Scene & Monologue Work for Teens & Tweens, Grades 7 to 10
Instructor: Brian Bianco
Mondays, 4:30pm to 6:00pm
4/8, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 6/3, 6/10
*No classes 4/15 for Spring Break and 5/27 for Memorial Day.
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 honesty and believability to your acting performance, and apply those techniques to scene work.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024)
*No classes 4/15 for Spring Break and 5/27 for Memorial Day.
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 March 25, 2024) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Monday Night Live: Intro to Sketch Comedy for Adults
Instructor: Eliza Kingsbury
Mondays, 7:30pm to 9:30pm
4/8, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 6/3, 6/10
*No classes 4/15 for Spring Break and 5/27 for Memorial Day
Grab your pens, your goofiest characters, and hold onto your wigs - we’re bringing an SNL-style show to Curtain Call! This is a writing and performance based class where we’ll be putting together a one-of-a-kind LIVE sketch show. Participants will learn the basics of sketch comedy writing, including pitching, sketch comedy structure, and group discussion-based editing. Throughout the class you’ll write your very own polished sketch. Writers will then rehearse and perform in each other’s sketches, putting together a unique sketch comedy show in just a matter of weeks! The session will culminate in a sketch performance showcase on June 10, 2024!
*This class requires at home writing assignments outside of class hours*
Registration: $300 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
Broadway Melodies: A Triple Threat Workshop for Grades 3 to 6
Instructor: Jonathan Cahr and Justin McArthur
Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:30pm
4/2, 4/9, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
*No classes 4/16 for Spring Break
This class will focus on singing, movement, and acting for musical theatre performance, helping students to strengthen skills and confidence in each and become what’s considered a “triple threat” in the biz! Students will work on a few different songs they can use for auditions to help build their repertoire, monologues, and even explore basics of stage movement and choreography. The class will culminate in a showcase performance for family and friends on our final date, May 28, 2024.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
Broadway Bound Triple Threat Workshop, Grades 8 to 10
*This class is no longer available for registration.
Instructors: Jonathan and Alexandra Cahr
Tuesdays, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
4/2, 4/9, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
*No classes 4/16 for Spring Break
This intensive study will focus in voice, dance, and acting for musical theatre performance, building and enhancing skills and confidence in each as well as helping students prepare for musical theatre auditions. With their instructors, they will develop pieces (an up-tempo song, a ballad, and monologue) to add to their audition repertoire, tackle choreography and handling dance auditions, and learn how to present themselves with confidence. The class will culminate in a very informal showcase on the final date, May 28, 2024.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
Measure for Measure: A Song Study Workshop for Adults
*This class is no longer available for registration.
Instructor: Vicky Herrera-Crilly
Tuesdays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
4/2, 4/9, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
*No classes 4/16 for Spring Break
Strengthen vocal technique and breakdown songs to explore both their technical and storytelling components. Learn to interpret the underlying and hidden clues in the music that lead to discovery of character, objective, conflict, and emotionality, and develop pieces you can use for auditions, concerts, or cabaret performances. Students are welcome to bring in songs they are already working on or new songs they are interested in exploring. Song resources will also be made available to students. An informal recital at the end of the session is optional.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:15pm
4/3, 4/10, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
*No class 4/17 for Spring Break.
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. If students elect not to hold a performance, we will provide parents with video clips of student work from the class session.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
*This class is no longer available for registration.
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 5:15pm to 6:45pm
4/3, 4/10, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
*No class 4/17 for Spring Break.
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 and parody. Students will develop their own comedic scenes and sketches! 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: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
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. “Short-form” improv consists of short scenes usually constructed from a predetermined game, structure, or idea and driven by an audience suggestion. 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: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
Musical Theatre Dance: An Introduction to Tap and Theatre Jazz, Grades 3 to 6
*This class is no longer available for registration.
Instructor: Anne-Marie Gerard Galler
Thursdays, 4:30pm to 5:25pm
4/4, 4/11, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30
*No class 4/18 for Spring Break.
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 March 25, 2024) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Stage a Story: An Introduction to Play-Acting, Grades K to 2
Instructor: Josh Elliott Pickel
Saturdays, 10:00am to 11:20am
4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22
In this drama class, students will develop stage adaptations based on children’s literature, such as fractured fairy tales, cultural fables, fiction, and non-fiction stories that will be used to teach educational lessons. (A new adaptation is explored each session for recurring students.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting) on the final date, June 22 (during the scheduled class time). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for the showcase performance.
Registration: $350 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024)
On the Spot: Comedy and Improv for Kids, Grades 3 to 5
*This class is no longer available for registration.
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Saturdays, 10:30am to 11:45am
4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22
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.) A performance showcase is optional. If the class elects not to hold a performance, we will provide parents with video clips of student work from the class session.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru March 25, 2024).
Theatre Jazz for Teens and Adults: Beginner to Intermediate Levels
Instructor: Anne-Marie Gerard Galler
Saturdays, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
4/13, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15
*No class 4/20.
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 March 25, 2024) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Scene & Monologue Work for Teens & Tweens, Grades 7 to 10