Chapin Theatre Company
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AUG 12 - NOV 9 - $275
Ages: 11 - 18
Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Instructor: Rob Sprankle
Min / Max: 6 / 15
Showcase: Nov 9
Participants will learn the craft of film acting and will work together to create, film and present a short film.
AUG 13 - NOV 9 - $250
Ages: 14 - adult
Time: 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Instructor: Meredith Boehme
Min / Max: 6 / 15
Showcase: Nov 9
Tap dancing.
AUG 13 - NOV 9 - $180
Ages: 6 - 12
Time: 5:15 pm - 6 pm
Instructor: Ella Riley
Min / Max: 6 / 15
Showcase: Nov 9
Vocal coaching.
SEPT 3 - JAN 6 - $275
Finding Nemo
- FULL
Ages: 6 - 12
Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Instructor: Meredith Boehme, Ella Riley & Christian Banks
Max: 25
Sept 3 first meeting
Sept 10 auditions
Rehearsals: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, Thanksgiving Break, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17, Christmas Break, 1/7
Sunday tech day: Sunday, Jan 12 (2 pm - 6 pm)
Tech rehearsals: Mon, Jan 13, Tue, Jan 14, Wed, Jan 15 and Thu, Jan 16 (all are 6 pm - 7:30 pm)
Break over MLK weekend
Dress rehearsals: Tue, Jan 21, Wed, Jan 22 and Thu, Jan 23 (all are 6 pm - 7:30 pm)
Shows: Fri, Jan 24 (7 pm), Sat, Jan 25 (3 pm & 7 pm), and Sun, Jan 26 (3 pm)
AUG 15 - NOV 9 - $250
Ages: 10 - 17
Time: 4 pm - 5 pm
Instructor: Mary Jo Johnson
Min / Max: 6 / 15
Showcase: Nov 9
Acting.
AUG 15 - NOV 9 - $180
Ages: 10 - 17
Time: 5 pm - 5:45 pm
Instructor: Mary Jo Johnson
Min / Max: 6 / 15
Showcase: Nov 9
Vocal coaching.
AUG 15 - NOV 17 - $275
Jr Show - Broadway Revue -
FULL
Ages: 10 - 17
Time: 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Instructor: Mary Jo Johnson, Tiffany Dinsmore & McCall Bethurem
Max: 25
Broadway Revue dates (A Walk Down Broadway)
Aug 15 First Meeting - prepare a song of your choice to sing that day - 16 to 20 measures
Rehearsals: Aug 15, Aug 22, Aug 29, Sept 5, Sept 12, Sept 19, Sept 26, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17, Oct 24
Tech: Nov 6 and 7 (both 5:45 - 7:30 pm)
Sunday tech (Sunday Bloody Sunday): Nov 10 2 pm - 6 pm (Note: Nov 11 is Veterans Day)
Dress rehearsals: Nov 12, 13, and 14th 545pm - 730pm
Shows: Fri, Nov 15 (7 pm), Sat, Nov 16 (3 pm & 7 pm), and Sun, Nov 17 (3 pm)
AUG 17 - NOV 16 - $250
Ages: 12 - adult
Time: 9:30 pm - 12:30 pm (3rd Sat of each month: Aug 17, Sept 21, Oct 19 & Nov 16)
Instructor: Shelby Sessler
Min / Max: 6 / 15
Showcase: Nov 9
Participants will learn basic sewing techniques and work on projects. Participants will need to bring their own sewing machine to class
Grace McCall Bethurem has been a musical theater performer for over 20 years. McCall grew up in Denver, Colorado performing nationally and internationally with Kids in America Theater Company.
McCall loves the performing arts and had her first paid theater role at 10 years old. She has since performed in over 30 musicals and plays. As a child news anchor on television,
McCall also received training in acting for film and television and had several film credits as well. McCall has also worked as a Production Assistant for films and commercials for the
LDS Motion Picture Studio in Provo, UT. McCall attended Brigham Young University where she studied vocal performance, theater and dance and trained alongside the nationally acclaimed BYU
Cougarettes. McCall is trained in mix/belt vocal instruction and took lessons in SLC with nationally renowned vocal coach, Dean Kaelin. Since graduating from college McCall has performed and
choreographed in the Denver Metro Area with favorite stage roles as Grace Farrell in Annie, Lola in Damn Yankees and Abigail Williams in The Crucible.
