Magic in Movement: Building Confidence and Creativity with Our Bodies, Grade K to 2
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Budding Actor's Workshop.
Instructor: Madison Coppola
Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm
4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
Get in tune with your body and explore storytelling, character-creation and expression through movement! Students will explore body language, observing how posture, gesture and facial expression can convey character, attitude, intensity and emotion. They’ll also build confidence, comfort and pride in their own bodies as they learn basic dance and movement skills, and strengthen their sense of balance and coordination in a no-pressure environment. Staged pieces will be presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session.
Broadway Tap for Adults: Beginners (Grades 9 to 12 welcome)
Instructor: Caitlin Roberts
Tuesdays, 6:00pm to 6:55pm
4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
*No class 4/26
Designed for actors with less than a year and a half or no tap experience looking to get a “leg up,” our Broadway Tap classes explore a trademark style featured in popular musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Something Rotten and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $18 per class.
Broadway Tap for Adults: Continuing (Grades 9 to 12 welcome)
Instructor: Caitlin Roberts
Tuesdays, 7:00pm to 7:55pm
4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
*No class 4/26
Designed for actors with a year and a half or more tap experience looking to get a “leg up,” our Broadway Tap classes explore a trademark style featured in popular musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Something Rotten and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $18 per class.
Budding Actor’s Workshop: a Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grade K to 2
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm
4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8
This no-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches, monologues and commercials. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session.
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. Sharpen your timing, heighten your creative instincts, and develop your own comedic characters and ideas as you explore improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up.
Designed for young actors who may not be trained dancers but want to improve their dance skills for musical theatre performance and auditions, and become more confident and secure with their body movement onstage. Each class includes combinations that include steps commonly used in musical choreography set to musical tracks from various Broadway favorites.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $18 per class.
Broadway Melodies: Musical Performance for Kids, Grade 3 to 5
Instructor: Jonathan Cahr and Ruth Lettera
Thursdays, 4:15pm to 5:30pm
4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9
Musical theatre singing is not just about vocal quality, but character and storytelling as well. In this class, students will examine a few Broadway numbers, exploring character choices and story line as well building vocal technique and blending as an ensemble. Over the eight-week session, students will rehearse and stage a few different musical numbers from a variety of musical favorites! (Different musical selections are made each session for recurring students.)
Teen Actor’s Toolbox: Tools to Build Technique, Grades 9-12
This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Grady Dennis
Saturdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
How does an actor recreate, process and control emotion? How do proper breath support, body language, and physicalization of both character and intention play a role in the success of an actor’s performance? How does an actor learn the art of knowing when it’s time to become the focus of the scene and when to fade into the role of the active listener? How do they discover, process and respond to what is in the scene around them, and how do they convey their objectives and obstacles to the audience? What warm-up exercises are best for an actor to prepare their body, voice and mental focus before beginning an audition, rehearsal or performance? In this eight-week workshop you’ll layer specific technical skills upon your already existing skills to begin creating and tailoring your own personal style as an actor. Using ambiguous dialogue, monologues, and improvisation, you’ll develop techniques that push you to greater heights, build confidence, and become a stronger scene partner and a better-rounded performer. Students of this class will also work in conjunction with our Teen Directing class, applying the techniques they learn to scene work directed by our Teen Directing students.
Teen Director’s Workshop: An Introduction to Directing, Grades 9-12
This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Brian Bianco
Saturdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
Directors are storytellers using visuals, design, movement and even other artists as their medium. But how do they create a concept or vision that enhances and supports the story and not overshadow it? How do they collaborate and communicate with actors, technicians, designers, music directors, choreographers, etc.? What do they need to know about what happens behind the scenes in order for what’s onstage to happen? In this eight week course, students will explore how to develop a production concept, how to create interesting stage movement and visuals to tell a story, how to communicate and collaborate with other artists with specificity and even get to do some work hands-on scene directing with peer actors from our Teen Actor’s Toolbox class.
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids, Grade 3 to 5
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Broadway Melodies class (for which registration is still open and available through May 5, 2022).
