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Our class sessions run once a week for eight weeks. Class offerings are listed below our calendar according to age range:
Grades K to 2
Grades 3 to 5
Middle School Students
High School Students
Adults
Class descriptions and registration links are also available in our calendar.
Information on our teacher’s backgrounds and credentials is now available within our class descriptions, but you can also view them in Sidebar to the right if you are on your computer, laptop or tablet, or scroll all the way down if you are on your phone. Teachers are listed alphabetically by last name.
All correspondence with parents and students will take place by email. Details regarding drop-off, pick-up, and other class information will be sent to all parents/students at least five days in advance of the start of the class. Please be sure to check your emails on a regular basis for class updates or alerts such as cancellations due to weather or emergency. (This goes for our Adult Classes as well.)
Parents, guardians and sitters may drop off students at the lobby of the theatre buildings but will not be permitted inside any of the theatre spaces or studio classrooms during the class time, but are permitted to wait in the theatre lobby. (For young students who may be shy or apprehensive about attending class, we recommend a thorough conversation take place about the class ahead of time. Please contact our Education Director with any questions or to discuss class expectations with students in further detail or even provide a tour of the facility in advance, if needed.)
We ask that all rides please be on time for dismissal, as our staff must prepare for the arrival and/or dismissal of other classes at the facility, or prepare the facility for rehearsals or performances, and may not be available to supervise. If an emergency should arise preventing you from reaching the theatre on time for dismissal, or if you do need to arrange for an early drop-off or later pick-up, please contact our Education Director directly at brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700. (All Curtain Call office voicemails go straight our email as well.)
If a student needs to miss class for any reason, please try to let us know. Absences can sometimes cause teachers to make adjustment to what they had originally planned for that day. You may contact brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700.
Curtain Call follows the Stamford Public School Calendar as to holidays and weather/emergency closings. Any class cancellations will be posted to the this webpage and on News 12CT, and all parents/students will be notified. Make-up classes are only provided in the event Curtain Call must cancel a class due to weather or emergency. Make-up classes are not provided for individual student absences.
All students should bring their own water bottles to class. Water bottles should be clearly labeled with the student’s name.
NO EATING will be allowed in the theatres, rehearsal studios, backstage or in the dressing rooms at any time. Food may only be eaten outdoors or in the theatre lobbies.
Students should dress comfortably and appropriately for all activities, and must wear the appropriate footwear: NO sandals, flip-flops, open-toed shoes, bare of stocking feet, Crocs or Heelys permitted.
Broadway, Here I Come: Vocal Audition Preparation, Grade 9 to 12 (IN-PERSON)
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
Instructor: Matthew Stolfi
Mondays, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15
*No class 10/11 for Columbus Day (schools closed).
In this class, students will receive one-on-one attention as they work on developing a standard audition section (16 to 32 bars) of an up-tempo and ballad piece to add to the audition repertoire. Students can use these pieces for school, community theatre or professional audition situations, and older teens can use this class to help prepare for auditions for colleges or other college-level programs. Students will strengthen their vocal technique while also finding the acting moments in their songs that will help build a story/character arc in their performance.
*No class 10/11 for Columbus Day (schools closed).
Using acting, movement and character exercises students will develop a storybook stage adaptation of a piece of children’s literature, fairytale, fable or story that teaches a valuable lesson. This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. Students will leave with a better understanding of basic performance as well as social skills. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date. Class materials and recordings will be provided through a Google Classroom.
*No class 10/11 for Columbus Day (schools closed).
Acting for the camera more closely reflects the way we perceive things in reality than acting on the stage, and requires its own unique set of skills. Explore how the camera lens can become your best friend. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills needed to act and audition for television, film and commercials as well as set up your own camera and recording system at home for creating submissions and promoting yourself as an actor. Classroom footage will be made available to students to observe their progress and see how they read on-camera. (For reasons based around COVID-19, we will focus on monologues and shooting any scenes as individual shots so as to maintain safe protocols and social distancing.) You’ll also receive tips for how to find the right agent or manager and book professional work. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Acting for the camera more closely reflects the way we perceive things in reality than acting on the stage, and requires its own unique set of skills. Explore how the camera lens can become your best friend. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills needed to act and audition for television, film and commercials as well as set up your own camera and recording system at home for creating submissions and promoting yourself as an actor. Classroom footage will be made available to students to observe their progress and see how they read on-camera. (For reasons based around COVID-19, we will focus on monologues and shooting any scenes as individual shots so as to maintain safe protocols and social distancing.) You’ll also receive tips for how to find the right agent or manager and book professional work. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable. Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects that can be done with items at home which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date. Class materials and recordings will be provided through a Google Classroom.
Designed for young actors with one to two years 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.
