Olympic Theatre Arts is now accepting applications for the Children’s Theatre Workshop Winter Session titled “Auditioning Skills,” scheduled for late December.

The workshop is positioned to precede the arrival the following week of the Missoula Children’s Theatre Tour, also sponsored by Olympic Theatre Arts.

The one-week workshop will focus on building self-confidence and developing performance readiness skills and is open to children ages 6-18. Workshop instructors/directors will be Bonne Smith and Danny Willis, both veterans of the children’s theater program at OTA.

“Our goal is to empower children by identifying and building on their strengths and also to introduce them to aspects of theater production that may be new to them,” Smith, the lead director, said.

“We plan to explore performing arts through theater games and instructional activities while building skills to enable them to present to an audience a polished monologue at week’s end.”

The OTA Children’s “Auditioning Skills” workshop is scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays Dec. 28-31, excluding New Year’s Day. The showcase presentation to invited guests is from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 2.

Tuition for the workshop will be $150 for the week, includes lunch and is held at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., in Sequim. Enrollment is limited.

Missoula Children’s Theatre Tour will hold auditions for “Rapunzel” at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, at Sequim High School.

Auditions are open to children ages 5-18 to fill a cast of 50-60 children. Rehearsals and workshops will be conducted after casting from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 5:45-7:45 p.m. Jan. 4-8 with two performances scheduled for Jan. 9 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

There will be a $20 participation fee for children who are cast in the production, $10 for siblings.

For workshop enrollment applications or more information on either event, visit the OTA website at www.olympictheatrearts.org or call or visit the business office, open from 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 683-7326.