Enrollment is now open for 15 seminars and workshops designed to introduce new actors to professional acting, and sharpen the skill set of actors already practicing the craft—faculty will include professional actors from Los Angeles—tuition for workshops is $25  

Yavapai Community College has been diligently developing its Performing Arts program on the Prescott Campus over the past few years. To further that development, it will hold “The Elevated Actor” Summer Actor Intensive training program from Monday, June 24, to Friday, June 28, at the Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center.

As part of the event, the College is hosting a team of television, film, and stage artists who will work with students throughout the week. With more than 15 seminars and workshops, “The Elevated Actor” is designed to introduce new actors to professional acting and sharpen the skill sets of those already practicing the craft.

The faculty includes Yavapai Community College Theatre Professor Nanette Hofer. Other professional talents lending their skills to the workshop include Groundlings veteran, television actor, and stand-up comedian Matt Conde; Webby award-winning writer/producer and improv comic Russ Gooberman; writer-producer Timothy Boissey; and writer/director Jonas Brenneman.

Sessions will cover acting studies and an auditioning workshop to help actors make a lasting impression. Students will learn different techniques for stage, film, television, and commercial acting. Improvisation and writing workshops are designed to help performers maximize their creative potential in every onstage moment.

“Elevated Actor” participants will conclude their week with a final showcase performance on Friday night, June 28, at 8 p.m. on the Performing Arts Center stage.

The cost of “The Elevated Actor” workshop is $25. Participants must be 16 or older and may attend any or all of the week-long sessions. For registration or additional information, please visit performingarts@yc.edu.

79 face-to-face offered on west side of County; 15 on east side of County; no face-to-face credit classes to be held at Sedona Center; well over half of all classes to be offered online

Yavapai Community College has posted its summer credit class schedule.  According to its registration website, it will offer a total of 241 summer credit courses.  Of those classes, 93 will be face-to-face classes in the District and seven face-to-face classes off campus. 

The largest number of classes, 141,  are offered online.

The College  has scheduled 79 face-to-face credit classes for students on the west side of Yavapai County and 15 face-to-face credit classes for students on the east side of Yavapai County.  The Prescott Campus has the largest number of face-to-face classes with 67 classes being offered. Chino Valley has eight, and Prescott Valley four.

There will be 15 summer credit face-to-face classes offered on the east side of the County, all on the Verde Valley Campus In Clarkdale.  There are no summer credit classes being offered at the Sedona Center, which includes the Culinary Institute. 

The reason for not offering any credit classes at the Sedona Center is not clear. It may have something to do with the termination of  the Culinary and Hospitality Program Director at the Sedona Culinary Institute, Robert K. Barr. Mr. Barr, was  notified by Yavapai Community College that his contract with the College will end May 14. 

In addition to the face-to-face classes at the two campuses and three centers, its largest enrollment, as noted earlier, is online.  It will offer a total of 141 online classes compared to a total of 93 face-to-face classes. There are seven classes that will be offered off-campus, six of which are in aviation. 

Below are the registration results of a search for summer classes run by the Blog on April 26, 2022.