Storytelling is an interactive art using words and personal energy to reveal the elements and images of a story, and to engage the listeners’ imaginations.
Learn, powerful and multifaceted skills crafting narratives to engage, inform and inspire, using words, actions and dramatic expression to create a compelling and memorable experience for the audience.
Anna Smulowitz has produced, directed, and acted in hundreds of plays. She holds both a BA and MA in Theatre Arts and taught acting at the University of Maryland. In 1980, she earned an M.Ed. from Lesley University in Drama as Therapy. In 1986 she earned a third masters from Brandeis in Jewish Studies. She established the Newburyport Children’s Theatre in 1979, which today is known as Theatre in the Open. She went on to form her own adult production accompany and theatre training school. Hundreds of students have studied with Anna. Many have performed in film, television and on Broadway. Others have become theatre educators, directors, and playwrights. Among her many impactful achievements is her original play, Terezin Children of the Holocaust, which has toured the world for over 50 years. Terezin won the 1984 American Children’s Television award. She also won the 1997 Mayor’s Arts Award and the 2008 Anti-Defamation League Leadership Award. In 1994, Timberland Corp named Anna a “Model Person” in a national ad campaign entitled “Timberland Gives Racism the Boot.
To register or for more info call Anna at 978-502-8468 or Marc Clopton at 978-518-0637
When: Saturdays May 3 through 24, 10 am to 12 p.m.
Where: The Actors Studio of Newburyport
1 Merrill Street #3 Salisbury MA 01952
Fee: $125
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