•   For children ages 8-14

•   Classes each Saturday Sept. 26-Nov. 21

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Registration still is open for the fall session of the "Acting Out" Theatre Workshop for children, presented by the Alys Stephens Center and Make It Happen Theatre Company, from 10 a.m. to noon each Saturday Sept. 26 through Nov. 21.

The "Acting Out" Theatre Workshop is a nine-week experience for children ages 8-14 that will share with the mechanics of acting and performance. Participants will learn theater games, improvisation, warm-up and concentration exercises, voice and diction, theater terminology, character development and minimal musical theater basics through a variety of fun, intense classes. At the end of the workshop, participants will showcase their newly developed skills with a production open to all parents and friends at noon, Saturday, Nov. 21.

Alicia Johnson-Reed and Jennifer Kelley Salvant will instruct the workshop, along with other professional performance instructors. The classes are programmed for students who have a serious interest in performance and for those who just want to have fun.

The fee is $100 per student. To register for the workshop, call 205-934-6012. The classes will be held in the Alys Stephens Center Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall, 1200 10th Ave. South, Birmingham. For more details, call 205-934-0862, e-mail kkirklin@uab.edu or visit www.AlysStephens.org.

About the Alys Stephens Center

Located on the UAB campus, the 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 entertainment to Alabama.