Drama School at American Stage!
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Fall Drama School Begins October 12! Our Fall Classes Offerings Include:
Triple Threat Kids: Acting & Musical Theatre for ages 5-7
Saturdays 9:00 am - 10:30 am, runs for 10 weeks
Explore your imagination and love for acting,music and dance! Children will learn how to be a part of an ensemble while having so much fun re-imagining characters and stories from their favorite books! They will begin to use their bodies, voices, minds, and imaginations to create original and simple musicals. The class will end with a final sharing of the songs and stories developed in class.
Acting Out!: Youth Acting for ages 8-11
Saturdays 9:00 am - 10:30 am, runs for 10 weeks
Discover the actor inside of you! This class is the first step to building confidence and a solid foundation in the art of acting. Students will learn basic theatre skills in a supportive and creative environment. Learn how to answer the questions all actors must ask before they even pick up a script: Who? Where? What? Why? How? Students will share what they’ve learned in a Final Sharing for family and friends on the last day of the session!
Lights! Camera! Action!: Acting for TV & Commercials for ages 8-11
Saturdays 10:35 am - 12:05 pm, runs for 10 weeks
In this fun and creative class, kids will learn the basics for television and film acting by creating original commercials and scenes. Students will learn how to create characters through acting techniques and situations through scene analysis that will jump off the screen.
Broadway Baby: Youth Musical Theatre for ages 8-11
Saturdays 10:35 am - 12:05 pm, runs for 10 weeks
Musical theater is more than just singing and dancing; it’s acting through a song. By using material from Broadway and movie musicals, your child will explore how to interpret a song and gain strong collaborative skills by working on group numbers. This class will culminate in a final sharing of their works in progress on the last day of the session.
Teen Comedy Club: Improv for Teens 12-17
Saturdays 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, runs for 10 weeks
Improvisation skills are the foundation of any successful performance. Teamwork, listening, spontaneity, and thinking quickly on your feet. Students learn the rules of improv by playing improv exercises and games to increase performance skills and awaken creativity. Excellent for students looking to boost self-confidence and positivity or for fans of script-less performance. This class will end the session with a fun and hilarious final sharing.
The Teen Ensemble: Teen Acting for ages 12-17
Saturdays 10:35 am - 12:05 pm, runs for 10 weeks
Teens will explore how to apply the actor’s tools (body, voice, mind, and imagination) to take creative risks when building characters and making strong and exciting choices while working on comedic and dramatic scenes and monologues. Main class objectives: to build an ensemble, learn technique through a rehearsal process and flexing the tools of the actor. This class is designed as ongoing training for multi-level teen actors. Students will perform works in progress with family and friends on the last day of the session!
Showstoppers!: Teen Musical Theatre for ages 12-17
Saturdays 12:05 pm - 2:05 pm, runs for 10 weeks
Musical theater performance is more than just singing; it’s acting through a song. In this ongoing, multi-level training program for teens, these young artists will be immersed in the material from a contemporary or classical Broadway musical. Teens will not only explore how to interpret a song and gain collaboration skills by working on group numbers but they will also learn about the creators and the history of the material that they will work on. This class will culminate in a performance of their works in progress based musical chosen to be explored on the last day of the session.
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