ENHANCE performance skills in this advanced training for highly committed teens. Courses are taught by some of Portland's top theatre professionals, and include in-depth training  in a plethora of skills required for a career in the performing arts. 
2018/19 Term Dates and Tuition

Fall Term: September 8 - November 17
Winter Term: January 5 - March 16
Spring Term: April 6 - June 8 
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Times: Saturdays ~ 9:00 am - 12:15 pm

Tuition:  Each term is $480.00
Testimonial
"Wow!  Our huge 15-year old athlete grudgingly agreed to take theatre camp this summer, as a part of his "I don't want to get a summer job" negotiation.  He groused about it right up until we dropped him off.  He got home that night totally engaged.  He worked his tail off all week - singing, dancing & acting.  He voluntarily put his social life on hold and completely focused on the numbers.  We were in complete shock (& were thrilled!).
He and the other participants knocked our socks off at the final performance.  It was like watching a Broadway troupe.  I was literally in tears most of the time."  ~ Parent
Dance Teacher
​MARIA TUCKER as been performing, teaching, collaborating, and creating for more than 20 years. She received scholarships to Gus Giordano Dance Chicago and the University of Arizona School of Dance. In addition to the Giordano technique, she has studied the styles of jazz dance greats such as Luigi, Joe Tremaine, Frank Hatchett and Patsy Swayze Maria has choreographed for the Colorado Springs' Fine Arts Center (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Sweet Charity and Cabaret) and Broadway Rose Theatre Company (Grease and Oklahoma!).  She was a featured dancer and assistant choreographer for the Opera Theatre of the Rockies' production of Kurt Weil's Street Scene.  Her choreography has been nominated for a Pike’s Peak Arts Council Award for Excellence and she was a finalist for a 2016 Drammy Award. 
 
She currently trains and choreographs for Busch Garden’s as well as cruise lines and has been seen on many top Portland Theatre Stages, most recently at Broadway Rose in West Side Story and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and at Lakewood in Spamalot.
 
For more info: www.marialynntucker.com 
Drama Teacher
Singing Teacher
BRYCE BRITTON received his Master of Fine Arts degree in theater direction from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in directing from the University of Puget Sound. He is a Theatre Generalist with a specialty of Musical Theatre at Ohio University, Shepherd University, Penn State University and most recently created the BFA of Musical Theatre at West Virginia University. His extensive professional credits include Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, Village Theatre, Lyric Theatre and Contemporary American Theatre Festival.

With a passion for Original Theatre, he has worked on numerous new works with the Village Originals Festival and the Seaberry Quinn Playwriting Festival. He is an active member of Actor's Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, was the recipient of the Milo Cline Award and was Volunteer of the Year at Hazelton Federal Penitentiary for his work with lifetime inmates creating a re-imagining rock opera version of Macbeth.

Some of his favorite directorial credits include West Side Story, Pippin, Into the Woods, Extremities, Sleuth, The Dumb Waiter, The Grapes of Wrath, Humperdinck’s opera version of Hansel and Gretel, An Actor’s Nightmare, Sweet Charity, Spamalot, Kiss Me Kate, Eurydice, and Kurt Weil's opera Street Scene.
KRISTIN HELLER received her Bachelor of Arts and Communications in Theater Arts from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Kristin then moved to Chicago, IL where she was Artistic Director of a non-profit theater company that focused on new play development. 
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In 2009, she moved to Portland to pursue her Master in Theatre, graduating in 2011. Kristin has apprenticed under world renowned directors such as Tito Capobianco, David Edwards and Elizabeth Bachman. She has worked as Acting and Dance faculty for the Tyrolean Opera Program in Maurach Austria and the Napa Music Festival in California.   
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Recently, Kristin has worked with Portland Actors Ensembles as State Director for the touring production of The Winters Tale, Stage Director & Co-Choreographer for Anything Goes, and Music Director &  Choreographer for The Phantom Tollbooth.
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At Sherwood Foundation of the Arts, she directed The Odd Couple and  as the Choreographer for Oklahoma in the 2017/18 Season. 
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Currently she privately coaches voice, flute, acting, acting for singers, public speaking, and tap dance as well as instructs larger Master classes on Auditioning, Acting, Voice, and Movement. You can also find her instructing group classes at Vision8 studios in Portland.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Once accepted by Spotlight, thirty (30) days notice must be given of intention to cancel, prior to the camp or term start date. If no notice is given, camp or term fees will be due in full.