Creative Theatre

[Barb Frison]

AthensCreative Theatre (ACT) presents several productions each year, including comedies, dramas, and musicals. Performances are presented at the Morton Theatre and Quinn Hall at Memorial Park. Formed in 1966, ACT continues to provide outstanding community theater. In addition to theatrical performances ACT offers a range of theater classes for youth and adults. During the summer ACT has two theater performance camps out of their locations at Quinn Hall (Memorial Park) and the Morton Theatre in downtown Athens

Daniel is a performing arts professional, music arranger, and freelancer based in Athens, GA. In his professional life he spends much of his time working on theatrical productions and educational programming for Athens Clarke-County Leisure Services where he is the Program Leader for Athens Creative Theatre. Daniel is an active music director for theatre and has musical directed a number of works in his time with ACT. His recent collaborations include projects with both the Classic City Band and HEART Music. His performance work centers primarily around pit orchestra and chamber music bringing his skills as an accomplished keyboard player and woodwind doubler into play. Daniel is also a published arranger of music for woodwind ensemble with a special interest in bringing popular music into the chamber ensemble repertoire.

Jeremy Miller has been acting in Athens since 2009. Before that, he worked all around Habersham County, Atlanta, Georgia and at the Highlands Playhouse in North Carolina. He works and designs with the Morton Theatre and Athens Creative Theatre, but has been seen on stage with a few Town and Gown, ACT and many of Rose of Athens Theatre productions. He is also the former Shop Supervisor for the UGA theatre department. Jeremy has self-published two children's books and is working on a third. He hopes to release an audio book of his first book, Firefly Night.

Paige Baugher

Stage Management

Paige graduated from the University of Lynchburg (VA) with a Bachelors of Arts in Theatre with an emphasis on Technical Theatre. She has a passion for stage management and lighting design/programming but is never afraid to jump in where ever needed. Paige has worked professionally in New York, and Virginia but has truly been enjoying her time working and living here in Athens for the past 2 years. She has had some amazing opportunities here with IASTE, The Morton Theatre, and many other dance, theatre, and musical venues around town. When Paige isn't in the theatre she is at home cuddling her kittens, Loki, Cirilla, and Zoe.

All children play. Play is a basic, vital human disposition. Play allows humans to realize their highest aspirations and ideals. Through play, children learn the skills necessary to effectively participate in their world. Using techniques from storytelling, music, dance, and theatre, we harness the child's natural ability to play, moving in a progressive manner from Free Play to Guided Play (Creative Dramatics) to Formal Play.

In Creative Drama, we develop our skills used in formal theatre. This includes activities in collaboration, focus, empathy, and creativity. We also explore the roles of actors, designers, and creative problem solvers. We value the individual and the community of learners, resulting in an open class on the last day demonstrating the activities used during the course. Creative Drama is based in elements of formal theatre. Our classes are centered around the students experiences and learning, rather than the goal of a final theatrical production. We use theatre as a tool to explore the world around us. Our classes are often based around a central character building theme or topic, and we will spend each Saturday exploring that topic using theatre, dance, music, and art.

A $15 service fee for each class registration will be assessed for students withdrawing before classes begin. No refunds will be given after classes begin. A refund will be given if there is insufficient enrollment. No refunds will be offered in the event of a cancellation. llinois State University liability is limited to the registration fees of the program.

Please be sure your child wears comfortable and appropriate clothes to move in safely (jeans, sweats, tennis shoes, etc). Additional details, including pickup and drop off instructions, to follow after registration.

Here at Illinois State University School of Theatre, Dance, and Film, we provide experiences for our students to teach, engage, and perform for young children. However, even with our creative staff and conservative spending, each experience costs several hundred dollars. With your contribution, our school can continue to bring high quality work to young people and families in our community. Please consider a tax-deductable donation.

Creative Arts + Theatre is a home for showcasing student talent through theatre, dance, visual arts, open mics and Madrigal Dinner, an annual Renaissance-themed dinner theatre tradition. All aspects of our events are student-produced and include script/music writing, acting, design, choreography, directing and tech.

Creative Arts + Theatre has opportunities for all students regardless of their background, experience, major, or artistic abilities. Members contribute to committee events and activities across of a host of disciplines. These include performing, writing, directing, producing, event planning, and tech. Members are afforded ample opportunities to contribute creatively, learn new skills, and take on new roles. There are mentorship and training programs in all areas throughout the year. All of our productions are original, student-created works. Past events have included improv, plays, musicals, sketch comedy, musical revues, and even a murder mystery.

The mission of the University Unions is to enhance the student experience and to enrich campus life by providing cultural, educational, social, and recreational programs as well as related goods and services to the campus community.

Acting, directing and playwriting are probably the three most immediate and visible creative jobs within the performing arts industry, but there are many other creative roles that allow shows to run and get made.

Theatre Marketers help make sure that tickets for the show get sold, coming up with a marketing strategy to ensure that audiences come to see the production. This could be through social media, digital ads, physical marketing (such as posters at train stations), and much more. They may work with the Producer and a Designer to create the poster. They may also come up with ideas such as trailers to help advertise the show.

The role of a Theatre Producer is very varied and involves a mix of creative and less-creative responsibilities. A Producer oversees all areas of a theatre production and often decides which projects will be made. They deal with finances and contracts, but also have input on casting and design.

Set Designers create designs of how the set and props will look, making model boxes to show the creatives and cast. They may work closely with the Costume Designer, who designs what each of the Actors will wear, making sure the costumes are suitable for the time period and characters.

A lot of the creative careers within the theatre industry are very collaborative. For example, a Director would regularly interact with other members of the creative team. Within the early stages of a production, the Playwright and Producer would have conversions about the script if it was a new piece of writing.

Conversations between costume, set, props and hair and make-up would take place so there is a sense of cohesion with the visual aspects of the production. In smaller productions, you might find that someone takes on two roles, like Costume and Set Designer or Director and Choreographer.

Often, creative careers in the theatre industry intersect with other industries, such as TV, film, events, and fashion. So although you may start out in theatre, you could find yourself crossing over into other industries to do similar roles and vice versa.

NRACT is a non-profit, community-based performing arts center, created to enrich the cultural life of the North Raleigh community. A creative outlet is provided for all ages and NRACT openly invites community involvement. Along with providing instruction in the performing arts, NRACT seeks to promote the traditions and values of the theatre and to produce quality entertainment in a community-oriented atmosphere.

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What an amazing play. I would watch it every night. I probably saw the production about 200 times. And in spite of that, I could not figure out the structure of the play. It remained a mystery. You probably felt that watching it.

For instance, the other day, to my horror, I had to leave my place and go down to a gallery which is going to be showing my paintings, because the Times wanted to photograph me. The whole thing of leaving the safety of my place, all of that was quite frightening. And walking through the streets was unspeakably sad, you know, seeing the fleet of taxis driving around aimlessly and empty and knowing that those poor guys would be out of their jobs. So in any case, I am hoping I can get rid of this trauma with the little time I have left.

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