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Winter Classes Start
January 13th.
Register your child
today!
Print the class schedule and
registration form below.
Checks can be made out and mailed
to:
Ashland Children's Theater
191 A Street in Ashland, OR 97520
Or to register by phone call:
541.482.2334 ext. 2
All classes and performances
are held in the
Oregon Stage Works theater at 191 A Street in Ashland.
Theater Directions
Scholarships available for all classes.
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Instructor
Biographies
Eve
Smyth (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 two scripts for
Ashland Children’s Theater, “The Snow White Project” and “The
Peter Pan Project”, both of which have played to sold out
houses. She has directed the Young Academy Productions.
She currently performs with Oregon Stage Works and is a member
of the comedy improv troupe the Hamazons.
Kate Sullivan (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 and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible.
Last season she performed as an understudy at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival. Photo coming soon!
Autumn Aloiau
has recently moved to Ashland from Orange County
where she was a theater major at the Academy for the Performing
Arts, and was very active in starting the Musical Theater
Department at Edison High School. Autumn directed,
choreographed, and produced "Cinderella" at Eader Elementary
School. She also has experience choreographing hula, hip-hop,
jazz and musical theater. Autumn was the Assistant Director and
Stage Manager for the Ashland Children's Theatre most recent
production A Thousand Cranes. She looks forward to
continuing her work with Ashland Children’s Theatre.
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 their production of A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Currently she is one of the Warrior Princesses of Comedy, The
Hamazons.

Christopher DuVal
is currently an actor in his tenth season at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, playing the roles of Roderigo in Othello
and George Tesman in The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler.
Christopher is also recognized as a Full Instructor of Stage
Combat with Dueling Arts International and has staged fights for
many productions and has taught youth and adults stage combat at
a variety of theatres, high schools, colleges, universities, and
conservatories throughout the west. He holds a BA in Theatre
Arts from California State University, Fullerton, an MFA in
Acting from the University of California, Irvine, and is an
active student and 1st degree black belt of Aikido.
For more information about
ACT classes,
performances, volunteering
or to make a
donation, call Ashland
Children's Theatre
Co-director Kate Sullivan
at:
541.482.2334 ext. 2 |