Fall Classes At Bay Street

Bay Street Theater is offering a full line up of fall classes and workshops for kids and adults, exploring techniques in acting, improv, ballroom dancing and theater. Classes start in September and run for six or eight weeks at Bay Street Theater.

The full fall schedule of workshops is as follows:

Just For Laughs Improv!

Mondays 7 to 9 p.m.

September 26 – November 14

Ages 18 and up.

$200 for eight sessions.

You don’t need to be funny to take this class. Just be open to fun and let improv master Scott Baker teach you the rest. Learn both short form and character development improvisation techniques. Participants will have fun gaining confidence in all situations life will throw at them as well as on the stage. Students will have the opportunity to impress their friends and family with how much they have learned by inviting them to watch on the last day of class.

Ballroom Dancing Lessons With Touch Dancing

Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

September 27 – November 15

Ages 18 and up.

$200 for eight sessions; drop-in rate, $30 per class.

Under the guidance of Touch Dancing Artistic Director Alphonso Triggiani and his associates, participants will learn “real dancing for real people” focusing on aspects of “social dancing” as opposed to competitive ballroom dancing. Open to beginners and experienced dancers, this class will inspire the confidence to both “lead” and “follow” and will cover the disciplines of disco, Latin and smooth along the way. Singles and couples welcome. Dance lessons for the first hour, followed by a half hour of supervised practice.

“Illyria: A Musical Twelfth Night”

Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

September 24 – November 12

Ages 7-12 and 13-17.

$450 for eight sessions.

“Illyria: A Musical Twelfth Night” is a new musical comedy by John R. Briggs based on William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” With adaptation and lyrics by John R. Briggs and music by John R. Briggs and Eric Frampton.

This camp will be held with two groups, ages 7 to 12 and ages 13 to 17. The camps will be held in tandem and both age levels will combine to perform this lively adaptation of Shakespeare’s musical comedy in a final performance for friends and family on Saturday, November 12.

Meghan Rafferty’s On-Camera Acting Class

Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon

October 1 – November 5

Ages 16 and up.

$300 for six sessions.

Each week participants will be given a new scene to work on; one of the weeks will be focused on “cold reading,” a common phenomenon in the world of auditioning for film and television.

Students will potentially have just 20 minutes to prepare an audition. The audition process has changed drastically in the last two years. Gone are the days of crowded audition rooms. In the future, there will be more opportunities for actors who live places other than New York City or Los Angeles. But first they must learn how to make a great self-tape.

Rafferty will give invaluable feedback on audition scenes and offer advice on all aspects of self-taping. She will also give her industry insight to anyone who brings their headshot and resume.

The class is open to beginners as well as seasoned professionals.

Register for all classes and workshops at baystreet.org or call 631-725-9500. Bay Street Theater is on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.