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Theater Classes, Amherst Moxie Players

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Drama and movement classes help build confidence and other invaluable life skills. Theater education encourages one to be comfortable speaking in front of one’s peers, giving presentations, making decisive choices and putting forward strong and thoughtful ideas. Something as simple as learning lines exercises memory and recall abilities and sharpens quick thinking skills. Theater movement methods strengthen posture, stamina and body confidence. Voice training prevents vocal strain and fatigue and increases projection capacity, diction and cadence. 

 


Drama classes, in general, help develop creativity, spatial awareness, presentation skills, critical thinking, and both verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Theater arts aren’t just for the budding star, but for job applicants, public speakers, managers, teachers, parents, leaders and the community…for everyone!
 


 


Fairytale Theater, 6-9 yrs, Saturdays at PMEC, 9:15-10:15 


This is a dual led class by Lucy Spencer and Frances Saxton in which children will learn the art of storytelling through theater. We will select a well-known fairytale and discover how to present it in unconventional ways, using a variety of performance techniques and theatrical tools to tell the story.  Children will enjoy developing the script, exploring movement and creating music, etc. The course will culminate in a final showcase, to be performed at the end of the session!


 


Re-Imagined, 9-12 yrs, Saturdays at PMEC, 10:30-11:30am (NEW PROGRAM)
With guidance from Lucy Spencer and Frances Saxton, students will read, discuss and transform a short story or poem from classic literature into a group performance piece, using movement, voice and text. The course will culminate in a showcase presented on the 8th week of the session. 

YES, AND…SCENE! 12-19 yrs, Wednesdays at SHS, 6:30-7:30  
 Are you familiar with “Who’s Line Is It Anyway”? That is exactly what this improvisation class, led by Lucy Spencer, is all about. It may seem like fun and games, but comedy is hard work. We will play a wide array of improvisation games and use them to examine what makes or breaks a performance. This class runs the gamut of acting dos and don’ts and is particularly useful for sharpening timing, strengthening ensemble collaboration and analyzing scene work. Plus, it is a ton of fun! 

Instuctors
Frances Saxton and Lucy Spencer combine their theater expertise to offer performance base curriculum in Amherst. Classes covering a wide array of performance skills and training will be offered through the Amherst Recreation Department.

You can see Frances Saxton on Vistaprint's 2016 International Christmas calender Commercial. Some of her favorite credits include; Noises Off! (Actor) Priscilla Beach Theater, MA, Unecessary Farce (Directed) UMASS Lowell, The Zoo Story (Directed) The Luna Theater, Lowell, A Slight Ache (Produced and acted) Manhattan Theater Source NYC, Nursery Rhyme Cafe (Actor) Berkshire Theater Festival, MA and Death of a Salesman (Actor) TheaterSquared, AR. Frances has taught at Belvoir Terrace in the Berkshires. Frances started learning music at the age of three and is classically trained in the violin and studied at The Center for Young Musicians, London.

Lucy Spencer has been singing and acting for 25 years. She earned a BFA in Acting from Texas State University at San Marcos, during which time she also took a year abroad to study theater at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). Lucy is actively enrolled in the Equity Membership Candidate Program. Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Zach Theater), Little Becky Two Shoes in Urinetown (Zach Theater), Marina in Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Different Stages). Other notable work includes voice-over recording work for award winning composer, Michael J. Lewis and featured performer in a musical review of original works by Adam Overett.
Lucy Spencer has done private and production vocal and dialect coaching and specialized Shakespearean language and performance coaching.

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