Since moving to South Carolina 6 years ago McCall has been privileged to privately train voice students and perform and direct with Chapin Theatre Company. She has also been teaching
acting at The Southern Strutt. McCall loves sharing the joy of performing with the rising generation of performers. Whether through dance, vocal performance or theater, McCall loves helping
you find your voice!
Mary Jo Johnson is a classically trained music theatre performer with 20 years of professional stage experience. Having performed in Equity theaters across the country, Mary Jo has shared the stage with many performing legends: Joel Gray, Carol Channing, Jodi Benson, Nell Carter, Brian D’Arcy James, Blair Underwood, Karen Morrow, Juliette Prowse, Tom Key, and numerous others. She has performed in over 30 musicals, and even has a few commercial and film credits as well. Her favorite roles include Annie Oakley in Annie Get You Gun, Maggie in A Chorus Line, Louisa in The Fantastics, Peep-Bo in The Hot Mikado, and Young Phyllis in Follies. Since retiring from the stage, Mary Jo has produced, directed, choreographed and vocally coached performances for theatre, industrial productions, churches, camps, and private students.
Mary Jo received a BMP in Music Theatre from Florida State University, and has taken master classes under Joseph Papp, Lynn Stallings, Honey Coles, Mandy Benson, Siri Sat Nam, Frank Hatchet, and many others. She continued to train in voice, dance and acting as she worked professionally, and just recently she began attending workshops in film and television work with Canedy Knowles, Jorjenna Marie, Jack Alcott, Bonnie Gillespie, and Clifton Gutterman.
Teaching and equipping the next generation of performers, while discovering and instilling important life-lessons along the way, Mary Jo desires to provide a positive environment for students to learn, grow and discover their unique value through the performing arts.
Tiffany Dinsmore has been a performer since she was in elementary school. She was born in Ft Lauderdale, Florida and grew up all over the state. Tiffany has been on the stage, the small screen and the big screen. She especially loves directing and watching actors grow throughout a performance. She attended Troy State University (Go Trojans!) where she studied voice, drama and stagecraft while getting her degrees in Mathematics and Biology. Since moving to South Carolina (her 8th state) she has performed on many stages around the Midlands. Some of her favorite performances have been Miami Vice, being in 2 movies with her husband, Wicked Witch in Wizard of Oz, Honey Rae Futrelle in the Jones, Hope, Wooten Futrelle sisters trilogy and Walt Disney World. Tiffany has been teaching and directing theatre close to 20 years now. She loves watching the joy on new performers faces as they fall in love with theatre.
Rob Sprankle creates art. Having studied both music and media arts, and having earned a Liberal Arts degree from The University of South Carolina, Rob has applied his love for creation to multiple forms of expression. A fairly large body of work in theatre, particularly musical theatre has been a cornerstone, but he has also worked in front of and behind the camera for multiple film and commercial projects. His greatest work, however, is at the grocery store, or at home, where his love for human interaction becomes the art of life.
Ella Riley has been working on, behind, and around the stage for almost 15 years. Currently a student at USC, majoring in Education, she has previously participated in Town Theatre’s Teen Troupe, South Carolina’s Tri-District Arts Consortium, and the several programs at the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. She currently serves on the board at Chapin Theatre Company and is excited to teach a class at CAPA this year!
Shelby Sessler is a costumer, makeup artist, wig whisperer, voice actor and singer. Shelby has been sewing for over 20 years and designing even longer than that! An active member of the cosplay community, Shelby’s strengths are in making creative character choices that come through in the costume designs. Shelby takes pride in total transformation and over helping others learn to do the same.
Meredith Boehme has been dancing since she was 4 years old. She enjoys all types of dance but tap is her absolute favorite! She was a competitive dancer and assistant dance teacher for 8 years and has performed at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, Jazz on Tap in Atlanta, Disney World and New York City. She has taken Master Classes from choreographers and dance teachers all over the country. Meredith graduated from Columbia College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in dance. She ran the dance program at Crooked Creek Park for 8 years and successfully grew the program after starting with just 2 students. It was there that she met Tiffany Dinsmore and was brought into the theater world. Meredith began working with Chapin Theatre Company in 2018 as a choreographer. She has also worked as a choreographer and assistant director for ICRC Children’s Theater and is a licensed Zumba instructor. Meredith believes that everyone has the ability to dance and loves to watch others learn and grow. She cannot wait to share her love of dance with all of you!
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