GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE A.C.T. PERFORMANCE SERIES
The Actors Coming Together or A.C.T. Performance Series is a set of programs that are each and collectively geared toward providing budding actors with opportunities to perform to audiences while honing existing talents and developing new skills. They each start from the premise that there are a lot of talented youth in the valley that want and deserve more opportunities to exhibit their talents. Each of the sub-programs in the A.C.T. Performance Series accomplishes just that, but from slightly different angles.
THEATRE VARIETES:
The Theatre Varietes program brings together diverse youth talents from across the valley through performance vignettes that can be collected and performed as part of larger scale entertainment program - such as a variety show on CPP's stage, at Palm Springs' VillageFest, at Senior Facilities, and, at other venues around the valley.
These performance vignettes may be solo or group acting scenes, musical theatre or dance pieces, specialty acts such as performing puppetry or playing musical instruments, or any other form of youth entertainment.
The vignettes would be developed in workshop sessions (or an individual or group can come in with a ready-made vignette to give it some stage time).
Participants in this program may come and go after any particular show. Future shows would be created from available performnce-ready vignettes.
ANTICIPATED MEETING SCHEDULE: Once weekly (Mondays at 7:30-9:30 at CPP in Palm Springs proposed) with self-rehearsing alone or in groups coordinated among participants during remainder of the week.
THE SPIANS – AMBASSADOR PROGRAM:
The Spians is CPP’s Ambassador Program. Like the other programs in the performance series, the goal of the Ambassador program is to provide opportunities for the participants to perform regularly and in a variety of ways. What distinguishes this program from others is that participants MUST be willing to understand and relay CPP’s mission to audiences. It is also expected that they would be with the program on a longer term basis than might be required from other programs.
The Spians performing group participants should be highly self-motivated and prepared to do work outside of regular sessions in order to maintain a selection of performance-ready entertainment pieces (for example, monologues, scenes, songs, instrumental routines, dance routines, skits, and the like). When performance opportunities arise, a show will be assembled from the available member’s ready pieces. Obviously, the more flexible a participant’s schedule is, the more they can take advantage of performance opportunities that arise.
Venues anticipated would be corporate events, charitable organization luncheons, country club events, private events, as well as other opportunites for public performance (e.g., VillageFest, and performances at CPP’s studio). From the participants point of view, they get the opportunity to hone their skills and do what they love – PERFORM! From CPP’s point of view, the Ambassador program may be used as a fundraising and promotional tool.
ANTICIPATED MEETING SCHEDULE: No regular group meeting sessions are anticipated until performance dates are set and there is a need to rehearse components pieces. Individual and small group sessions would be scheduled according to personal availability to review possible performance pieces, teach or direct as necessary, and solidify performances.
DIY THEATRE - BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS THEATRE:
This Do-It-Yourself program is designed to groups of students who would like to take on an entire performance “by themselves”. CPP instructors and staff take on a more limited role (making themselves available as mentors upon request or as needed) while the participants themselves take on a production from start to finish.
CPP has been informally creating these Budding Theatre Entrepreneur Partnerships over the past several summers. CPP provides the space, physical resources as available (i.e., props, sets, costumes), and guidance upon request. Past projects have included an original musical written, produced and performed by CPP students and their friends, an original film project written and developed by a CPP Alumni and utilizing CPP students and others, and several musical reviews.
YOUTH PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL:
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OPEN STAGE NIGHTS:
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BENEFIT NIGHTS:
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IN THE A.C.T. PERFORMANCE SERIES.
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