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Youth Theater Workshops: Highlands PAC
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: April - 2022
Let’s put on a Show! Highlands Performing Arts Center’s Youth Theater program roars back to exuberant life with a series of classes and workshops, April 12 through May 14. For information or to register, email [email protected], or call (828) 200-0889 or (828) 743-0215.
Highlands Performing Arts Center’s Youth Theater Program will be staging its spring workshops for young people in grades Kindergarten and up, from April 2 through May 24.
Classes on performance will be offered at the Cashiers Library (249 Frank Allen Road) on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. for K-third grades on April 5 through May 24; and on Saturdays for students in the seventh grade through 12th from 1:00 to 2:30 P.M. on April 2 through May 14.
There’ll also be classes at the Highlands Performing Arts Center (507 Chestnut Street) on Tuesdays for seventh graders and up who are interested in Technical Theater, Design, and Production from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M., April 5 through May 24.
Classes on Performance will be held in Highlands on Saturdays for 7th graders and up from 9 to 10:30 A.M., April 9 through May 21; and on Saturdays for fourth through sixth graders from 10:00 through 11:30 A.M., April 2 through May 14.
Participants in the performance classes will learn the fundamentals of performance (including blocking, memorizing lines, character development, and basic stage makeup); and those taking the Technical Theater, Design, & Production classes will learn those fundamentals (including sets, sound, lighting, and costuming). Classes are led by Program Artistic Director Megan Greenlee Potts and graduates of the Youth Theater Program, some of whom have gone on to careers in theater.
“I like to remind parents that there are some critical lessons embedded in our classes, things they might not realize are taught in Theater – learning to take direction (literally), lessons about science, history, language arts, and technology,” says Greenlee Potts. “Plus, this is a collaborative art form, so everyone has an important role to play and we learn to work together for the audience.”
Class sizes are limited. Places will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Like all PAC Youth events, these classes and workshops are free of charge & open to all students in Western North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina, and northern Georgia.
To register or for more information, contact Greenlee Potts at highlandspac.info/youth-theater, email [email protected], text (828) 200-0889, or call (828) 743-0215.
