Join us this Saturday Jan 13th!

10:00 am            KEANON KYLES Presents:

Performance prep, etiquette, castmate exercises and how to take care of your instrument in between performances. 

KEANON KYLES, praised by CNN for his “beautiful technique” was raised in Chicago where he received his degree in music from Chicago’s Columbia College. He made his opera debut as Colline in Puccini’s “La Boheme” in North Chicago. Conducted by Metropolitan Opera’s Maestro David Jackson, he made his Italy debut in Trento as Betto in Gianni Schicchi and Peter in Hansel and Gretel. After making his U.K. debut as Colline in La Boheme he returned to Scotland to perform the title-role in Rigoletto in a Scottish Opera. 

He made his Chicago Opera Theater debut as Daggoo in their production of Jake Heggie’s “Moby Dick”. Shortly after, he made his South America debut as Noye in Noye’s Fludde. Kyles then returned to Chicago to make his Lyric Opera debut by way of their Lyric Unlimited program in their production of “Earth to Kenzie” and was invited to perform a selection of arias at Carnegie Hall in 2019. Kyles recently has been a part of several world premieres throughout Chicago, some being, Chicago Opera Theater commissioned new art song pieces specifically for Kyles by living composers Stacy Garrop, Wang Lu, Matthew Recio. He most recently performed, “Two Black Churches” by friend and colleague, Shawn Okpebholo. He’s been invited back by the Lyric Opera to be part of productions, “The Scorpion Sting” and completely sold out run of “The Factotum”. Kyles is a former Young Artist with Chicago Opera Theater and graduated from the post-grad Opera Performance program through Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Aside from operatic performances, Kyles has performed a plethora of concert work with

Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their Negaunee Music Institute. He has been featured on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times and his music career has been highlighted on Good

Morning America, CNN, BBC News, NPR amongst other major media outlets. Kyles was recently one of Portland Opera’s four Resident Artists and performed in their season opener, “Carmen”, as Morales. 

11:30 am   MICHAEL LEVINS Presents:

On Psychology and Acting 

Read between the lines to find your voice on stage. Dig deep to understand the emotion you are portraying. 

MICHAEL LEVINS – As a licensed clinical psychologist, Mike is in a unique position to understand people and emotions and has drawn from that knowledge and background to enhance his abilities as an actor. He has worked with clients as diverse as a corporation CEO to prisoners on death row. As a consultant to Chicago Actor’s Equity Association, Mike helped many professional actors learn about the characters they were playing in more depth and also to help them deal with the pressures and stresses of auditions. He has taken joy in seeing some of those clients on television and in major motion pictures. Mike has been a fan of Latte theater for many years and has shared the stage with a couple of Latte students. He is excited to be a part of the LATTE actor’s workshop and to share his knowledge and experience with the students.

1:00 pm  FELICIA PFLUGER Presents:  

Developing Comedic Scene Timing

Workshop Comedic Scene Studies to build incredible action/reaction, strong physicality, and powerful timing. Learn to utilize your scene partners and use timing in your favor. Then workshop that our small vignette … put on the director’s hat!

FELICIA PFLUGER has acted, directed and produced theater for over 25 years and counts herself blessed to have founded, developed and shaped LATTE since 2009 to bring socio-emotional growth and collaborative leadership development to the forefront on and off stage.

Felicia’s “Pfluger Empathy Movement Method” develops actresses and actors holistically utilizing socio-emotional facets, physiological awareness and empathy-building while protecting the psyche. With a varied background in theater, dance, song, writing, script and ghostwriting, Felicia enjoys empowering teens in LATTE to challenge themselves through full length, professional counseling and education, stage works and personal and professional development – all while having a lot of fun in the process!

A Chicago playwright, she has adapted numerous stage works including: The Philadelphia Story, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Much Ado About Nothing, and War of the Worlds. Her original works include The Porch Light and Dearest Soldier- Love in War, and Common Ground!

3:00 pm KAITLIN FRON Presents:

Commanding your Voice for Stage and Screen

Use your voice like a pro! See what gives you the advantage and the purpose of each type of sound we create. Become familiar with vocal theory internally and externally to create different sounds. Then put this into practice, like cartoon characters while you create nuanced vocal adjustments and identify how to produce your sound! Then workshop your vocal work to embody your character(s) with a character analysis. 

KAITLIN FRON is a voice and piano instructor with vocal training in classical and musical theatre styles. With a Bachelor of Music degree from Millikin University and a Master of Arts in music degree from The University of Iowa. She trained at the Red Mountain Theatre Company (formerly Summerfest) and the Midwest Young Artist Program.  Her credits include: Amelia (Amelia Goes To the Ball), Emmie (Albert Herring), Flora (The Turn of the Screw), and Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte) among others. Following her MA degree, she spent a year as a character performer, portraying many beloved princesses, mermaids, and magical friends with The Enchanted Princesses. Kaitlin studied both adult and pediatric vocal pedagogy.