The Quarterly Courses for adults run weekly for six-eight weeks on weekday evenings. We offer beginner through advanced acting classes along with courses that focus on special performance skills used here at Perishable such as puppetry, self-generated solo-performance, improvisation, playwriting, burlesque, and other genres. Recent offerings include: Intro to Acting, Acting On Camera, Performance Art, Teen Acting, Playwriting, and Burlesque. We anticipate offering playwriting classes at varied levels, contemporary scene study, and puppetry classes soon. Each course ends with a presentation for students’ friends and family. The current schedule is:

 
Sundays, January 13-March 9
12-3 PM
8 weeks. $200 (Week off TBD.)
  
 
Mark Peckham's
INTRODUCTION TO ACTING
  
 

This is a fundamental course for anyone interested in acting on stage or screen. It focuses on basic skills using exercises, improvisation, monologue work, and scene study. Some work outside class is required, but no prior experience is necessary. You’ll have a great time trying new things in a nurturing environment with a smart, fun group of people. The class also prepares you for more in depth training.!

Mark Peckham played the Ghost of Christmas Present in Trinity Rep’s 2006 production of A Christmas Carol and has acted and directed extensively in Boston. This past fall, he directed Line for Perishable’s Women’s Playwriting Festival. Additional directing credits include On the Verge, Full Hook-up, Talking With…, Anything Goes and The Unnamed. He has worked as an nstructor and director Providence College, RISD, and 2nd Story Theatre. Mr. Peckham was co-founder and co-artistic director of Wickenden Gate Theatre in Providence

For More Information
Contact Amy Lynn Budd at (401) 331-2695
or write to

 

All classes take place at Perishable Theatre,
95 Empire Street in downtown Providence.
Call 331-2695 ext. 102 for more information or email .

If you wanted to be updated about the classes we have going on....
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The Fine Print

  1. Enrollment in each class is limited. Applications will be honored in the order they are received. In the event that Perishable Theatre must cancel a Class due to lack of enrollment, the student will be offered the choice of enrollment in another class or a full refund.
  2. Payment is due at or before the first class meeting.
  3. Registered students who withdraw before the first class meeting will receive a full refund of their tuition (exluding the $10 non-refundable registration fee). Students who withdraw within 72 hours of the first meeting will be refunded 70% of their tuition. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THE 72-HOUR GRACE PERIOD.
  4. Perishable Theatre reserves the right to dismiss from the program any individual whose behavior is disruptive to the working of the class.
  5. There is a $25 fee on all returned checks.
 
Mondays, January 14-March 17
7:00-10:00 PM
9 weeks. $225 (No class President’s Day, February 18.)
 
 
Connie Crawford's
COLLABORATIVE CREATION FOR PERFORMANCE
  
 

This class will work together to create a piece of living art that will be presented to the public. Students will use simple and fun exercises to tell stories they would like to hear and share. Each participant will contribute as he or she wishes. We will explore performance in class through traditional method work, story telling, mask work, audio and video recorded pieces. The performance work will be enhanced through visual arts, crafts and possibly short films. Everyone will work to the best of their ability. Dedication to creating new work and to the group is required. For the original thinker! Connie Crawford has performed everywhere from Broadway to Texas bars and even in the bathroom of a tour bus. She graduated from the Juilliard School’s acting program, studied with Bobby Lewis, Uta Hagen and The Groundlings. Connie has acted, directed and written for the stage in NYC. Currently, she teaches at Brown University.

Connie Crawford has performed everywhere from Broadway to Texas bars and even in the bathroom of a tour bus. She graduated from the Juilliard School’s acting program, studied with Bobby Lewis, Uta Hagen and The Groundlings. Connie has acted, directed and written for the stage in NYC. Currently, she teaches at Brown University.

For More Information
Contact Amy Lynn Budd at (401) 331-2695
or write to

 

All classes take place at Perishable Theatre,
95 Empire Street in downtown Providence.
Call 331-2695 ext. 102 for more information or email .

