Asolo Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce the launch of Young Artists: Online Classes "Create with Courage", a new educational program designed for students ages 8-18. Organized into three sessions, beginning June 1, June 16, and July 6, the classes explore performance, theatre making and storytelling and utilize digital platforms such as Zoom, Google Classroom, Flipgrid. The classes are offered through Asolo Rep’s Education & Engagement Department, inviting participants to connect and create virtually and then to take the artistic adventures offstage and offline. Registration is open now; class sizes are limited.  

Session 1 includes two classes exploring the possibilities of performance, taught by Tina Stafford and Helen Joo Lee from Asolo Rep’s 2019-20 company: Acting Meets Improv and Awakening Shakespeare.   Session 2 includes two classes exploring different ways of creating theatre, taught by professional teaching artists and members of the Asolo Rep Education & Engagement Team, Tiana Turner (Education & Engagement Specialist) and Sara Brunow (Muriel O’Neil Education & Engagement Director): Design Learning Lab, Digital Devising. Session 3 runs July 6-24, and will include classes that dive into storytelling as well as technique-based training. Details to be announced May 29.

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