In an effort to continue to educate and improve the artistic process RSP is dedicating April as education and training month. RSP will offer five specific workshops to actors and performers in the Sacramento area. REGISTER NOW, space is limited!

COLD READING
This workshop will teach the skills needed in auditions (both for television and film and stage) for the actor to work with scripts and other written materials that they encounter in the audition process. Actors will learn how to handle, manipulate and work with the paper in their hands and not let it steal their audition. They will learn skills that will help them work with other actors on stage or in a reading, and the tricks of the trade to make the best first impression and show off their talents as a professional actor. In addition, there will be a section of the class devoted to the resume and how it speaks for the actor before the actor speaks. (Instructor: Bob Baxter (SAG, EQUITY, Staff Director for Film Industry Workshops, Inc. (FIWI) in Studio City, California) Cost: $40 per participant. Dates & Times: Sunday, April 10, 2005 1-5 p.m. To Register: send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail to registration@runawaystage.com. Class limited to 20 participants. Age: 16 and above are welcme.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS
This two session workshop will explore the process of character analysis and how to apply that to your work as an actor. Excellent for stage, film or television. This class will work on scenes and develop the analysis as a group and then individually on the scenes that partners choose. With a strong character analysis memorization and natural fact based acting comes so much easier. Understand unspoken ideas, facts, logical assumptions and ideas. (Instructor: Bob Baxter (SAG, EQUITY, Staff Director for Film Industry Workshops, Inc. (FIWI) in Studio City, California) Cost: $60 per participant. Dates & Times: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and Sunday, April 24, 2005 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. To Register: send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail to registration@runawaystage.com. Class limited to 20 participants. Age: 16 and above are welcome

MUSICAL AUDITION WOKSHOP (Part I & Part II)
In this two session workshop, participants will learn how to prepare properly for an audition (Music Man Auditions are April 17 & 18th). However, this workshop will be applicable to any audition for musical theatre. Learn how to select a song appropriate for your voice, how to present that song and how to show yourself to the best of your ability. Everyone can learn something to help develop their skills and prepare better for an audition. Auditions are your few minutes to show what you can do, and this workshop will make those few minutes count helping you to demonstrate your abilities and talents. (Instructor: Ray Fisher (Grammy Nominee, RSP’s Musical Contractor and award winning Musical/Vocal Director (Smokey Joe’s Café and many RSP Shows) and Bob Baxter award winning Director/Producer and member of EQUITY and SAG) Cost: $60 per participant. Dates & Times: Saturday, April 9th and Saturday April 16th, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. To Register: send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail to registrationrunawaystage.com. Class limited to 20 participants. Age: 16 and above are welcome

Charlie Holiday Workshops Update!!!DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A PROFESSIONAL – REGISTER NOW! In an effort to continue to educate and improve the artistic process RSP is dedicating April as education and training month. RSP is proud to offer the following details on the very special mini workshops that guest artist Charlie Holiday (SAG, extensive credits both film and television) will offer at the RSP Studios

Charlie Holiday’s "The Mosaic Acting System”
The MOSAIC ACTING SYSTEM (www.mosaicacting.com) ushers in a whole new era in acting and directing, which finds the primary direction of acting going from the old school ego based acting to MAS's empathy based approach, a healthier and more creative style of acting. It is the only acting system in the world that takes advantage of the fantastic advances made in general education through the application of a Learning Styles paradigm. The Whelan Recording Technique is the perfect Whole Brain teaching/learning technique. Character, relationship, emotional base and line memorization are achieved with ease and speed never before experienced.While emotions are the very core of the actor’s art, there has never been a program until EMOTIONOLOGY that provided the tools for actors to study them in an objective and systematic fashion. MAS provides that and more. Charlie has recently returned from the World Congress of Science Producers in Toronto, Canada, where he conducted a Mosaic Acting workshop at the invitation of the world's top Ducu-drama makers. Earlier this fall, he was invited by the California Educational Theater Association to their conference in San Jose, CA, where he presented a Mosaic Acting workshop to an enthusiastic audience of High School and Middle School teachers. Cost: $60 per participant. Dates & Times: April 30th 6 – 9 p.m. to register send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail to registration@runawaystage.com. Class limited to 20 participants. Age: 16 and above are welcome.

Charlie Holiday’s “The Business of Acting”
In this two-plus hour workshop Charlie will explain and demystify all of the myths and misconceptions of the business in “show business.” Headshots, resumes, agents, managers, pitfalls, and sharks in the business. As Charlie put it…”When I was starting out I wasted a ton of time, money, and energy on the wrong pictures, resumes, and on alleged managers, agents, casting directors and scam artists who were going to "make me famous." Join Charlie Holiday for a clear, no nonsense workshop to learn from someone who has been there how not to make the same mistakes as you develop your career in the entertainment business. (Instructor: Charlie Holiday (SAG, Film and television) Cost: $40 per participant. Dates & Times: April 3rd 1 – 3 p.m. To register send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail to registration@runawaystage.com. Age: 16 and above are welcome.

