Scott Fortier was the Artistic Director of Catalyst Theatre in Washington, DC.
The Salem Theatre Company will offer two theatre classes taught byScott Fortierbeginning late January. All classes will be held at the STC Theater,90 Lafayette Streetin downtownSalem.
Theatre for Kids (6 to 8 years of age) will be offered on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon beginning on January 21. Students will use their bodies, voices, minds and imaginations to explore stories and scenarios. Classes encourage creative expression and promote confidence and self-esteem while working on skills such as active listening and sharing. Connections to stories are made through dramatic play, music, and movement. Cost of the 8 week course is $150.
Beginning Acting for Adults will be offered on Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting on January 30th and focus on the development of each student’s unique imagination, using improvisation as a tool for actors to explore their creativity, rather than as a performance end in itself. A great class for actors, and others, who want to develop their full power of creative self-expression on stage or in real life. Cost of the 8 week course is $175.
Scott Fortier is the founding Artistic Director of Catalyst Theater Company in Washington, DC and was trained by William Graham, Jim Petosa, and Halo Wines. Scott founded Catalyst in 2001 and shortly into the Company’s first season, the Washington Post dubbed Catalyst “a troupe to watch,” and the following year the Washingtonian Magazine described Catalyst as “one of the hottest upcoming theaters in town.” Scott’s individual achievement at Catalyst was also quick to obtain critical recognition. Scott was featured as a “person to watch” in the December 2004 issue of the Washingtonian Magazine. As an actor, he received two Helen Hayes Award nominations for his as John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man and as Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis. He received the Canadian-Washington Partnership Award for Artistic Directors in 2005. Scott and his family moved to Salem in 2010.
For more information, or to register for the classes, visit www.salemtheatre.com and follow the “Classes” link, or e-mailinfo@salemtheatre.comor call 978-790-8546.
