“You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught!”
Since summer of 2019, South Bay Musical Theatre has been offering an ongoing enrichment program for adult performers (18 and over), in which stars and staff of our recent shows coach intimate groups of performers on the fundamentals of musical theatre, for a small fee. On a budget? Inquire about scholarships, and/or check out our occasional complimentary workshops happening in the virtual SBMT eStudio.
The workshops provide guidance for actors, singers, and dancers.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Learning the Standard British Dialect
When: Sat, Jan. 6, from 10:30 a.m. – noon WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Where: Over Zoom (link will be sent after you register)
Cost: $40 per student for one 90-minute session.
Sign up: Use the “SIGN ME UP” button below or call 408-266-4734.
Learning the Cockney Dialect
When: Mon, Jan. 8, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Where: Over Zoom (link will be sent after you register)
Cost: $40 per student for one 90-minute sessions.
Sign up: Use the “SIGN ME UP” button below or call 408-266-4734.
Join professional Dialect Coach Kimily Conkle on an informative and light-hearted journey as we explore the British and Cockney dialects in a pair of virtual 90-minute workshops that will be conducted over Zoom. Sign up for one or both workshops, which have been scheduled just prior to auditions for SBMT’s upcoming production of Mary Poppins, to help you get into character for those roles.
On stage or screen, dialects are another level of storytelling, and modern audiences expect authenticity with intelligibility. This workshop is designed to give you specific tools to master the signature sounds and prosody of the dialect.
About the instructor:
KIMILY CONKLE has been a professional dialect coach for 30 years. She coached the marvelous A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder for SBMT and the world premiere of Memphis at TheatreWorks. Other theatre associations include Sierra Repertory Theatre, San Jose Stage, Sacramento Theatre Company, CenterRep, Marin Theatre Company, Los Altos Stage, Broadway by the Bay, The Mountain Play, Foothill Music Theatre, Palo Alto Players, Ross Valley Players, Tabard Theatre, Hillbarn Theatre and Stanford University. Kimily was a Theatre Arts faculty member at Foothill College. She is also a member of Actors’ Equity (AEA) and the Voice and Speech Trainer’s Association, and received her theatre training from ACT, RADA, and PCPA Theatrefest.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For specific questions about classes, please email classes@southbaymt.com. Join our auditions mailing list by sending an email to auditions-list+subscribe@southbaymt.com (be sure to acknowledge the confirmation email to join), and you will be notified in advance with details about our upcoming shows, roles, and audition dates.