This performance intensive offers your student the opportunity to learn and prepare an acting or musical theater selection to submit to the South Carolina Theater for Youth Festival. If the students are selected they have the opportunity to perform in a showcase in Saluda, SC on April 22, 2023.

In this class, students will each learn one group number and one solo or duet number. Class times will be spent learning intermediate and advanced acting and singing techniques, as well as experiencing theater in a smaller, more intensive group setting.

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Requirements:

• Your student must have been cast and participated in at least two children's theater productions not associated with their school either in Beaufort or elsewhere.

• Only one absence is permitted. Classes on March 15th and March 22nd are mandatory.

• Students must be able to work independently in the classroom and at home.

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Grades 3-5 ($130 per student)

Wednesdays 5:30-6:15 PM
Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 22, March 1, March 8, March 15, March 22
 

Grades 6-8 ($150 per student)

Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 PM
Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 22, March 1, March 8, March 15, March 22

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Limit: 12 students per class

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Instructor Madeline Helser holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music for Vocal and Oboe performance. She has performed in 24 shows, musically directed 7 shows, and has taught private voice and oboe lessons. Additionally, she worked with the Richmond, Indiana youth theatre, Stage One, before moving to South Carolina. She previously worked as a youth librarian for 10 years and was the owner of Miss Madeline's Musikgarten, an early childhood music business centered on musical ear training, child development, and movement.