If you wanted to be updated about the classes we have going on....
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

The Fine Print

  1. Enrollment in each class is limited. Applications will be honored in the order they are received. In the event that Perishable Theatre must cancel a Class due to lack of enrollment, the student will be offered the choice of enrollment in another class or a full refund.
  2. Payment is due at or before the first class meeting.
  3. Registered students who withdraw before the first class meeting will receive a full refund of their tuition (exluding the $10 non-refundable registration fee). Students who withdraw within 72 hours of the first meeting will be refunded 70% of their tuition. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THE 72-HOUR GRACE PERIOD.
  4. Perishable Theatre reserves the right to dismiss from the program any individual whose behavior is disruptive to the working of the class.
  5. There is a $25 fee on all returned checks.
 
Tuesdays, January 22-March 18
7:00-10:00 PM
8 weeks. $200 (No class February 19)
  
 
Connie Crawford's
Ensemble Creation Workshop
  
 

Without the safety net of a script, the actor’s strengths and weaknesses are starkly defined. In this course, the player will activate the intuition, tune into the scene partner, and strengthen focus on intention and obstacle. The player will also have a lot of fun. This course is constructed of exercises, games, improvised scenes, and an improvisational approach to written scenes. Some work outside of class is required. Please come prepared to move.

Connie Crawford has done theatre everywhere from Broadway to Texas bars and even in the bathroom of a tour bus. She graduated from the Julliard School's acting program, studied with Bobby Lewis, Uta Hagen and The Groundlings. Connie has acted, directed and written for the stage in NYC. Currently, she teaches at Brown University.

For More Information
Contact Amy Lynn Budd at (401) 331-2695
or write to

 

All classes take place at Perishable Theatre,
95 Empire Street in downtown Providence.
Call 331-2695 ext. 102 for more information or email .

If you wanted to be updated about the classes we have going on....
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

The Fine Print

  1. Enrollment in each class is limited. Applications will be honored in the order they are received. In the event that Perishable Theatre must cancel a Class due to lack of enrollment, the student will be offered the choice of enrollment in another class or a full refund.
  2. Payment is due at or before the first class meeting.
  3. Registered students who withdraw before the first class meeting will receive a full refund of their tuition (exluding the $10 non-refundable registration fee). Students who withdraw within 72 hours of the first meeting will be refunded 70% of their tuition. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THE 72-HOUR GRACE PERIOD.
  4. Perishable Theatre reserves the right to dismiss from the program any individual whose behavior is disruptive to the working of the class.
  5. There is a $25 fee on all returned checks.
 
Tuesdays, January 15-March 11
7:00-10:00 PM
8 Weeks $200 (No class February 19.)
  
 
David Eliet's
PLAYWRITING
  
 

For everyone interested in writing plays, from the beginner to the more seasoned writer. There are in-class and weekly assignments. At each meeting you have the option of working on your own material, trying the weekly challenge - or both. Class participants may bring in material they are working on for readings and feedback by other class members. On the last week, actors will join us to read the scripts in progress.

David Eliet is a professional playwright, director and theatre educator. He was the founding artistic director of The Perishable Theatre, director of the Cleveland Play House Lab Company, and the Circle In The Square Suitcase Theatre and Acing Ensemble. He was the a co-founder of The Trinity Rep Conservatory. David has recently returned from Ukraine where he was a Fulbright Scholar at the Kirovohrad Social Pedagogical Institute and Pedagogical University. Currently he is the RISCA Playwriting Fellow.

For More Information
Contact Amy Lynn Budd at (401) 331-2695
or write to

 

All classes take place at Perishable Theatre,
95 Empire Street in downtown Providence.
Call 331-2695 ext. 102 for more information or email .

If you wanted to be updated about the classes we have going on....
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

The Fine Print

  1. Enrollment in each class is limited. Applications will be honored in the order they are received. In the event that Perishable Theatre must cancel a Class due to lack of enrollment, the student will be offered the choice of enrollment in another class or a full refund.
  2. Payment is due at or before the first class meeting.
  3. Registered students who withdraw before the first class meeting will receive a full refund of their tuition (exluding the $10 non-refundable registration fee). Students who withdraw within 72 hours of the first meeting will be refunded 70% of their tuition. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THE 72-HOUR GRACE PERIOD.
  4. Perishable Theatre reserves the right to dismiss from the program any individual whose behavior is disruptive to the working of the class.
  5. There is a $25 fee on all returned checks.
 
