APRIL VACATION WEEK WORKSHOPS
APRIL 21 – 25, 2025
Curtains Up!
Ages 9-12
Monday-Friday, 10:00 – Noon
Do you love to imagine and create your own stories? Do you love to perform? Join Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater for a week-long camp to learn all about the ins and outs of making a performance, create your own show with your peers, and most of all: have fun!
Students will unlock their imagination through methods including improvisation, character work, and scene analysis to create their very own original play with their classmates, under the supervision of teaching artists Brian Evans and Paige O’Connor. This course is ideal for students of all levels, who show interest in the performing arts, writing, directing, or all of the above! Curtains up!
Instructors:
Paige O’Connor is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied theater at the New Studio On Broadway, as well as Chicago’s The Second City. She has performed in Cape Cod with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (The Revolutionists, Reefer Madness, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged) , Harbor Stage Company (Liv at Sea) ,and Payomet Performing Arts Center (Under The Radar). She is passionate about making theater accessible to all, and values her work as a teaching artist in pursuit of this goal.
Brian Lore Evans is a theatre maker based on Cape Cod. Brian previously worked as an educator and teaching artist in New York and at Wheelock Family Theatre. Here on Cape he has directed at Harwich Junior Theatre and acted here on the Julie Harris stage! Brian is a graduate of the American Repertory Theater’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, where he received his Master’s Degree in Advanced Theatre Studies. Brian brings his diverse theatre background and training to his own teaching style, encouraging students to find what works best for them and use it in the pursuit of telling stories!
Shadow Theater
Ages 9-12
Monday-Friday, 12:30-2:30pm
An ancient form of storytelling, shadow play involves using flat images manipulated between a bright light and a translucent screen.
Students will, design, build and perform their own stories using techniques borrowed from diverse cultural traditions while learning about aspects of storytelling and performance!
Instructors:
Tia Scalcione has a BFA in Painting from Boston University and has been making and teaching art on the Outer Cape since she washed ashore in 2001. Tia is the Community Outreach Manager at WHAT and has 2 sons in the Nauset School system.
Brian Lore Evans is a theatre maker based on Cape Cod. Brian previously worked as an educator and teaching artist in New York and at Wheelock Family Theatre. Here on Cape he has directed at Harwich Junior Theatre and acted here on the Julie Harris stage! Brian is a graduate of the American Repertory Theater’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, where he received his Master’s Degree in Advanced Theatre Studies. Brian brings his diverse theatre background and training to his own teaching style, encouraging students to find what works best for them and use it in the pursuit of telling stories!
Physical Theatre: Whole Body Storytelling
Ages 13-18
Monday-Friday, 12:30-2:30pm
In this course we will explore the expansion and subtlety of engaging your body in performance. We will delve into Laban Movement Analysis, Stanislavski’s Animal Work, Partner Acrobatics, Stage Combat and Classical text work. No experience necessary, just bring your sense of play and a water bottle!
Instructors:
Kirsten Peacock and Nick Nudler have been working together as theatre artists and educators for six years. Their theatre company, Cosmic Mirth, creates physical theatre adaptations of classical texts and myth. Their original pieces include From the Heart of the Wreck (Cape Rep Theatre), Robin Hood (Cape Cod Theatre Company) and Jason & Medea (Edinburgh Fringe). In addition to working as theatre creators, they are actors and educators. They have been working at Shakespeare and Company (Lenox, MA) since 2018 where they honed their skills in classical performance, the actor audience relationship and authentic embodied experience. Both have extensive Physical Theatre training from their respective Universities. Wanting to expand their technical skills, they have recently returned from an aerial and acrobatics foundation course in Scotland. They are passionate about bringing rambunctious play and the delight of collaboration to all their work.
KIDS PLAYS at WHAT
Ages 13-18
Monday-Friday, 10:00 – Noon
Come join theater maker Cody Sullivan for a week-long workshop creating a play from scratch! Students will spend five days brainstorming, plotting out our narrative, and writing the script as a group. We will create a set, get in costumes and rehearse this play in preparation for a performance for friends and family on the WHAT stage on the last day of class.