Instructor: Grady Dennis
Saturdays, 12:15pm to 1:30pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this class, young actors will tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll build confidence and teamwork as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors, and recognize the difference between appropriate and inappropriate humor. (Games and exercises are often varied from session to session for recurring students.)
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Broadway Melodies or On the Spot: Improv for Kids classes.
Instructor: Madison Coppola
Mondays, 4:10pm to 5:25pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13
*No class 5/30 - Memorial Day
Different than on-stage acting, acting on screen is very intimate and more closely reflects the way we perceive things in reality. The camera picks up every detail. Learn how to feel comfortable and confident on-camera, how to best present yourself on screen, and explore commercials and scenes for TV and film, as well as how to do cold-readings for on-camera auditions. You’ll also pick up useful tips on how to find professional work and industry tricks of the trade!
So often when dealing with musical theater, we focus on vocal chops. While important, it’s easy to forget there’s a character behind that sound. In this class, we aim to focus on more text driven musical theater pieces to help transform the musician into the actor as well - giving you the extra tools in your tool box to make yourself a triple threat, while also being able to enhance your singing technique. Students will receive instruction on how to develop a musical theater moment from a text perspective, navigate its acting beats, and connect it with their music foundations.
Open Call: How to Better Prepare for Auditions and Get Yourself Noticed in the Industry, age 16 to Adult
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Off the Cuff: Adult Improv class.
Instructor: Madison Coppola (with Matthew Stolfi)
Mondays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13
*No class 5/30 - Memorial Day
Do you have the skills and motivation to become a working actor but are not quite landing the roles or acting jobs you’re hoping for? This class is a focused study in not only how to better prepare for a variety of auditions (plays, musicals and TV and film), but how to market, promote and manage yourself as an actor, and target the kind of work you’re looking for. On top of building and preparing a repertoire of audition pieces (be it monologues, ballads and up-tempo musical selections or TV and film), students will explore the kinds of details that will help get their headshots, resumes and submissions noticed and get them through the door. They’ll also be informed on how to work with agents, managers and casting directors.
Magic in Movement: Building Confidence and Creativity with Our Bodies, Grade K to 2
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Budding Actor's Workshop.
Instructor: Madison Coppola
Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm
4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
Get in tune with your body and explore storytelling, character-creation and expression through movement! Students will explore body language, observing how posture, gesture and facial expression can convey character, attitude, intensity and emotion. They’ll also build confidence, comfort and pride in their own bodies as they learn basic dance and movement skills, and strengthen their sense of balance and coordination in a no-pressure environment. Staged pieces will be presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session.
Broadway Tap for Adults: Beginners (Grades 9 to 12 welcome)
Instructor: Caitlin Roberts
Tuesdays, 6:00pm to 6:55pm
4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
*No class 4/26
Designed for actors with less than a year and a half or no tap experience looking to get a “leg up,” our Broadway Tap classes explore a trademark style featured in popular musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Something Rotten and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $18 per class.
Broadway Tap for Adults: Continuing (Grades 9 to 12 welcome)
Instructor: Caitlin Roberts
Tuesdays, 7:00pm to 7:55pm
4/12, 4/19, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7
*No class 4/26
Designed for actors with a year and a half or more tap experience looking to get a “leg up,” our Broadway Tap classes explore a trademark style featured in popular musicals like Anything Goes,42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Something Rotten and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $18 per class.
Budding Actor’s Workshop: a Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grade K to 2
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm
4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8
This no-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches, monologues and commercials. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session.
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. Sharpen your timing, heighten your creative instincts, and develop your own comedic characters and ideas as you explore improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up.
Designed for young actors who may not be trained dancers but want to improve their dance skills for musical theatre performance and auditions, and become more confident and secure with their body movement onstage. Each class includes combinations that include steps commonly used in musical choreography set to musical tracks from various Broadway favorites.
Registration: $128 for all eight weeks or register as a drop-in at just $18 per class.
