SUMMER SESSION, 2010 Classes and Performance Camps SPRING SESSION, 2010 FALL SESSION, 2010 TEEN ACTORS' GUILD HOMESCHOOL CLASSES ACTORS' ACADEMY SHOWS Please nominate us for Best Theatre Group for Kids in Nickelodeon's Parents' Picks Awards! (We were the Houston winner last year). We need your help to be in the running for a 2010 Award. You can nominate us once a day, every day, from now until June 17 at www.parentsconnect.com/parents-picks. The top five nominees will then be voted on beginning June 17.  Thanks for your support! Click the link below to nominate us for 'Best Theatre Group for Kids in Houston.'    For theatre group for kids in Houston, TX

Age	Dates	Class	Cost
Age 8 to Adult	July 12-16 10 am - 12 pm Mon - Fri	THEATRICAL MAKEUP Taught by Josh Clark Learn basic stage makeup, old age makeup techniques, fantasy makeup, and wound makeup.	$120 includes all materials Name and Age of Student
7th Grade to Adult Men & Women	June 7 - Aug 2 Mondays 5 pm - 6 pm (no class July 5)	SUMMER TAP Taught by Ellen Dyer Beginner/Intermediate Class Join us for some great summer exercise, and great preparation for upcoming shows DAMES AT SEA and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE.	Tuition:  $150 Name and Age if not adult
2nd - 6th Grade	June 8 - August 3 Tuesdays  5  pm - 6 pm FREE Performance Aug 3 at 6:00 pm	FRACTURED FAIRY TALES Taught by Brendis O'Sullivan Join us for lots of fun as we rehearse "Cutie and the Beast" and other fun variations on fairy tales!  Non-threatening and a great way to meet new friends while improving your acting skills.	Tuition:  $85 Name and Age of Student
Grade 4 to Adult	July 6-7 Two Days Tuesday/Wednesday 10 am - 12 pm	BALLOON ART Taught by Josh Clark Learn basic balloon art, and several more advanced twists and techniques.  Make several different flowers and animals.  You can proceed at your own pace.  You should know how to tie off a balloon before coming to class.	Tuition:  $65 includes all materials Name and Age of Student
7th - 12th Grade	July 1 - August 22 Thursdays 6:30 - 9:30 Saturdays 9:00 - 12:00 PERFORMANCES Aug 19, 20, 21, 22	TAG Performance Workshop:  12 ANGRY JURORS Directed by Sam Brown This is an excellent forum within which to work on acting and reacting, character development, emotion, and motivation for movement. In this show, a group of twelve jurors are called to decide the fate of a minority defendant whose life is in the balance.  Seemingly an open-and-shut murder trial, further investigation reveals things aren't always what they seem.  The entire show takes place in a jury room with all characters on stage the whole time, allowing for all students to have plenty of stage time, attention and instruction.  There are a couple roles that could be double cast.   We will take no more than 13 in the cast.  Audition is not required to participate, as workshop is open to the first 13 to register.  On the first rehearsal day, we will audition for specific roles.	Tuition:  $185 includes t-shirt and 2 tickets to the show This Workshop is FULL

Children's Summer Performance Camps! During each camp session, campers will create their own sets, props, and costumes from materials provided, and rehearse their show in preparation for four performances.  Camp runs Monday through Friday.  Performances on the final week run Wednesday through Saturday.  The nonmusical, Kung Fu Kitty, is open to the first 14 students between the ages of 10 and 17.  For the musicals, lead roles will be auditioned on the first day of the camp session.  A half-day tuition will hold your place in the workshop until auditions, but campers who audition and obtain a lead role will be expected to attend the full-day camp.
June 7-26, 2010 9:00 am - 4:00 pm half-day option 1pm - 4pm  Performances June 23-26		Abracadabra Aladdin!- musical Directed by Vicki Wiese Assisted by Josh Clark PURCHASE SHOW TICKETS	COST: Full-day camps are $450 for 3 full weeks of camp; $250 for three weeks of 1/2 day camp. Lunch is included.  Tuition also includes costume, cast t-shirt and two tickets to the show.
Audition not required to participate in the camp. Roles will be auditioned on the first day of camp from among those who are registered.  Camp is available all day (9am - 4pm) or half day (1 - 4pm)  Purchasing a half-day tuition holds your place in the camp, but actors who audition and obtain lead roles will be expected to attend the all-day camp.  Full day is not limited to those with leads.  Campers who attend all day will be occupied in a variety of acting skill-building activities over the entire day, regardless of role.  This fairy tale adaptation is full of adventurous fun and engaging music.  In this show, you’ll meet not one, but three genies, as well as the whimpering "Ali Bubba," and the hen-pecked sultan and his haughty wife.   Aladdin’s mother and sister wish he would stop being such a trickster, but then one day, Aladdin meets Princess Jasmine and falls in love with her. When he enters a secret cave and discovers a mystical lamp, Aladdin transforms himself into a prince and wins the love of the princess, but once again it is through deceit.  When Jammal kidnaps Jasmine and takes the lamp, Aladdin must regain possession of the lamp in order to rescue Jasmine. CAMP IS NOW FULL.  Please contact us at hfac@houstonfac.com if you wish to be put on a waiting list.
July 5-24, 2010 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Performances July 21-24		KUNG FU KITTY Directed by Ilich Guardiola Assisted by Josh Clark PURCHASE SHOW TICKETS	COST: Half-day camp is $250 for three weeks of 1/2 day camp. Tuition includes costume, cast t-shirt and two tickets to the show.
Everybody is kung fu fighting like cats and dogs in this hilarious, action-packed slapstick comedy. Fur (and puns) fly when feisty kitten Princess escapes the clutches of the sinister, catnapping Ting Tang and his hysterical henchcats, then comes under the protection of a mongrel martial arts master and his clumsy canine companions. With the help of the punchy pooches, and after a rousing “training montage,” Princess faces her fears and finds inner strength to defeat (and declaw) her adversary. This is a play and a stage combat class in one!  This madcap comedy has great gags, memorable characters and plenty of opportunities for controlled, choreographed, comical stage combat.  Tuition also includes costume, cast t-shirt and two tickets to the opening show. THIS CAMP IS NOW FULL
July 26 - Aug 14, 2010 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Performances Aug 11-14		HANSEL AND GRETEL Directed by Josh Clark Assistant Director  Josh Parmer Music Direction by Robert Lewis Choreography by Beth Chrisman PURCHASE SHOW TICKETS	COST: Full-day camp is $450 for 3 full weeks of camp;  Lunch is included.  Tuition also includes costume, cast t-shirt and two tickets to the show.
This is a sweet and charming musical adaptation of a favorite fairy tale. Sent into the woods, Hansel and Gretel meet up with a number of peculiar characters. A fiery troll guards his little wooden bridge. Even more, an articulate owl, a forest sprite and two hobgoblins are in the service of an evil (but extremely funny) witch who lives in a candy-coated little cottage. She locks poor Hansel in a cage and feeds him nothing but cake! Everyone will cheer Gretel as she outwits the crone and sets free all the children who have been turned into gingerbread cookies!  Campers attend all day, regardless of role, and will be occupied in a variety of acting skill-building activities over the entire day.  CAMP IS NOW FULL.  Please contact us at hfac@houstonfac.com if you wish to be put on a waiting list.