Youth Acting Workshop
90 minutes Workshop
April 15 - 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost - Pay What Your Wish - $1.00 minumum / $5.00 suggested donation
This workshop will start with a few warm up activities, go over some basic stage mechanics and rules for actin / improv and then each student will take his or her turn at getting "on stage" to do some theatre games & scenes.
Taught by Katie Johnston
Katie is an actress and comedian who has performed professionally in film, television and regional theatre throughout Florida and in Los Angeles. She has starred in productions at the Geffen Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre and The Norris Theatre, to name a few. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Jacksonville University. Her extensive experience in improv comedy includes training at the Groundlings School.
Katie was a featured stand-up comedian at the Portland Maine Comedy Festival and the New South Comedy Festival in 2018. She also had the extreme pleasure of opening for the Lady Parts Justice League show starring Liz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show.) Recent theatre credits include Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Blue Fire Theatre,) Alicia in Small Mouth Sounds (The 5 & Dime,) Sylvia in Sylvia (Players by the Sea) for which she received a Pelican Award for “Best Actress in a Lead Role.”
Offstage, Katie has been working with children of all ages in a variety of different settings for over 12 years. Currently she is the director of children’s programming at Big Fish Power Yoga, and runs the kids acting classes at Creative Veins Performing Arts Studio located in downtown Jacksonville.
Blue Fire Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit volunteer organization. Registered with the State of Florida.