Texas Christian University
Theater

Session1	July 11 - July 16, 2010 CLOSED
Grades	9 - College Freshman
Tuition	$995
Audition	No Audition Required

Tuition includes room and meals
Grade entering in Fall 2010

Theater Camp/Workshop Details

Program Director: Eileen Woods Faculty: Thomas Walsh

This acting workshop offers the camper professional training in Theater. The week's activities involve intensive training in the craft of acting through theater game techniques and improvisation. The workshops are designed to incite the creative imagination of each participant.

Each day students will explore external performance techniques in comedy, improvisation, character analysis, rhythm and timing, movement, and stage combat.

* Additional Camp/Workshop Information

Students check in on Sunday. The workshop concludes with a "work in progress" showing on Friday. Students check-in between 1 - 2:30pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Dallas/Ft Worth(DFW) on the First Day of camp between 10am and 12pm.
Flights should depart from Dallas/Ft Worth(DFW) on the last day of camp after 6pm.
Transportation is available to and from Dallas/Ft Worth(DFW) for $30 each way.

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Directors and Faculty

Eileen Woods

Workshop Head

Eileen Woods began her career as a Radio City Music Hall Rockette and has appeared in numerous television shows, such as Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show and Good Morning America. Her film credits include A Day in Black and White, Sex and Dying, Muffy and Melvin and the Four Eyed Monsters. Onstage she has been seen in such shows as Gigi, Clearing the Air and Funny Girl.

Thomas Walsh

Faculty

Thomas J. Walsh earned a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting and a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism from the University of Texas at Austin. His work as a playwright and director has been recognized for excellence by the Texas Educational Theatre Association (TETA); the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE); the Southwest Theatre Association (SWTA) and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). He has been nominated for the "Most Inspiring Professor" Award by the TCU Panhellenic Council. Dr. Walsh's work was recently honored with a Best Director award by the Dallas/Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum for his production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses at Dallas' Theatre Three, a professional Equity theatre, and for Twelfth Night at the Trinity Shakespeare Festival. At TCU, Dr. Walsh has directed Ah, Wilderness!, The Glass Menagerie, Our Town, Misalliance and Urinetown, among others. He is the Artistic Director for the professional Trinity Shakespeare Festival at TCU.

Location Information

Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. Its mascot is the "horned frog" and its school colors are purple and white. Over the past few years the university has engaged in a multi-million dollar construction project which has led to the construction of four new residence halls, the new Brown-Lupton University Union, the Sam Baugh indoor football practice facility, Amon Carter Stadium renovations, a new campus bookstore, and a full renovation and addition to the School of Education. Construction is currently underway to replace the old Student Center with Scharbauer Hall.

TCU values academic achievement, personal freedom and integrity, the dignity and respect of the individual, and a heritage of inclusiveness, tolerance and service.

If you have questions or need help registering, please call 888-497-3553

Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), and Lauren di Matteo.

** USPA highly recommends that students secure travel insurance to cover trip cancellation, interruption, and/or medical emergency. For more on travel insurance, please visit: Assurance Solutions.

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