Wayward Clocks Drama Workshop
Sign-up for a drama workshop with VPA!
Classes will meet for one hour each week for 5 weeks. Students 4th-8th grade will play drama games, learn acting skills, and perform a one-hour play on the last day that will be recorded.
Sign-ups will be based on space available. Once students are registered, please submit a short video monologue for placement. Students will then be assigned a role in the play and placed into a class time with their cast. Families may request siblings to be placed in the same class. Friend requests will be honored if possible but not guaranteed. All students will be given a speaking role. There is also one non-speaking role available for each cast, if desired.
Classes will be limited to 10 students and follow safety guidelines including temperature checks, face masks, and social distancing. Students will be provided with a script and a clear “see-thru” face mask.
Tuesday 10/13-11/10 at Sherwood Center for the Arts
3:30-4:30 New York Cast | 4:45-5:45 London Cast
Price: Resident $95 / Non-Resident $114
Sign-up for Speaking Role (18 slots available)
**Video submissions for registered students are due no later than Thursday. Monologue should be memorized if possible. Video is for placement only. Most importantly have fun with it!
SAMPLE MONOLOGUES
Sample 1: No, no, no! Wearing your apron backwards is one thing, but fixing the clocks backwards is another! It’s the Grandfather Clock that needs oil. The Dresden Clock is to have the lacework on her dress washed with soap and water. See? Here, where the dust gathers. Besides that, she’s beginning to say “ding” instead of “ping”, so do tighten up the chimes. As a matter of fact, the Grandfather Clock seems to be going “tock tick” instead of “tick tock”, which means that one of the wheels may be turning backwards. So while you’re oiling the main-spring, don’t forget to check the wheels. The Cuckoo Clock has a crick in his neck that needs straightening, and the bells of the Swiss Clock are a bit off key. The Shepherd appears a bit stiff now and then. A drop or two of oil in the right knee ought to fix him up nicely. And the Cuckoo’s neck as well. And while you’re about it, the pendulum of the Grandfather Clock seems a bit sluggish, so I think you’d better tighten the nuts and bolts. And whatever you do - Willie? Are you listening? Willie? Willie!
Sample 2: Matilda, Matilda! You are such a worker! Don’t you know it’s Spring? Don’t you know that the sun is shining, and the daffodils are coming up, and the birds are singing again? Oh, Matilda, what a lovely walk I had. The woods, the fields, the brook - what a perfectly glorious morning. Who can think of work?
Sample 3: Ooh. I am too utterly stiff to move. I don’t feel that I can ever strike again - not even one o’clock! And just look at me. Look at my beautiful lacework - all clogged with dust! And my hair is a fright!
Sample 4: You think that’s something? You should just have a back that aches like mine. My mainspring creaks, my wheels need oil, and all my bolts need tightening - I tell you, an old clock like me needs attention. And respect! Did you see the way he yanked my poor leg about? Ow!