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Song
and Dance
July 6–19
Course # YYSD Ø1-Ø2
Two-week session
Please see the description in the music
section.
Open to students finishing grades 8-12
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Theatre
Production
Theatre Festival
Gallery
Open to students finishing grade 8–12
July 6–August 16
Two three-week sessions
Session I July 6–26
Course # YYTH Ø1-Ø3
Session II July 27–Aug. 16
Course # YYTH Ø4-Ø6
Student Performances
Session I: Fri./Sat., July 25 & 26, 8 p.m.
Session II: Fri./Sat., Aug. 15 & 16, 8 p.m.
Programs of Study and Performance
The Theatre Arts Department offers programs of study geared
for the serious high school student of theatre. It affords
the student the opportunity to experience disciplined
training in performance and technical theatre as exemplified
in conservatory theatre training programs normally found
at the college level. The summer curriculum offers an
introduction to the crafts of theatre including actor
training in Voice and Diction/Acting and Stage Movement
and technical theatre training in set/costume/prop construction.
Students will be placed in classes and performances as
actors or technicians based on an audition at the beginning
of each three-week session. Every effort to accommodate
student interests will be considered for class placement,
however, casting is based on ability and enrollment in
the Summer Theatre Festival does not guarantee casting
in a production. All students enrolled in the summer program
will participate in production in either an acting or
technical theatre capacity. Summer theatre faculty perform
alongside students in productions.
Special workshops will be offered as staffing permits.
Typical offerings from past summers include Hand to Hand
Stage Combat, Clowning Techniques, Mask Making, Dance
Improvisation and Musical Theatre.
Typical Daily Schedule
Mon/Thurs.(Mornings & Afternoons)
Classes, workshops, rehearsals and technical theatre production
Friday (All Day)
Rehearsals and technical theatre production
Saturday
Workshops and rehearsals
Evenings
Rehearsals and technical theatre production as called.
Performances
Each three-week Summer Theatre Festival session will culminate
with a production—either a one-act or short full
length play—presented on the Friday and Saturday
nights of the last week of the session. Lecture/Demonstrations
of some workshops will be presented in the last week of
each session.
Performance schedules and titles will be announced after
students arrive. Workshop subjects will be announced at
that time as well.
Casting
All casting will be done in Idyllwild on the first Monday
of each session. Students interested in acting must be
prepared to present the following:
1) Two two-minute contrasting contemporary monologues
(monologues written after 1900). Students may be asked
to audition with one or both of the prepared monologues.
2) 16 bars of a simple song a capella (no accompaniment).
3) A resume and head shot (photograph-black and white).
4) A Teacher Recommendation Form
For students who are unable to obtain
two contemporary monologues, prepared materials are available
from the Summer Registrar. Please request the audition
material at the time of registration.
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Tuition,
room and board: $2875 per session
Script fee: $25 per
session
Enrollment limited to 30 students per session.
Students are requested to stay in campus housing until
the Sunday morning following the end of their session
in order to assist in striking the set.
J.
Barrett Cooper, Director Session I
Leon Martell,
Director Session II
Alec Volz,
Improvisation Instructor
Additional Faculty TBA
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Acting
for the Camera
August 3–16
Course # YYAC Ø5-Ø6
Two-week session
Culmination: Student Film Screening -
Saturday, August 16, 10 a.m.
A jam packed, two-week course for growing actors curious
about the specific demands and intimate nature of acting
for film and television.
The course will start off exploring the difference between
theater and film acting, and guide the students toward
the naturalistic style necessary for the camera. Participants
will learn relaxation techniques, emotional access methods,
and more technical aspects such as how to adjust their
performance for different types of camera shots (e.g.,
wide, medium, close-up).
We will regularly incorporate actor games, improvs, and
other performance exercises, and students will learn cold-reading,
audition techniques, and the difference between comedic
and dramatic acting. Throughout the session participants
will work on monologues and scenes on-camera. Students
will learn basic use of the camera, and will have an opportunity
to tape each other. On-camera performances will be played
back to the class regularly, so that students will learn
to evaluate themselves and one another. Excerpts from
these tapings will be presented in the final screening
for family and friends.
Students are asked to bring an adventurous spirit!
Tuition, room and board: $2350
Lab fee: $50
Enrollment is limited to 14 students.
Amy Brienes
Joshua Tarjan
Karina Becker
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Filmmaking
for High School Filmmakers
Open to students ages 14–18
July 6-26
Course # YYFM Ø1-Ø3
Three-week session
Culmination: Student Film Screening -
Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m.
Designed for high school-aged artists passionate about
making films. Using our state-of-the-art sound stage,
lighting and grip equipment, digital cameras and editing
suites, filmmakers will cast their films from a wide variety
of actors in the Idyllwild Arts Casting Directory to make
short digital films. During an intensive three-week period,
the young filmmakers will learn techniques of visual storytelling
leading to an understanding of the creative collaboration
in filmmaking between the writer, director, cinematographer,
editor and actor in creating authentic, memorable films.
In the first week, participants will concentrate on story,
producing, screen writing, development, camera, sound,
directing and crewing skills. In the second week, they
will complete pre-production planning, cast actors, and
work in several positions on crews to shoot their short
films. In the third week, students will edit picture and
sound, score, and add visual effects. All films will be
screened on the last day of classes at Idyllwild’s
first-run movie theater, pending its availability. Each
student will receive a DVD of the films made in class.
Tuition, room and board: $3550
Lab fee: $125
Enrollment limited to 18 students.
Ira
Abrams
Alex Gaynor, BFA
in Film, Chapman University
Pam Pierce, MA in
Screenwriting from Stanford University.
Additional Faculty TBA
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Screenwriting
Workshop
August 3–16
Course # YYWS Ø5-Ø6
Two-week session
Culmination: Student Reading - Saturday,
August 16, 10 a.m.
Every memorable movie or play starts with the same ingredients;
great characters, specific well written dialogue and a
strong conflict. In this two week workshop we will touch
on it all–using writing techniques, exercises, and
in-class feedback. Students will read short plays and
movie scripts and WRITE!! The goal is to complete a ten
minute play or a short film script, and have it performed
by actors for the culmination.
The first week we will read and discuss your favorite
styles and how they are done. We will search out what
kind of story you would like to tell. Find out how one
knows if a story idea is a movie or a play. We will learn
about structure, character development, and flushing out
story ideas. We will talk about the difference in format
and structure between films and plays. But always knowing
what is at the bottom of all good pieces of writing–a
good story.
In the second week we WRITE–and read works in progress
daily and discuss. There will be time to for individual
meetings with the instructor as well.
Students should bring their imaginations and their favorite
plays and movies to share, also writing utensils would
help.
Tuition, room and board: $2350
Enrollment limited to 11 students.
Laurel Ollstein
