*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Challenge your creativity by putting on your own show! In this eight-week workshop, students will learn the process of creative collaboration as they develop their own performance piece to be presented to an audience of family and friends on the final class. Students will work (in accordance with a carefully-planned outline) on developing characters and providing creative contributions to their script. All students must be available for this showcase, which – barring any weather or emergency cancellations – is March 10. Any weather or emergency cancellations will result in the scheduling of our make-up dates as needed (March 17 and 24) Students must be available for make-up dates should they be needed.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with less than one year and a half of tap experience.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or more tap experience.
Registration: $128 for eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
If you’ve got a talent (and a love) for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Sharpen your timing, heighten your instincts, develop your own comedic characters and ideas as you explore improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
Music Box Theatre (ages 5 to 7) This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Natasha Fenster
Tuesdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Spring Dates: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5
Using song and movement as storytelling tools, students learn the basics of musical theatre performance as they prepare and perform a mini-musical for an invited audience on the final class! As an ensemble, they will learn stage direction, vocalization exercises and most importantly, how music can help to move or drive a story. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date, which is June 5, 2018.
*No class 2/20 – winter break for Stamford public schools.
This class will focus on monologues and scene work, whether in a performance or audition situation. Learn how to find clues in the text that relate to character objectives and obstacles, inspire character-driven choices and lead you to a more truthful performance. Students are welcome and encouraged to bring in any monologues or scenes they’ve been working on or experimenting with.
Sharpen vocal technique as you also delve into character choices and story-telling within a song. This intimate classroom environment offers opportunity to explore Broadway show-tunes and standards that can be used for either a cabaret-performance situation or to build onto your audition repertoire.
ON THE SPOT: COMEDY AND IMPROV FOR KIDS (ages 8-10)
January 17, 2018 –
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids (ages 8-10)
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6
Laughter is something we can all share and enjoy! In this eight-week workshop, young actors will learn how to tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll also build confidence and teamwork skills as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
Spring Dates: 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed inhibitions, build personal ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, business, interview/audition and presentation situations. Strengthen your creative reflexes in this eight-week workshop through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises.
Registration available at $275 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $37.50 per class.
Spring Dates: 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
In this drama class, students will be introduced to a genre of children’s literature such as; fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction and non-fiction stories that will be use to teach educational lessons. Together with their instructor, they will develop their own stage adaptation of these tales that will include acting, movement and music! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience. This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. Students will leave this class with a better understanding of basic performance skills. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date, which is June 7, 2018.
Instructor: Jonathan Cahr and Shannon-Courtney Denihan
Thursdays, 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Spring Dates: 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
This intensive study in musical performance will offer students opportunities for solo work, duets, trios and other small-group features. They’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire. The class will culminate in a very informal showcase on the final date, which is June 7, 2018.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Challenge your creativity by putting on your own show! In this eight-week workshop, students will learn the process of creative collaboration as they develop their own performance piece to be presented to an audience of family and friends on the final class. Students will work (in accordance with a carefully-planned outline) on developing characters and providing creative contributions to their script. All students must be available for this showcase, which – barring any weather or emergency cancellations – is March 10. Any weather or emergency cancellations will result in the scheduling of our make-up dates as needed (March 17 and 24) Students must be available for make-up dates should they be needed.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with less than one year and a half of tap experience.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or more tap experience.
Registration: $128 for eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
If you’ve got a talent (and a love) for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Sharpen your timing, heighten your instincts, develop your own comedic characters and ideas as you explore improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
Broadway Melodies (ages 8 to 10): This class is no longer available.
Instructors: Jonathan Cahr and Ruth Lettera
Mondays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Spring Dates: 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11 *No class 5/28 due to Memorial Day holiday.
A “triple threat” on Broadway is a performer who can sing, act and move well: music, movement and motivation work together in any musical number to tell the story. Harness these elements and build strong vocal and performance skills as we examine the best of Broadway! Students will learn how to not only sing a musical number, but explore musical staging, stage directions, how to act a song and most importantly how to blend and work together creatively as an ensemble. Acting games and exercises will also be incorporated into the curriculum. The session will culminate in an informal showcase on the final date. All students must be available for this showcase, which is June 11, 2018.
