NEWPORT COUNTY TEEN REPERTORY COMPANY
2021-2022
Students must qualify for this program through an audition & interview.
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 6, 7, 8
SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION TIME HERE!
Annual Tuition $850.00
multiple payment plans are available: quarterly, monthly, bi-weekly
Tution includes one academic year of rep classes (Sept 2021 - June 2022) divided into three semesters, and 10% off any NCT workshop/camp.
Mission:
NCT Repertory Company provides a physically and emotionally safe working environment for actors ages 13 - 18 to explore and develop the craft of acting. NCT Rep. offers a learning space where young actors will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to find their own voice and personal methodology, enabling them to act with honesty and bravery.
Company objectives
Ø To introduce the student to acting techniques through individual and/ or group exercises incorporating skills such as observation, sense and emotion memory, concentration, and improvisations.
Ø To use lecture and class discussion to familiarize student with the history and development of acting theories, selected examples of its various cultural contexts.
Ø To attain a critical eye through in-class evaluation and written and oral reflection.
Ø To gain more acting performance opportunities with the purpose of developing their craft and not for the sake of performance only. (Students will perform at some point during the year, remaining flexible with safety always at the forefront.)
Ø To develop student’s appreciation of the theater, the repertory will take a day trip to New York City to see a Broadway play in June 2022 if possible, or, if circumstances do not permit, they will see a local production or hold a watch party in some form of a previously filmed live performance.
Details
Ø Teen repertory is a yearlong commitment-divided into three semesters, focused on both the curricular study of craft and of performance. See curricular beakdown below.
Ø Classes will meet weekly on Saturday from 2-5pm per schedule below. Some mid-week rehearsals will occur when working on the Fall performance.
Ø Classes will be taught primarily by Artistic Director, Tara Gnolfo. Some guest artists may be invited in to cover specialty skills from time to time.
SEMESTER BREAKDOWN
2021-2022
Semester 1: FALL
September & October
Regular Saturday classes will run Sept 4 - Oct 9. During the weeks of October 4th, 11th and 18th students will have added rehearsals (some weeknights, some weekends – schedule is based on students' availibilty) to prepare for our annual, October performance of ShakeFeare Tragic Trail.
This first semester will introduce new students to acting techniques derived from Stanislavski and adapted by Uta Hagen in her book, “A Challenge for the Actor.” Any returning students, will pick up where they concluded their studies from the previous year. Techniques such as observation, sense memory, emotional recall, and concentration will be utilized through scene-study work and exercises describe in by Uta in her book. Each student will be assigned a scene from an American contemporary playwright chosen for them by Artistic Director, Tara Gnolfo. Over the six-week-period, the students will prepare in class presentations based on the assigned readings from the textbook. Scene work will be incorporated to the exercises as we progress.
Semester 2: WINTER
January 8th - February 12
The second semester will cover script analysis. Working closely with the language of the play, we will explore ways in which the playwright drives a character’s motivation. Students will further this study through analysis of previously filmed productions of the material with which they have been working. Students will continue work on their scenes as they continue to learn more about the process of craft through further study of Hagen’s methods, as well as, other methodogies.
Semester 3: SPRING
Late May through June
(start date depends on Spring Musical performacnes)
The final semester will offer students the focused opportunity to practice and polish their craft. In conjunction with the typical class regiment of theatre exercises, improvisational work, sensory work & character development, they will complete the work on their scenes in a final presentation for an invited audience.
A trip to NYC to see a Broadway show will conclude the year!
