Ashland Children's Theatre



Ashland Children's Theatre Winter 2010 Classes are enrolling now and begin January 18th. Winter 2010 Class Schedule & Signup Form

Oregon Stage Works' Ashland Children's Theatre is an active program that provides year-round drama instruction for children that is purposed at fostering creativity and self-confidence, while at the same time producing quality child-centric live theatre. Thanks to the generous support of The Sangham Foundation, our Ashland Children’s Theatre has now developed a touring company to bring productions and educational workshops to schools and communities in Oregon and Northern California. For more information about ACT classes, performances, touring company, volunteering or to make a donation, contact: Ashland Children's Theatre Director Kate Sullivan 541.482.2334 x2 or ACT@oregonstageworks.org All classes and performances are held in the Oregon Stage Works theatre at 191 A Street in Ashland or on-site at your school. Scholarships are available for all classes.
Ashland Children's Theater Instructors:
Kate Sullivan (ACT Co-Director), a founding member of Oregon Stage Works, holds a B.A. in Drama and Theatre from the University of Hawaii, where she trained in both Western and Eastern Acting styles. While in Hawaii, she performed and toured with Honolulu Theatre for Youth and taught creative drama for two years at their summer camp for young actors. In addition, she taught performance skills and theatre games to children, ages 5- 14 with “Getting Dramatic”, a program that set up Drama residencies in various Hawaii public schools. Trained in gymnastics, Kate has taught the sport and worked with young children for over thirty years. She has played numerous roles here in the Rogue Valley Her most recent Oregon Stage Works appearances include Mrs. Kendall in The Elephant Man, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible and Jessie Mae in The Trip to Boutiful. She spent three seasons as an understudy at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Eve Smyth (ACT Co-Director) has been acting and performing improvisation for 20 years. After graduating with a degree in theater from San Francisco State University, Eve performed and toured with her own theater company throughout the Northwest. In San Francisco, Eve taught and performed with Bay Area Theater Sports where she was also the Director of their Young Audiences program at BATS Improv, where she facilitated improvisation workshops and performances in schools throughout the Bay Area. As an emerging playwright, Eve has written several scripts for Ashland Children’s Theater including “The Snow White Project” and “A Key to Her Heart” as well as directed a variety of special projects. She currently is an understudy for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and is a member of the comedy improv troupe: The Hamazons.

Peter Alzado is the Artistic Director of Oregon Stage Works. After graduating Cum Laude in English and Theatre from Queens College, New York, Peter's debut on Broadway was in Michael Weller's Moon Children , directed by Alan Schneider. He performed with many of the major theatres in New York City including La Mama E.T.C., the New York Shakespeare Festival, the New Phoenix Rep Company, Playwrights Horizons, and the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Conn. An award winning actor, Peter received his MFA in directing as a Donal Harrington Scholar from the University of Montanna. He has taught acting at universities and professional schools and currently conducts The Craft of The Actor. Peter directed The Peter Pan Project for Ashland Children’s Theatre and continues to support the vision of Ashland Children’s Theater.

Kyndra Laughery has been working with children for the last twelve years as a teacher, storyteller, and creative play facilitator. She performed in the valley for six years with the Greenroom Theater and Second Saturday Players. She teaches improv to children for Walker Elementary Pathways program, OSW Ashland Children’s Theater and Willow Wind. She played” Parsley” in Ashland Children’s Theaters’ production of The Peter Pan Project and Puck in its production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. Currently she is director of our Teen Theatre as is a member of the comedy improv troupe: The Hamazons.

Richard Heller has worked in children's theatre for over 25 years. He is the author of several children's plays including The Tiger and the Raja and The Story of Good Queen Cimmerine and her Amazing Rescue. In 2002, he created an after-school drama program for youth in the Bay Area with over a hundred students attending. Richard assisted with our last spring's Scene Study class and with our successful Children's Mystery Theatre summer camp production.

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