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Longtime Waterloo drama teacher Peter : Mansell spearheads new ‘stage craft‘ program Peter Mansell, a longtime drama teacher at Bluevale collegiate â€" institute who retired in June, will lead a twoâ€"month program at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre, â€" beginning _ this October, which will focus on filling in some of the missing gaps for young adults interâ€" ested in drama. shortchanging in the A:;\[raslruc(ure of the ramatic arts â€" has prompted a former Waterloo high school teacher to spearhead a _ workshop geared specifically to stageâ€" craft. "Most â€" people _ think drama is just about putting on plays, meanwhile they don‘t know the menu of what‘s available out there," he said. "When you look in the telephone book, you find a number of dance studios, voice classes and even courses that deal with the By Avorea Bamey Chronicle Staff . www remaxâ€"riincityâ€"on com Q~ Re/Max Twin City k 0 Realty Inc. John Thompson, Sales Rep. 885â€"0200 j1@golden net Buying or Selling call "The auditions will be realistic and professional, and the students will get immediate feedback on their auditions, which never happens in the real world. They will be told how they handled themselves and what they need to work on." visual arts, but there‘s hardly anything for drama training. Well I wanted to see that change." Called "Overture, Curtain, Lights", Mansell‘s workshop will teach students ages 16â€" 25 specific dramatic compoâ€" nents such as monologues and scene work, as well as prepare them for profesâ€" sional auditions, which will take place at the end of the course. "Rather than holding an acting course that ends with a show, which there is already plenty of in the comâ€" munity," Mansell said, "we are going to hold a simulaâ€" tion audition in front of local professional {theatre) direcâ€" tors. The retired educator said How much education will our children need? ARTS FOCUS He said the students who sign up for the workshop should have some experiâ€" ence in the field of dramatic arts, and they have to seriâ€" ously want to audition for professional theatre. The instructor said he will help them along the way to make them feel more comfortable, but the bulk of the individual success stoâ€" ries will be up to the stuâ€" dents. "It will be my job to take kids who already have the skills and help to tighten "While the school curâ€" riculum covers a range of things, a teacher cannot stop on one topic for weeks on end," Mansell explained. "That‘s where the communiâ€" ty program comes in. We are able to pick a topic and dig in. the workshop will offer indiâ€" vidual training students are usually unable to receive through their high school drama classes. Continued on page 17 Peter Mansell‘s new drama program will begin next month at the Waterloo arts centre Global National® Ti with KE VIN NEWMAN 234 King St. S., W:ltrlo!r {comer o(ng St & Union St} 7 4# J 80 www.gotravelplus.com 741â€"0770