Online Fun for ages 7-17 GPLT Rising Stars

Posted by Wayne Ayling on May 6, 2020

Got BORED CHILDREN? The Grande Prairie Live Theatre youth program instructors have something special for you and your kids. Theatre workshops using Zoom, ranging in content, suitable for age groups between 7-17!
For 12 and up – Got a child who is forever coming up with their own plays? Rising Writers is for them! Starting May 19th and running every Tuesday for three weeks, this workshop is a FUN introduction into playwriting, ending with each student writing their own 10 Minute Play! $130.
For 7 and up – How about creating goofy puppets? Plenty o’ Puppets allows students the opportunity to create their own simple and fun puppets each week. This workshop renews weekly, meaning that you can join and create new puppets each time! GPLT provides all the special puppet-making materials. $40 for one session or all three for $100.
For 14 and up – Looking for a more advanced approach to theatre? Performance Principles readies performers with the knowledge of how to build characters and action onstage and creates skills that help ready them for our Performance I program. Performance Principles runs for three weeks on Thursdays starting May 21st. $130.
Do you have a child who’s been wanting to dip their toes into theatre? Then our Play Mania sessions are perfect! Play Mania is all fun using GPLT Rising Stars’ favorite theatre games to introduce students to the live theatre creative process. This workshop is by donation that fits within your budget. There are three games sessions running each Friday, starting May 22nd.
The registration deadlines for each workshop is two business days before the starting date. For Rising Writers , Plenty o’ Puppets , and Performance Principles , we will have curbside pick up available to pick up all of the supplied materials at the Grande Prairie Live Theatre one business day before the workshops begin.
Each registrant gets 1 camp T-Shirt for signing up along with the required materials for the workshop. We hope to see lots of new and old faces attend! Register by going to GPLT Rising Stars on Facebook or emailing gpltrisingstar@gmail.com

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Get Ready Campers: the Rising Star Summer Drama Camps are Coming !!!

Posted by Wayne Ayling on April 30, 2020

The latest news on reopening our Province – In Stage 1, some businesses and facilities could be allowed to gradually resume operations early as May 14, including
👍👍Summer camps with limits on occupancy. That could include summer school.😁😀😁😀
Retail businesses, such as clothing, furniture and bookstores. All vendors at farmers markets will also be able to operate.
Hair styling and barber shops.
Museums and art galleries.
Daycares and out-of-school care with limits on occupancy.
Cafés, restaurants with no bar service to reopen for public seating at 50 per cent capacity.

When allowed to do so and following all required safety rules, the GPLT Rising Star Summer Drama Camps will come ALIVE!!! OH HAPPY DAYS ARE COMING SOON!!!

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Ben & Bea: A Distancing Romance, A New Scene daily until April 27

Posted by Wayne Ayling on April 21, 2020

The Show Must Go On… Line…

When theaters closed, Grande Prairie Live Theatre actors adapted a Shakespeare comedy to Zoom, so people can enjoy it from the safety of their homes. They decided a virus won’t stop our community from reaching out to each other.

Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, was about to open at Grande Prairie Live Theater, when COVID-19 restrictions hit. Thinking it might only be postponed, the actors occasionally practiced on Zoom to stay fresh. But then – they found that the contrast of Shakespearean language, to the technology, was really interesting. So they decided to adapt the play to the technology.

They cut the play to 10 small scenes, turning it into a distancing, video-conference, office romance. And they’re posting an episode a day on YouTube, for everyone to enjoy.
“When this comedy was originally staged, Shakespeare’s actors had to adapt to the bubonic plague,” said one of the actors, Derek Hall, “so we’re carrying on the tradition, to find a way people can enjoy the same show, in our own stressful times.”
“Unfortunately, we all have to deal with more and more video conferencing. And it’s the same-old work meetings, and family chit-chat,” said Derek, “But to hear classical poetic language, over the same technology – the contrast is really interesting!”
“Ben & Bea: A Distancing Office Romance”, is available on YouTube, with a new episode to be released every day. On YouTube, search ‘Ben and Bea Romance’.
Or use this link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpaXKUQlKDFVjDm5I7HPqqQ

Many thanks to and Featuring: Davin Campbell, Derek Hall, Rogan Hall, Esther Koepnick, Michael Litchfield, Lisa Loveless, Amy Retzlaff, Mara Schoorlemmer, Rory Tarant
Scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, adapted by Derek Hall and Amy Retzlaff

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