Broadway Melodies: Musical Performance for Kids, Grade 3 to 5
Instructor: Jonathan Cahr and Ruth Lettera
Thursdays, 4:15pm to 5:30pm
4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9
Musical theatre singing is not just about vocal quality, but character and storytelling as well. In this class, students will examine a few Broadway numbers, exploring character choices and story line as well building vocal technique and blending as an ensemble. Over the eight-week session, students will rehearse and stage a few different musical numbers from a variety of musical favorites! (Different musical selections are made each session for recurring students.)
Teen Actor’s Toolbox: Tools to Build Technique, Grades 9-12
This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Grady Dennis
Saturdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
How does an actor recreate, process and control emotion? How do proper breath support, body language, and physicalization of both character and intention play a role in the success of an actor’s performance? How does an actor learn the art of knowing when it’s time to become the focus of the scene and when to fade into the role of the active listener? How do they discover, process and respond to what is in the scene around them, and how do they convey their objectives and obstacles to the audience? What warm-up exercises are best for an actor to prepare their body, voice and mental focus before beginning an audition, rehearsal or performance? In this eight-week workshop you’ll layer specific technical skills upon your already existing skills to begin creating and tailoring your own personal style as an actor. Using ambiguous dialogue, monologues, and improvisation, you’ll develop techniques that push you to greater heights, build confidence, and become a stronger scene partner and a better-rounded performer. Students of this class will also work in conjunction with our Teen Directing class, applying the techniques they learn to scene work directed by our Teen Directing students.
Teen Director’s Workshop: An Introduction to Directing, Grades 9-12
This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Brian Bianco
Saturdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
Directors are storytellers using visuals, design, movement and even other artists as their medium. But how do they create a concept or vision that enhances and supports the story and not overshadow it? How do they collaborate and communicate with actors, technicians, designers, music directors, choreographers, etc.? What do they need to know about what happens behind the scenes in order for what’s onstage to happen? In this eight week course, students will explore how to develop a production concept, how to create interesting stage movement and visuals to tell a story, how to communicate and collaborate with other artists with specificity and even get to do some work hands-on scene directing with peer actors from our Teen Actor’s Toolbox class.
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids, Grade 3 to 5
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Broadway Melodies class (for which registration is still open and available through May 5, 2022).
Instructor: Grady Dennis
Saturdays, 12:15pm to 1:30pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this class, young actors will tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll build confidence and teamwork as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors, and recognize the difference between appropriate and inappropriate humor. (Games and exercises are often varied from session to session for recurring students.)
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Broadway Melodies or On the Spot: Improv for Kids classes.
Instructor: Madison Coppola
Mondays, 4:10pm to 5:25pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13
*No class 5/30 - Memorial Day
Different than on-stage acting, acting on screen is very intimate and more closely reflects the way we perceive things in reality. The camera picks up every detail. Learn how to feel comfortable and confident on-camera, how to best present yourself on screen, and explore commercials and scenes for TV and film, as well as how to do cold-readings for on-camera auditions. You’ll also pick up useful tips on how to find professional work and industry tricks of the trade!
So often when dealing with musical theater, we focus on vocal chops. While important, it’s easy to forget there’s a character behind that sound. In this class, we aim to focus on more text driven musical theater pieces to help transform the musician into the actor as well - giving you the extra tools in your tool box to make yourself a triple threat, while also being able to enhance your singing technique. Students will receive instruction on how to develop a musical theater moment from a text perspective, navigate its acting beats, and connect it with their music foundations.
Open Call: How to Better Prepare for Auditions and Get Yourself Noticed in the Industry, age 16 to Adult
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Off the Cuff: Adult Improv class.
Instructor: Madison Coppola (with Matthew Stolfi)
Mondays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13
*No class 5/30 - Memorial Day
Do you have the skills and motivation to become a working actor but are not quite landing the roles or acting jobs you’re hoping for? This class is a focused study in not only how to better prepare for a variety of auditions (plays, musicals and TV and film), but how to market, promote and manage yourself as an actor, and target the kind of work you’re looking for. On top of building and preparing a repertoire of audition pieces (be it monologues, ballads and up-tempo musical selections or TV and film), students will explore the kinds of details that will help get their headshots, resumes and submissions noticed and get them through the door. They’ll also be informed on how to work with agents, managers and casting directors.