Instructor:
Cody Sullivan is a theater maker based in Provincetown MA. His theater practice began in 2012 when he started studying improvisation at ImprovBoston in 2012. In 2014, he graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and moved to Chicago to study at the iO Theater. While in Chicago he was a house performer at the iO as well as a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity. Cody moved to Provincetown in 2019. In 2022 he wrote his solo play TOWN MEETING, which had two sold out runs at the Provincetown Theater in 2024. In June 2023, he began his theater company CODY PLAYS, which stages new plays written for a different group from Provincetown’s community at the Gifford House. Cody is the Provincetown Theater Playwright in Residence for 2025.
Tuition for each class is $25. Full scholarships are available to any student upon request.
TO REGISTER: contact Tia Scalcione at tia@what.org or 508-349-9428 x 108
SPRING 2025 WORKSHOPS
IMPROV FOR KIDS
Ages 9 – 12
Tuesdays 3:30 – 5:30, starting March 11 (6 sessions)
Instructor: Katie Pentedemos
Students will leave this improv class with all the tools to be a supportive, character driven improviser who says “yes, and” to their scene partner to build fun, game-based scenes as a team. Students will play improv games, do acting exercises and get an opportunity for one-on-one coaching
Katie Pentedemos is a local teacher, actor, improviser and a founding member of IMPROVincetown. Katie has been doing improv for 12+ years, starting her career in Boston with professional training at ImprovBoston and Chicago’s Second City and worked her way up to the IB Mainstage and National Touring Company. Katie can be seen on stage at Wellfleet’s mPreservation Hall and The Provincetown Theater.
SHADOW THEATER
Ages 9 -12
Mondays 3:00 – 5:00, starting March 10 (6 sessions)
Instructor: Tia Scalcione
An ancient form of storytelling, shadow play involves using flat images manipulated between a bright light and a translucent screen.
Students will, design, build and perform their own stories using techniques borrowed from diverse cultural traditions while learning about aspects of storytelling and performance.
Tia Scalcione has a BFA in Painting from Boston University and has been making and teaching art on the Outer Cape since she washed ashore in 2001. Tia is the Community Outreach Manager at WHAT and has 2 sons in the Nauset School system.
MULTI MEDIA MASK MAKING
Ages 13 – 18
Thursdays 3:30 – 5:00, starting March 13 (6 sessions)
Instructor: Mike Sullivan
Through mixed media mask making, participants of the class can experiment with different techniques to make a personal wearable piece of art. With paper mache, recycled materials, found objects, and natural elements, participants can work toward a visual piece that can be incorporated into a performance or photography opportunity. While using creative techniques to build a mask or object of their own, students are able to playfully explore ideas of self expression and authenticity.
Mike Sullivan is an artist and musician. His work includes sculptural headwear made with materials ranging from natural objects to jewelry and broken mirror. Mike immersed himself in the queer communities in Provincetown and New York City and discovered a passion for portrait and documentary photography. With roots in the theatre, Mike has produced several concerts and collaborations with other singers and musicians as fundraisers for different causes in Provincetown where he currently works and lives.
FOUNDATIONS OF ACTING
Ages 13 – 18
Wednesdays 3:30 – 5:00, starting March 12 (6 sessions)
Instructor: Rebecca Berger
This course explores the foundations of acting and live performance through exercises, games, scene work, and analysis, culminating in a presentation of scenes. The class aims to develop and deepen the actor’s skills for the stage, including character development, physical expression, and audition etiquette. This acting class is perfect for both experienced and beginning actors. Come as you are and let’s have some fun!
Rebecca Berger (she/hers) is a washashore director and stage manager who thrills in telling complex, deeply human stories with a specific focus on the experiences of women and queer folks. She is fascinated by how the intricacies of language, both spoken and unspoken, can shift our perspectives from the stage. Favorite directing credits include: The Fade-Away Advantage (The Provincetown Theater); What the Constitution Means to Me (The Provincetown Theater); Tiny Beautiful Things (The Provincetown Theater); The Wolves (Bates College); Reefer Madness (Asst., Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); Straight White Men (Asst., Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); As You Like It (Asst., Saratoga Shakespeare Festival). Favorite stage managing credits include: The Pickleball Wars (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); The Birth of the Pill (New York Stage and Film).
Tuition for each class is $25. Full scholarships are available to any student. Transportation to WHAT may be available from schools, please ask Tia for more information.
TO REGISTER: contact Tia Scalcione at tia@what.org or 508-349-9428 x 108