Coming up at Skagit Valley College – San Juan Center: Building houses & Shakespeare

Randy Martin at SVC says there has been a lot of feedback asking for these classes, so register early! Call 378-3220 next Tuesday-Thursday to sign up:

House Building in San Juan County is offered by Richard Russell on 1/21/12 from 9am -4pm.  Cost is $57.00.  This workshop will prepare you for homebuilding and residential contracting while also introducing you to methods for conducting an effective and cost-conscious project. For those already experienced this class offers business practices to further sharpen your skills.

Richard is a fourth-generation carpenter, a mentor and a master builder with forty years of experience and has served as general contractor for PBS’s show “This Old House.”

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Liz Illg recommends this one: ” If you haven’t met Jane Alden you are in for a treat! A professional actress with 36 years experience in teaching, writing and producing theatre, she earned a BFA in drama from Carnegie Mellon University. As a founding member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City and Los Angeles she acted, directed, produced, and wrote original pieces as well as taught acting and improv classes for professionals. Since coming to Orcas Island she co-created an after-school performing arts program for high school students, has taught various Shakespeare-themed classes for adults and youth and has been involved in several original productions. I’d heartily recommend this experience.”

Jane Alden

Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra will be examined from an actor’s perspective in a series of Saturday workshops from 1/21/12 through 2/25/12.  Cost is $79. In this workshop you will look at Shakespeare’s play as an actor or director would, seeking to discover the meaning behind the character’s words and actions.

Instructor Jane Alden has worked extensively in the Northwest as an actress and then a director, bringing a personal relationship to Shakespeare’s words beyond the difficult language and storylines.  Her theatre arts background enables her to share with students a deeper appreciation of Shakespeare’s work than is usually experienced in a classroom setting.

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