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Michelle Mueller of Uacelu practices bowing after a rehersal during the aeaual Theater Camp la the
Temple heUdiag studio Wednesday.
Young actors learn, create
during Rep’s summer camp
By Kate Grafel
Staff Writer
Lasting friendships are
forged, pranks are played, and
the world of theater is celebrated
as 29 high school kidi experi
ence a week they will never for
get.
The Nebraska Repertory
Theatre’s annual summer camp
began Sunday with auditions in
the Studio Theatre and will con
clude Saturday with an original
production by the students.
High school students from all
over Nebraska arrived at the
Temple Building Sunday after
noon and launched a week full of
auditions.
UNL doctoral student
Michael Rothmayer used the
audiitions to determine the
nature of each student’s partici
pation in the final show, which
the students are writing.
U They will be creating, rehearsing
and performing a full-length show
in one week ”
“They will be creating,
rehearsing and performing a
full-length show in one week,”
Rothmayer said.
The performance will be a
tribute to the arts, featuring
monologues and dialogues,
music, writing and drawing.
The students attend acting
and improvisation classes each
morning, followed by a two-hour
workshop in the afternoon.
Diane Robinson, an actor
and director from Chicago,
teaches the acting class. She is
currently acting in the Rep’s
“Picnic,” which opened July 13.
Michael Rothmayer
UNL doctoral student
The improvisation class is
taught by UNL graduate student
Amy Rafa. Students in this class
play energy-building, warm-up
games such as “Kitty in the
Comer” and “Zip Zap Zop.”
They also play a common
improvisation game known as
freeze tag. Two actors improvise
a scene until an audience mem
ber says “freeze.” The two actors
hold their positions until the per
son who stopped the scene takes
the place of one of them and
begins a new scene.
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