Summer Student Workshops

Workshop 1
8 to 12 year olds
June 9 – 27, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Workshop 2
13 to 18 year olds
July 7 – 25

Each participant must bring his/her own lunch. Both workshops will be at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse, 725 Philadelphia Street in Indiana. No previous stage experience is necessary.

Participants will receive experiences in acting, voice projection, stage movement, creating characters, dance, and scene structure. The cost for each participant is $125 for a three-week session. As a culminating activity, our workshop actors will take part in a production of Godspell, 101 Dalmatians, or School House Rock as part of our 2008-2009 Season.

Workshop participants will be limited in number: first come and paid, first accepted. Call Jim Chapman at 724-464-0725.

The Indiana Players sponsor Theater Workshops. Some are for children, some for teens and adults. Workshops may cover how to read a script, basic acting skills, and what to do at rehearsals. They can help participants learn about behind-the-scenes activities such as running the sound board, learning about lighting, stage managing, and other topics revolving around a production. We also provide helpful hints and tips for auditioning for a show. Children's workshops end with the participants performing the show they have rehearsed for their families and friends.

Michael Feight instructs attendees in the variations of theatrical lighting before giving participants a chance to get some hands-on experience of their own with our light board.

**All workshop facilitators have received appropriate clearance from child protection authorities.**

Children's Theater Workshop

In 2007, all 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade students were invited to enroll in the Children's Theater Workshop, sponsored by the Indiana Players. The two-week workshop took place June 18-22 and June 25-29 at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse. The workshop was open to all school districts—not just Indiana.

This workshop was completely free, and no experience was necessary. At the end of the workshop, all parents, friends, and neighbors were invited to a demonstration of the skills learned.

Acting Workshop

International actor and director Adan Sandoval graciously donated his time to conduct an acting workshop in October, 2006.

This two-day, six-hour workshop consisted of the actors wearing masks and, using only the movements of their body, expressing to the “audience” all of the emotions that the scene and the characters need to express. This was a wonderful training ground for all actors, performers, and entertainers who wish to learn more about their bodies and improve their ability to convey to audiences the emotional ups and downs that their characters are experiencing.

“In the workshop we work to enhance the participants’ ability to gain awareness of their body movement and potential for communication using body language,” said Sandoval. “Actors and actresses will work first with masks devoid of expression and then work without the masks.”

Workshop ideas needed!

Would you like to be more involved with the Indiana Players?

If you have talents you'd like to share or expand on, or just want to learn something new, please let us know. Once we discover where our member's interests lie, we'll be scheduling workshops to teach any and all interested people about various areas of theater experience.

Are you interested in costumes or makeup? How about set construction or painting? Maybe you have an interest in learning about lights or the sound system, or about stage managing. Wherever your interests lie, let us know! Please send an e-mail to ipweb@indianaplayers.com, or write to: Indiana Players, P.O. Box 333, Indiana, PA 15701.

Let us know what you would like to learn more about! We want to get workshops up and running, but we need to know who is interested and where those interests are. We look forward to hearing from you!