Failure: A Love Story
Led by teaching artist, Michael Smallwood
SOLD OUT
Dates
June 15th–19th (134 Cannon Street)
June 22nd–26th (134 Cannon Street)
June 29th–July 3rd (134 Cannon Street)
July 6th–7th (Charleston Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun Street)
Final Performance July 7th (Charleston Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun Street)
Days
Monday–Friday
Time
9am–3pm
Registration price
$600
Age
13–18 years old
This Intensive is sold out.
Failure: A Love Story
By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead—expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption. Tuneful songs, and a whimsical chorus follow the story of Nelly, Jenny June and Gerty as they live out their lives above the family clock repair shop near the Chicago River, before their time unexpectedly runs out. A magical, musical fable where, in the end, the power of love is far greater than any individual‘s successes or failures.
About the Camp
Students ages 13–18 of all skill levels are invited to study with members of PURE Theatre’s Core Ensemble of professional actors in a three-week performance intensive. The group of 20 actors will be cast in, study, rehearse, and perform a full production of Failure: A Love Story.
Classes will focus on critical (and also fun to learn) performance skills: vocalization, characterization, motivations, movement, blocking and staging, and some cool conversations with the designers and technicians who make it all happen behind the scenes and backstage. We will even throw in a few theater games. Classes will be held off-site from the Gaillard Center at Cannon Street Arts Center, the home of PURE Theatre, but students will have the exceptional opportunity to perform for their family, friends, and the Charleston community on the stage of the Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall at the Charleston Gaillard Center.
TEACHING ARTIST
Michael Smallwood
Michael Smallwood is an actor, writer, director, and educator. He is a member of the acting ensemble at PURE Theatre. Michael is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker, and also an adjunct professor of playwriting and acting at the College of Charleston.
ABOUT PURE THEATRE
MISSION
PURE Theatre is a professional regional theatre in Charleston that creates consequential theatre experiences by and for a diverse gathering of artists and audiences. PURE produces work that inspires thought, ignites dialogue, and heightens consciousness, and contributes to the urgent exchange of ideas, viewpoints, aspirations, and inspirations of our community.
For over two decades, PURE has radically adhered to a consistent vision for success, focusing foremost on our drive for increased relevance and deep connection. PURE has established itself as a gathering place of collective action where our community grapples with our divisive issues, mines our collective purposes, and seeks out common ground.
Using drama as a catalyst for inclusion, awareness, acceptance, action, and change, PURE’s community of patrons and artists reflect diversity in race, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identification, socioeconomics, and sociopolitical preference.
VISION
PURE Theatre seeks to be a model for excellence in small professional theatre. We strive to lead in the creation and production of new work, and the interpretation of established plays. PURE Theatre is a company that draws upon our love of story, history, and the energy of the human spirit, where diverse theatre artists and audiences come together to experience their world through exceptional theatrical performance.
Scholarships are available, please email Education Manager, Whitney Green to inquire wgreen@gaillardcenter.org.
Support for Summer Camp Programs provided in part by:
This project is funded in part by the Kennedy-Herterich Foundation as well as the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.