Theatre--Workshop

New Voices, the summer theatre camp and workshop series, is back at Cité des Arts. The newly renovated camp focuses on the craft of storytelling as opposed to simply acting technique. Diving into such ideas as movement, improvisation, spoken word, and playwriting, the camp uses methods developed by successful artist from all over the world, including Jacques Lecoq, Anne Bogart, and Jerzy Grotowski. New Voices strives to teach children that theatre is about self-expression, and to show them not only how to act, but how to become successful contributors to the exciting and limitless world of theatre.

The camp will run three weeks--June 14^{th --} July 2^nd, Monday through Friday, along with a culminating performance Saturday, July 3^rd at a cost of $125 per student. Age groups and times are as follows:

2nd – 5th grades:  9:00am -11:30am
6th – 8th grades: 12:00pm- 2:30pm
9th – 12th grades: 3:00pm- 5:30pm

This year, New Voices will be run by Cité's own Jarin Schexnider, along with Faith Griffiths. Jarin is a recent graduate of Bennington College, in Bennington, Vermont. She has a degree in Drama with a focus in writing and directing physical theatre. Faith Griffiths is currently attending Bennington College, working on a degree in Elementary Art Education. Collectively, the two have worked with Children's Theatre groups in Lafayette, LA., Dallas, TX., Washington D.C., Burlington, VT., and Chicago, IL.

Applications are available online at www.citedesarts.org/voices.html , or can be picked up at Cité des Arts, located at 109 Vine Street in downtown Lafayette. For further information, call Cité des Arts at (337)291-1122.