Ashland Center for Theatre Studies
- Current A La Carte Courses:
- Survey of Dramatic Literature (online winter 2009)
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Shakespeare: Text to Performance
- Stage Combat
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Shadow Puppetry: Writing, Design, Performance
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Intelligent Use of Automated Lighting
- Past A La Carte Courses:
- Choreography for Musical Theatre
- Costume Crafts From Head to Toe
- The Director and the Rehearsal Process
- Dramaturgy
- Mask Construction & Implementation
- VectorWorks for the Theatre
- Voice & Movement for the Actor
- Theatrical Combat Certification
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A La Carte Course
Shadow Puppetry: Writing, Design, Performance
July 26-31, 2009
Ashland, Oregon
A weeklong 3-credit graduate-level course designed for high school and community college theatre educators, covering shadow puppetry techniques, show creation, character invention, improvisation, collaboration, and more.
In the course of the workshop, you will:
- Adapt a myth, fairy tale, and/or news item into a storyboard and then script for a shadow puppet performance
- Design and build shadow puppets for the show
- Learn how to perform with a shadow puppet
- Improvise and invent text and movement in a free-wheeling, joyful process of creation
- Perform our original shadow puppet spectacles
- Depart with the skills needed to create shadow puppet performances in your school or community
In addition to our work on our original shadow puppet show, you will:
- Attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival productions of Don Quixote and Equivocation and discuss the use of puppets and the meeting of politics and art in these shows
- Apply both traditional and contemporary expressions of shadows and other types of puppetry to our work
- Find out how to satirize current events with humor and trickery
Faculty
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Lynn Jeffries, puppeteer and puppet, scenic and costume designer
Photo by Rachel Jendrzejewski |
Daily Schedule
| 7:00-8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am-Noon | Morning session |
| Noon-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-5:00 pm | Afternoon sessions |
| 5:00-6:30 pm | Dinner |
Evening Schedule 2009
| Sunday 7/26 | 7:00pm Welcome reception, orientation 8:30pm OSF play - Don Quixote |
| Monday 7/27 | Evening session 7:00-9:00pm |
| Tuesday 7/28 | Evening session 7:00-9:00pm |
| Wednesday 7/29 | 8:30pm OSF play - Equivocation |
| Thursday 7/30 | Rehearsal |
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From a production of The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, at TheatreWorks; puppets designed by Lynn Jeffries Photo by Lynn Jeffries |
Application Information
Application deadline is postmarked March 2, 2009. Space is limited to twenty 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.
Complete the A La Carte Application Form (available in November) 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, 2009. 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 $870
Materials/tickets $139
An application deposit of $50 ($80 if application postmarked after March 2, 2009) must accompany your application if you are not also applying for the Master of Theatre Studies.
Room and Board
Single room $324
Double room $219
Meal plan $162
Cancellation and refund policy
Once you are accepted, all but $50 of your payment ($80 if application received after March 2, 2009) will be refunded if written notice of cancellation is received by May 29, 2009. From May 30 to June 30, 2009 we will refund 50 percent of fees. No refunds will be made after June 30, 2009.
