"CTA gave me a firm foundation for following my dream of becoming an actress".
Katy Smith Stratchko
1999 CTA Scholarship Winner
workshops
Registration is required for all workshops and students must be a CTA member to participate. To register, download and complete the Workshop Registration Form and mail it with the workshop fee to CTA, P.O. Box 1785, Annapolis, MD 21404.
Below, the current workshop and summer programs are listed with program and contact information.
Students are required wear comfortable clothes and sneakers or closed toe shoes (no crocs, sandals, flip-flops or skirts for the ladies.) Students are not allowed to bring cell phones, toys, games or other electronic devices. A telephone is available for emergency use.
All workshops are located at CTA's new theater in Bay Head Park, 1661 Bay Head Road, Annapolis 21409. For more information email or call us at (410) 757-2281.
Inclement Weather Policy: Workshops follow the Anne Arundel County School closings. If schools are closed or afternoon and evening activities are cancelled, the workshop is cancelled for the day. You can email the instructor if you have questions or concerns.
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Registration is now open for the following:
new fall workshops for homeschoolers
Presented by Sally D'Angelo of The Classical Drama Workshop
This workshop will focus on acting techniques for the beginner through intermediate drama student including proper breathing technique, vocal projection and articulation, dynamic phrasing and focal points and progess to intermediate acting techniques of subtext, characterization and elements of the Stanislavski system. Enrollment is limited to 12 students.
For ages 8 - 12
Tuesday mornings, September 21 - November 30, 2010
9:30 - 11:30
Fee: $250 per participant
For ages 13 - 19
Tuesday afternoons, September 21 - November 30, 2010
12 - 2:00 PM
Fee: $250 per participant
Final performance for both workshops on CTA's Main Stage on November 30, 7 PM.
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Fall 2010/Spring 2011 Musical Theatre Workshops
Presented by Tiffany Shannon Productions, LLC
These 12-week workshops focus on all aspects of putting on a full-length musical. Students will gain experience and knowledge in acting, singing, dancing, scenery, and props. The workshops will conclude with a final performance on the Main Stage of the Children's Theatre of Annapolis. Teamwork is a major focus and all participants are guaranteed a role. We encourage students with all levels of experience to attend.
Book by Angela D. Stewart
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
Fantasy and reality collide in this eclectic and fun musical romp! Emily’s having a sleepover with her best friend Stephanie when they discover there’s a monster in her closet! To investigate further (despite the incessant teasing of her big brother and his friends), Emily and Stephanie recruit their friends—sarcastic and skeptical Kelly, vain Mary, studious Brain, tomboy Tara and avid reader Megan—to help capture the monster. What they don’t know is that Murray, the closet monster, doesn’t mean any harm. He only wants to play Emily’s new video game. He’s more scared of kids than they are of him! Murray is on probation since his boss, the Dream King, heard about his goofing off on the job. After all, every monster knows that when a child is born, a monster is assigned to watch over her—not play with her things! What happens when Emily has all her friends over for a slumber party to try to capture Murray? They end up catching the Dream King and his harried secretary, Toady, instead! With other wonderfully entertaining characters like Sandy the Sandman and his dream weavers, find out how friendship, ingenuity and a sprinkling of magic lead to a delightful solution to Emily’s monster problem.
FOR AGES 7-11
-Wednesdays, 9/8/10- 12/1/10
-Session 1: 4-6pm with a final performance on December 4, 2010 at 6pm.
-Session 2: 6-8pm with a final performance on December 4, 2010 at 8pm.
Fee: $300
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Book by Jay Moriarty
Music and lyrics by Stephen Murray
Side-splitting slapstick tunes! Riotous jungle excitement! Jokes coming out of the trees! Film producer Larry Livermore is frantically searching for an unknown actor to play the lead in his next film, Archie of the Amazon. "We need a jungle man," sings the desperate Larry. When he's about to throw in the towel, he hears about a man living deep within the Amazon rainforest. With his devoted assistant, Kimberly, and Borneo Joe, a jungle guide, Larry penetrates the bush. He discovers Rocky, a wild man whose best friend is a gorilla named Ingagi! Though many have seen Rocky, such as animal trainer Betty Beatty, ecologist Dorothy Greener and Princess Aquacola and her hostile tribe, none has gotten close to him. Matters are confused more as explorer Osa Byrd appears, searching for the illusive Amazon Ghost Moth. She is with three teenagers who won the trip on a quiz show. (This is definitely different than the dining room furniture they expected!) The tune-filled finale is riveting as Aquacola plans to steam the intruders, creating a zesty brain broth. Will the jungle man be able to save them? Even with vicious jaguars and coiling anaconda snakes?
FOR AGES 7-11
-Wednesdays, 2/16/11- 5/11/11
-Session 1: 4-6pm with a final performance on May 14, 2011 at 6pm.
-Session 2: 6-8pm with a final performance on May 14, 2011 at 8pm.
Fee: $300
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A Musical Mystery Comedy
Book by Billy St. John
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
Welcome to the museum and the fascinating lecture on "Monsters, Murderers and Madmen" presented by Professor Dirk Carlton, a renowned Egyptologist. As you listen attentively to him tell of his discovery of the Pharaoh Menkaura's tomb, the slide presentation suddenly goes off, plunging the auditorium into total darkness. A moment later the lights come back on, but the professor is dead and the priceless jewel he was holding has vanished! Lt. Dan Morrow arrives to solve the ghastly crime. Could it be that the tomb is cursed, as Isis had suggested, or was the murder committed by someone in the room? Might it even be the respected guests from Egypt, outraged that Egyptian treasures were taken from their country? This mystery, with as many laughs as shivers, is spiced with a spectacular score by Bill Francoeur, the songs add to the fun with titles such as "Take Your Cotton-Pickin' Hands Off My Corpse" and "Music In the House of Horrors."
FOR AGES 12-17
-Mondays, 9/6/10-11/29/10, from 6-8pm.
-Final Performance on December 3, 2010 at 7:30pm.
Fee: $300
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Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
Wax up your surfboards, get out your beach blankets and catch the wave of this swell surf musical! It’s just another sunny day at Avalon Beach until Mom and Pop announce they’re selling their beloved surf shop and teen hangout. The snobbish developers from the nearby ritzy Cove want Avalon’s stretch of sand… for a parking lot! But Mom and Pop’s daughter Midge and all the loyal Avalon kids are determined—they’re not going to let that happen! Riptide, the local kahuna, enters the big surf contest to vie for the grand prize money that will keep The Shack’s doors open, but the crowd from the Cove will do anything to put the kibosh on Rip winning the prize money, including sabotage! When Riptide breaks his leg in a surfing accident (thanks to the conniving developer’s son Reef), it’s up to Midge to step onto her Billabong and go up against the big boys. Pop, a former surfing champion himself, comes through to help his little surfer girl in a sweet surfing cram session that gets all the kids amped for the big event! This surf musical—complete with hysterical onstage surfing—takes us back to a simpler time when life was keen, the music was cool and the world was about to change. Gnarly, dudes!
FOR AGES 12-17
-Mondays, 2/14/11-5/9/11, from 6-8pm.
-Final Performance on May 13, 2011 at 7:30pm.
Fee: $300