Montana Actors Theatre is finding ways to keep performing
Last updated 4/21/2021 at 10:35am
Montana Actors Theatre is continuing to find ways to perform after the COVID-19 pandemic derailed its planned season last year. The pandemic hit Montana, and the college campuses in the state including Montana State University-Northern s were closed, the week MAT was planning to open its production of Mama Mia. That production and the MAT dinner theater and its planned production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all were postponed and have yet to hit the stage, but the acting troupe has stayed active with youth programs over the summer and into this year.
MAT youth workshops are up and rolling
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Montana Actor s Theatre Youth Theater Director Angela Pratt takes a photograph of herself and youths at the first theater camp of the season in The Ryan Building Monday.
Montana Actors Theatre began its new youth workshops Monday in The Ryan Building, led by Youth and Children s Theater Director Angela Pratt. The workshops will teach the basics of theater over the next year. The workshops will include auditioning, character development and basic movement; costume design and construction; intro to classical theatre, Shakespeare, and stage fighting; one acts: writing, development, and performances; light and sound; intro to puppetry; and prosthetics and makeup.
MAT Youth Workshops
Beginning Monday, Montana Actors’ Theatre will be offering workshops for middle school and high school aged youth. The workshops will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. at Montana State University-Northern’s Little Theatre in Cowan Hall. The tentative workshop schedule is: February Auditioning, character development and basic movement April Costume design and construction May Intro to classical theatre, Shakespeare, and stage fighting September One acts: Writing, development and performance October Light and sound
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