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Single Classes / $15
Mix & Match 3 Classes / $40 Mix & Match 5 Classes / $50 |
All classes take place at The Playhouse, A Division of Beaverton Civic Theatre 3205 SW Cedar Hills Blvd #51, Beaverton, Or 97005 (inside Cedar Hills Crossing, near Powell's Books and Cold Stone Creamery)
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Scene Study
TEENS: July 7th & August 11th / 4:30pm - 5:30pm Instructor: Jacob Alexander Explore characterization, beats, and connecting with scene partners. Recommended for students with prior acting experience. |
Auditioning - Monologues
TWEENS (8-12): July 7 & August 11 / 1:15pm - 2:15pm TEENS: July 7 & August 11 / 5:45pm - 6:45pm Instructor: Jacob Alexander Harness the acting tools you already possess to express ideas, transform into characters, and tell moving stories. Gain skills in creative thinking and public speaking, building confidence in yourself and your craft. |
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Fundamentals of Acting
TWEENS (8-12): July 7 & August 11 / 12pm - 1pm TEENS: July 7 & August 11 / 3:15pm - 4:15pm Instructor: Jacob Alexander Learn how to use use objectives, tactics, obstacles, and context to breathe life into our characters and performances. |
OBOB: Study Through Play
3RD, 4TH, & 5TH GRADE Tuesdays, July 9 - Aug 13 / 6:30pm - 7:30pm Instructor: Erin Zelazny Retain facts for the Oregon Battle Of The Books! By delving into research with the OBOB book, students learn an actor’s craft of developing character. |
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Feel the Music
KIDS (5 - 7) Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug 14 / 4pm - 4:45pm Instructor: Jenny Cyphers Through movement and props, use music to tell a story. |
Group Vocal Lesson
ADULT: Wednesdays, July 10 - August 14 / 7pm - 9pm Instructor: Erin Zelazny Everyone can sing, it's just a matter of finding your voice! Focus on learning the physiology of your instrument and then using it to create the best sound you can. |
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Creating Costumes
ADULT: July 11 & July 25 / 7:15 - 8:15pm TEEN: July 18 & August 15 / 7:15 - 8:15pm TWEEN (8-12): July 31 & Aug 14 / 5:30pm - 6:30pm Instructor: Jenny Cyphers Using fictional characters throughout time, compile costume piece to create the right look. |
Storybuilding
KIDS (5-7) July 13 & Aug 3 / 1:15pm - 2pm Instructor: Daniel Rhovan Use Improv games and storytelling methods popularized by Pixar to create original skits focused on character, motivation and theme. |
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Creating Character
ADULT: July 13 & July 27 4pm - 5pm Instructor: Lalanya Gunn Learn the building blocks of creating a character from information in a script to bringing it to life on stage. |
Musical Theatre Dance
TEENS: July 13 & Aug 3 / 6:30pm - 7:30pm TWEENS (8-12): July 20 & July 27 / 6:30pm - 7:30pm Instructor: Allison Halley Dancing brings musical theatre to life! Learn performance and choreography techniques and put them together in a fun routine. |
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Intro to Improv
ADULT: Mondays, July 15 - July 29 / 7pm - 8pm Instructor: Les Ico Increase your ability to think on your feet, be more confident, let go of judgement and live in the moment. |
Improv Play
ADULT: Mondays, July 15 - July 29 8pm-9pm Instructor: Les Ico Continuation of Intro to Improv...this hour provides an opportunity to put to use the techniques learned in the 7PM Intro to Improv class. Intro to Improv is a required prerequisite. |
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Storytelling
KIDS (5-7): July 20th & August 10th / 1:15 - 2pm TWEEN (8-12): July 27th / 1:15pm - 2pm Instructor: Amelia Michaels Theatre begins with a story! Students will play with voice and movement to create and share their own story. |
Physical Acting
TWEEN (8-12): July 13 & August 3 / 2:30 - 3:30pm TEEN: July 20 & Aug 10 / 2:30pm - 3:30pm ADULT: August 10 / 4 - 5pm Instructor: Daniel Rhovan 55% of communication is purely physical -- learn how to use those skills in your acting! |
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The 7 Levels of Tension
ADULT: July 20 4pm - 5pm Instructor: Lalanya Gunn A technique that uses different levels of tension/movement to create dynamic characters and scenes. |
Finding Character in Your Body
TEENS: July 27 / 2:30pm - 3:30pm Instructor: Amanda Clark Explore where different types of characters live in your body and how that informs character development and movement on stage to tell a more complete story. |
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Creating Character
ADULT: August 1 & Aug 8 7:15pm - 8:15pm Instructor: Amanda Clark Learn the building blocks of creating a character from information in a script to bringing it to life on stage. |
Musical Theatre Audition
ADULT: August 3 / 4pm - 5pm TEENS: August 17 / 4pm - 5pm Instructor: Erin Zelazny From song selection to audition, learn how to navigate the musical theatre audition world so that you can do your best every time. |