Teen Actor’s Toolbox: Tools to Build Technique, Grades 9-12
This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Grady Dennis
Saturdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
How does an actor recreate, process and control emotion? How do proper breath support, body language, and physicalization of both character and intention play a role in the success of an actor’s performance? How does an actor learn the art of knowing when it’s time to become the focus of the scene and when to fade into the role of the active listener? How do they discover, process and respond to what is in the scene around them, and how do they convey their objectives and obstacles to the audience? What warm-up exercises are best for an actor to prepare their body, voice and mental focus before beginning an audition, rehearsal or performance? In this eight-week workshop you’ll layer specific technical skills upon your already existing skills to begin creating and tailoring your own personal style as an actor. Using ambiguous dialogue, monologues, and improvisation, you’ll develop techniques that push you to greater heights, build confidence, and become a stronger scene partner and a better-rounded performer. Students of this class will also work in conjunction with our Teen Directing class, applying the techniques they learn to scene work directed by our Teen Directing students.
Teen Director’s Workshop: An Introduction to Directing, Grades 9-12
This class is no longer available.
Instructor: Brian Bianco
Saturdays, 10:00am to 12:00pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
Directors are storytellers using visuals, design, movement and even other artists as their medium. But how do they create a concept or vision that enhances and supports the story and not overshadow it? How do they collaborate and communicate with actors, technicians, designers, music directors, choreographers, etc.? What do they need to know about what happens behind the scenes in order for what’s onstage to happen? In this eight week course, students will explore how to develop a production concept, how to create interesting stage movement and visuals to tell a story, how to communicate and collaborate with other artists with specificity and even get to do some work hands-on scene directing with peer actors from our Teen Actor’s Toolbox class.
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids, Grade 3 to 5
This class is no longer available. As an alternative, please see our Broadway Melodies class (for which registration is still open and available through May 5, 2022).
Instructor: Grady Dennis
Saturdays, 12:15pm to 1:30pm
4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
*No class 5/28 – Memorial Day Weekend
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this class, young actors will tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll build confidence and teamwork as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors, and recognize the difference between appropriate and inappropriate humor. (Games and exercises are often varied from session to session for recurring students.)
This two-week program offers a rotation of study in Improv (or unscripted theatre), Modern Acting for stage and screen and Shakespeare or Classical Acting. Students must be entering grades 6 thru 12 in the 2022/2023 school year.
Dates: June 27 to July 8, 2022 (no class July 4, 2022)
Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration: $750 (Register for both Creative and Musical and save $200.)
This two-week program offers a rotation of study in Improv (or unscripted theatre), Modern Acting for stage and screen and Shakespeare or Classical Acting. Students must be entering grades 6 thru 12 in the 2022/2023 school year.
Dates: June 27 to July 8, 2022 (no class July 4, 2022)
Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration: $750 (Register for both Creative and Musical and save $200.)
This two-week program offers a rotation of study in Improv (or unscripted theatre), Modern Acting for stage and screen and Shakespeare or Classical Acting. Students must be entering grades 6 thru 12 in the 2022/2023 school year.
Dates: June 27 to July 8, 2022 (no class July 4, 2022)
Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration: $750 (Register for both Creative and Musical and save $200.)
This two-week program offers a rotation of study in Improv (or unscripted theatre), Modern Acting for stage and screen and Shakespeare or Classical Acting. Students must be entering grades 6 thru 12 in the 2022/2023 school year.
Dates: June 27 to July 8, 2022 (no class July 4, 2022)
Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration: $750 (Register for both Creative and Musical and save $200.)
This two-week program offers a rotation of study in Improv (or unscripted theatre), Modern Acting for stage and screen and Shakespeare or Classical Acting. Students must be entering grades 6 thru 12 in the 2022/2023 school year.
Dates: June 27 to July 8, 2022 (no class July 4, 2022)
Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration: $750 (Register for both Creative and Musical and save $200.)
Magic in Movement: Building Confidence and Creativity with Our Bodies, Grade K to 2