January 12, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB's Alys Stephens Center will offer beginning acting for adults each Monday night Jan. 25-March 15 at the center, 1200 10th Ave. South. The classes will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; cost is $100. To register, call the Alys Stephens Center Box Office at 205-975-2787.

Acting instructor Alicia Johnson will direct this beginning acting workshop for adults. During the eight-week course students will learn basic skills - theater terminology, voice and diction, improvisation, character development - and more through acting games, lessons and exercises.

By the course end, participants will have a prepared monologue for auditions. A showcase performance for all participants is scheduled for March 15. All classes will take place in the Alys Stephens Center Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall.

Direct questions to Kimberly Kirklin at 205-934-0862 or e-mail kkirklin@uab.edu.

About UAB's Alys Stephens Center

UAB's Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center is one of the Southeast's premier performing arts centers, hosting the best in international, national and local performance. Home to the UAB departments of Theatre and Music and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the ASC also presents its own season, bringing the world's best music, dance, theater, comedy and family