Fall workshops registration is now open!
We have just opened registration for our two fall workshops - Matilda the Workshop and Dance for Musical Theater! Don't miss out on these in-person classes. Tuition assistance is available for both.
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"Even if you’re little, you can do a lot!” Our exciting fall workshop will be focused entirely on Matilda the Musical, the smash hit by Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly. Over the course of 10 weeks, students will learn and rehearse songs, scenes, and dance numbers from Matilda, learning about character work, acting through song, musicianship, musical theater dance technique, and ensemble-building. The workshop will culminate in a works-in-progress performance for invited friends and family. 7th–12th grade students may register. Class size limited to 20; students will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
When: August 30 – November 13, Mondays/Wednesdays 4:30pm–7pm, and Saturdays 2pm–5pm (final performance Saturday 11/13)
Where: YMTC’s Aquatic Park campus in Berkeley
Teachers: Celeste Kamiya, Daniel Alley, Pam Crane
Our most popular workshop, back again for the fall! In this class, students will learn combinations from different musical theater dance numbers, learning about dance technique along the way. Open to students in 7th–12th grade. Students will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
When: Thursdays, September 16–November 18, 4pm–5:30pm
Where: YMTC’s Aquatic Park campus in Berkeley
Teachers: Zoë Swenson-Graham
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Scholarships and Tuition Assistance Available!
YMTC is the proud recipient of a generous grant from the Budding Artist Foundation to provide scholarships for Fall 2021 musical theater training! Partial and full scholarships available! No student has ever been turned away!
We are requiring all students and workshop staff to be fully vaccinated. Students who register will be required to show proof of vaccination before the first day of the workshop.
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CELESTE KAMIYA is an actress, singer, theatre educator, and all-around performing arts enthusiast from San Francisco. Growing up, she trained with various arts programs around the Bay Area, most notably with the San Francisco Girls Chorus, and, of course, with YMTC, where she performed in many productions, assistant directed, dramaturged, performed in the inaugural YMTC+ production, and, most recently, began working as the Production Stage Manager. She holds a BA in Theater from Eugene Lang College at The New School in New York City, and she spent her junior year studying acting at the British American Drama Academy in London, where she studied with Pippa Nixon, Annabel Leventon, and Fiona Shaw. Her love of performing has blossomed into a passion for arts education, and she hopes to teach future generations of theatre artists with the same dedication and care that she has received from all of the wonderful teachers and directors throughout her life.
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PAM CRANE received her B.A. in Drama and English Literature from Occidental College, and while there, had the privilege of studying dance with Charlene Baker, who was Agnes DeMille’s assistant choreographer for many years. Pam has appeared in a number of shows in the East Bay, including productions with Berkeley Opera, Contra Costa Musical Theater and Diablo Light Opera. Pam’s past choreography credits include Kiss Me Kate, Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business, Guys & Dolls, Godspell, Cabaret, Fiddler On The Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Urinetown. She was a founding board member when YMTC was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2004, and served as Board President until 2009, and as Managing Director until 2010.
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DANIEL ALLEY is a music director, conductor, and pianist specializing in musical theater and opera. Recent work with YMTC includes the summer Songs & Scenes Workshop (music director), Light in the Piazza (cover conductor), and Merrily We Roll Along (Keys II). He is a company member at Shotgun Players, where he is music directing Passing Strange and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 for their upcoming 30th anniversary season. Recent credits include music director for Vinegar Tom (Shotgun Players), Memphis (Berkeley Playhouse), The Fantasticks (Piedmont Center for the Arts), Threepenny Opera and Spelling Bee (Oakland School for the Arts), Chicago, Pippin, Freaky Friday, and A Chorus Line (Berkeley Playhouse YouthStage) and rehearsal pianist and choir master for La Bohème, The Magic Flute, and Aroldo at West Edge Opera. He studied orchestral and choral conducting at UC Berkeley and is the choir director and organist at Christ Lutheran Church.
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ZOË SWENSON-GRAHAM returned to the Bay Area in 2015 after living in London for nearly seven years, where she worked as an actor, dancer, and trained as a stage combat instructor and fight choreographer-- working around the UK teaching in various drama schools, and working with organizations such as the Royal Opera House, The Globe, Southwark Playhouse and The Kings Head Theatre. Since returning to the Bay, Zoe has choreographed for and taught with the American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, Oakland School of the Arts, Sierra Repertory Theatre Company, Broadway By The Bay, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, YMTC, Palo Alto Children's Theatre, Mountain Play Association and MoonSchool with 42nd Street Moon. Dance choreography credits include: Newsies (Hillbarn Theatre), Camelot (Sierra Rep Theatre), Mamma Mia (Mountain Play and Hillbarn Theatre), White Christmas (Sierra Rep Theatre Company), The Producers, A Chorus Line, Company (Mayhem Musical Theatre Company, London) and she worked as the Associate Choreographer on Music Man and Saturday Night Fever at Broadway By the Bay. Zoe still loves to perform on stage, most recently appearing in Cabaret at the SF Playhouse and A Chorus Line at Sierra Repertory Theatre.
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