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Mastering the Cold Read Audition
ADULT: August 5 / 7pm - 8pm Instructor: Amanda Clark Learn tools you can use to feel prepared for your first audition or gain an edge at your next one. |
Stage Combat
ADULT: August 12 / 7pm - 8pm Instructor: Daniel Rhovan Expand your toolkit and spice up any show by learning the basics of choreographed violence. Learn to safely act out punches, falls, grapples, kicks and sword strikes. |
Meet The Instructors
Jacob Alexander
Classes: Scene Study, Auditioning- Monologues, Fundamentals of Acting
Jacob is an actor and educator in the Portland area. He currently works as a Teaching Artist at Northwest Children's Theater and School (NWCT), where he also assists in many other departments, including box office, front of house and outreach. Before perusing theatre full-time, Jacob worked in environmental education as an Environmental Education Director at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park. He has performed with a variety of theatre companies in the Portland area, including NWCT, Joy and Wonder Theatre, PDX Playwrights, Original Practice Shakespeare Festival (OPS Fest), and with Beaverton Civic Theatre in The Diary of Anne Frank (as Peter Van Daan) and Beauty and the Beast: Concert Edition (as Bookseller/Ensemble). Beyond studying for his Associate of Arts degree at Portland Community College, Jacob is a graduate of NWCT's Interns NW advanced training program and is current apprentice with OPS Fest for their Summer 2019 season of shows.
Classes: Scene Study, Auditioning- Monologues, Fundamentals of Acting
Jacob is an actor and educator in the Portland area. He currently works as a Teaching Artist at Northwest Children's Theater and School (NWCT), where he also assists in many other departments, including box office, front of house and outreach. Before perusing theatre full-time, Jacob worked in environmental education as an Environmental Education Director at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park. He has performed with a variety of theatre companies in the Portland area, including NWCT, Joy and Wonder Theatre, PDX Playwrights, Original Practice Shakespeare Festival (OPS Fest), and with Beaverton Civic Theatre in The Diary of Anne Frank (as Peter Van Daan) and Beauty and the Beast: Concert Edition (as Bookseller/Ensemble). Beyond studying for his Associate of Arts degree at Portland Community College, Jacob is a graduate of NWCT's Interns NW advanced training program and is current apprentice with OPS Fest for their Summer 2019 season of shows.
Amanda Clark
Classes: Finding Character in Your Body, Creating Character, Mastering the Cold Read Audition
Amanda believes that every person has the ability to be an engaging story teller! She has been appearing onstage for many years and holds a degree in Acting from Ball State University where she trained in creating authentic and grounded performances. She has worked with many local theatre companies onstage and recently directed Almost, Maine for Beaverton Civic Theatre.
Classes: Finding Character in Your Body, Creating Character, Mastering the Cold Read Audition
Amanda believes that every person has the ability to be an engaging story teller! She has been appearing onstage for many years and holds a degree in Acting from Ball State University where she trained in creating authentic and grounded performances. She has worked with many local theatre companies onstage and recently directed Almost, Maine for Beaverton Civic Theatre.
Jenny Cyphers
Classes: Feel the Music, Creating Costumes
Jenny Cyphers is the technical director for Beaverton Civic Theatre. Jenny earned a BA in dance, studied technical theatre, and taught dance classes for years. Theater combines many things she loves, art, making things, costumes, historical trivia, and social commentary. She gets to do all of these things while working with talented volunteers that make up the BCT "family".
Classes: Feel the Music, Creating Costumes
Jenny Cyphers is the technical director for Beaverton Civic Theatre. Jenny earned a BA in dance, studied technical theatre, and taught dance classes for years. Theater combines many things she loves, art, making things, costumes, historical trivia, and social commentary. She gets to do all of these things while working with talented volunteers that make up the BCT "family".
Lalanya Gunn
Classes: Creating Character, The 7 Levels of Tension
Lalanya has worked for over 25 years in the theater industry. Hailing from Buffalo, NY, she holds a BFA in theatre from Niagara University and has been trained on other techniques including Meisner, Groundlings Improv and Character workshops. She has worked on stages in Buffalo, Austin, Los Angeles and Portland. She has worked with local companies including Portland Center Stage, Lakewood Theatre, Broadway Rose, Bag & Baggage, to name a few, and Beaverton Civic Theatre, where she won a Civie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Willamina Fleming in Silent Sky.
