Rebel Alliance Theatre

Registration now open for Rebel Alliance Theatre’s
Love To Learn Education Program Summer Classes

The Love to Learn Education Program is Free Range Education for Growing People. No Tests.  No Grades.  Just Love to Learn.

Classes are offered at $10.00 or less per session and class sizes are limited. Session lengths and meeting times vary.  Registration is required, and forms are available at the theatre 6-9PM Monday -Thursday, at our website (www.rebelalliancetheatre.org), at our booth at Omro Friday Night Markets, and by asking a Rebel.

All classes will be held at Rebel Alliance Theatre—Omro’s Center for the Arts
404 Webster Ave in Omro, Wisconsin.  Please call the box office at 920-426-8580 or email  Kelley@rebelalliancetheatre.org or Jen at Jen@rebelalliancetheatre.org for more information.

Summer 2010 Class offerings:

The Percy Jackson Book Club: In this class lead by Rebel Alliance Second-Year Program Actor James Wilmes, 6th-8th graders will focus on Greek Mythology and delve into the world created by Rick Riordan as they read and explore his book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

Ages 12-14 (or grades 6-8)   Class size is limited to 10.  Meets Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-2 PM for three weeks June 21-July 29.   Course Fee:  $100.00   Plus 5.00 for a book if you don’t have your own copy.Register by June 18.

Off – Stage Shakespeare As You Like It :  Read and study Shakespeare’s delightful comedy with a small group of  fellow knowledge seekers lead by Rebel’s own Shakespeare Ladies– Kari Kromm and Tahnee Guenther. Learn about Shakespeare’s language and Renaissance England and meet the cast and crew of the Summer Shakespeare production in rehearsal.  Enjoy an Elizabethan sampler feast, try your hand at imagining costumes, sets, and music for the play. Class culminates in a pair of tickets for you and a guest to see As You Like It at Rebel Alliance. 

ALL AGES over 14 welcome!  Class size is limited to 10.  Meets Monday through Thursday  9:00-11:00 AM for three weeks July 12-15, 19-22 and 26-29.  Course Fee:  $120.00.  Register by July 8

Art-Full Stories With Kelsey Lapin: A theme-based language and arts class for children who will be in grades 2 through 5 in the fall of 2010. Lead by UW Oshkosh Art-Education student Kelsey Lapin. The class will explore a new book and theme each week and give students the opportunities to connect reading with art and to make  connections on their own outside of class. Students will read and explore books and then create associated hands–on art projects that are connected to the theme of the week. Class time includes unstructured “Free Art” time and children will be encouraged to bring in their own favorite books to share from time to time. The class will culminate in an exhibition that will allow students to share  the books that they have read and the art they have made with parents families, and  the Rebel Alliance Theatre Community.

Ages 7-11 (or grades 2-5)  Class size is limited to 20. Meets Mon., Wed., and Thurs.1-3PM for 8 weeks, June 21– August 12.   Course Fee: $175.00.  Art supplies included in course fee.  Register by June 10.

Stage Combat Basics: Students will learn the basics of stage combat both hand to hand and rapier work. Class will culminate in the creation and performance of a  stage combat skit. Accomplished Stage Combat instructor Justin Fleck (Rebel Alliance Theatre Fight Director) will work with students, both one and one and in a group, to show them the basic skills which they will practice both during class on on their own outside of class so that so they will be ready by the end to be able to plan out and perform their own stage combat skit in the future both well and safely.  Two six-week classes are offered. Each class is limited to 10 students:

Junior Stage Combat  (for ages 12-15)  Meets Mondays  4-6 PM for 5 weeks  June 21-July 26
Stage Combat (for ages 16 and older)    Tuesdays    4-6 PM     for   5 weeks  June 22-July 27�
Course Fee $120.00.  Register by June 18.