Designed for actors with a year and a half 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 Continuing for Adults (IN-PERSON) *Grades 9 to 12 welcome
DROP-IN REGISTRATION STILL AVAILABLE!
Instructor: Caitlin Roberts
Tuesdays, 7:00pm to 8:55pm
9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16
Designed for actors with two years 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.
Laughter is something we all share, enjoy and can particularly use at this time. Humor speaks to all personalities and is also an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this eight-week, low-pressure, workshop, 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.
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Laughter is something we all share, enjoy and can particularly use at this time. Humor speaks to all personalities and is also 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.
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed their inhibitions, build ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, interview, audition and business situations. In this eight-week class, you’ll develop creative reflexes through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises. Our in-person class will be held here at Curtain Call.
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!
Humor speaks to all personalities and is also an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this eight-week workshop, students will use structured games and exercises to help tap into their creative instincts, sharpen their comedic timing, build confidence in themselves and their performance as well as trust in their scene partners. They will develop their own characters and original scenes and monologues, and also explore the art of satire and parody.
In this class, students will receive one-on-one attention as they work on solos, duets and small group features. They will also each develop an up-tempo and ballad piece to add to the audition repertoire.
Designed for young actors with less than a year 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.
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.
This class is for high school drama students who have a yearning to sit on the other side of the production table. Students will learn how to examine plot and dialogue, break scenes down into beats for actors, how to visualize and create a concept for a production and how to balance their knowledge and focus between the onstage and offstage elements of any production. Students will work on and develop a scene, five minute one act or excerpt calling upon peer actors to perform.
Broadway, Here I Come: Vocal Audition Preparation, Grade 9 to 12 (IN-PERSON)
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
Instructor: Matthew Stolfi
Mondays, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15
*No class 10/11 for Columbus Day (schools closed).
In this class, students will receive one-on-one attention as they work on developing a standard audition section (16 to 32 bars) of an up-tempo and ballad piece to add to the audition repertoire. Students can use these pieces for school, community theatre or professional audition situations, and older teens can use this class to help prepare for auditions for colleges or other college-level programs. Students will strengthen their vocal technique while also finding the acting moments in their songs that will help build a story/character arc in their performance.
*No class 10/11 for Columbus Day (schools closed).
Using acting, movement and character exercises students will develop a storybook stage adaptation of a piece of children’s literature, fairytale, fable or story that teaches a valuable lesson. This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. Students will leave with a better understanding of basic performance as well as social skills. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date. Class materials and recordings will be provided through a Google Classroom.
*No class 10/11 for Columbus Day (schools closed).
Acting for the camera more closely reflects the way we perceive things in reality than acting on the stage, and requires its own unique set of skills. Explore how the camera lens can become your best friend. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills needed to act and audition for television, film and commercials as well as set up your own camera and recording system at home for creating submissions and promoting yourself as an actor. Classroom footage will be made available to students to observe their progress and see how they read on-camera. (For reasons based around COVID-19, we will focus on monologues and shooting any scenes as individual shots so as to maintain safe protocols and social distancing.) You’ll also receive tips for how to find the right agent or manager and book professional work. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Acting for the camera more closely reflects the way we perceive things in reality than acting on the stage, and requires its own unique set of skills. Explore how the camera lens can become your best friend. In this eight-week workshop, you’ll build the basic skills needed to act and audition for television, film and commercials as well as set up your own camera and recording system at home for creating submissions and promoting yourself as an actor. Classroom footage will be made available to students to observe their progress and see how they read on-camera. (For reasons based around COVID-19, we will focus on monologues and shooting any scenes as individual shots so as to maintain safe protocols and social distancing.) You’ll also receive tips for how to find the right agent or manager and book professional work. Class materials and recordings of student work will be posted through a Google Classroom.
Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable. Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects that can be done with items at home which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for the showcase performance on the final date. Class materials and recordings will be provided through a Google Classroom.
Designed for young actors with one to two years 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.
Designed for actors with a year and a half 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 Continuing for Adults (IN-PERSON) *Grades 9 to 12 welcome
DROP-IN REGISTRATION STILL AVAILABLE!
Instructor: Caitlin Roberts
Tuesdays, 7:00pm to 8:55pm
9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16
Designed for actors with two years 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.
Laughter is something we all share, enjoy and can particularly use at this time. Humor speaks to all personalities and is also an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this eight-week, low-pressure, workshop, 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.
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Laughter is something we all share, enjoy and can particularly use at this time. Humor speaks to all personalities and is also 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.
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed their inhibitions, build ease and confidence onstage, and develop trust among fellow performers. These skills also apply to social, interview, audition and business situations. In this eight-week class, you’ll develop creative reflexes through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises. Our in-person class will be held here at Curtain Call.
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!
