During Theatrefest, RU Theatre & Music welcomes local middle and high school students to spend a day learning from RU faculty and local professionals. Students spend the afternoon in fun-filled and illuminating workshops, choosing from topics like acting, auditioning, musical theatre, and technical theatre. In the evening, students will enjoy dinner and attend a performance of James and the Giant Peach. Theatrefest is perfect for any student who loves theatre and wants to take their skills to the next level!
Theatrefest begins at 12:30 in the RAC Theatre. Students will attend three workshops and then have a group dinner. Theatrefest includes a comp ticket for the 7:30pm performance of James and the Giant Peach.
We are excited about the workshops we are offering for this Theatrefest! Workshops will be filled first come first serve. Here are the worskhops being offered:
Session 1 (pick one):
Scenic Painting: Explore your artistic abilities as you learn how to create dynamic and interesting painted elements for a scenic design.
Audition monologues: Overcome those audition jitters by workshopping ways to present a monologue in a characterful and memorable way. *Please bring a 1 - 2 minute memorized monologue to work on*
Session 2 (pick one):
Stage Combat: Learn the beginning steps of safe hand-to-hand stage combat as well as pratfalls and physical comedy, giving you the tools to create a safe yet memorable combat sequence.
Musical Theatre: Hone your abilities to communicate a character through song, while also building up your singing technique. *Please prepare 16-32 bars of a musical theatre song and bring in sheet music and an accompaniment track*
Session 3 (pick one):
Improvisation: Unleash your creativity as you participate in improvisation through games focused on story, character creation, and imagination.
Musical Theatre: Hone your abilities to communicate a character through song, while also building up your singing technique. *Please prepare 16-32 bars of a musical theatre song and bring in sheet music and an accompaniment track*