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Ashland Center for Theatre Studies

The Director and the Rehearsal Process

July 7-11, 2008
Ashland, Oregon

A week-long 3-credit graduate level class geared toward high school and college theatre educators covering the director's role in the rehearsal process:

• Address issues of working with young actors
• Explore the post-casting, pre-technical rehearsal period
• Develop script analysis skills geared toward character development and helping actors realize their potential
• Build a rehearsal vocabulary
• Discover practical blocking exercises
• Learn how to use rehearsals as acting lessons while not impeding progress toward opening night
• Create rehearsal plans and monitoring schedules to ensure your performers peak at opening night
• Work with professional directors
• Discuss and analyze the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) production of Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Direct SOU young student actors and each other in practical directing exercises

Faculty

James Edmondson, OSF associate artist
G Valmont Thomas, director and OSF actor

Here's what our students say:

• "Everything was absolutely fantastic, but the thing I appreciated most was the focus on the high school situations we work in and how to apply what we're learning."
• "Above and beyond what I had hoped for . . . really what I needed."
• "Amazing. I feel like I have been working with greatness!
• "I loved this week. It touched my soul and changed my life. I'm very excited for my own classes and season to begin."
• "It means so much to be here in this nurturing environment with this loving faculty and staff."

2005 Particpant Emily Ottaway from Kansas with SOU student actors

Application Information

Space is limited to sixteen students. Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree or permission of the instructor. ACTS Master of Theatre Studies students get first priority. This course may serve as one of the required additional 3-credit courses toward the Master of Theatre Studies degree.

Application deadline is March 1, 2008 (postmarked). Complete the A La Carte Application Form and include application deposit and resume. Note: ACTS Master of Theatre Studies applicants do not need to send additional deposit and resume; simply check the box on the Master of Theatre Studies Application Form indicating you also want to attend this course.

We will send notification letters postmarked no later than March 19. At that time we will send you your pre-session assignment. You will be billed separately by SOU for your tuition and housing.

Fees

Tuition $810

Materials/tickets $56

An application deposit of $50 ($80 if application postmarked after March 1) must accompany your application if you are not also applying for the Master of Theatre Studies.

Room and Board

Single room $324
Double room $199
Meal plan $154

Cancellation and refund policy

Once you are accepted, all but $50 of your payment ($80 if application received after March 1) will be refunded if written notice of cancellation is received by May 30. From May 31 to June 30 we will refund 50 percent of fees. No refunds will be made after June 30.

The Ashland Center for Theatre Studies is a program of the SOU Department of Theatre Arts. The SOU Department of Theatre Arts offers an outstanding undergraduate theatre program with BFA, BA, and BS degrees in theatre. SOU is the designated Center of Excellence in the Fine and Performing Arts in the Oregon University System.