Remaining Winter Dates: 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 (snow make-up dates: 3/26, 4/2) *No class 2/19 due to President’s Day – all public schools closed.
Spring Dates: 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11 *No class 5/28 due to Memorial Day holiday.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes 42nd Street, Shuffle Along,Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or less tap experience.
Registration available at $128 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
Remaining Winter Dates: 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 (snow make-up dates: 3/26, 4/2) *No class 2/19 due to President’s Day – all public schools closed.
Spring Dates: 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11 *No class 5/28 due to Memorial Day holiday.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes, 42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsiesand TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or more tap experience.
Registration available at $128 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
Music Box Theatre (ages 5 to 7) This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Natasha Fenster
Tuesdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Spring Dates: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5
Using song and movement as storytelling tools, students learn the basics of musical theatre performance as they prepare and perform a mini-musical for an invited audience on the final class! As an ensemble, they will learn stage direction, vocalization exercises and most importantly, how music can help to move or drive a story. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date, which is June 5, 2018.
*No class 2/20 – winter break for Stamford public schools.
This class will focus on monologues and scene work, whether in a performance or audition situation. Learn how to find clues in the text that relate to character objectives and obstacles, inspire character-driven choices and lead you to a more truthful performance. Students are welcome and encouraged to bring in any monologues or scenes they’ve been working on or experimenting with.
Sharpen vocal technique as you also delve into character choices and story-telling within a song. This intimate classroom environment offers opportunity to explore Broadway show-tunes and standards that can be used for either a cabaret-performance situation or to build onto your audition repertoire.
ON THE SPOT: COMEDY AND IMPROV FOR KIDS (ages 8-10)
January 24, 2018 –
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids (ages 8-10)
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6
Laughter is something we can all share and enjoy! In this eight-week workshop, young actors will learn how to tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll also build confidence and teamwork skills as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
Spring Dates: 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed inhibitions, build personal ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, business, interview/audition and presentation situations. Strengthen your creative reflexes in this eight-week workshop through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises.
Registration available at $275 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $37.50 per class.
Spring Dates: 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
In this drama class, students will be introduced to a genre of children’s literature such as; fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction and non-fiction stories that will be use to teach educational lessons. Together with their instructor, they will develop their own stage adaptation of these tales that will include acting, movement and music! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience. This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. Students will leave this class with a better understanding of basic performance skills. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date, which is June 7, 2018.
Instructor: Jonathan Cahr and Shannon-Courtney Denihan
Thursdays, 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Spring Dates: 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
This intensive study in musical performance will offer students opportunities for solo work, duets, trios and other small-group features. They’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire. The class will culminate in a very informal showcase on the final date, which is June 7, 2018.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Challenge your creativity by putting on your own show! In this eight-week workshop, students will learn the process of creative collaboration as they develop their own performance piece to be presented to an audience of family and friends on the final class. Students will work (in accordance with a carefully-planned outline) on developing characters and providing creative contributions to their script. All students must be available for this showcase, which – barring any weather or emergency cancellations – is March 10. Any weather or emergency cancellations will result in the scheduling of our make-up dates as needed (March 17 and 24) Students must be available for make-up dates should they be needed.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with less than one year and a half of tap experience.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or more tap experience.
Registration: $128 for eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
If you’ve got a talent (and a love) for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Sharpen your timing, heighten your instincts, develop your own comedic characters and ideas as you explore improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
Broadway Melodies (ages 8 to 10): This class is no longer available.
Instructors: Jonathan Cahr and Ruth Lettera
Mondays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Spring Dates: 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11 *No class 5/28 due to Memorial Day holiday.
A “triple threat” on Broadway is a performer who can sing, act and move well: music, movement and motivation work together in any musical number to tell the story. Harness these elements and build strong vocal and performance skills as we examine the best of Broadway! Students will learn how to not only sing a musical number, but explore musical staging, stage directions, how to act a song and most importantly how to blend and work together creatively as an ensemble. Acting games and exercises will also be incorporated into the curriculum. The session will culminate in an informal showcase on the final date. All students must be available for this showcase, which is June 11, 2018.
