Theatricum Botanicum’s Antelope Valley Theatre Project is offering free theater workshops for local residents as part of an immersive theater program that expands the company’s reach to the area with support from The James Irvine Foundation Exploring Engagement Fund.
Residents can participate in one of six multiple-session classes during the months of October, November and December at no charge, including:
Technique workshops for adults in Elizabethan dance, fencing and stage combat;
Residencies for adults in classical acting and writing and performing; and
A multi-generational residency for families titled Families Act the Classics, during which family groups (each group must include at least one child and one adult) will be directed by Theatricum teaching artists in their own performance from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Each class will perform at a culminating Community Theatre Festival to be held on Dec. 14 and Dec. 15 at Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theatre. For more information and to enroll in classes, email avtpreserve@gmail.com.
Schedule of FREE theater classes for Antelope Valley residents
Adult Technique Workshops (four 90-minute sessions: introduction to the basics of classical performance techniques):
Class: Elizabethan Dance (An introduction to the dance of the period)
Where: Legacy Commons for Active Seniors, 930 East Avenue Q, Palmdale
Schedule: Mon & Wed from 12:30-2 p.m.: Dec. 2, 4, 9, 11
Class: Fencing (Learn the basic moves and choreographed fights)
Where: Palmdale Oasis Park Center, 3850 East Avenue S, Palmdale
Schedule: Mon & Wed from 4-5:30 p.m.: Dec. 2, 4, 9, 11
Class: Stage Combat (How to make hand-to-hand fights look real without getting hurt)
Where: Palmdale Oasis Park Center, 3850 East Avenue S, Palmdale
Schedule: Tues & Thurs from 4-5:30 p.m.: Dec. 3, 5, 10, 12
Adult Residencies
Class: Classical Acting (Explore the basics of classical acting including text, character and staging, and apply this work to scenes and monologues.)
Where: Lowtree Wellness Home, 1038 West Avenue J-5, Lancaster
Schedule: Mondays from 5-7 p.m.: Oct. 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 2, 9 (no class 11/25)
Childcare and healthy snacks provided
Class: Classical Acting Intermediate-Advanced (NEW!)
Where: Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theatre, 3041 W Ave. K, Lancaster
Schedule: Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m.: Nov. 6, 13, 20; Dec. 4, 11 (no class 11/27)
Class: Writing/Performing Soliloquies (Participants will write and perform their own soliloquies.)
Where: Legacy Commons for Active Seniors, 930 East Avenue Q, Palmdale
Schedule: Tuesdays from 12:30-2:30 p.m.: Oct. 22, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19; Dec. 3, 10 (no class Nov. 26)
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Where: Piute Wellness Home, 45534 5th Street East, Lancaster
Schedule: Tuesdays from 5-7 p.m.: Oct. 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19; Dec. 3, 10 (no class Nov. 26)
Childcare and healthy snacks provided
Class: Multi-generational Residency: Families Act the Classics (Family groups made up of at least one child and one adult will be directed by Theatricum teaching artists in their own performance from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.)
Where: Lancaster Performing Arts Center, 750 W Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster
Schedule: Saturdays from 11-3 p.m.: Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23; Dec. 7 (no class Nov. 30)
For more information and to enroll in any of these free classes, email avtpreserve@gmail.com.
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