Theatre Set Design- Part Two: The Rest of the Story
Eugene Leveque   9:30am- 12:30 pm  @ The Pavilion

Once the Set Designer and the Director agree on the set concept, it is the Set Designer’s job to create the visual communications to the rest of the production team though construction plans, models and continuing support.

This workshop:
·         looks at creating simple set construction plans;
·         provides a simple way of using your plans to create your set model;
·         shows how to make “road-kill” furniture for the model;
·         discusses the ongoing role of the Set Designer within the rest of the Production Team;
·         provides extensive hand-outs to help participants with plans and model making.
(You do not have to take "Set Design-Part One" to reg. for this course)

Eugene Leveque has been involved in local community theatre for over 35 years, originally heading up set construction for Theatre Kelowna Society, including some of the big TKS musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys & Dolls and South Pacific.  Since 2000, he has concentrated on set design working with Theatre Kelowna Society (Sinners, Jack & the Beanstalk, Sound of Music); Creekside Players, Winfield (Garage Sale, Crossing Delancy, A Boy Comes Home, Wurzel Flummery); Shakespeare Kelowna (Henry IV [Part 1], A Toast to Shakespeare, As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet); Vernon Powerhouse Theatre (Chapter Two, Hayfever, Yesteryear, It Runs In The Family, Same Time Another Year, The Monument);  Many Hats Theatre Company, Penticton (Concept designs for Sexy Laundry & Same Time Next Year) and Kelowna Actors Studio (The Wizard of Oz).  Gene won the Theatre BC Mainstage Thespian Award for Best Set Design for Shakespeare Kelowna’s production of Henry IV (Part 1). He has just won the Okanagan Zone Best Set Design for Powerhouse Theatre’s The Monument.

Doing a Show on the Cheap
Cheryl Delling   9:30am- 12:30 pm  @ The Pavilion

(Repeated Fri. 9th: 9:30am - 12:30pm)

How to get the most out of your budget!  Learn ways to achieve your artistic vision without achieving bankruptcy with this cheapskate's guide to costumes, props and set construction. 

Cheryl Delling is the Technical Director/Instructor of the TRU Actors Workshop Theatre where she also teaches courses in technical theatre and stage management.  She has worked freelance as a stage manager and technical director for various companies in BC and Alberta.

Working the Script  (Double-Block)
Danielle Dunn-Morris  9:30 am-12:30 pm & 1:30- 4:30 pm @ The Pavilion

Every time we open a play we look at the words. We read them and interpret from our point of view what they mean. As actors we struggle to be word perfect. We know the author has chosen those words carefully; we are the storytellers so we want the story to be told accurately. In this workshop we will be interpreting a small scene which, on its own, says very little but as we fill in the subtext (what is not being said) we create a story that can be full of pathos, humour, and understanding. The actors will create characters, form a relationship with their partner (these are two-handed scenes) and then find a location in which this scene takes place. It is always amazing to me how varied and deeply moving these scenes become as we dig deep for the reality in the situation we have created. Come play. This workshop allows experienced and non-experienced actors the chance to create and be in the moment. Looking forward to building the magic that theatre always pulls us into. Walk in someone else’s shoes, you never know where it could lead you.

Danielle Dunn-Morris is an accomplished actress, who has been involved with all aspects of theatre most of her life.  Being on stage has always been Danielle’s first love but for the past 10 years film has stolen her heart. After her formal education from University of BC and the Banff School of Fine Arts studying acting, speech and movement, and achieving a degree in Education (UBC), Danielle was involved with Tom Kerr and the founding of the Western Canada Theatre Company.  She then moved into exploring all aspects of theatre, and dominated the stage with her unique acting talent. Danielle eventually became Artistic Director of two theatre companies: Shuswap Summer Theatre (1989 – 1996) and WaterMark Theatre (1993 – 1998).  Since moving to Kamloops in the year of 1999, Danielle has been featured in seven films:  An Unfinished Life (scene with Robert Redford), Fantastic Four, Riding the Bullet, Presumed Dead, Truth, Another Cinderella Story (just released on DVD) and Love Happens starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart.   Danielle Dunn-Morris is the proud owner of River Magic Productions. With River Magic Productions Danielle provides training for the TV and Film Industry that is burgeoning in the BC Interior.  As well as instructing Acting and Improv Workshops for Theatre BC and local theatre companies, Danielle teaches private acting classes to students interested in entering the film business as actors. Several of Danielle’s students have done very well and are working on a consistent basis in the business. Danielle Dunn-Morris is an experienced, versatile performer, director and educator with a desire and ability to share her knowledge and performing skills with audiences everywhere.

