Jonesborough Repertory Theatre (JRT) is currently registerin g students for their winter/spring class season. The open house registrati on will take place at the theatre on Thursday\, January 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
\nTheatre Arts classes and more will be offered for students i n Kindergarten through 12th grade. This season JRT is continuin g its launch and expansion on new arts programming in the town that not on ly includes theatre\, but playwriting\, music\, dance and art as well. JRT has had a thriving theatre education program for nearly ten years.
\n< p> “We are so excited\,” says Kathleen Buttolph\, Director of Arts Educati on. “The renovations to the Booker T. Washington school are amazing. We ca n’t wait to get into the new facility (The McKinney Center). The new space will not only contain a stage for plays and musicals\, but it will be a c ommunity center for all to grow in the arts and delight in the rich histor y that breathes life into the building.”\nThe newly renovated McKin ney Center at Booker T. Washington School will be open this summer 2013 an d will be the new home of Jonesborough’s Arts programming through the Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts. JRT’s theatre arts classes will continue to have a home at JRT\, but will offer more opportunities for youth and ad ults to enjoy the variety of stage spaces and instruction style.
\nB eginning\, January 14\, theatre arts classes will be held on Mondays from 4 to 5:15 p.m. for students in 5th-7th grade and fro m 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. for students in 8th -12th grade. On Tuesdays\, classes will be offered for students in kindergarten throug h 2nd grade from 4 to 5 p.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m. for students in 3rd and 4th grade.
\nThis fall\, JRT had ov er 30 students in their theatre arts classes. JRT’s faculty is dedicated t o the study and creation of a theatre arts curriculum that combines best p ractices and includes state standards. All classes are geared to set perso nal and whole class goals in theatre arts performance. Students will engag e in theatre games and exercises that explore introductory and advanced te chnique development for improvisation\, voice and diction\, storytelling\, monologue\, scene work\, auditioning\, movement for the stage\, musical t heatre\, playwriting\, pantomime\, and much more.
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If interested\, please download the registration form onlin
e at www.jonesboroughtheatre.com. The form ca
n be mailed or emailed to JRTstudents@yahoo.com
. For more information check online or call 423-794-7858. Separate wor
kshops will be offered throughout the spring for adults as well. Please se
e the website for updates and details on classes and workshops.