Let out your inner Annie Hall or inner Dude VIVA’s Theater Lab Classes for Beginners!
VIVA is community theater with, by, and for older adults. VIVA’s Theater Lab classes are designed to educate older adults in the arts of acting. These classes can be experienced for fun and creative growth or lead to performances on stage in front of an audience. Join one (or both) of these Theater Lab Classes for Beginners and experience theater from the actor’s side of the footlights!

VIVA Theater Lab – Acting for Beginners
EAST | Tuesdays, September 16 – October 21 | 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Fees: R/NR $60/$75 (6 classes)

This course introduces participants to the fundamentals of acting for the stage. In an atmosphere of fun and non-judgment, participants can connect with each other, learn the basics of story, character, voice, age-appropriate movement and observation, and practice acting in a scene with other actors.

Instructor: Anne Sandoe is an actor, director, and teacher who has been in the theater since the age of six, and whose father directed the very first show of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. She has performed with the Colorado, Oregon, Alabama, Virginia, and Antioch Shakespeare Festivals. She’s taught acting and voice for more than thirty years, including at UNC, San Francisco State University, and Wright State University in Ohio. Locally, Anne has performed at BETC, the Catamounts, Longmont Theater Company, the Arvada Center, Coal Creek Theatre, and has acted with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival since she was 16.

VIVA Theater Lab – Improv for Beginners
EAST | Fridays, September 12 – October 17 | 1 – 3 p.m. | Fees: R/NR $60/$75
(6 classes)

Improv (improvisation) is a form of live theater in which plot, character and dialogue are all made up in the moment – and hilarity often ensues. With fun warm-ups and collaborative games, beginners are guided in creating short scenes. Participants may stand or remain seated if desired.

Instructor: Rachel Trueblood has been involved in the world of theater all her life as a writer, teacher, performer, director, and professional mime. She specializes in comedy, including stand-up, and has trained and performed with Rise Comedy in Denver and most recently with Superior Improv Co last December. She was last seen on stage in VIVA Theater’s “The Man who Came to Dinner” and “Our Town” at The Dairy Center in Boulder. She teaches an ongoing improv class to older adults in Boulder.
CONTACT
West Age Well Center
909 Arapahoe Avenue | 303-441-3148
Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
East Age Well Center
660 Sioux Drive | 303-413-7290
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Please visit Older Adult Services online
Email: OlderAdultServices@bouldercolorado.gov