Arts Academy-Audition Workshop with Beverly Blanchette for Dreyfoos School of the Arts
Thursday, December 15th from 5 – 8 PM (On-Line Sales will end at 2:30 pm On Dec. 15
Audition Workshop with Beverly Blanchette
Teacher Bio: Beverly Blanchette retired as the Dean of Theatre at the AW Dreyfoos School of Arts after a 35-year career as an arts educator. She has directed over 100 plays/musicals, many of which were awarded/showcased at the Florida State Thespian Festival, the Florida Theatre Conference, the International Thespian Festival, and the Edinburgh/Scotland Fringe Festival. Her students received many Critics’ Choice Awards in all areas of performance and design at both district and state Thespian Festivals. She chartered four Thespian Troupes in the state! She is most proud of the achievements of her former students who are working in all realms of the theatre, film, and television industries.
For students planning to audition for the Dreyfoos School of the Arts (Grades 7-8)
Workshop location: Stonzek Studio Theatre
Fee: $125
Overview:
Join us for an Audition Workshop with Beverly Blanchette, retired Dean of Theatre for Dreyfoos School of the Arts, for students planning to audition for Dreyfoos School of the Arts or any performing arts program. The workshop intensive will act as a “mock audition” for the students. Students must come dressed comfortably and ready to move. Closed toed shoes and no jewelry.
Students may come with a prepared monolgue and / or song to be coached by Ms. Blanchette.
Each student will be assessed on his/her potential as a theatre student. We apply the audition criteria to the whole child rather than to simply past training/experience or presentational skills. The student’s goal is to listen, follow directions, and freely express his/her creativity as a theatre student.
Students will be evaluated on the criteria as listed below:
Voice and Movement (Acting Exercise and Cold Reading or Song)-Demonstrates an ability to express a character vocally and physically in a way that matches what the actor can learn from the script or song.
Ensemble-Demonstrates teamwork through an ability and willingness to collaborate, listen, and react to create a believable scene together.
Responsiveness to Coaching-Demonstrates an ability to take direction and use it to change, correct, or enhance the creation of a believable character/scene onstage. Creativity/Theatrical Awareness-Demonstrates an ability to have ideas, explore possibilities, make discoveries, and make effective choices to create character, place, and situation.
