About King City Dance Week
King City Dance Week will once again bring a variety of contemporary dance experiences to King City and the Stanton Theater! Center Stage Theatrical Productions and Jeff Hinderscheid, along with Fran Spector Atkins, founding director of SpectorDance, are once again joining forces to provide a culturally enriching presentation of magical dance performances and movement workshops for high school, elementary and middle school students in King City and the surrounding areas.
About Center Stage Theatrical Productions
Center Stage Theatrical Productions LLC strives to enrich the artistic culture of our community by providing artists of all skill levels the opportunity to learn new skills and sharpen existing ones across a variety of stagecraft areas. We seek to nourish the upcoming talents of potential actors, vocalists, dancers, and even technicians who are destined to make their mark on the world with professional and collaborative creations.
Center Stage Theatrical Productions LLC is a couple of different things. First, it's a school for people of all ages and from all walks of life to safely explore new forms of physical and verbal art skills and discover the ways in which they enjoy expressing themselves. Our courses are effective for those simply looking to practice their art recreationally as well as for those looking to pursue a legitimate performance career. Second, it's a mentorship company, here to help YOUR program launch, grow, and sustain successful productions with results that leave audiences wanting more.
About Fran Spector Atkins and SpectorDance
SpectorDance Company creates and presents issue-based multidisciplinary works using a signature style that blends visual media, verbal material, and music with dance. SpectorDance works look at some of today’s most pressing topics such as climate change, gang violence and juvenile justice, agricultural history, military family sacrifice and more. Each SpectorDance project begins with the selection of a topic. We then embark upon extensive research and seek out experts in the field to interview on film. Once these interviews have been collected, selected sound bites are woven into a music mix with related visual images. Finally, dancers explore movements that physically express the concepts covered. Our artistic practice weaves together factual information with aesthetic elements in ways that reach people’s hearts. SpectorDance performances use real life stories as the foundation for developing creative performance works. Along with every project, SpectorDance offers associated movement workshops. SpectorDance believes in the transformative and healing power of dance.
Fran Spector Atkins is the founder and director of SpectorDance. Fran’s creative works are inspired by her vision to create socially relevant art that merges factual and aesthetic elements. She begins with extensive research and filmed interviews with experts and community members related to each topic. Collaboration with outstanding non-arts organizations is key to every project. Examples include Figures in the Dust, a collaboration with the National Steinbeck Center about Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath; Common Ground, a collaboration with the United Farm Workers, about California agriculture; East West, a collaboration with Rancho Cielo about gang violence; Ocean Trilogy, our first collaboration with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) about hopeful possibilities for ocean health from cutting- edge ocean science research; When You Were Gone, a collaboration with the Porter Youth Center for military families, about deployment from the perspective of youth, and In Real Time, a virtual piece about the Coronavirus experience based on interviews with SpectorDance company performers. Her current project, Wildfires is about Indigenous fire ecology and will premiere in late fall 2023.
For these projects and others, Fran has received numerous awards including the prestigious Dewar’s Young Artist Recognition Award for the State of California and was featured in Carmel Magazine as one of 10 individuals making “altruistic contributions to the community,” and she was featured in the film Luminaries of Monterey County. SpectorDance was selected by the Arts Council for Monterey County as the “Outstanding Arts Organization in Monterey County,” and as a national finalist for the Ovation TV award for “Excellence in the Performing Arts.” She has twice been a presenter at TedX Monterey and in 2020, she was honored to have received the Florence Haspel Zeve Award for Outstanding Female Artist in Monterey serving Women, Families and the Arts.
About Santa Barbara City College Dance Company
Santa Barbara City College Dance Company is a pre-professional performance ensemble based at Santa Barbara City College. Comprised of highly dedicated student dancers, the company trains in a wide range of styles—including contemporary, modern, jazz, ballet, and culturally rooted forms—and works with faculty and guest choreographers to create dynamic, original repertory. Each season, the company performs throughout the region, participates in community outreach, and brings high-quality dance experiences to schools and underserved audiences. Through rigorous
training and meaningful performance opportunities, SBCC Dance Company prepares emerging artists for transfer, professional careers, and lifelong engagement in the arts.
About FUSE Dance Company
FUSE Dance Company is a Southern California–based contemporary dance ensemble dedicated to innovative performance, artistic collaboration, and community-centered education. Founded in 2010 by Joshua D. Estrada-Romero, FUSE presents dynamic work at festivals and venues
across the region and the U.S., while offering classes and programs that foster connection, creativity, and a deeper appreciation for dance.
About Novus Dance Project
Founded by in 2017 by Meredith Cabaniss and Wilson Vu, Novus Dance Project emerged is a
bold new voice in Los Angeles that championed artistic collaboration, experimentation, and innovation. Rooted in the vibrant dance community of Southern California, the company
offered a platform where emerging artists of all disciplines - dancers, choreographers, composers, musicians, visual and digital artists - could come together to create work that pushed
boundaries and defied convention. With a signature style that merges neoclassical ballet and contemporary dance, Novus continues to reflect the evolving aesthetics of a new generation
of movement artists.
