Theatre Camp

Theatre Camp

June 29 - July 3, 2008

DePauw University faculty members will offer intensive Theater training from June 29 - July 3 for high school students who have just completed grades 8 through 12. Each student will develop an individualized portfolio of work that includes audition monologues, movement pieces, and prepared scenes. Offerings will include voice for the actor, movement, scene study, directing, improv, and performances that will take participants into diverse settings, from the quarries of the Nature Park to the galleries of Richard E. Peeler Art Center to the DePauw Theaters. Students will offer a final performance at the end of the week.

This year's Theater Camp instructors are:

Ron Dye, Directing and Scene Study. Ron Dye came to DePauw in the fall semester 1999, teaching Playwriting in the English Department and directing mainstage plays for DePauw Theater. He has spent the last dozen years working professionally in theatre as a playwright, director, actor and administrator, primarily in Chicago, Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana. He is former Artistic Director of both the Bloomington Playwrights Project and Turtle Island Theatre Company, and was Director of Theatre for the Bloomington Area Arts Council for over six years. Mr. Dye received a BA degree in psychology and sociology from Marian College, and earned his MFA in playwriting from Indiana University, where he also studied folklore and ethnomusicology. He has recently been named Executive Director of the Indiana Theatre Association.

Tim Good, Voice for the Actor. Tim Good received his B.A. in Theatre from Butler University, his M.A. in Directing from Emerson College in Boston, and his Ph.D. in Experimental Theater from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tim is a member of The Lessac Institute, The Living Theatre, Voice and Speech Trainer's Association, and is past National Chair of the Acting Program for the Association for Theater in Higher Education. He studied voice for the actor with Arthur Lessac, Sue Ann Park, Nancy Krebs, Deb Kinghorn, and Barry Kur; studied acting and improvisation with Herbert Berghof, Arthur French, and Davis Robinson; and toured Europe and the United States with Judith Malina and The Living Theatre. He hosts the annual Lessac Summer Voice and Body Intensive at DePauw University and founded unIMPROVable, DePauw's Improv Troupe.

Deborah Grammel, Movement for the Actor. Deborah Grammel, under the direction of George Verdak, performed in the following classical ballets: Les Sylphides, Swan Lake, Raymonda, the Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. In conjunction with her studies at Butler, she also trained in Michigan City, New York City, Houston, Chicago, and Miami. She has created and designed costumes for Butler University, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre and Dance Kaleidoscope. While at DePauw, Grammel has developed DePauw Dance, a dance troupe made up of DePauw students. She is choreographer for the DePauw Opera and DePauw Theatre productions. Deb holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in performing arts from Butler University.

Caroline Good, Acting and Makeup. Caroline Good received her BA in Acting and Directing from Northern Illinois University, with a minor in Music. Caroline’s roles include The Countess in The Sound of Music at the Putnam County Playhouse, Anna in The King and I in Illinois, Hope in Something’s Afoot and Kitty in Charlie’s Aunt at the Woodstock Opera House, Marmee in Little Women and Mrs. Kidd in Top Girls at DePauw. Caroline was also an Irene Ryan Acting Competition regional finalist. Caroline has designed and built costumes for over twenty years, is the Makeup artist for Vocal Arts at DePauw, and is the Costume Studio Supervisor for DePauw. Recent projects include building original period costumes for Little Women and for the musical Quilters. Caroline teaches acting and first-year seminar in theater at DePauw.

You can download a brochure for more details on the camp.

For more information contact Dr. Tim Good, Director of Theater Arts at DePauw, at tgood@depauw.edu or 765-658-4486.

Registration deadline: April 15, 2008

Cost: $500 including tuition, room and meals.

To apply: Mail the application form to Tim Good, DePauw University, Communication and Theater, 719 Locust St., Greencastle, IN 46135. A $50 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration.