Classes
Improv with Evan Roush
Improv is a wonderful skill that applies to everyday life, broadening one’s listening abilities and understanding of physicality. It’s not just for actors - Improv helps build confidence, opening the internal self in not just comedic ways. In this class there is no stage, no script, no defined world - only the one we build together.
Evan has studied under some of Upright Citizen’s Brigades finest improvers and sketch writers - Johnny Meeks, Eugene Cordero, Betsy Sodaro, and many others. He performed with the group Delicate Fucking Flowers in Los Angeles for many years before moving to Santa Barbara, where he now teaches beginning improv at Santa Barbara City College.
Mondays at 7pm Beginning April 7th
7 weeks $200
Financial assistance available - email us!
Theater is Therapy with Kim Prendergast
Facilitated by a Licensed Therapist and active Thespian.
This class is an exciting blend of theatre games, improv, experiential exercises and process work that will allow any young person to create and grow. Benefits of dramatherapy include increased self esteem, confidence, communication skills, emotional expression, problem solving and increased sense of connection to others.
*Please note this class is NOT psychotherapy and should not be used as a replacement for therapy or other medical treatment.
Kimberly Prendergast (Mfc #37448) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Ventura, California. She has spent almost 30 years working with youth and families in a variety of ways and settings. She has a strong commitment to recovery, resilience and thinking creatively to generate solutions to life challenges. She has a passion for mindfulness and dramatherapy which she weaves throughout her practice. Kimberly is also an actress who spends time cultivating her craft, volunteering to promote local theaters and acting as often as life allows. Most recently she has worked at Veritas Theatre as Elizabeth in the production of Witch.
Contact for questions about the class- Kim at 805-243-8085 or kprendergast@empiretcs.net
Thursday 1:30-3:00pm, June 19-August 14
8 weeks $300
Ages 13 - 18
Build Character(s) with Jenifer Novak
Shine like a polished pro by exploring nine different personality types and how to use them in your work and personal life.
The Enneagram is a wisdom map into our human selves, guiding us toward a profound understanding of why we do what we do. You will learn your gifts and strengths, your talking style, what motivates you, how to find your blind spots, and best of all, how to access the nine different styles to expand your own character(s)!
“The More You Understand Yourself, The More You Can Understand Others.”
With a 20-year career in personal development, Jenifer is a masterful coach and mentor. She is the creator of FUNeagram, an education program to "Learn the Enneagram the FUN way", and is the author of The Ultimate Enneagram Workbook and Fully Expressed Living. Jenifer has a background in the arts and has helped clients use the Enneagram to develop writing about characters, illustrators to design characters in more relatable ways, and entrepreneurs to find creative ways to thrive. Learn more at www.funeagram.com
Mondays, 6-8pm
June 2-23
Acting is for Everyone with Rosie Gordon
Acting truly is for everyone, and acting should be enjoyable! This is a class for anyone and everyone, no matter your level of acting experience. Never acted before in your life? Haven’t acted in a while? Seasoned pro? Come join us for an stress-free class that accommodates every level. Acting basics to advanced techniques are taught in a kind, supportive environment that creates community and allows creativity to flourish. We’ll focus on scene work and monologues, and learn by doing. No matter your level of experience, you’ll leave class feeling more confident in your abilities.
Rosie has been involved in theater her entire life, and over the past 3 years has been involved in over 15 productions in Ventura County either as an actor, director or producer. She believes that acting is simple - all you have to do is go onstage and tell the truth.