Category: KidsAct! Spring 2018

Introducing Spring KidsAct!

Announcing KidsAct! Spring Break 2018
 
April 16-20, 2018 Monday – Friday 9am – 3pm
Location: Blatt Performing Arts Center
Early Bird Discount of $225 when you sign up before March 1st!
 
After the runaway success of last year’s spring break camp, we’re returning with our week long performing arts intensive for both KidsAct! Junior (ages 7-10) and KidsAct! Senior (ages 11-14).
Both the Junior and Senior programs this year will be showcasing the work of the students by introducing them to the stock characters and lazzi’s of  Commedia dell’arte!
 
Commedia dell’arte is an early form of theatre originating from Italy in the 16th-18th century. This is a style of comedy that is largely notarized by it’s over-the-top characters, slapstick routines, improvisation and use of masks. Using this style will provide the students with the fundamentals of a well-respected form of theatre that is echoed throughout the world to this day. 
 
Fresh off of his critically-acclaimed and award-winning Off-Broadway run, the students will be taught Commedia by NYC-based artist Sam LaFrage. 
 
Sam LaFrage is the founder and Artistic Director of the Ragtag Theatre Company. Winner of the Best Performing Arts Company (KidsPass Parent’s Choice Award), Ragtag Theatre Company is a group of diverse artists dedicated to creating fresh and inclusive family theatre. Inspired by Commedia dell’Arte, their drag infused “fractured fairytales” have been empowering and inspiring audiences of all ages. Their most recent production of Ragtag Theatre’s Cinderella sold-out their limited engagement run at the McGinn/Cazle this summer and won the Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Show. Past productions have named “Best Holiday Show for NYC Kids” (Mommy Poppins) and “A Must-See” (Out Magazine). “Ragtag Theatre’s one-of-a-kind Italian street theater-inspired rendition offers both laugh-out-loud songs and thoughtful messages to rocket-launch this show beyond your average children’s theater production.” -Time Out New York
We hope to see you this spring for KidsAct! We’re certain this is a week of theatre you won’t want to miss.
For more information and enrollment, please visit our website at barringtonstageco.org/education-bsc/kidsact or contact Jane O’Leary, Associate Director of Education, at 413-997-6117 or education@barringtonstageco.org.