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Show Dramatics Workshop for Children Creative Dramatics for Children, a workshop planned to "help develop people who are not afraid to express themselves," will be held this summer at Southern Utah State College. "The objective of the workshop is not to create little . actors," Sandra Stiglinski, workshop director, said, "but to help youth gain the self-confidence self-confidence they need so that they can interact with others and not 'feel funny'." "However, if the young people want to perform for their friends and families, they can, but there is no obligation for any of them to do so," she explained. Two sessions will be held-from held-from June 11 -July 6 and from July 9 -August 3-during 3-during SUSC's regular summer school session. Class will be held Tuesday and Thursday, from 9-11 a.m. for grades 1-6, and from 1-3 p.m. for grades 7-9. Participants can register for both four-week sessions. Each will cost $15. Interested In-terested persons can sign up for the class during regular summer school registration which will be held June 11 from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. in the SUSC Large Ballroom. Class will be held for the first time on June 12. Participants Par-ticipants will be told where to meet at registration. Much of the time will be spent outside, Stiglinski said. The workshop has been developed to give the youngsters a chance to use their creativity and imagination. Activities will include games and exercises to increase vocal and physical coordination through improvization, story dramatization, playmaking, simple dance and movement, and art projects. "If the young people want to make scenery, they'll gather up cardboard boxes and other materials and make scenery. If they want to make costums, they can create them out of materials they find and out of the vast resources of their own imaginations, " Stiglinske explains. If there is senough interest the workshop will continue in the fallo for all ages, and students in the junior high group will establishh a theatrical group. "Again, this will be an activity where students can perform for others if they want to, but only if they want to," the director said. Stiglinski is the founder and director of SUSC's Peanut Butter Players, the college's first touring group for children which has appeared ap-peared before many children and adults this year in a production entitled "Mother Goose Is Loose," The group will continue providing entertainment for all ages, possibly this summer. The workshop director was once a child member of the Riverside Children's Theater', a group she directed prior tojeoming to SUSC as the college costume designer. Nancy Wilson, a SUSC graduate who teaches theater arts at Parowan High School, will be the workshop assistant. Additional information may be obtained by contacting con-tacting Stiglinski at 586-4411, extension 234. |