Classes: Creating Character, The 7 Levels of Tension
Lalanya has worked for over 25 years in the theater industry. Hailing from Buffalo, NY, she holds a BFA in theatre from Niagara University and has been trained on other techniques including Meisner, Groundlings Improv and Character workshops. She has worked on stages in Buffalo, Austin, Los Angeles and Portland. She has worked with local companies including Portland Center Stage, Lakewood Theatre, Broadway Rose, Bag & Baggage, to name a few, and Beaverton Civic Theatre, where she won a Civie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Willamina Fleming in Silent Sky.
Alli Halley
Classes: Musical Theatre Dance
Theater has been a major part of Alli Halley’s life but it wasn't until her freshman year in college that she pursued dance and instantly fell in love. She combined her love for theater and dance when she was asked to choreograph Linfield College's production of Spring Awakening and in doing so, found a new calling. After graduating, Alli pursued auditions for Annie at Beaverton Civic Theatre and was asked to help with choreography. Since then, she's volunteered for multiple BCT productions as crew and is so excited and thankful to have an opportunity to teach dance one again!
Classes: Musical Theatre Dance
Theater has been a major part of Alli Halley’s life but it wasn't until her freshman year in college that she pursued dance and instantly fell in love. She combined her love for theater and dance when she was asked to choreograph Linfield College's production of Spring Awakening and in doing so, found a new calling. After graduating, Alli pursued auditions for Annie at Beaverton Civic Theatre and was asked to help with choreography. Since then, she's volunteered for multiple BCT productions as crew and is so excited and thankful to have an opportunity to teach dance one again!
Les Ico
Classes: Intro to Improv, Improv Play
Les Ico has been improvising most of his life, but has been performing professionally with ComedySportz Portland since 2008. He would love to list the celebrities he's been on stage with, but he's afraid of a defamation lawsuit.
Classes: Intro to Improv, Improv Play
Les Ico has been improvising most of his life, but has been performing professionally with ComedySportz Portland since 2008. He would love to list the celebrities he's been on stage with, but he's afraid of a defamation lawsuit.
Amelia Michaels
Classes: Storytelling
Amelia is a lifelong dancer and lover of stories. She holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and Dance from Hendrix College, and has taught theatre and dance camps for kids and teens in Seattle and New Orleans. Love for the arts can begin at any age, but she especially loves working with children and creating a space for them to explore, laugh, and discover.
Classes: Storytelling
Amelia is a lifelong dancer and lover of stories. She holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and Dance from Hendrix College, and has taught theatre and dance camps for kids and teens in Seattle and New Orleans. Love for the arts can begin at any age, but she especially loves working with children and creating a space for them to explore, laugh, and discover.
Daniel Rhovan
Classes: Storybuilding, Physical Acting, Stage Combat
Daniel Rhovan is a professional voice, film, and stage actor who has been teaching drama for three years. He grew up in the tiny town of Triangle Lake, where he fell in love with the power of storytelling. He graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Eastern Oregon University, where he was trained in stage combat, music theater, Shakespeare, dance, script analysis, and the Meisner technique. Among his favorite accomplishments in the Portland area include writing and starring in a Western puppet show, being featured in a D&D webseries, and learning how to clap with one hand.
Classes: Storybuilding, Physical Acting, Stage Combat
Daniel Rhovan is a professional voice, film, and stage actor who has been teaching drama for three years. He grew up in the tiny town of Triangle Lake, where he fell in love with the power of storytelling. He graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Eastern Oregon University, where he was trained in stage combat, music theater, Shakespeare, dance, script analysis, and the Meisner technique. Among his favorite accomplishments in the Portland area include writing and starring in a Western puppet show, being featured in a D&D webseries, and learning how to clap with one hand.
Erin Zelazny
Classes: OBOB: Study Through Play, Group Vocal Lesson, Musical Theatre Audition
Erin studied English, psychology, and musical theater at Eastern Oregon University before graduating in 2010. For over a decade, she has studied vocal pedagogy and that, along with her degree in English discourse and own experience with anxiety and stage fright, has fostered a passion for helping others eliminate the stress and fear surrounding auditioning. Erin believes that by creating safe and inclusive spaces, anyone can learn to sing, nail an audition, and build confidence both on and off stage.
Classes: OBOB: Study Through Play, Group Vocal Lesson, Musical Theatre Audition
Erin studied English, psychology, and musical theater at Eastern Oregon University before graduating in 2010. For over a decade, she has studied vocal pedagogy and that, along with her degree in English discourse and own experience with anxiety and stage fright, has fostered a passion for helping others eliminate the stress and fear surrounding auditioning. Erin believes that by creating safe and inclusive spaces, anyone can learn to sing, nail an audition, and build confidence both on and off stage.
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The mission of Beaverton Civic Theatre is to entertain, enlighten and educate while involving the community onstage, behind the scenes and in the audience of theatrical productions.
The mission of Beaverton Civic Theatre is to entertain, enlighten and educate while involving the community onstage, behind the scenes and in the audience of theatrical productions.
