Leavengood Summer Acting Program
offered through Off-Central Players Education Department
A week long summer camp for youth!
Monday - Friday, July 24th - 28th
9:00AM - 3:00 PM
Instructor: Bill Leavengood
Cost: $400
Ages: 11 - 18
Class size: 8 - 14 maximum
The Leavengood Summer Acting Program will offer multi-faceted, professional training for young performers.
Classes will focus on:
Monologues for Auditions and Competition - Each student will select, rehearse and present two contrasting monologues, with the guidance and direction of the instructor.
Scene Study - Each student will be paired with one or more other students and will select, rehearse and present a duet or ensemble acting scene for the stage, with the guidance and direction of the instructor.
Improvisation - learn the rules and techniques used by professional improvisors and play a number of improv games which will hone your skills at teamwork and verbal agility to create “something wonderful right away.”
An Introduction to Shakespeare - working in teams, learn the basics of understanding and performing the poetry of the Bard.
Movement - students will improve their strength and form through kinesthetic exercises
Devised Theatre - Students will collaborate to create an original theatrical piece based on improvisational exercises
On Friday evenings, July 28, 7:00 PM, we will present a showcase of the students talent, presenting highlighted scenes, monologues, improvisations, devised theatre and acting exercises.
About Your Father & Daughter Instructors
Bill Leavengood
Bill Leavengood is a veteran playwright, director, and teacher who has been working in the professional theatre for more than 30 years. He is a two-time Eugene O'Neill playwright, an alumnus of Circle Repertory, and the author of more than 50 plays, screenplays and books.
Mr. Leavengood’s successes as an acting instructor are evidenced by his students who have routinely won Top Honors, Critic’s Choice and Superiors at District and State Thespian competitions. His students have been accepted into the most prestigious Theatre programs in the country including Julliard, Carnegie-Mellon, NYU-Tisch, UC-San Diego and Northwestern, and have worked on Broadway, in film and on network television. www.billleavengood.com
Charlie Leavengood
Charlie Leavengood is a multifaceted performance artist with experience in several fields of the creative arts. She received a degree in Theatre, Dance, and Performance studies and has trained in professional youth theatre camps for 8 years, including a month-long acting program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is a two-time recipient of the Young Playwrights Festival National award and a recipient of a scholarship for the Sarasota Contemporary Dance summer program. Outside of the arts, Charlie instructs students in rock climbing and swimming sports as well as working as a counselor for an international friendship camp.
