HuckleBerry
Center for Creative Learning
Karen Baughn
Karen Baughn is a Los Angeles based teacher, actor, improviser, and writer. A high school apprenticeship with the Idaho Shakespeare festival sparked passion for the theater, which brought her from her hometown of Boise, Idaho all the way to an little corner of Los Angeles to earn her Bachelors in Theater from Occidental College. She also holds a masters in Professional Creative Writing from the University of Denver and certificate of completion from nearly every improv school willing to take her money. When she's not making movies with her partner or doing improv shows with her friends, Karen is teaching. She has been honored to teach with so many wonderful schools, some of her favorites being The American Music and Dramatic Academy, Occidental Children's Theater, A Time for Dance, and, of course, Shakespeare Kids. She has also opened up her own improv school, The Shared Experience Studio, for ongoing advanced improv training.
Having run the Shakespeare, Improv, Stage Combat & History classes at Huckleberry from 2010-2016, she is super excited her schedule opened up to return full-time teaching Storytime, Comedy Improv and directing the Musical next school year on Tuesdays at Huck
Shakespeare StoryTime
Ages: 6-9
Continuing students welcomed! We have all new material this year!
Location: In Person in Valencia
Homework: Optional. Practicing lines for final end of session productions.
PreReqs: None
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Class Description:
William Shakespeare is considered to be the world’s greatest dramatist. His Tragedies, Comedies and Histories are full of kings, queens, fairies, tricks and are SO MUCH FUN!! We have been offering Shakespeare Performance Programs for children as young as 4 for over 22 years. We make Shakespeare accessible and inclusive. In this program, we will learn, discuss and explore some of his 36 plays. We will be learning ALL NEW stories with different selections than what we covered last year. THEN, using fun active theatre exercises we will PHYSICALLY explore these great stories, characters and themes. This program provides a safe, fun and supportive atmosphere where students will be encouraged to make bold and creative acting choices, while also developing new levels of personal confidence, finding their voice and ensemble skills while learning this great story. We’ll bring it all together as we prepare for a short presentation of some of his characters and scenes during our last class for friends and family.
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Contact
Shakespeare Kids