Spend a week immersed in the world of story! Each day we will make our way through the plot, acting out scenes and building on our characters. On Thursday, we will make set and prop pieces, and Friday we will have one last rehearsal and perform our favorite scenes for family and friends.
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Ages 5-7 & 6-8
​(2 classes)

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran- July 2nd & 3rd (ages 5-7)

$85.00

“Marian called it Roxaboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill—nothing but sand and rocks, and some old wooden boxes. But it was a special place. And all children needed to go there was a long stick and a soaring imagination. “
Using this beloved story as a bouncing off point, the two day class will act it out on the first day, and then use the notion of building your own special place to make up their own story on the second day.


Instructor: Annabel Cantor
​​Monday & Tuesday
July 2nd & 3rd 
​9:30 - 12:30
Please pack a nutritious snack for your child

 

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Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin- August 13th - 17th (ages 6-8) ​(CLASS FULL)

$195.00

Mrs. Jane Tabby cannot explain why all four of her kittens were born with wings. But when life on the city streets becomes too dangerous, it is clear that her dream for her children might some day come true. They can fly away from the city slums of their birth. And one day, they do. But not even their mother could have foreseen the hazards of country living.

​Instructor: Annabel Cantor

​Monday - Friday

August 13th - 17th

9:30 - 12:30

Please pack a nutritious snack for your child

There will be a final performance on Friday 8/17 at noon​

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AGES 8-11
​(3 classes)

Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters- July 9th - 13th

$195.00

Discover the adventures of heroes and monsters that exist in the world of mythical and magical creatures!
Stories have been told on every continent since the dawn of time, and some have lasted for thousands of years, becoming what we know today as myths. These fantastical tales educate and fascinate by creating amazing worlds and inhabiting them with wondrous feats of heroics and dastardly deeds of evil. Delving into Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters will give children the opportunity to discover these stories, and encourage them to understand storytelling from different cultures.

​​​​​Instructor: Samantha Van Der Merwe
​Monday - Friday
​July 9th - 13th
​9:30 - 12:30
Please pack a nutritious snack for your child
There will be a final performance on Friday 7/13 at noon

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Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman- July 16th - 20th (CLASS FULL)

$195.00

A wintery Nordic tale that weaves a truly magical story of legend and adventure, will grip and enchant readers from beginning to end. Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid, and in his icy, ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him. Fleeing to the woods, Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear, and then Odd's destiny begins to change. The eagle, bear, and fox Odd encounters are Norse gods, trapped in animal form by the evil frost giant who has conquered Asgard, the city of the gods. Now our hero must reclaim Thor's hammer, outwit the frost giants and release the gods.


Instructor: Samantha Van Der Merwe
​​July 16th - 20th
Monday - Friday
​9:30 - 12:30
Please pack a nutritious snack for your child
There will be a final performance on Friday 7/20 at noon

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The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket- August 20th -24th (CLASS FULL)

$195.00

Are you made fainthearted by death? Does fire unnerve you? Is a villain something that might crop up in future nightmares of yours? Are you thrilled by nefarious plots? Is cold porridge upsetting to you? Vicious threats? Hooks? Uncomfortable clothing?

It is likely that your answers will reveal A Series of Unfortunate Events to be ill-suited for your personal use. A librarian, bookseller, or acquaintance should be able to suggest books more appropriate for your fragile temperament. But to the rarest of readers we say, "Proceed, but cautiously."

Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents have been killed, and they are forced to go and stay with their Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children.

Instructor: Annabel Cantor

August 20th - 24th

Monday - Friday

9:30 - 12:30

Please pack a nutritious snack for your child

There will be a final performance on Friday 8/24 at noon

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AGES 11 & UP
​(2 classes)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene, Mildred Benson- July 30th - August 2nd

$195.00

After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls. Could the house be haunted?

​Instructor: Samantha Van Der Merwe

Monday - Friday

July 30th - August 2nd​

9:30 - 12:30

Please pack a nutritious snack for your child

There will be a final performance on Friday 8/2 at noon​

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The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo- August 6th - 10th

$195.00

Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.

Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.

The tales in The Language of Thorns will transport you to lands both familiar and strange—to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.

Instructor: Samantha Van Der Merwe​​

August 6th - 10th​

Monday - Friday

​9:30 - 12:30

Please pack a nutritious snack for your child

There will be a final performance on Friday 8/10 at noon​

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Instructor Bios:

Samantha Van Der Merwe Link to bio

Annabel Cantor is a young theatre artist and teacher who has had the pleasure of working at Shaking the Tree since the tender age of twelve. Since then she has assisted in the classroom and performed on the stage, most recently in Masque of the Red Death. In addition to her time at STT, Annabel has worked as an actor throughout the Portland area since 2008, and was a 2011 PAMTA winner and a 2015 Drammy finalist. She has sought out some of the best training Portland has to offer, and now counts herself lucky to be working alongside some of her greatest mentors at NWCT, OCT, and now Shaking the Tree. Annabel is currently enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, where she studies Theatre, Psychology, and Literature. 

Leila Wiggers is an Education major at Linfield College. She studies art and sings in the Linfield College Concert Choir. Leila loves to travel, and has studied abroad in Bhutan; she’s also travelled to Thailand, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, India, and around the US. Leila began taking classes at Shaking the Tree Theatre at the age of 4, interned at the Theatre while in high school, and is thrilled to use what she learns this summer in her future teaching. She works in the Admissions Office at Linfield College - come by and take a tour!

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