Blue Fire Theatre
Press Release
Submitted by Toni D’Amico
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October 22, 2019
Blue Fire Theatre will present a Theatre Essentials Workshop Ages 7-12.
Limited Space Available., Only 10 students per class. Early registration is recommended.
Theatre Essentials Workshop / One-hour Workshop
November 16 / 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm and again from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Registration Fee is $10.00, plus a $1.50 service fee. Registration is online only.
You may register online at BlueFireTheatre.org.
Workshop Location: Yulee County Building
86026 Pages Dairy Road W
Yulee, FL 32097
The workshop will begin with a few warm-up activities, then move on to some basic stage mechanics and rules for improv and then each student will take his or her turn getting “on stage” to do some improv games/scenes.
The workshop will be taught by Katie Johnston, who was recently seen on stage as Maggie in Blue Fire Theatre’s inaugural show, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Katie is an actress and comedian who has performed professionally in film, television and regional theatre throughout Florida and in Los Angeles. She has starred in productions at the Geffen Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre and The Norris Theatre, to name a few. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts from Jacksonville University. Her extensive experience in improv comedy includes training at the Groundlings School.
Katie was a featured stand-up comedian at the Portland Maine Comedy Festival and the New South Comedy Festival in 2018. She also had the extreme pleasure of opening for the Lady Parts Justice League show starring Liz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show.) Recent theatre credits include, Alicia in Small Mouth Sounds (The 5 & Dime,) Sylvia in Sylvia (Players by the Sea) for which she received a Pelican Award for “Best Actress in a Lead Role.”
Offstage, Katie has been working with children of all ages in a variety of different settings for over 12 years. Currently she is the director of children’s programming at Big Fish Power Yoga, and runs the kids acting classes at Creative Veins Performing Arts Studio located in downtown Jacksonville.
Blue Fire operates as a not-for-profit 501c3 organization relying on community support. All donations are tax deductible.