40+ Stage to offer acting classes
40+ Stage Company has scheduled readers’ theater classes for seniors, age 55 and up, with an orientation class at 3 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Mary Alice Warren Community Center, 440 Lewisville-Clemmons Rd, Lewisville.
The six-week course consists of two-hour classes beginning at 3 p.m. on successive Tuesdays. The first class is free for all attending. It will provide an overview of the course and introduce some of the basic skills to be taught. There will be a $20 tuition fee for the course, which participants will pay when enrolling for the remaining five classes. Memorizations will not be required. The course is designed to give participants greater confidence when speaking in public, insight into the creative process, group collaboration, exercise in practicing empathy, and enhanced critical skills in evaluating video and stage performances.
Research has shown that seniors who participate in the performing arts enjoy better mental and emotional health, engage more frequently with others, avoid depression and loneliness, and experience better mental acuity in the later years, thus postponing the onset of dementia-like symptoms.
Convenient parking is located at the center. For more information on 40+ Stage Company, visit www.40plusstage.com. To register for classes, email 40plusstagecompany@gmail.com.
