Past Courses

• 1973-1980
• 1980-1990
• 1990-2000
• 2000 to present

1973-1980

SUMMER YOUTH WORKSHOP
1977

CLASS IN THEATER ARTS
1978

MASTER ACTING CLASS
1979

READER’S GROUP WORKSHOP
1980

1980-1990

COMEDY WORKSHOP
Pat Morita, Instructor
1980

COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP
1980-1981

ACTING WORKSHOP
1981

DIRECTING WORKSHOP
1982

IMPROVISATION CLASS
1982

1990-2000

BEGINNING ACTING
Sammy Choy, Instructor
September 20-November 8, 1993

INTERMEDIATE ACTING
Michael Torres, Instructor
September 20-November 8, 1993

ACTING FOR KIDS
Michael Torres, Instructor
September 26-November 14, 1993

VOCAL TECHNIQUE
Mitzie Abe, Instructor
September 25-November 13, 1993

AUDITION WORKSHOP
Ken Narasaki, Instructor
September 21-November 9, 1993

DIRECTING
Lane Nishikawa, Instructor
September 21-November 19, 1993

ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER HISTORY
Charlie Chin, Instructor
September 22-November 10, 1993

BEGINNING ACTING
Ann Fajilian, Instructor
October 24-December 12, 1994

INTERMEDIATE ACTING
Michael Torres, Instructor
October 24-December 12, 1994

VOCAL TECHNIQUE
Mitzie Abe, Instructor
October 22-December 17, 1994

BEGINNING MOVEMENT
Buzzy Reny, Instructor
October 23-December 18, 1994

IMPROVISATION GROUP TECHNIQUE
Jim Cranna, Instructor
Fall 1999

ACTING: SCENE STUDY
Dena Martinez, Instructor
Fall 1999

AUDITION TECHNIQUE
Sean San Jose, Instructor
Summer 2000

PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP
Noel Madlansacay, Instructor
Summer 2000

2000 to present

AUDITION WORKSHOP
Sean San Jose, Instructor
November 2000

THE HARD 8 OF CREATIVITY: Directing Intensive
Ellen Sebastian Chang, Instructor
October-November 2000

ACTING WORKSHOP
Rena Owen, Instructor
October 11-15, 2000

POLYNESIAN WRITERS WORKSHOP
Dan McMullin, Instructor
October 2000-January 2001

KABUKI WORKSHOP
with Sayoko Nishimiya
March 1-16, 2001

A LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION WITH MARTIAL ARTIST/PERFORMER
Krishnados Menon
November 13, 2001

VESSEL AND VEHICLE
A Master Class with Reno Owen
October 27, 2001

APA PLAYWRITING 101: Unleashing Your Story for the Stage
Melinda Corazon Foley, Instructor
June 25, 2003-August 20, 2003

APA ACTING 101: Unleashing Your Inner Actor
Sean Lim, Instructor
July 12, 2003-August 30, 2003

APA PLAYWRITING STUDIO: Unleashing Your Story for the Stage
Shawn Taylor, Instructor
October 1-November 19, 2003

APA ACTING STUDIO: Unleashing Your Inner Actor
Sean Lim, Instructor
October 4-November 22, 2003

POWER ACTING
Mitzie Abe, Instructor
April 17, 2004-June 5, 2004

POWER PLAYWRITING
Jeannie Barroga, Instructor
April 14, 2004-May 26, 2004

AATC WRITING STUDIO: Creating a Screenplay or Stageplay
Jeannie Barroga, Instructor
March 4, 2006-April 8, 2006

APA ACTING STUDIO: Alexander Technique
Constance Clare, Instructor
March 9, 2006-April 27, 2006

APA MASTERCLASS: You’ve Finished Your Play, Now What?
Norman Gee, Jeannie Barroga, Conrad Cimarra, Alan Quismorio, et al., Instructors
April 15, 2006

SCENE PREPARATION: Intro to the Biz – A Workshop for Actors
Ogie Zulueta and Esperanza Catubig, Instructors
April 7, 2007

VOICE/MUSIC I (Mini-Workshop)
Giovanni Ortega
May 30, 2007

DANCE
Maria Picar
June 3, 2007

VOICE/MUSIC II (Mini-Workshop)
Giovanni Ortega
June 3, 2007

COLD READING
Al Quismorio
June 6, 2007

MINI-PRODUCER (Mini-Workshop)
Ryan Morales
June 10, 2007

COMIC SOLO PERFORMANCE
Samantha Chanse
June 10, 2007

PLAYWRITING I (Mini-Workshop)
Patty Cachapero
June 13, 2007

MOVEMENT/IMPROV
Conrad Cimarra
June 17, 2007

COMEDY/IMPROVISATION
Ron Muriera
June 17, 2007

Wednesday, June 20th: 6:30pm – 9pm
Monologues $10
Norman Gee shows analysis of text, encourages risks with monologues.

Sunday, June 24th: 9:30am – 12pm
Mini-Producer II (mini-Workshop) $15*
Ryan Morales – continues from I

Sunday, June 24th 12:30 – 3pm
Playwrighting II (mini-Workshop) $15*
Patty Cachapero – continues from I

* 2-part Workshops

PLAYWRIGHTING*
Philip Kan Gotanda
Thursday, August 9 &
Thursday, August 16
7:00pm-9:30pm
Learn the working playwright’s craft.
*To enroll, you must submit 5 pages of dialogue to aatcspace@gmail.com by August 5

MONOLOGUES IN MUSICALS
Jeannie Barroga
Friday, August 10
8:00-10:30pm &
Saturday, August 11
1:00-3:30pm
Prep work for an upcoming musical (stay tuned): discover monologues behind songs.

VOICE/MUSIC
Giovanni Ortega
Saturday, August 11 &
Sunday, August 12
10:00am-12:30pm
Continue voice basics, test your audition.

IMPROV/SCENES
Ron Muriera
Sunday, August 12
1:00-3:30pm &
Saturday, August 18
10:00am-12:30pm
No written lines but you’re onstage! Connect with partners; learn what to do with scenes.

MINI-PRODUCING
Ryan Morales
Friday, August 17
8:00pm-10:30pm
Saturday, August 18
1:00-3:30pm
A popular class – an organized ‘desktop version’ of producing tools.