Theatre--Article (Acting Up)

Acting Up (in Acadiana)'s Summer Shakespeare Youth Ensemble is featured in an online article of the Independent.

Theatre--Performance

The Summer Youth Shakespeare Ensemble—an Acting Up (in Acadiana) program—presents the second weekend of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over 30 children ages ten through high school take on the roles of fools & fairies in a strange wood filled with magic, mischief, and mayhem.

Performances take place Friday, July 24th & Saturday, July 25th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 26th at 2 pm at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. For tickets, call (337) 233-7060; for more information, call (337) 739-4273.

Staff for the program and the production include: Hector LaSala, set design and instructor; Paige Krause, choreographer and dance instructor; Danny Devillier, composer and music instructor; Chad Trahan, costume design and instructor, and Amy Waguespack, director. Other instructors and interns include: Marla Kristicevich, Cissy Whipp, George Saucier, Laura Sellers, Lian Cheramie, Hannah Briggs, Ricky Briggs, Megan LeBleu, Harmony Decker, Kara Guarisco, and Katie Lahey.

Theatre--Summer Camp

Registration for the Summer Youth Shakespeare Ensemble 2009 has begun. Now in its seventh year, the camp will run from July 5th-19th and 23rd-26th, 2009 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion Lafayette, LA. Students ages 10-senior in high school will study all aspects of the performing arts: acting, music, dance, design, etc., and apply their studies to the lab production MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

For more information, or to register, call (337) 739-4273.

Theatre--Performance

The Summer Youth Shakespeare Ensemble—-an Acting Up (in Acadiana) program--presents William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Over thirty children ranging in age from ten through senior in high school take on the roles of monsters, nymphs, and humans stranded on an island filled with magic, mischief, and mayhem. In the end the children, through the characters they play, learn about surviving adversity, loyalty, and forgiveness.

The Tempest is the culmination of the Ensemble’s 15day intensive performing arts camp, where students study all aspects of the performing arts: music, dance, design, acting, and more. The camp is equivalent to a language immersion program, allowing the young actors to perform a full Shakespearean play just eleven days after they are cast.

Staff for the program and the production include Hector LaSala (set design and instructor), Cissy Whipp (choreographer and dance instructor), Danny Devillier (composer and music instructor), Laura Sellers (costume design and instructor), and
Amy Waguespack (director). Other instructors and interns include Marla Kristicevich, Paige Krause, Mary Pierce, Lian Cheramie, Hannah Briggs, Ricky Briggs, Megan LeBleu, Brooke LeBleu, Harmony Decker, Kara Guarisco and Sam Dooley.

Performances of The Tempest take place at the Acadiana Center for the Arts on July 18, 19, 25, & 26 at 7:30 PM and July 20 & 27 at 2 PM. Tickets are available beginning Tuesday July 8th at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Advance tickets are $10 and $5 for students through high school. All tickets at the door are $10. For ticket information call (337) 233-7060. For information call (337) 380-4021 or (337) 739-4273.

Theatre--Performance

The Summer Youth Shakespeare Ensemble announces that its production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest will run July 25, 26, & 27, 2008 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.

For more information call (337) 739-4273 or (337) 380-4021.

Theatre--Workshops

The Summer Youth Shakespeare Ensemble announces registration for its sixth season. The 15-day intensive performing arts camp runs July 6-20, 2008 with performances of The Tempest on July 25, 26, & 27, 2008; all activities take place at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.

Students ages 10-senior in high school study all aspects of the performing arts with professional faculty members and an extensive support staff. Hector LaSala teaches set design; Cissy Whipp, dance & choreography; Danny Devillier, music; Laura Sellers, costume design; and Amy Waguespack, acting and directing. Rounding out the staff: Hannah Briggs, Ricky Briggs, Lian Cheramie, Harmony Decker, Sam Dooley, Kara Guarisco, Paige Krause, Brooke LeBleu, Megan LeBleu, and Mary Pierce.

Each day begins with an hour long company class followed by small group workshops where students study in age and experience based groups. Afternoons are spent applying what they have learned in their workshops to their full production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Tuition for the camp is $500; some partial scholarships are available. For more
information or to register by mail call (337) 739-4273 or (337) 380-4021. For those wanting to tour the facility and meet some of the staff members, two orientations are being offered. The first will take place on Wednesday April 2, 2008 from 6-7 PM, the second on Saturday April 5, 2008 from 2-3 PM at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.