Wednesdays, January16-March 5
From 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
7 sessions. $140 (No class February 20.)
  
 
Peter Deffet's
Teen Acting Intensive
Improv & 10-minute Play Study
  
 

This class will explore a behavioral-based acting technique that will give students the tools they need to attack the acting challenge of structured imaginary situations, improvisations, and scripted scenes. Plays and scenes for this class reflect the emotional range and interests of people 13-18 years of age. Students of all experience levels accepted—instruction will be tailored to individual class members.

A Perishable Resident Artist, Peter C. Deffet has performed opera, puppetry, theater and dance in NYC, Chicago, and Boston as well as locally. With Double Shift Dance Theater, formed with collaborator Nikki Carrara, he has choreographed The Stooge; White Bred Waltz and Before I Was a Boy. He has trained with Kim Rubinstein, Mignon Dunn, Brian Jeffrey, Melody Ruffin- Ward and currently studies and dances with Daniel McCusker in Cambridge, MA.

For More Information
Contact Amy Lynn Budd at (401) 331-2695
or write to

 

All classes take place at Perishable Theatre,
95 Empire Street in downtown Providence.
Call 331-2695 ext. 102 for more information or email .

If you wanted to be updated about the classes we have going on....
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

The Fine Print

  1. Enrollment in each class is limited. Applications will be honored in the order they are received. In the event that Perishable Theatre must cancel a Class due to lack of enrollment, the student will be offered the choice of enrollment in another class or a full refund.
  2. Payment is due at or before the first class meeting.
  3. Registered students who withdraw before the first class meeting will receive a full refund of their tuition (exluding the $10 non-refundable registration fee). Students who withdraw within 72 hours of the first meeting will be refunded 70% of their tuition. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THE 72-HOUR GRACE PERIOD.
  4. Perishable Theatre reserves the right to dismiss from the program any individual whose behavior is disruptive to the working of the class.
  5. There is a $25 fee on all returned checks.
 
Wednesdays, January 23-March 12
From 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
7 Weeks. $175 (No class February 20.)
  
 
Lady Miss Iris's
BURLESQUE—FROM BUMPS TO BOAS
  
 

You’ve seen this old-fashioned theatrical form of striptease on the stage or screen and you’re secretly dying to try it yourself, aren’t you? Don’t be shy! You don’t have to go it alone. In this WOMEN ONLYb> class, Lady Miss Iris will train you in the many arts of burlesque goddesses of yore, from dance steps to costume crafts. She’ll coach and support you as you develop your stage persona and very first routine. This course is perfect for women of any shape, age, size, or shade who have some performing experience or who have taken It’s Burlesque.

Lady Miss Irisfounded neo-burlesque in Providence. She has performed in rock clubs, theaters, galleries and ballrooms from AS220 to Worcester, the Magdalena International Festival and the Great Boston Burlesque Expo. Providence Monthly, The Boston Herald, and FOX News Boston have all featured her clever & charming burlesque work. The Lady’s mild-mannered alter ego, Amy, is a Resident Artist at Perishable Theatre and graduate of Indiana State University.

For More Information
Contact Amy Lynn Budd at (401) 331-2695
or write to

 

All classes take place at Perishable Theatre,
95 Empire Street in downtown Providence.
Call 331-2695 ext. 102 for more information or email .

If you wanted to be updated about the classes we have going on....
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

The Fine Print

  1. Enrollment in each class is limited. Applications will be honored in the order they are received. In the event that Perishable Theatre must cancel a Class due to lack of enrollment, the student will be offered the choice of enrollment in another class or a full refund.
  2. Payment is due at or before the first class meeting.
  3. Registered students who withdraw before the first class meeting will receive a full refund of their tuition (exluding the $10 non-refundable registration fee). Students who withdraw within 72 hours of the first meeting will be refunded 70% of their tuition. NO REFUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER THE 72-HOUR GRACE PERIOD.
  4. Perishable Theatre reserves the right to dismiss from the program any individual whose behavior is disruptive to the working of the class.
  5. There is a $25 fee on all returned checks.