Learn the Basics
You don't have to make theater a career to learn the basics. Understanding and practicing performing art basics in acting, movement, and so on can expand your mind and encourage creativity.
Experiment
Take your foundational knowledge and begin to experiment with those concepts across a variety of mediums. You may find something you truly love.
Artistic Education
If a performing arts career is your dream, you can pursue a legitimate education here with us. We'll help you learn the skills and develop a portfolio to use as your foundation.
Future Success
By obtaining a solid educational background, you'll set your life and future career up for greater success. Come learn from accomplished artists and get started!
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ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
HOW WE DO IT
Our Services
Theater for Beginners
Fostering imagination and encouraging creative ideas begins with intentional play. The youngest in our communities enjoy make-believe, and when guided and supported, their young minds can soar with these classes that foster semi-scripted scenes and fun with ensembles. Classes include movement, object substitution, teamwork, focus, and projection through play.
Advanced Acting & Stage Craft
Take your acting skills to the next level with in-depth scene work, character development, and advanced performance techniques. This class focuses on emotional depth, script analysis, and mastering stage presence while incorporating elements of stagecraft, including movement, blocking, and working with technical elements like lighting and sound. Perfect for actors ready to start refining their craft and command the stage with confidence.
Production Team Mentorship
Behind every great show is a dedicated production team. Our tier-structured mentorship program provides hands-on guidance in directing, stage management, technical design, choreography, costume design, and production coordination. Whether you're aspiring to lead a creative team or enhance your backstage expertise, our mentorship cultivates the leadership and problem-solving skills necessary to bring a production from script to stage.
BENEFITS FOR YOU
How Theater Arts Can Improve Your Life
Gain Experience
The best way to improve as an artist is with practice and a variety of different experiences.
Expand Your Creativity
Simply engaging in artistic efforts opens up your mind and makes you more creative and imaginative.
Learn Techniques and History
Learn from accomplished artists by working closely with our staff and studying theatrical history and its proven techniques.
Earn Your Education
Earn a legitimate theater education through hands-on experience, acquiring genuine skills that can be used in a variety of production positions.
Jeff
Hinderscheid
Acting, Directing, Lighting, Production Management
Founder of CSTP, Jeff is an experienced theater producer, director and actor, and provides instruction on the development of character, how to audition, and physical story telling. He also teaches technical production skills like lighting and set design, and more!
Beau
Rodriguez
Acting, Movement, Costume Design, Set & Scenic Art
Beau is a performing arts teacher in Carmel, California. Her teaching experience spans ten years, focusing on children's performing arts education. Her professional background includes over two decades of experience in theatrical production, specifically in performance, set and costume design, choreography, and stage management and she is our resident costume designer.
Jamie
Jones
Stage Management, Production Management, Sound Design
Jamie has a plethora of theater production skills, from production and stage management to sound design and technical direction. She is a stage performer, a seasoned vocalist, and veteran teacher that brings a wealth of experience and education to the students she serves. Jamie is our resident stage manager and sound designer, providing technical guidance to those with an interest in behind the scenes production work.
Paty Broderick
Choreography, Directing, & Acting
Paty is a performing artist with years of experience in countries around the world. From The Walt Disney Company to stages in LA, Mexico, Canada and the Netherlands, Paty brings decades of directing and choreography instruction to the team. A current resident of Carmel, California, Paty joins CSTP as a StageCraft instructor for children at low income housing sites and K-12 school districts. See Paty's resume here!
Kyle
Richlin
Choreography, Vocal Coaching, Acting
Kyle is a seasoned actor and teacher with a career in theater production, choreography, acting, and instruction. Kyle has many students in Carmel as well as South Monterey County, teaching piano lessons, and voice instruction, and has choreographed many productions throughout Monterey County.
The Team
South Monterey County's Premier Performing Arts Education Program
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Why Students Love Our Programs
Reg Huston
"I have learned so much being a fellow actor with Jeff, while directing him myself and by being directed by him! He is total theater."
Maria Elena Mejia
"Working with Jeff as a cast member, I learned a lot in areas as broad as stage presence and as specific as breath support techniques, working one on one or even just watching him on stage. Having him as a director has been one of the best experiences I have had working with a director, because he is fully there to support me in my art and wants us each to shine in the ways that are best for us, balancing having fun and staying professional."
Rebecca Serrano
“Working with Jeff in theater hasn’t only been extremely fun, but also a great learning experience. I see him as a mentor and can’t wait to do more shows!”
Fabian Arreola
Working with Jeff and the team has taught me more about who I am than I can ever thank them for. I love doing theater, and I didn't even know it at first. I can't wait to do more work with them in the future!