Annual Tuition $850.00 Multiple payment plan choIces available.
Tution includes one year of rep classes, trip to NYC and a Fall Performace and
guidance through the college application process.
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
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. To use lecture and class discussion to familiarize student with the history and development of acting theories, selected examples of its various cultural contexts. To attain a critical eye through in-class evaluation and written and oral reflection. 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.) 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 2021 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
Teen repertory is a year-long commitment divided into four semesters, three of which are focused on the curricular study of craft, and one of which (Fall) is performance based. See curricular breakdown below. Classes will meet weekly on Saturday from 2-4:30pm. Some mid-week rehearsals will occur when working on the Fall performance. 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.
SAMPLE SEMESTER BREAKDOWN
Semester 1: SUMMER/ FALL
August 19th, 26th & Sept. 2nd -October 21st
This first semester will introduce student to acting techniques derived from Stanislavski and adapted by Uta Hagen in her book, “A Challenge for the Actor.” Techniques such as observation, sense memory, emotional recall, and concentration will be utilized through individual work and exercises describe in by Uta in her book. Over the six-week-period, the student will prepare in-class presentations based on the assigned readings from the textbook or other readings. This semester serves as a bonding platform to build trust with the group, making all feel comfortable about the work in which they will tackle throughout the year. This semester also involves preparation for our Fall performance. Rehearsals will begin week of September 9th (some weeknights, some weekends – I will work with my students to find the best schedule).
Semester 3: WINTER
Nov. 4, 11, 18 / Dec. 2, 9, & 16/ Jan. 6th & 13th
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 be assigned either monologues or scenes as they continue to learn more about the process of craft through further study of Hagen’s methods. This will allow them to connect the dots and discover how to use the tools they have learn into the work of developing thier own character.
Semester 4: SPRING Late May/ June
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 monologues or scenes in a final presentation for an invited audience.
