Cape May Stage Offers Free Acting Classes

Brush up on those foreign accents. Practice those dramatic pauses. Jump up and down a few times and flutter those lips to wake up the body. Cape May Stage, in cooperation with the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, is offering free acting classes for young adults as one of the vents slated for Family Week at the Theatre and Stage Festival—an annual endeavor aimed at making theater experiences affordable, educational, and exciting for families.
The class will be held every Wednesday afternoon in March from 4 – 6 p.m. for young people ages 12-17, who are looking to take a more active role in the performing arts. Cape May Stage’s Education Outreach Coordinator, Donald Toal, who will be teaching the courses, is very excited for the opportunities the program offers.
“This is an ideal course for any young actor who loves being on stage,” Toal said. “Even if you don’t have acting experience (or even if you do), these courses give you the chance to explore what it takes to create a world full of living, breathing characters, and share that world with an audience that has never seen it before.”
The students will study essential acting techniques that focus on creating honest, believable, and fun performances that use physical movement and vocal techniques, improvisational acting, and monologue and scene work. Advance registration for the course is en-couraged but not required, but attendance for all four sessions is preferred and will allow students to get the most out of the program. Classes will be held at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on the corner of Bank and Lafayette Streets in Cape May.
During the month of March, there will be a number of free arts-related events available to the residents of Cape May County, as part of the 12th Annual Family Week in Theater. For more information, contact Cape May Stage at 609- 884-1341.