Bucks County Playhouse
Playhouse classes
Bucks County Playhouse is pleased to announce the lineup of virtual and in-person education programs being offered this fall. Improv for Adults is a virtual class via Zoom. Intermediate Tap and Broadway Jazz will take place in Lambertville Hall, 57 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ. Acting for Adults will be held onstage at the Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. Masks and Vaccines are required to attend all on site classes. For more information regarding latest Covid-19 precautions, visit https://bcptheater.org/covid-19-precautions. Visit www.bcptheater.org for more information and to register or contact Ellen Gallos, Assistant Director of Education with questions at ellen@buckscountyplayhouse.org.
Improv for Adults • October 21 – December 2Thursdays, from 6 pm – 8 pm, October 21, November 4, November 18 and December 2Spark your creativity! Put yourself out there! Play! Back by popular demand, this virtual class offers two hours of collaborative acting games, improv techniques and opportunities to nurture your creativity. No experience necessary – just a desire to laugh! Ages 15 to adult. Virtual class via Zoom.Intermediate Tap • October 23 – November 20Saturdays, from 9:30 am – 10:30 amThis 5-class series will cover a brief review of beginner basics and fundamentals, progressing onto intermediate tap steps and advanced versions of the tap basics including traveling time-steps, syncopated rhythms, fancy-footwork, and tap tricks. Led by professional dancer, Dani Tucci Juraga, drop in for one class or register for all five as you tap your way into a great American dance tradition. Advanced beginners are also welcome for this class. Ages 12 to adult. In-person class at Lambertville Hall.
Broadway Jazz • October 23 – November 20Saturdays, from 10:45 am – 11:45 amAll experience levels are welcome in this high-energy class that combines the styles and movements of jazz with a variety of your favorite Broadway songs. Build a sense of rhythm and musicality, while discovering the joy of movement as you learn choreography from Broadway musicals. Led by professional dancer, Dani Tucci Juraga, drop in for one class or register for all five as you dance your way through Broadway’s greatest hits. Ages 12 to adult. In-person class at Lambertville Hall.
October 23: A Chorus Line: Opening (A CHORUS LINE)October 30: Thriller (MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER VIDEO)November 6: Yorktown (HAMILTON)November 13: Seize the Day (NEWSIES)November 20: Revolting Children (MATILDA)Acting For Adults • November 2 – December 14Tuesdays, from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pmThrough assigned scenes and monologues this class teaches the basic techniques towardsreaching truthful behavior in acting. Using improvisation, assigned scenes and monologues the actor will identify the intersection of their own authentic self to the fictional character. This validating class is fun and encourages compassion and understanding of yourself and those you will be working with. Fall 2021 classes will be held onstage at the Playhouse. Students of varying levels are encouraged to sign up. You can be a curious beginner or a more experienced performer. Ages 17 to 60+. In-person class at Bucks County Playhouse.Visit www.bcptheater.org to register or contact Ellen Gallos, Assistant Director of Education at ellen@buckscountyplayhouse.org for questions.
ABOUT BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE
Bucks County Playhouse is a year-round, nonprofit theatre that has grown to a $6 million producing organization with an annual audience of more than 80,000. Founded in 1939 in a converted 1790 gristmill, Bucks County Playhouse quickly became “the most famous summer theatre in America,” featuring a roster of American theatrical royalty including Helen Hayes, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, Kitty Carlisle, Angela Lansbury, Alan Alda, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, and Liza Minnelli and remained in continuous operation until 2010. In 2012, the Playhouse re-opened after a multi-million-dollar restoration thanks to the efforts of the Bridge Street Foundation, the nonprofit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty. The Playhouse recently unveiled The Deck Restaurant and Bar, a 4,000 square foot Delaware-river facing addition to back of the Playhouse.
In 2014, Tony Award-winning producers Alexander Fraser, Robyn Goodman and Josh Fiedler took the helm of the Playhouse, and today the Playhouse has reclaimed its reputation of attracting Broadway and Hollywood artists. Its productions of “Company” starring Justin Guarini, and William Finn’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” were named by Wall Street Journal to its “Best of Theatre” list for 2015. In 2018, the Wall Street Journal again hailed the Playhouse and Artistic Associate Hunter Foster in its Best of the Year listings for its production of “42nd Street.” The 2017 season included four world premieres and audiences grew by over 34%. Box office record has been repeatedly broken by signature productions of “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” “Steel Magnolias” directed by Marsha Mason, and “Million Dollar Quartet,” “42nd Street,” and “Guys and Dolls” directed by Hunter Foster. “Mamma Mia!” directed by John Tartaglia and choreographed by Shannon Lewis, broke the box office records again. The creative teams who come to create new productions at the Playhouse are among the most talented artists working in the professional theatre today and relish the opportunity to work on the historic stage where Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, and Jessica Walter began their careers.