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Causes: Arts & Culture, Theater
Mission: Educational theatre company that seeks to build community and transform lives by providing high quality, intensive musical and theatre training, as well as theatrical performances of all kinds in the underserved south bay and harbor areas.
Programs: Performance workshops: participants in each of these performance workshops/productions learn about all parts of performing including taking direction, blocking, acting, dancing, singing, and choreography. Part of the learning experience includes teamwork, patience, leadership, note taking and reading. We believe and see that what is learned during these productions translates directly to school, work, and social experiences that occur in other parts of a participant's life.
summer & winter camps: during the winter and summer months, encore organizes several camps. They include 2 week musical theatre camps, 1 week camps and a shakespeare camp. Encore provides a wide range of opportunities including acting, singing, dancing, swordplay. The camps allow students to blossom at their own pace. Students put into practice skills learned during rehearsals and theater style games that are designed to enhance listening and response skills. Our participants gain personal confidence and have a sense of accomplishment being in a cast of new friends.
performing art classes: encore offers various classes to educate children in all aspects of the performing arts. Classes offered include: choreography classes, audition classes, dance classes, stage combat classes etc.
student leadership program: the student leadership program is for teens in middle school through high school. It is a multi-year program where teens are taught leadership skills through the different theatre arts disciplines including directing, choreography, stage managing, producing, costume design, set building etc. Each year they are in the program, their list of duties and responsibilities will change and grow. They are not only a vital part of the productions, but they will have on-going meetings with mentors to set goals and receive feedback on how they are doing. Minimum scholarships available.