage Craft
  • Stage Combat
  • The Language of Film
  • Acting Styles
  • Theatre of the Absurd
  • Musical Theatre
  • Production Practicum
    
    TECHNICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS
  • Set, Lighting and Costume design
  • Technical Theatre Practicum
  • Stage Management
  • Theatrical Make Up 
  • Production Practicum 

  PLANNED PRODUCTIONS 2010-2011  (all shows subject to change)

  • NOV - THE APPLE TREE -  - Musical. Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick - Studio Theatre - directed by Mitchell Fields
  • DEC -SENIOR IMPROV SHOW - Developed by the Senior Class:
    Studio Theatre - directed by Mitchell Fields
  • JAN - A MUSICAL (TBA) To be directed by Jamie Koeth
  • FEB -SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY - by Edgar Lee Masters, directed by Wendy Kriss Lynne
  • MARCH- ANDROCLES AND THE LION  - By George Bernard Shaw, directed by Julia Kolibab
  • MARCH -CHARLEY'S AUNT - by Brandon Thomas, directed by
    Mitchell Fields
  • APRIL/MAY - MACBETH - by William Shakespeare, directed by
    Tom Fulton
  • MAY - THE HEIRESS - by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted by the Novel Washington Square by Henry James, directed by Bernadette Clemens
  • Student Directed Senior Projects
    
    
    STUDY PERFORMING ARTS DURING SCHOOL
  • The Academy is fully accredited.
  • The Academy offers 6 college credit hours
  • Study during school hours - during the school year.
  • The Academy is housed in the new Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center
  • Tuition is paid by the public school system.
  • The Academy is under the direction of Tom Fulton, a respected professional director, actor and acting teacher. 

TEXTBOOKS

• An Actor Prepares - by Constantin Stanislavski
  The essential text for the young actor as he or she prepares for study in the theatre. (Will be supplied by Academy)
• Stage Craft for non-techical people
• Scripts from the world theatre
• Music Theory workbooks
• Voice for the stage
• Advanced textbooks in lighting design, costume design and set design.
  

*all classes, productions and schedules are subject to change