TEEN PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE PROGRAM (TPIP)

Music Theater Rep: Students will begin to learn the skills required for musical theater style singing, including; reading music, part singing, and how to warm-up their voice properly. They will also begin to build a repertoire of songs that they feel comfortable singing for auditions and have the opportunity to practice singing by themselves in the front of class.
Creative Writing: Students will be taught basic writing techniques for theater, film, and television. Students will create outlines and write their own scripts with advanced writing software used by industry professionals.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students in ballet will build the foundation of solid ballet technique that is vital to becoming a well rounded dancer and musical theater performer.

The students of the Teen Performance Intensive Program run their own children's theater company called Tales & Treats. They produce 30 minute shows for community children in our own Gargaro Theater. The students act as the directors, producers, writers, actors, marketers, and designers, as well as perform on stage in these shows! In this class, students will engage in a brush-up rehearsal to review what they worked on the previous Saturday morning. This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Music Theory: Students will receive an introduction to understanding and interpreting sheet music. Students will learn the fundamentals of musical notation, learn to identify notes and rhythms and practice applying these skills to improve overall musical comprehension.
Monologue Techniques: This class is a concentration of acting without a scene partner. Students in Monologue Techniques will learn how to perform believable, focused monologues in an audition setting, or on stage.

Students in ballet will build the foundation of solid ballet technique that is vital to becoming a well rounded dancer and musical theater performer.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Cold Readings/Self-Tape Techniques: Students in this class will learn the fundamentals of interpreting and applying scenes, monologues, and songs that they are seeing for the first time. They will also learn to understand the basic skills necessary to prepare for, film, and edit their own audition self-tapes. These techniques are extremely important in today's entertainment industry.
College Prep: This class is targeted for students ages 16-18 who are planning to continue their musical theater education into college. Students will learn necessary skills to prepare them for college level courses. While there is no prerequisite for this class, all enrolling students must be 16 - 18 years of age to register.

The students of the Teen Performance Intensive Program run their own children's theater company called Tales & Treats. They produce 30 minute shows for community children in our own Gargaro Theater. The students act as the directors, producers, writers, actors, marketers, and designers, as well as perform on stage in these shows! This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

Students in tap will learn the proper execution of basic steps, sounds and technique. They will then be challenged to put them together in combinations as they advance in their study.

The students of the Teen Performance Intensive Program run their own children's theater company called Tales & Treats. They produce 30 minute shows for community children in our own Gargaro Theater. The students act as the directors, producers, writers, actors, marketers, and designers, as well as perform on stage in these shows! In this class, students will engage in a brush-up rehearsal to review what they worked on the previous Saturday morning. This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

The students of the Teen Performance Intensive Program run their own children's theater company called Tales & Treats. They produce 30 minute shows for community children in our own Gargaro Theater. The students act as the directors, producers, writers, actors, marketers, and designers, as well as perform on stage in these shows! This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.

The students of the Teen Performance Intensive Program run their own children's theater company called Tales & Treats. They produce 30 minute shows for community children in our own Gargaro Theater. The students act as the directors, producers, writers, actors, marketers, and designers, as well as perform on stage in these shows! In this class, students will engage in a brush-up rehearsal to review what they worked on the previous Saturday morning. This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

The students of the Teen Performance Intensive Program run their own children's theater company called Tales & Treats. They produce 30 minute shows for community children in our own Gargaro Theater. The students act as the directors, producers, writers, actors, marketers, and designers, as well as perform on stage in these shows! This is part of the Tales & Treats Children's Theater Program rehearsal process.

Students in jazz study proper dance technique, fundamental steps, strength and flexibility. Dance classes are leveled by age and skill level - placement will be according to our principal of sufficiently challenging, while never overwhelming your student.

Students in acting will use improvisation, theater games and exercises to stretch their imaginations, learn character building and other basic acting skills. Older students will be able to apply these skills to simple text, monologues, and scenes.

Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing and executing a poised and successful audition. They will engage in mock auditions for the purpose of simulating real scenarios in the audition room. Students will also work on building a strong and balanced book of 16 and 32 bar song selections.