Remaining Winter Dates: 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 (snow make-up dates: 3/26, 4/2) *No class 2/19 due to President’s Day – all public schools closed.
Spring Dates: 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11 *No class 5/28 due to Memorial Day holiday.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes 42nd Street, Shuffle Along,Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or less tap experience.
Registration available at $128 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
Remaining Winter Dates: 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 (snow make-up dates: 3/26, 4/2) *No class 2/19 due to President’s Day – all public schools closed.
Spring Dates: 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11 *No class 5/28 due to Memorial Day holiday.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes, 42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsiesand TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or more tap experience.
Registration available at $128 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
Music Box Theatre (ages 5 to 7) This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Natasha Fenster
Tuesdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Spring Dates: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5
Using song and movement as storytelling tools, students learn the basics of musical theatre performance as they prepare and perform a mini-musical for an invited audience on the final class! As an ensemble, they will learn stage direction, vocalization exercises and most importantly, how music can help to move or drive a story. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date, which is June 5, 2018.
*No class 2/20 – winter break for Stamford public schools.
This class will focus on monologues and scene work, whether in a performance or audition situation. Learn how to find clues in the text that relate to character objectives and obstacles, inspire character-driven choices and lead you to a more truthful performance. Students are welcome and encouraged to bring in any monologues or scenes they’ve been working on or experimenting with.
Sharpen vocal technique as you also delve into character choices and story-telling within a song. This intimate classroom environment offers opportunity to explore Broadway show-tunes and standards that can be used for either a cabaret-performance situation or to build onto your audition repertoire.
ON THE SPOT: COMEDY AND IMPROV FOR KIDS (ages 8-10)
January 31, 2018 –
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids (ages 8-10)
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6
Laughter is something we can all share and enjoy! In this eight-week workshop, young actors will learn how to tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll also build confidence and teamwork skills as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
Spring Dates: 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed inhibitions, build personal ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, business, interview/audition and presentation situations. Strengthen your creative reflexes in this eight-week workshop through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises.
Registration available at $275 for a full, eight-week session or at a drop-in rate of $37.50 per class.
Spring Dates: 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
In this drama class, students will be introduced to a genre of children’s literature such as; fractured fairy tales, Aesop’s fables, fiction and non-fiction stories that will be use to teach educational lessons. Together with their instructor, they will develop their own stage adaptation of these tales that will include acting, movement and music! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience. This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. Students will leave this class with a better understanding of basic performance skills. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date, which is June 7, 2018.
Instructor: Jonathan Cahr and Shannon-Courtney Denihan
Thursdays, 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Spring Dates: 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
This intensive study in musical performance will offer students opportunities for solo work, duets, trios and other small-group features. They’ll explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find two new audition songs (an up-tempo and ballad) to add to their audition repertoire. The class will culminate in a very informal showcase on the final date, which is June 7, 2018.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Challenge your creativity by putting on your own show! In this eight-week workshop, students will learn the process of creative collaboration as they develop their own performance piece to be presented to an audience of family and friends on the final class. Students will work (in accordance with a carefully-planned outline) on developing characters and providing creative contributions to their script. All students must be available for this showcase, which – barring any weather or emergency cancellations – is March 10. Any weather or emergency cancellations will result in the scheduling of our make-up dates as needed (March 17 and 24) Students must be available for make-up dates should they be needed.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with less than one year and a half of tap experience.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
*No class 2/17 due to winter break for most public schools.
Designed for actors who are looking to get a “leg up” in dance, this class explores a trademark style of Broadway featured in so many musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Newsies and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance. This beginner’s class is designed for students with one year and a half or more tap experience.
Registration: $128 for eight weeks or at a drop-in rate of $18 per class.
If you’ve got a talent (and a love) for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Sharpen your timing, heighten your instincts, develop your own comedic characters and ideas as you explore improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up. A performance showcase on our final date is optional. As this is primarily a skill-building class, students should not feel pressure to perform, but can if the class so decides.
LET'S PUT ON A SHOW (ages 8-10)