theatre skills education program
Offering a wide variety of workshops and courses, from introductory level to advanced levels, designed to help Windsor-Essex residents learn new theatre skills and sharpen the skills they already have.
All courses and workshops are held at The Shadowbox Theatre (103B - 1501 Howard Ave. Windsor ONT). Click HERE to review the venue's COVID-19 Health and Safety Policies.
TO REGISTER: email postproductionswindsor@gmail.com. Please include the name of the course you'd like to register for in the subject line. All registration is first-come, first-serve.
Fees are paid via e-transfer to postproductionswindsor@gmail.com
Additionally, if you’d like to request a particular workshop/course, or pitch us a workshop or course that you’d like to teach, let us know. We’ll see what we can do.
For more details about our teachers, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
All courses and workshops are held at The Shadowbox Theatre (103B - 1501 Howard Ave. Windsor ONT). Click HERE to review the venue's COVID-19 Health and Safety Policies.
TO REGISTER: email postproductionswindsor@gmail.com. Please include the name of the course you'd like to register for in the subject line. All registration is first-come, first-serve.
Fees are paid via e-transfer to postproductionswindsor@gmail.com
Additionally, if you’d like to request a particular workshop/course, or pitch us a workshop or course that you’d like to teach, let us know. We’ll see what we can do.
For more details about our teachers, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
acting for everyone
Dates
Sundays (1:30 - 3:00 PM) October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2021
Summary
This fun drama workshop for beginning and intermediate actors focuses on the development of each individual at their specific level. Scene work and improvisation make the course challenging as well as entertaining! Open to participants 16 years or older.
Teacher
Joey Ouellette
Fee
$75 (18.75 per class)
Class size
6 - 10 participants
Sundays (1:30 - 3:00 PM) October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2021
Summary
This fun drama workshop for beginning and intermediate actors focuses on the development of each individual at their specific level. Scene work and improvisation make the course challenging as well as entertaining! Open to participants 16 years or older.
Teacher
Joey Ouellette
Fee
$75 (18.75 per class)
Class size
6 - 10 participants
creative writing
Dates
Sundays (3:30 - 5:00 PM) October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2021
Summary
For beginners and those who’ve already begun, this guided workshop-format course will help you develop your creative writing skills and processes through presentation, anonymous constructive criticism, and discussion. There is homework – so be prepared to write! Open to participants 16 years or older.
Teacher
Joey Ouellette
Fee
$89 (22.25 per class)
Class size
6 - 10 participants
Sundays (3:30 - 5:00 PM) October 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2021
Summary
For beginners and those who’ve already begun, this guided workshop-format course will help you develop your creative writing skills and processes through presentation, anonymous constructive criticism, and discussion. There is homework – so be prepared to write! Open to participants 16 years or older.
Teacher
Joey Ouellette
Fee
$89 (22.25 per class)
Class size
6 - 10 participants
writing for the stage: the basics
Dates
Saturdays (1:00 - 4:00 PM) October 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 13 & 20, 2021
Summary
This six-week course uses active learning exercises, discussion, and constructive feedback to help you learn the basic elements of storytelling (story, character, dialogue, theme, genre) with a focus on how to use those elements to write compelling scripts for the stage. There will be homework – the more you put into this course, the more you get out of it! Open to participants 18 years or older.
NOTE: Anyone who has previously submitted a script to the Windsor-Essex Playwriting Contest receives a 25% discount
Teacher
Michael K. Potter
Fee
$100 (16.67 per class)
Class size
6 - 10 participants
Saturdays (1:00 - 4:00 PM) October 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 13 & 20, 2021
Summary
This six-week course uses active learning exercises, discussion, and constructive feedback to help you learn the basic elements of storytelling (story, character, dialogue, theme, genre) with a focus on how to use those elements to write compelling scripts for the stage. There will be homework – the more you put into this course, the more you get out of it! Open to participants 18 years or older.
NOTE: Anyone who has previously submitted a script to the Windsor-Essex Playwriting Contest receives a 25% discount
Teacher
Michael K. Potter
Fee
$100 (16.67 per class)
Class size
6 - 10 participants
About the Teachers
- Joey Ouellette is an author-actor-educator who's been working in the creative arts for more than thirty years. He has a lot of energy and his teaching focuses on learning by doing.
- Michael K. Potter is an educator, author, producer, director, and occasional actor. He has been teaching and researching learning-centred teaching practices and storytelling for 20 years. In 2018 he co-founded the Windsor-Essex Playwriting Contest, which he’s served as co-ordinator and judge ever since.
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