A Scenic Painting Toolbox
Ross Nichol  9:30 am-12:30 @ The Pavilion

(Repeated Fri.9th: 9:30am- 12:30pm)

A scenic painter’s toolbox includes not only the brushes but the techniques to do the job. This course will cover the basic techniques of scenic painting (wet blend, spatter, sponging, etc.) and look at some of the tools & materials you should have in your kit. Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes. We’ll have fun and might get messy.

Acting for Beginners
Larry Morrison  1:30 - 4:30 pm @ The Old Courthouse

(Repeated Fri. 1:30-4:30 pm)

We are all Actors. We act every day. You walk into a Starbucks and see the man/woman of your dreams and you’ll act differently than if you walk in and see the person who bullied you in high-school, or an ex-lover you jilted.  How do we take this onto the stage or in front of the camera?

Larry Morrison has been in the acting business for over twenty years.  Beginning as an extra, he went on to appear on stage, in film, television and commercials.  He studied with some of the best, Michael Shurtleff, William Davis, and June Whitaker to name a few, as well as the Vancouver Film School where he appeared in several student films.  He appeared for 18 months in Vancouver’s Off-Broadway Play, ‘Tony and Tina’s Wedding’.  He has led acting workshops for two years using Michael Shurtleff’s techniques.

Theatre of Illusion 
Clinton W. Gray  1:30 - 4:30 pm @ The Pavilion

(Repeated Thu. 9:30am- 12:30pm)

International award winning magician, Clinton W. Gray uses a hands-on approach to allow Mainstage 2010 attendees to take a brief peak into the secret world of magicians.  While revealing amazing, but easy-to-do magic tricks, Clinton teaches the key principles of Art of Illusion, including:
·       NLP: Influencing with Integrity
·       Applying Misdirection
·       Magic's Mime Technique
·       Tension and Attention
·       The REAL Magic Moment
·       The One-Ahead Principle

Clinton W. Gray teaches magic as performance art; this workshop is not designed as a tell-all exposure of secrets.  During the three-hour presentation, attendees will learn some wonderful magic, but the real focus is on performance and audience engagement.  Magic can never be entertaining if it is not accompanied by a captivating presentation.  A magic trick creates a tiny, exciting, momentary bubble of disbelief. However, that experience is not created by trap doors, mirrors, gimmicks, or even sleight of hand.  That moment is created by the magical actor.  The Theatre of Illusions workshop will show you how use magic to seize the spotlight and dazzle the casting director at your next audition! For over 20 years, Clinton W. Gray has been blending magic, music and mockery into high-energy, interactive comedy shows around the world. A ten- time international award winning comedy magician, his performances have been described as “a roller-coaster ride of antics, that cause audiences to be belly-laughing one moment and speechless with amazement the next.” (Edmonton Journal) Each summer, Clinton directs an instructional magic program for summer theatre camps in upstate New York and Pennsylvania. When not promoting, practicing or performing, Clinton W. Gray enjoys sleeping in late, married life with a wonderful lady from Transylvania (where else would a magician’s wife to be from?), and doing his best to get to retirement without ever having a REAL job.

