The Cleveland Play House
8500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
p: 216-795-7000
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SUMMER ACTING CONSERVATORY
July 12 - 23, 2010
• Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
For students ages 15 - 18
• Cost: $700
CPH Acting Conservatory is a two-week intensive program designed to give high school students the opportunity to experience in depth actor training taught by accomplished theatre experts within the context of a professional theatre.
Classes meet 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and include rigorous daily training in acting, voice, and movement. All classes are taught by accomplished theatre professionals and Senior CPH Artistic Staff. In addition, students participate in Master classes in auditioning, acting for the camera, specialized techniques, and scene study. The goal is for students to learn comprehensive acting skills that help them become skilled performers. The conservatory culminates in a showcase of scenes and monologues.
This is a highly selective program. Acceptance into the program is by AUDITION ONLY.
To audition please prepare one 60-second monologue. Your auditions will be timed so please stick to the time limit.
To set up your Audition call:
Cathy Hartenstein,
Education Director
(216) 795-7000 x270
Master class instructors include:
CATHY HARTENSTEIN has taught acting and directing all over the world for the past 12 years and has worked at a total of four universities, four professional theatre institutions, and given workshops at both National and International Theatre conferences. She has held positions at The University of Colorado at Boulder, The New York Film Academy, DeSales University, Southwestern University, The City of Austin’s Dougherty Arts School, The Metropolitan Opera, The State Theatre, St. Louis’ Center of Contemporary Art, Portland Oregon’s Regional Art and Culture Council, and Northlight Theatre. She has directed all over the country. Directing credits include Huck Finn, A Jewel of a Tale and The Emperor's Groovy New Clothes, The Cleveland Play House Theater for Children series; Chekhov in Yalta, Cleveland University Summer Stages 2009; Fool for Love, Chasm View Productions; The Persephone Project, Arezzo Festival, Italy; Hang Town Fry, Austin Theatre Company; The Babu Show, New York City Fringe Festival; The Comedy of Errors, Saint Louis Shakespeare Company; Dark Rapture, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre; and Occupational Hazard, Cygnet Productions. She has assistant directed at the Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Other professional experiences include serving as the Casting Director for 42 Productions and Casting Associate for Deborah Brown Casting where she worked on THE GREEN BIRD, Broadway, BAND OF BROTHERS for HBO; and various Off-Broadway productions and National Commercials.
MICHAEL BLOOM is the eighth artistic director of The Cleveland Play House, America’s oldest regional theater. Recently for The Play House he directed Lost in Yonkers, Heaven’s My Destination, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Lincolnesque, Rabbit Hole, and Well. He has directed at many of the country’s major theaters, including American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Old Globe Theatre, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, The Cleveland Play House, Long Wharf Theatre, and the Sundance Playwrights’ Institute. His productions have also been seen throughout Japan and in Tokyo at the Aoyama Theatre and Theatre Cocoon. His off Broadway production of Sight Unseen garnered three Obie Awards, and he received a Drama Desk nomination for direction. Other productions include the American premiere of A Young Lady from Rwanda; Gross Indecency, Elliott Norton Award for Best Directing, 1998; the world premiere of Dinner with Friends at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Los Angeles premieres of The Cryptogram and The Old Neighborhood at the Geffen Playhouse; Major Barbara and The Philadelphia Story at Kansas City Rep; and the world premiere of Tennessee Williams’ Spring Storm. Mr. Bloom has been associate artistic director at the Hartman Theatre Company and associate director at American Repertory Theatre, and co-founder of Actors Repertory of Texas. He has taught at New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas, and Scripps College. His articles have appeared in American Theatre Magazine and The New York Times; and his book Thinking Like a Director was published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in 2001.
SETH GORDON is associate artistic director of The Cleveland Play House, where he produces FusionFest, runs the Playwrights’ Unit, and assists with season planning. Mr. Gordon directed Play House productions of Dinner with Friends, Proof, Forest City (world premiere), Vincent in Brixton, Tuesdays with Morrie, A Christmas Story, The Wind in the Willows (Play House Theater for Children series), RFK, Of Mice and Men, Ferdinand the Bull (Theater for Children series), The Chosen, Doubt, and The Lady with All the Answers. He served as associate producer of Primary Stages in New York City, where he produced and/or directed countless productions, workshops, and readings of new plays by America’s leading playwrights. Here in Cleveland Mr. Gordon has directed for Dobama Theatre, The Beck Center for the Arts, and Cleveland Shakespeare Festival. He directed the Arabic premiere of Our Town at el-Hanager Theatre in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Gordon has directed at many New York theaters, including Ensemble Studio Theatre and Theatre for the New City; and directed and lectured at various universities, including Case Western Reserve University. He received the Northern Ohio Live Award for Excellence in Theatre in 2004 and 2006. He considers himself a lucky man.
