<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><u style="font-size:12.8px">Performance Workshop (Fee Required)</u><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you a High School student between the ages of 14-18? Do you have a passion for the performing arts? If you answered yes to both questions, Marquise Productions invites you to apply for a </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">new</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">type of acting class. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Marquise Productions Performance Workshop will focus on strengthening the skills that you already possess as a performer by challenging you in an intense 2-day workshop that culminates with a short public performance. The goal of this class is to expand the repertoire of skills you need on stage by leading you through improvisational exercises that aid in connecting your performed emotional state with your physical body. We will focus on stage presence, your awareness of self, the audience and your fellow performers as well as time, space, and shape. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This workshop is geared towards students who are passionate about the performing arts of any kind, including (but not limited to): acting, singing, dancing, comedy, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">music, opera, musical theatre, magic, illusion, mime, spoken word, puppetry, and of course the circus arts and gymnastics. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schedule: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, September 30th: 5:00pm - 9:00pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 1st: 9:00am - 9:00pm (including breaks for lunch, dinner, and the public performance at the end)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Theatre Institute at Sage, 65 1st Street, Troy, NY 12180 </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What to prepare:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Participants are asked to come prepared with a short presentation in their skill that can be used as a base vocabulary for the workshop (i.e. musical theatre performers should prepare a song, actors a monologue, musicians should bring their instrument, and so on)   </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Participants should bring a lunch, snack, and a water bottle and should wear shoes they can move in/run in, and should be dressed in comfy clothes that are a solid color and do not show any logos.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cost:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> $65/student (includes a dinner on Saturday) made payable by cash or check. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To participate send an email to: <a href="mailto:info@marquiseproductions.com" target="_blank">info@marquiseproductions.com </a></span></p></div></div>