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Spring Break Camp: Fairytale Theatre


  • Whidbey Island Center for the Arts 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA 98260 (map)

WICA Conservatory

SESSION III: Ages 5-8
Spring Break Camp - Fairytale Theatre
APR. 7 – 11 / Monday – Friday / 10 – 11:30 AM
Tuition $60
Call WICA Admin to Register: 360.221.8262
Instructed by Connie Sponheim

Students will explore the magic of the classic fairy tale through the nurturing experience of theatre games, pantomime, and improvisation.

Creating their own original tales, the kids will experience the magic of theater and how it can enlighten, embolden and encourage them as they perform their own creation for an audience. They will explore every kind of fairy tale, from “fractured” to “enchanted,” and must be prepared to laugh and have loads of fun telling stories with movement, voice and their active imaginations. 

The class will culminate in a presentation for parents and families at WICA. Each student will also receive a free ticket to the matinee performance and a backstage tour of Whidbey Island Dance Theatre’s production of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, “The Snow Queen.”
Instructor Sponheim is a local theatre educator with an extensive background in performance, directing, dialect work and academic teaching. Sponheim brings more than 30 years of experience as a teacher, director and actor to her workshops, along with her high energy and enthusiasm.

About the Instructor
Connie Sponheim is a local theatre educator with an extensive background in performance, directing, dialect work and academic teaching. Having directed over 50 shows, and acting in as many, she brings high energy and enthusiasm to her workshops. In addition, she has taught and directed for over 30 years from California to Washington, and the U.K. and looks forward to continued experiences with youth, adults ...and invites you to see her website at www.thedramaschool.com.

About WICA Conservatory
The multi-session WICA Conservatory introduces a holistic approach to theatre that includes all areas of stagecraft, creative dramatics, and acting experiences, with emphasis on development of self-esteem, self-confidence and personal expression. We believe process and product are of equal value—participants experience hands-on learning, professional instruction, internship opportunities, and performing in a first-class facility.

Call WICA Admin to Register: 360.221.8262

Earlier Event: April 6
The Snow Queen
Later Event: April 11
The Snow Queen

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.