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Summer 2008 schedule!
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Coming
in April and May 2008
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836-5437
Austin's Most Popular Acting
School--Happily serving Central Texas since 1980!
kidsActing thanks the folks of Central
Texas for making us "the best!"
Voted
Readers Poll Favorite 2006
Austin Family Magazine
--Favorite Place to Learn
Acting!--
Voted
Readers Poll Favorite
2005, 2006 and 2007!
by the Austin Chronicle Readers Poll
Best
Summer
Camp: Kids Acting
Taking
"let's play pretend" to the next level, KA puts on impressive,
remarkably talented renditions of popular musicals every summer. The
talented staff draws out so much spirit, confidence, and stellar
performances to match shining smiles of these little
thespians-in-training at every curtain call. Fun for all ages and
experience levels. The kind of leg-breaking parents can dig.
Voted Best Camps and Classes -
Austin Chronicle
Owned and operated since
1980 by Dede Clark, KidsActing is Austin's only theatre school
producing full-scale musicals with casts of young people--many
featuring original songs by famous local musicians.
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Austin,
Lakeway, Round Rock, Oak Hill, Cedar
Park, Dripping Springs, and Westlake!
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Congratulations
to our Alumni!
Ellen Marlow who
performed in Grease at kidsActing starred as Jemima on
Broadway in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
Ranjani Brow in CSI New York,Adrienne Dreiss, Law and Order Special
Victims Unit, National Bank of America mortgage commercial... Ellen
Blain, ABC Movie of the Week... Ranjani Brow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
The Loner (Independent Film Channel)... Sharron Bower, Law and Order
Special Victims Unit... Aimee Guillot, photo on the cover of the New
York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure section starring in Big Love...
Chris Ibenhard, 1st Place: Best Vocal Performer, 7th Place: Best Actor,
National Star Search.
Congratulations
Cast and Crew
of Waking Sleeping Beauty!
kidsActing's 2003 original summer musical Waking
Sleeping Beauty was nominated for six B. Iden Payne Awards (and won
two of them!):
Outstanding Production
of a Play for Youth - kidsActing, Written by Dede Clark,
Theresa May, Carolina Sanders, Produced and Directed by Dede Clark,
Musical Direction by Noel Alford, Set Design by Gary Vander Wege,
Costume Design by Theresa May, Lighting Design by Diana Duecker,
Choreography by Sally Taylor, Sound Design by Joe Volpe Winner!
Best Original Score - Robert
Skiles, Jan Bozarth, Noel Alford, Theresa May, Cindy Symington, Dede
Clark, Holly Watson, Sarah Hickman, Django Walker, and Jerry Jeff
Walker (What a collaboration!) Winner!
Outstanding Director
of a Play for Youth - Dede Clark
Outstanding Actress in
a Play for Youth -
Christiana Little
Andrea Cody
Kate Miranda
KidsActing world premiere of its original musical The
Emperor's New Shows was nominated for ten B Iden
Payne 2000-2001 awards!
1. Best Production--KidsActing, The
Emperor's New Shows
2. Best Original Score--Noel Alford, Holly
Watson, Conrad Deisler, Cindy Symington, Tommy Byrd, Jan Bozarth,
Robert Skiles, Julienne LeMond
3. Best Original Script--Dede Clark, Noel
Alford
4. Best Director, Play for Youth--Dede Clark
5. Best Musical Director--Noel Alford
6.. Best Actor in a Play for Youth--John
Jeffords
7. Best Actor in a Play for Youth--Barrett
Davis*
8. Best Actor in a Play for Youth--Grayson
Little
9. Best Actress in a Play for Youth--Kate
Miranda
10. Best Actress in a Play for Youth--Grace
Field
*winner!
Please
support local theatre by joining Austin Circle of Theatres. You get
discounts on theatre tickets and next year you can vote for the winners!
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KidsActing was voted
Best Camps/Classes by the 2005 Austin Chronicle Readers' Poll.
Dede Clark voted Best Stage Director
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Here's what
Austin has to say about us...
"Every summer in Austin a troop
of child actors, singers and dancers attracts a lot of attention. The
KidsActing productions are known for their high production values and
their music."
--KXAN-TV
"Dede Clark is one of the most
driven and energetic developers of the next generation of musical
theatre stars. Clark runs KidsActing, a private performing arts school
for youngsters that not only provides lessons for its students but
unique opportunities for them to display their talents for the
community."
--Robert Faires and Adrienne
Martini, The Austin Chronicle
"(KidsActing) brings together a
diverse group of kids and young adults at various levels of theatrical
development and gives each performer (and the backstage personnel)
solid stage opportunities."
--Jamie Smith, Austin American
Statesman
"Most parents would like to
alleviate the fear of public speaking in their children and a local
business is offering plenty of help. Parents can send their kids to
weekly KidsActing classes and summer camps. There the children gain
experience in performing songs, skits and plays. The kids have fun and
any trepidation they have about speaking out and performing in front of
groups is eradicated as a side effect."
--Cheryl Morgan, Lake Travis View
"Dede is my mentor, KidsActing
was my springboard."
--Cori Stern, Director of
Development, Sibon Entertainment and The Fox Family Channel
"... loads of talented,
humorously-costumed and well-directed kids..."
--Jerry Conn, Westlake Picayune
"Thank you for the meeting. It
made a huge difference. (Our child) came out of class eager and happy.
His impulsiveness and mood swings are not understood by many. Your use
of words were such a gift to our son."
--Letter from a KidsActing
parent (names withheld to protect privacy)
"My son studied at KidsActing
for several years. Now he's at Juilliard. What more can I say?"
--Carolina Sanders, former
KidsActing Mom
After four years of KidsActing,
my daughter auditioned for admission to the prestigious Tisch School of
the Arts at NYU in Manhattan. She was in the 15% of applicants
accepted. After sitting in on upper and lower level theatre classes
there, we came to the conclusion that she had ALREADY received the kind
of conservatory training that they offer... she got it at KidsActing!
Now she is a Freshman at Wellesley, studying theatre and directing from
a literary perspective.
--Amanda Evans, a happy
KidsActing Mom
"KidsActing took a child baffled
by the changes of Jr. High and turned him into a confident, happy,
successful young man--the winner of the Best Actor B. Iden Payne award
(in a kidsActing production). His life was changed forever by joining
kidsacting. Years of friendship, training, love, guidance and
focus--all began and will last because of this experience. Where do you
begin when your child has a dream? You begin here--kidsActing."
--Laurie Davis, (Barrett's Mom)
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If you have any questions about camps,
classes or KidsActing in general, please contact us at
836-KIDS (836-5437) or e-mail
info@kidsactingstudio.com
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--Dede Clark--Noel Alford--Vicki
Henderson--Erin Byrne--Jai Suire--David Yeakle--David
McCornack--Jamie McCornack--Ann Marie Gordon--Elinor White --Jason
Marlett--Susie Gidseg--Leigh Fisher--Tiffany Williams--Tom
Bryan--Talena Martinez--Nina Sloan-- Julianna Smith --Theada
Bellenger--Jazz McBride
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