Author Archives: lsegel

Our second Workshop on Theatre Skills for the summer of 2015 is on Sunday 12 July, starting at 7:30 PM.  The subject is Public Speaking, and the presenter is Sherri Raftery, M.Ed.  The title of the presentation is “Helping You Take Center Stage!” Would you like to learn simple tips and tricks that will help you feel comfortable while speaking in front of an audience, a large or small group. or even one on one in the board room or at the dinner table?  This is the workshop for you. Sherri hosts and produces “Helping YOU Take Center Stage” – Public Speaking and Leadership Tips at Revere TV, and is the Drama Club Coordinater at Northeast Regional Metro Technical High School. Sherri Raftery earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Theatre & Communications from Emerson College, and a Master’s in Education in Arts & Learning from Endicott College.  Some of her clients include corporations, international organizations, high schools, colleges, universities, nonprofits organizations and community groups. Sherri is the Theatre Company of Saugus Recording Secretary.  She has been a member of Toastmasters International since 2005, and was the District 31 Governor serving Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island where she earned several leadership and public speaking awards. Sherri was honored by the Home for Little Wanderers in 2008 and speaks out as a live testimonial raising funds and awareness and is currently writing a children’s book called Almost Adopted. All the Theatre Skills workshops meet at the TCS home at the East Saugus United Methodist Church / 85 Chestnut Street / Saugus, Massachusetts 01906.  See our Directions page. The workshop is open to everyone.  There is a fee of $5 per person.

We continue our successful series of Workshops on Theatre Skills from last summer.  We have some returning presenters and some great new ones.

Plan to put most of the month of July 2015 on your calendar.  Specific dates for each workshop subject are shown below.  We have recently changed this schedule, so look at it carefully!   There are also more complete descriptions of each workshop on other posts on this website.  Here is the current schedule:

• Improvisation, with Britt Mitchell.  Tuesday 7 July.
• Public Speaking, with Sherri Raftery, M.Ed.  Sunday 12 July.
• How to Prepare for a Musical Theatre Audition, Acting with Adam Schuler and Dancing with Kathleen Tringale.  Tuesday 14 July.
• Tap Dance for Beginners, with Kathleen Tringale.  Thursday 16 July.
• Tap Dance Continued, with Kathleen Tringale.  Sunday 19 July.  This will start at 3:00 PM.  Depending on the progress at the beginning tap dance workshop on July 16, this may either be a continuation of that, or for Intermediate tap dancers, or on other Dancing Styles, or be cancelled.  Please watch this space for further developments.
• Dialects, with Adam Schuler, in preparation for Drood.  Tuesday 21 July.
• Healthy Singing for Musical Theatre, with Lori L’Italien.  Also How to Prepare for a Singing Audition.  Thursday 23 July.

Sessions will start at 7:30 PM, unless noted otherwise.  There is a $5 fee per person for each session, with a maximum fee of $25 for an individual that attends more than five workshops.  Payable with cash or check at the door.

All sessions are at the TCS home at East Saugus United Methodist Church / 85 Chestnut Street / Saugus, Massachusetts  01906.  See the Directions page.

Britt Mitchell, Sherri Raftery, and Lori L’Italien return with enhanced versions of the workshops they presented last summer on Improv, Public Speaking, and Singing for Musical Theatre.

Adam Schuler is the director of our fall show, Drood, and his workshops on Acting Auditions and Dialects will prepare you for it.  As will the Improv workshop.

Kathleen Tringale is our Choreographer for the upcoming season, so her workshops on Dance Auditions and Tap will prepare you for it.