MARK ALAN GORDON performed in Cleveland Play House productions of Pride and Prejudice and Room Service. Select regional credits are La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Kitchen Theatre, Round House Theatre, and Arlington’s Signature Theatre. He was associate artistic director for Champlain Shakespeare Festival from 1986-1988. Before arriving in Cleveland he worked on original plays, including Ambrosio, True Crimes, Wintertime, and Big Love. Other roles include Merchant of Venice, with Hal Holbrook; Angels in America (Parts I & II); The Dybbuk; and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Television credits include “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and MTV’s “Made: Actress.” A founding member of Signature Theatre Company in New York, he assisted Michael Kahn in direction of the Obie Award-winning Sleep Deprivation Chamber. Mr. Gordon is associate director of The CWRU/Play House MFA Actor Training Program for whom he recently directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Big Love, and Angels in America.
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KEYBANK PLAY HOUSE COLLEGE
>>Download the application form
Now accepting students for Play House College!
This is a totally FREE program Sponsored by KeyBank
If you are interested in attending our recruiting meeting for the 2010-11 season, please email eriffle@clevelandplayhouse.com.
Are you a sophomore, junior or senior in High School who has ever wanted to...
- Work with top flight theatre professionals?
- Observe and participate in the workings of a professional theatre?
- Learn about the essentials of producing theatre for yourself and others?
Then KeyBank Play House College is for you!
Who is it for?
It is a program aimed at students who are interested in theatre in almost every shape or form, whether you’re interested in singing, dancing, acting, being behind the scenes or just enjoy attending live theatre.
About the program:
- It runs for the entire school year that begins in August and ends in April
- It meets once a month on a Saturday for a hands-on master class workshop. Workshops cover many areas of theatre and may include: Marketing, Directing, Acting, Playwriting, Scenic Design, Costume Design, and many more. Workshops are taught by the Cleveland Play House staff.
- Immediately following the workshop, students attend a Cleveland Play House performance. Students see all the shows offered in the season (lunch is provided).
- Students have the opportunity to job shadow and may observe a rehearsal or backstage during a live production.
Students also help plan and run public events at the Play House.
Students will gain:
- An increased knowledge and love of theatre and be introduced to the professional world of theatre.
- A chance to observe and participate in the workings of the first regional theatre and a leading professional theatre in the country.
- A chance to learn the essentials of producing theatre for themselves and for others
- An understanding of and passion for the arts and arts education.
- Future opportunities to work and intern at the Cleveland Play House.
- A chance to meet other high school students interested in theatre from all over the greater Cleveland Area
To Apply Contact:
Erin Riffle, Education Associate
The Cleveland Play House
8500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216) 795-7000 x149
>>Download the application form
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FULL CONTACT: CENTER STAGE SCHOOLS
During Full Contact: Center Stage Schools, The Cleveland Play House will partner with select high schools for an entire season. This provides schools with an extraordinary in-depth relationship with a professional theatre. All students involved in Full Contact: Center Stage Schools will get to see our productions, participate in our programs, receive playwriting residencies, and see their work showcased at CPH in the culminating event of the program: the Center Stage Schools New Play Festival.
Center Stage Schools will receive:
- Admission to up to four Student Matinee productions, a tour of the CPH, and a pre- and post-show workshop for each production they attend.
- Two one-week playwriting residencies (one in the fall, one in the spring)
- Inclusion in the New Play Festival
- Student participation in the KeyBank Play House College program
- Two teacher development sessions (one at the school, one at CPH)
- Exclusive access and priority in using the CPH facilities
For more information, please contact Education Director Cathy Hartenstein at (216) 795-7000 ext. 270.
NOTE: Center Stage Schools have already been selected for the 2009-2010 school year. Please contact us if you are interested in being a future Center Stage School.
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