Ages: Grades 5-8

Students will learn the basics of text analysis, character development, script writing, speech techniques, and improvisation in this 10-week, collaborative acting course. Sessions can be taken individually as schedules permit, or students can register for the entire sequence which is designed to work sequentially.

Fall Session: Introduction to Storytelling

Students will create tableaus with fairy tales, masks, and props, explore costume and prop production, learn basic stage directions and how blocking affects an audience’s experience, explore ways to portray characters physically, and learn to interact with other characters.

Winter Session: Tell My Story

In this session, students will build on basic acting skills while utilizing their own experiences to create theater through play writing, monologue creation, and improvisation. Class will culminate with a showcase performance of student work.

Spring Session: Spring Production

Students will apply their knowledge of stagecraft in the performance of a short play in this session. Students will take full part in the creative process by learning what rehearsals are like for actors in addition to behind-the-scenes work like sets, costumes, and props.

Tuition: $300 per 10-week session

Fall 2023 Session: Mondays, September 11-November 13

Winter 2024 Session: Mondays, January 8-March 11