Foundations of Theatre

Learn the basics of theatre and get your feet wet in the art of performing! During this class, we will work on voice (articulation, inflection, projection, enunciation), movement, and improv.  Students will learn basic theatre vocabulary and etiquette.  They will also focus on different acting techniques.  A Parent Showcase Night, featuring a short play, will happen each semester.  

InSTRUCTOR KATHRYN PEPERKORN

Kathryn Peperkorn has been teaching voice privately and in various colleges since 1993. From 2016-2021, she taught music and drama for the PACT academy of Natomas Charter School, in Natomas, California. Since 2021, she has taught music for students from preschool through 8th grade, directed musicals for Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran School in Fort Wayne, and has lead the music portion of the middle school musicals for Concordia Lutheran High School.

Ms. Peperkorn has performed numerous operatic roles in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Italy, including: Mimi in La Boheme; Mauregerite in Faust; Norma, in Anna Bolena to name some of her favorites. She loved her time singing with the Florentine Opera Chorus and was thrilled to be part of the Grammy winning cast of Elmer Gantry.