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Technical Education

Performing Arts Academy required. Students may audition for as many
productions as fit their schedule. Students auditioning
I & II must clear their schedule to accommodate rehearsals

(Chagrin Falls High School) and productions. Students must provide their own
transportation to after school and evening events.
College Tech Prep
Prerequisite: Audition consisting of two contrasting
monologues or one monologue and one song, no Production Welding
more than 90 second each. Monologue texts and a list (Northern Career Institute-Willoughby Campus)
of recommended song can be found on the Academy Production Welding I
Web-site www.chagrinacademy.com. By program Gas Metal Arc Welding
start date student must have completed coursework Shielded Metal Arc Welding
required for junior status at their home school Production Welding II
including seven (7) credits with a mandatory two (2) Flux Cored Arc Welding
credits each earned in English and Mathematics. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
Recommendations: Good attendance, discipline Prerequisite: Interview by the Instructor. By program
record and a passion to be creative. start date students must have completed coursework
Recommended For: College Bound/Acting, Singing, required for junior status at their home school
Performing, Designing and Technical Theatre including seven (7) credits with a mandatory two
Education (2) credits each earned in English and Mathematics.
3 credits each year Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
8 credits through Cuyahoga Community College Education
11 credits through Kent State University 3 credits each year
Career: A 10 credits through Lakeland Community College
30 credits through Kent State University
If available bring a resume and a headshot or school 10 CT2 credits
photo, a letter of recommendation from a theatre, Career: E
drama or music program student has attended and a
character reference to your interview. In the Production Welding program, first
year students will learn fundamental
The Academy for the Performing Arts is a college welding and safety skills needed to reach
preparatory program for high school juniors and the goal of employment in the welding
seniors. Juniors attend in the morning session and trades. Skills include ARC, MIG, TIG,
seniors attend the afternoon session. The Academy is Oxy-fuel welding and cutting and Plasma
an accredited, half-day high school program which torch cutting. Shop safety and use of basic
takes place during school hours. The program will shop tools and equipment are learned and
consist of acting, theatre, movement, voice for the students use these skills to fabricate and
stage and tech theatre training and performance repair projects in class. Second year
education. This will include daily acting classes, plus students refine their skills and focus on areas
classes in voice, movement, musical theatre, of interest. Career opportunities for students
technical theatre, stage combat, makeup, history, who successfully complete the program
vocal training, and audition labs. The acting class include factory and production welder and
will consist of sessions of improvisation, scene study, welder fitter. Production welding also gives
Shakespeare, Styles physical technique, acting for the students an opportunity to receive college
camera and two years studying Stanislavski credits through a partnership with Lakeland
technique. The voice class will include vocal Community College.
exercises, dialects and monologues. Additional
workshops led by guest artists from professional
theatre.
Each year the Academy produce up to 8 fully
mounted productions and student plays. Juniors are
expected to be a part of the Junior Play Festival in
March and seniors are expected to be a part of the
Senior Improv Show in December. All other shows
are strictly extracurricular and participation is not
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