Classes in August - details coming soon

Workshop and intensive offer a unique opportunity for hands-on theatre education. Together students will embark on an arduous journey to create a live musical theatre event. Along the way their multi-tasking will build confidence, teach life skills, foster collaborative relationships, and educate the imagination.

MTVarts’ performance-based youth arts education, artsIQ, provides opportunities for artists ages 8 to 18 to take the stage and engage nearly 2000 elementary students in a live theater experience as part of the YES series. Public performances are also offered. Our educational series not only has a positive, long-lasting impact on the students involved but on the community as a whole.

2022 Performance-based workshop

Registration for Shrek JR is closed.

IMPORTANT CHANGE >>> ONE SHOW >>>> ONE CAST >>>> ONE WEEKEND

SECOND WEEKEND CANCELLED

• COST - $150

  • includes script, show shirt, link to music and choregraphy videos on ProductionPro, workshop, and performance.  Required shoes and undergarments are your responsibility.  You will be given specifics on what is needed. Credit cards, checks, and cash will be accepted the day of registration, July 11.

• LOCATION - DAY ONE (July 11) - Knox Memorial Theater   112 East High Street

• DAY TWO - FIVE (July 12 - 15) - First Naz Family Life Center  807 Coshocton Avenue

• DATES - July 11 - 15

• TIMES - Monday - Friday  9am to 2pm

• CHECK-IN - Monday 9am in Veterans Hall at Knox Memorial Theater

MONDAY - The first day of our workshop will take place at Knox Memorial Theater. Registration will take place in Veterans Hall.  Enter at the green room entrance on the west side of the building. Check in at the table labeled with your last name initial.

Each participant will be assigned one of four groups and given a lanyard name tag which will be used for attendance and should be worn throughout the workshop and rehearsals. Get your lanyard, make sure your name is on your lunch and water bottles, place your lunch on the tables in Veterans Hall. 

Once check in is complete you should go and sit in the house of the theater.

PARENTS - IMPORTANT MEETING - MONDAY 9am - Bruce wants to share our plan for doing ONE SHOW - TWO WEEKENDS

• 9:30 
• Welcome and Announcements
• Overview of the day and the week to come
• Meet the team
• 10:00
• Read through the script and sing each song
• 11:40
• Lunch on the steps of the Memorial
• 12:15
• Meet back in the house of the theater
• Words of Wisdom from Workshop Director Christan Sears and Introduction of Group Leaders
• Each rotation will have a shortened 20 minute session
• Rotation ONE
• Rotation TWO
• Rotation THREE
• Rotation FOUR
• Meet in the house of the Memorial for dismissal

TUESDAY - FRIDAY - The last four days of our workshop will take place at the Family Life Center of First Naz at 719 Coshocton Avenue.

You will enter the lower doors and check in at the registration tables.  Find your group leader and procure your lanyard. Make sure your name is on your lunch and water bottles, place your lunch on the assigned tables.

Go in into the gym where we will start our day all together.  Once you leave the gym you will always travel as part of your TEAM.

Each group will rotate in 45 minutes blocks throughout the day for instruction in music, choreography, theatre basics, acting, tech, production, etc.

We will start and end our day all together each day.  This will be in the theater house on Monday and in gym on Tuesday through Friday.

All of our time spent together at the workshop should be considered an audition.  Your directors will be using this form as a guideline:

Auditions will be held for the speaking parts during the Friday group rotations. You will be asked to register for auditions by Tuesday morning.  Cast of characters with descriptions and voice ranges are available in ProductionPro.

A paper audition form will go home with you on Monday or you can register for auditions online.   

IF DIRECTORS NEED TO HEAR YOU AGAIN OR LOOK AT PHYSICALITY, you many be asked to come back on SATURDAY morning.

Those who are not cast in a speaking role will be divided into one of two ensembles.  The RED ensemble will perform the first weekend and the BLUE ensemble will perform the second weekend.  Both ensembles will have the opportunity for a YES school performance. 

Named, speaking roles will perform BOTH weekends and ALL school performances.

No conflicts can be accepted for named, speaking roles for any performance/final dress rehearsal, school or public.  Conflicts for rehearsals the week of September 19 and 26 are strongly discouraged and need special permission. Conflicts for the September First Friday (Sept 2 from 5-8) also need special permission.  Conflicts must be given prior to accepting any role offered.

If you do not wish to perform in the September/October production, please let us now.

Once the show is cast we will be using Virtual Call Board for scheduling and calls.

The script, music, and choreography videos are available on ProductionPro.

WORKSHOP DIRECTOR - Christan Sears

SHOW DIRECTOR - Bruce Jacklin

MUSIC DIRECTOR - Corey Strinka

CHOREOGRAPHER - Megan Bell, Caroline Pletcher

STAGE MANAGER - Serra Barrett

COSTUMER - Leah Miller

SEASON PRODUCTION MANAGER - Megan Bell

PRODUCER - Mary Harris

EDUCATION COORDINATOR - Christopher Hartman

artsIQ BUSINESS - Mike Sears

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS:

CHOREOGRAPHY - Caroline Pletcher

ACTING - Christopher Hartman and Bruce Jacklin

HAIR AND MAKEUP = Ruth Frady and Kerri Mahan

COSTUMING - Leah Miller and Mary Harris

ACTORS PANEL - Steve Jefferson, Abigail Tayse, Chris Johnson,