Stage Management:  Controlling Chaos  (Double-Block)
Cheryl Delling  9:30am- 12:30 pm & 1:30- 4:30 pm @ The Pavilion

Get practical tips, tricks and tactics on how to keep the chaos that is a show under control.  If you have stage managed for years or ever thought you might want to sit in the chair, this workshop will help you develop ways to do the job, make it fun and keep your sanity. 

(see above for Bio)

An Introduction to Accents for the Stage
Heidi Verwey   9:30am- 12:30 pm @ The Pavilion

(Repeated Thu. 1:30- 4:30 pm)

Accents are a tricky business onstage, but there are ways to approach accents for clarity and respect for the dialect. We will cover RP British, Irish, Scottish and some of the “Americas”

Heidi Verwey started as an actor in Toronto, working for such companies as Canadian Stage (Twelfth Night), Golden Horseshoe Players (Peacemaker, Belonging) and Tarragon Theatre (Androgyne).  Recently she starred in the premiere production of Trina Davies’ Romeo/Romiette for Edmonton’s NeWorks Festival and in The Vagina Monologues at the Jubilee Theatre. She branched into directing, taking on The Mystery of Edwin Drood (CAT) The Secret Garden, (Treehouse) You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Melville Boys (All Terrain). She has been a founding member of two theatre companies including The Emerson Collective.
At the U of A’s Studio Theatre she collaborated on The Shunning, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Largo Desolato; as her thesis show for her MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy. She has worked as a vocal coach for The Citadel’s Young Company (Unity 1918) and coaches private clients including politicians, teachers, stand up comics, clergy people and musicians.She now teaches acting and voice and directs for TRU’s Actors’ Workshop Theatre right here in Kamloops.

Auditions 
Larry Morrison 1:30- 4:30 pm @ The Old Courthouse

First of all, you do realize that you are insane - why else would you want to be an actor?  You’re going to spend your days being rejected for most of the parts you try out for and you won’t know why.  Never turn down the opportunity to audition, even if you feel you’re not right for the part.  Larry will give you tips and techniques to help you in that nerve wracking world of auditions.

(see above for Bio)

Introduction to Directing
Robin Nichol  1:30 - 4:30 pm @ The Pavilion

(Repeated Fri.9th: 1:30- 4:30 pm)

Participants will get an introduction to the process of transferring the script to the stage. Topics will include script analysis and interpretation, blocking and design elements.

Robin Nichol Robin holds an MFA in directing and has been stage managing, directing, workshopping, and occasionally creating new Canadian plays since 1984. For three years she was the Associate Artistic Director at the New Play Centre (now Playwright's Theatre Centre) in Vancouver. She has worked for Theatre BC as a dramaturg for the New Play Festival 6 times, as well as a juror for the National Playwriting Competition, an adjudicator for the Kootenay Zone festival, and as a workshop instructor many times. In 1995, along with 5 colleagues, she co-wrote and performed in Mom's the Word, a play about becoming a mother. It was performed over 750 times by the original cast and has also been produced around the world and translated into 7 different languages. Robin served as the Associate Director of a production in London’s West End in 2003. The same writing collective rejoined to create the sequel to Mom’s the Word entitled Mom’s the Word2 Unhinged which opened at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver in the fall of 2005. Robin currently teaches acting and directing at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.

Stage Status
Leon Potter  9:30am - 12:30pm @The Pavilion

This techinique has proven itself over and over again in the years that I have been using it, and this is my opportunity to share it with you.  One of the primary elements of dramatic action onstage is status, where you place yourself, others, how to manipulate that, explore it, control it and use it as a tool to make our character come alive.  In this workshop, I will show you how to do exactly this so that you can bring it into your next rehearsal.

Leon Potter has been working in theatre for 18 years and has directed shows that have performed in London, New York, Edinborough, Vancouver, Nanaimo.  He has received his masters with distinction from London’s R.A.D.A (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) and was the founding artistic director of the Looking Glass Theatre in Vancouver.  Currently  he is teaching in the theatre department of Vancouver Island University.

Voice for the Stage
Heidi Verwey   9:30am- 12:30pm @The Pavilion

An introduction to the power of the vocal elements available to actors.

