HuckleBerry
Center for Creative Learning
Caitlin Arndt
Caitlin Arndt has worked for many years as a theatre educator, actor and director. She has been Summer Camp Director for Kingsmen Shakespeare Company as well as a member of their educational tour for nearly a dozen years. She has a BA in performing arts from Saint Mary's College of California and her MFA in International Theatre Practice and Performance from Rose Bruford College, London UK. Her artistic passions include improv, new works, classical works, voiceover and any sort of collaborative art making! Most recently she directed a new work entitled Something Else by Tomantha Sylvester and played Hostess of Garter in Merry Wives of Windsor.
Story Creation & Performance!
Homework: Optional. Practicing lines for final end of session productions.
Throughout this class students will create characters, worlds and stories through imagination, acting and drawing. We will start with the basics of creating a character both on paper and then through acting, pulling from whatever ideas students come up with. The sky's the limit! Students will learn how to embody a character different from themselves by changing their voice (the way they talk), body (the way they stand and walk) and emotion (how their character would react based on personality and experience). Once we create our characters, we will then explore the world in which these characters exist through improvisation and imagination. Finally, we will explore story structure and students will get to plot out what happens to these characters to then perform! Our students need no previous experience in theatre to enjoy this program. We take all levels. Please let us know if you have questions, concerns or need to discuss.