Humor speaks to all personalities and is also an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary on important issues and ideas. In this eight-week workshop, students will use structured games and exercises to help tap into their creative instincts, sharpen their comedic timing, build confidence in themselves and their performance as well as trust in their scene partners. They will develop their own characters and original scenes and monologues, and also explore the art of satire and parody.
In this class, students will receive one-on-one attention as they work on solos, duets and small group features. They will also each develop an up-tempo and ballad piece to add to the audition repertoire.
Designed for young actors with less than a year 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.
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.
This class is for high school drama students who have a yearning to sit on the other side of the production table. Students will learn how to examine plot and dialogue, break scenes down into beats for actors, how to visualize and create a concept for a production and how to balance their knowledge and focus between the onstage and offstage elements of any production. Students will work on and develop a scene, five minute one act or excerpt calling upon peer actors to perform.
Young actors will build comfort and confidence in learning to use their bodies as acting tools. Acting requires more than words. Actors use their bodies and facial expressions to inform the audience of what kind of personality they are, and what they are feeling and thinking. Just simply how a character stands or how they walk can tell us an awful lot about them. (A giant would move very differently than a mouse, for example.) In this class, students will use music and movement exercises to get in tune with their bodies creatively, and explore how body language, posture, gesture and facial expression can be used as effectively as a costume in order to create a character. They will also use masks and work with props.
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2
Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable that they will perform for families on the final class. (A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students.) Students will be cast in various roles and provided with a script and recorded music tracks. The class will also include special craft projects which will be incorporated into their performance. All students must be available for their performance on the final date (June 6).
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
This low-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 and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. 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 the class is comfortable.
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Does your child wish to audition for the next big show, but lacks confidence or isn’t sure how to properly prepare for what’s expected? This workshop is designed to help! Students will build confidence in their skills and how to present themselves. They’ll learn how to pick the right song for themselves (that showcases their vocal and acting ability), and exactly what 32 bars of that song to audition with. They’ll also build confidence in tackling cold readings from scripts, as well as dance auditions. By the end of our eighth week, students will learn that auditions are not meant to be intimidating, but an opportunity for hopeful actors to shine!
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Musical theatre singing is not just about vocal quality, but also character and storytelling as well. In this class, students will examine a few different Broadway numbers, not just building vocal technique and blending as an ensemble, but also exploring character choices and story line as well. Over the eight-week session, students will rehearse and stage their numbers, and perform them for families in a showcase during the final class (June 8)! (Different musical selections are made each session for recurring students.)
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Musical Theatre Dance: An Introduction to Tap and Theatre Jazz, Grades 3 to 5
Designed for young actors looking to develop more comfort and confidence with dance and movement, particularly musical theatre styles such as theatre jazz and tap. Build basic skills that will help you in both audition and performance situations and give you more assurance while also having fun!
Registration: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
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. 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.)
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Explore a variety of exercises and techniques of “Method Acting”: how to develop a character, to commit to the circumstances and truth of the moment, to play intention instead of just emotion, and bring more truth and realism to your acting performance, and apply those techniques to scene work.
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
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. Explore a variety of comedic styles including improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up. Sharpen your timing, heighten your creative instincts, develop your own comedic characters and ideas, while you also build trust in your scene partners, learn to listen and “pass the ball,” commit to the given circumstances in a scene, and bring freshness and spontaneity to your acting performance.
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Designed for young actors looking to develop more comfort and confidence with dance and movement, particularly musical theatre styles such as theatre jazz and tap. Build basic skills that will help you in both audition and performance situations and give you more assurance while also having fun!
Registration: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
For Teens AND Adults:
Theatre Jazz for Teens and Adults: Beginner to Intermediate Levels
Designed for actors who may not necessarily be trained dancers but are looking to improve their dance skills for musical theatre performance and auditions, this class will lay a foundation of technique while providing a fun and exciting classroom environment that will help you develop comfort and confidence.
Registration: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Designed for actors with less than two years 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: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Designed for actors with more than two years 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: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
This class offers opportunities for solo work, duets, trios and other small-group features. Students will explore selections from some of Broadway and Off-Broadway’s best to find new songs for them to develop: be it as an audition piece, a character study, or even trying your hand at cabaret performance. Build confidence as well as technique, and learn how to tell a story with your song.
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
Off the Cuff: Adult Improv – (This class is no longer available.)
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed their inhibitions, and build confidence and ease onstage. It also allows them to build trust among their fellow performers, commit to the given circumstance of a scene or situation, build upon their ideas, and bring freshness, adaptability and spontaneity in their performance. These skills also apply to social, presentational, interview, and business situations. In this eight-week class, you’ll develop creative reflexes through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises.
Registration: $275 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru April 1, 2023)
For more information or with questions, please email brian@curtaincallinc.com, or call 203-329-8207 x700.
Broadway, Here I Come: Vocal Audition Preparation, Grade 9 to 12 (IN-PERSON)