(see above for bio)

Lighting Design; Fundamentals and New Concepts
Ted Roberts    9:30am - 12:30pm @ The Pavilion

This course will take you through from some of the basics of lighting a show, from developing a concept design to implementing that concept in a theatre with a lot or a little equipment.  We will go over the communication process with the director, the other designers, and the technicians who will help us successfully integrate our design with the show.  We will also discuss how to hold onto the integrity of our design when the show needs to move to another theatre.  We will discuss some of the new forms of lighting technology from moving lights, to LED fixtures, to video projectors, and both the benefits that they can bring to a production and the pitfalls that they can lead us into.

Ted Roberts has a BFA in Theatre Design from University of Alberta and has taught lighting and scenic design at University of Saskatchewan. Ted has been the Resident Designer for the Vancouver Arts Club Theatre since 1981, designing scenery and lighting for over 200 productions in their four theatres, and 40+ touring productions. He has taught several workshops on scenic design for Theatre BC member companies, and at Backstage, and was the Technical Adjudicator for Mainstage 2009.

 
Making Design Elements Work Together (& making your production a winner)
Ted Roberts 1:30 - 4:30pm @ The Pavilion

This course will challenge you to improve your communication skills with the other members of the “production team” (including, but not limited to, the Director, the other designers, stage management, builders, and actors) We will look at making our own “Coles notes” of a script and categorizing the information in a version we can share with the other members of our team. We will then move into how we can get our design ideas onto paper and then share that vision with our production partners. From there we will look at how the team will resolve how to take each member’s contribution and bring them together into a united production that supports the playwright’s intention, and the director’s “concept”. We will discuss how to achieve a successful compromise on delivering the physical requirements of a script, and the visual statement we want to give our production. 

(See bio above)

Acting Shakespeare; a monlogue workshop (Double-Block)
Christopher Weddell 9:30am-12:30pm & 1:30-4:30pm @ The Pavilion

A full day of clear, specific coaching . . . in a supportive atmosphere.  The first two hours will focus on pre-performance strategies (why these words?; breathing; verse/prose guidelines; rhythm and sense; transitions; activating the words; etc)
Then on to performance! (focal points; presence; personalization; embodying the text; pacing; eureka  moments; drive…etc.)
Actors will examine Shakespearean verse structure, exploring how the shape of the verse liberates the actor, supplying dynamic and exciting playing options. Christopher’s workshops are practical and fun, designed to provide pragmatic insights to Shakespeare’s language and characters.  The aim? - to help each actor craft a credible and compelling speech from the clues in Shakespeare’s text. No prior experience with Shakespeare is required.

Christopher Weddell: A graduate of the Playhouse Acting School, Christopher has acted on stages in Europe and Canada.  An Artistic Associate and founding member of the Bard On The Beach Festival, he has played dozens of Shakespearean roles.  In 1992, he was invited to the Czech Republic and Slovakia to present his production of Waiting For Godot (Theatre Divadlo-Ironworks).
Mr.Weddell has taught acting and playwrighting at The Canadian College Of Performing Arts (Victoria) for 10 years.  An accomplished playwright and dramaturge, Christopher has written five plays, including highly successful adaptations of Tehanu & Gulliver's Travels (Kaleidoscope Theatre). Weddell has been nominated for 2 Jessie Richardson awards.  In 1995, he received the Edmund Kean Award for lifetime achievement.

Doing a Show on the Cheap
Cheryl Delling   9:30am- 12:30 pm  @ The Pavilion

Repeat of Sun. am course

A Scenic Painting Toolbox
Ross Nichol  9:30 am-12:30 @ The Pavilion

Repeat of Mon. am course

Introduction to Directing
Robin Nichol  1:30 - 4:30 pm @ The Pavilion

Repeat of Tue. am course

Acting for Beginners
Larry Morrison  1:30 - 4:30 pm @ The Old Courthouse

Repeat of Mon. am course