Join us as we continue our 2005 Blockbuster Season of Broadway shows with the NEW version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE! A fresh take on one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular comic operas, this updated version of “The Pirates of Penzance” took New York by storm when it premiered in Central Park in 1980, leading to a subsequent smash-hit Broadway run.

Wacky, irreverent and as entertaining today as it was when it first opened in 1879, “The Pirates Of Penzance” spins an hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty.

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE performs for a limited four-week engagement, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday’s at 2 p.m., May 6th – 29th. Reserved seating tickets are $17 Adult, $15 Students and Seniors and $12 for Children (12 and under). This show is recommended for theatergoers of all ages. Remember, all seats are reserved so get yours today!

Calling all Performers…

RSP has immediate openings for two positions in its upcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance. This is a great opportunity for performers to work with this award winning Production Company.

Needed:
One Male 16-35, good singer and dancer to play a hilarious pirate and policeman.

One Female 16-35, good singer and dancer to play one of General Stanley’s daughters.

Directed by Bob Baxter
Choreographed by Pam Lourentzos
Vocal/Musical Directed by Joe Velez

Opens May 6th play Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. through May 29th.

Rehearsals are in progress so please respond as soon as possible. Contact: Bob Baxter, Producing Director at (916) 206-2466 or bbaxter@runawaystage.com

RSP is happy to announce that the very popular ushering program in place for our Broadway Stage shows is being extended to our Storybook Children’s Theater Productions. In exchange for ushering, we will offer each usher the opportunity see the production and to invite one guest at no charge. Storybook Children's Theatre productions are performed on Saturdays at 12 noon and 2 pm and usually last about 1 ½ hours each.

The ushering duties for this program are a bit different form our Broadway shows, as the seats for these shows are not reserved, and patrons are able to choose their own seats. Primary usher duties will be to remind patrons not to bring food/sodas into the theater as well as providing general assistance to patrons. There will be two ushers per show. We are currently inviting ushers to sign up for our upcoming Storybook productions of Cinderella and The Little Mermaid:

Cinderella:
May 14th	2:00 p.m.	(call time 1:15 p.m.)	2 Ushers Needed
The Little Mermaid:
July 9th	12:00 p.m.	(call time 11:15 a.m.)	1 Usher Needed
July 16th	12:00 p.m.	(call time 11:15 a.m.)	1 Usher Needed
July 16th	2:00 p.m.	(call time 1:15 p.m.)	1 Usher Needed
July 23rd	2:00 p.m.	(call time 1:15 p.m.)	2 Usher Needed

There are two ways to sign up:

1. On-Line at http://www.runawaystage.com/SCTusher.html. This is the preferred method, because you know that the performance you want is still available.
2. Send an email to volunteers@runawaystage.com, please include your name, phone number, date and time of performance and email address.

REQUIREMENTS

    Must be at least 18 years of age.
    Must be able to stand while performing duties.
    Must be able to climb stairs
    Must Possess excellent customer service skills

ATTIRE

    White top and black pants.
    Usher Badge (Provided)

DUTIES

    Before Show
        1. Show up 45 minutes before the performance time
            (11:15 a.m. for a 12:00 p.m. show).
        2. Prevent food and beverages from entering the theater
            (With the exception of water).
        3. Assist special-needs patrons to appropriate seating area.
    At intermission
        1. Prevent food and beverages from entering the theater
            (With the exception of water).
    After the performance
        1. Pick up the garbage in the theater.

Thank You,
Larry Russ
Volunteering Coordinator
volunteers@runawaystage.com

Come and join us for this magical story Saturdays May 14th, 21st and 28th at 12 noon and 2pm. Remember...only $5.00 per person to see every Storybook show!!! Don't miss out and we'll see you at the theater!

Have you been wondering what to do with your mother’s old dresses, hats and gloves? Will your daughter never wear that prom dress again? Well, we have the solution to your closet storage problem.

The ladies of the costume shop are looking for a few good donations. We are in need of “period” clothing for up coming productions.

So you ask – what is “period” clothing. The answer is - a style of clothing that evokes a certain period or decade of time. Specifically, we are looking for clothing of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s – also, ball gowns and prom dresses of any period. We are also looking for men’s suits and formal wear.

If you would like to make a clothing donation, please contact Lillian Baxter at Lbaxter@runawaystage.com and thank you for your support.Goodwill or Good Use?