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Theatre Camps, Performances!

Our Two-Week Theater Camp is over

But read below and be sure and sign up for 2012

Spend an exciting two weeks with professional actor, director and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Theater Department Director Cheryl Collins in Theater Camp 2011. Ms. Collins’ UAPB students have won many awards at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festivals and National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts. She also has previously run summer theater camps for the Maryland National Capital Parks Commission and holds bachelor and master of fine arts degrees. Ms. Collins will lead participants in stage movement exercises and confidence building activities. Students will increase their knowledge of stage direction, improvisation, script reading and writing. Learn how to audition as well as how to make a good first impression. This is a great class for the aspiring performer as well as the student that just wants to boost his or her ability to speak in front of a group. At the end of the program students will perform in a showcase for family and friends. Also Professional Storyteller and Theatre Camp Coordinator Cheryl Collins will perform a one-woman show sharing stories from the African-American experience during the Civil War. This event and camp are sponsored in part by a grant from the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Additional statewide Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission events may be found at the website, www.arkansascivilwar150.com.

Juneteenth Performance
Time: 1:30-3 p.m.
Date: June 25
Ages: ALL!
Costs: FREE!
Come enjoy a special performance by the campers from the Center’s Theater Camp. Actors will perform short skits from historical stories about the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, about leaders in African-American civil rights and women’s suffrage movements. Also Professional Storyteller and Theatre Camp Coordinator Cheryl Collins will perform a one-woman show sharing stories from the African-American experience during the Civil War. This event and camp are sponsored in part by a grant from the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Additional statewide Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission events may be found at the website, www.arkansascivilwar150.com.


Theater Camp
Second Act
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Date: June 27-July 1
Ages: 8-18
Costs: $60/members
or $95/non-members
Ms. Collins offers a third week of theater camp for those actors and actresses who want to get really serious about their art. She will delve more into costuming, giving monologues, stage makeup, and actor characterization. Students will learn the ins and outs of the theater and will be ready for all auditions. This class is for those students who LOVE theater!

Check out Other Classes by clicking here!

Youth Musical

The Center presents a youth theater production yearly during each performing arts season. "The Jungle Book" will be performed in spring 2011. Click above for more information. School groups will be able to schedule a time to watch the play.

Tell-A-Tale Troupe

Several times a year the Center hosts performances of the Tell-A-Tale Troupe from the Arkansas Arts Center. Each play has two daytime showings for school groups.

The Tell-A-Tale Troupe is a group of professional actors who travel to elementary schools throughout Arkansas performing theatrical versions of favorite stories for children that teachers can connect to their regular curriculum.

Tell-A-Tale is a program of the Arkansas Arts Center of Little Rock. Each year, the Ben J. Altheimer Charitable Foundation provides Tell-A-Tale Troupe performances to schools in Southeast Arkansas. If scheduled through the Arts & Science Center Education Department, Tell-A-Tale Troup is $5/student and parent. For more information, please call 870-536-3375.

For more information, to register a student or to inquire about financial aid (a copy of your W-2 form is required) please contact 870-536-3375.