{"id":228205,"date":"2015-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/summer-theater-program-returns-for-second-year-at-grossmont-college\/"},"modified":"2015-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T07:00:00","slug":"summer-theater-program-returns-for-second-year-at-grossmont-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/summer-theater-program-returns-for-second-year-at-grossmont-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer theater program returns for second year at Grossmont College"},"content":{"rendered":"

por Anne Kruger<\/p>\n

Some are sewing gowns for the ball. A few are up on catwalks setting up the lighting that will illuminate the stage. Others keep busy building the sets, tools in hand and ladders at the ready.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Grossmont College Theatre Department\u2019s 2015 Summer Conservatory, an eight-week course where high school students work side by side with their college counterparts doing everything from stagecraft to acting in a unique program that culminates with \u201cCinderella – A New Pop Musical\u201d from July 23 through 31.<\/p>\n

All of the students \u2014 high school and college, actors and stagehands \u2014 earn college credit for the course that began June 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of the high schools here have a summer program where students can go to work on their craft, whether it be on the stage or behind the stage,\u201d said Beth Duggan, Grossmont College Theatre Arts Department chair. Duggan organized and is directing the production, which is self-funded through contributions to the Foundation for Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges. \u201cThis is a great opportunity for both high school and college students.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Summer<\/a>
Summer Conservatory students and teachers (Courtesy Grossmont College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students agree.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is giving me an opportunity to learn from college students as well as professors who work in the industry,\u201d said Aimee-Marie Holland, a Grossmont College student serving as stage manager for Cinderella. \u201cThis is one of the better community college theatre programs I\u2019ve come across. Everyone here encourages you and supports you, no matter what area you want to explore. They\u2019re training us to be able to get jobs from set design to costuming to acting.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what attracted Mika Fogacci, a home-schooled high school senior who is working in the costume shop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had any experience working backstage,\u201d said Fogacci, who has performed in numerous roles with various theatre groups. \u201cIt\u2019s a whole different side for me. It\u2019s fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a>The second annual Summer Conservatory (last year\u2019s inaugural edition culminated with a weeklong showing of The Three Musketeers) is but one of several endeavors in which Grossmont College\u2019s Theatre Arts Department is reaching out to local schools. For example, \u201cInside the Actor\u2019s Process,\u201d a program that aims to teach teens the finer points of stage performance, just wrapped up its ninth year by visiting 15 high school campuses, including Granite Hills and Helix high schools in the East County, San Ysidro and Eastlake high schools in the South County, Point Loma High School to the west and The Preuss School at UC San Diego to the north.<\/p>\n

And earlier this year, high school theater students from across the county converged at Grossmont College for the annual DramaFest, a daylong series of acting workshops co-sponsored by the San Diego Educational Theatre Association.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 high school students have taken part in DramaFest since it began more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re building a relationship not only with the high schools, but with the community,\u201d Duggan said. \u201cWe\u2019re keeping the arts alive at a time when funding for the arts at public schools is being threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Anne Krueger writes on behalf of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District. Reach her by email at <\/em>anne.krueger@gcccd.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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