CHILD & TEEN CLASSES

The Snowy Day and Other Stories
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • $125

Meet the characters of Ezra Jack Keats and explore the world of Peter and his friends. This class will dive into The Snowy Day, Goggles, Whistle for Willie and A Letter to Amy using acting and puppetry. Class fee includes two tickets to the DCPA’s Theatre for Young Audiences production of The Snowy Day and Other Stories. Additional tickets may be purchased. All actors must be potty trained.

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Ezra Jack Keats' Busy City
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • $125

Join in the fun as creative dramatic play takes the shapes, sounds and adventures from the beloved picture books of Ezra Jack Keats. The first class starts with The Snowy Day and moves through other titles, including Dreams, Peter's Chair, Jennie's Hat, Keats' Neighborhood, Louie and Apt. 3. Class fee includes two tickets to the DCPA's Theatre for Young Audiences production of The Snowy Day and Other Stories. Additional tickets may be purchased.

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You Can't Beat Keats
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • $125

Our theatre classroom will be filled with pages rich with adventures and fiilled with all kinds of characters! Students will bring The Snowy Day, Hi, Cat!, My Dog is Lost, Pet Show, Goggles, and The Trip to life through theatrical games and activities. Class fee includes two tickets to the DCPA's Theatre for Young Audiences production of The Snowy Day and Other Stories. Additional tickets may be purchased.

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Musical Madness: Shakespeare!
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 10:30am - 12pm • $165

DCPA's fall season is rich with Shakespeare. From the darkness of Macbeth to the lighthearted songs of Something Rotten!, it's a perfect opportunity for our popular Musical Madness to spar with the Bard. Explore improvisation, character and performance technique as you write lyrics and a story.

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Shakespeare Lab
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 9:15 - 10:15am • $115

By the pricking of our thumbs, something theatrical this way comes! Not just in our staging of Macbeth, but in our education studios as well. Taking traditional improvisation exercises and mixing them with the characters and plots from Shakespeare’s plays, this theatrical experiment may prove to be a comedy of errors. Or perhaps, measure by measure, it will be much ado about nothing. In any case, it will be a tempest of entertainment, proving all’s well that ends well!

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Look! Look! See! See! Work and Play
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • $115

Get some hustle and bustle on Saturday mornings through theatrical activities that explore the diversity of work and play. Explore the worlds of Richard Scarry’s “busy books,” P.D. Eastman’s Go Dog Go and Donald Crews’ bold artwork of construction equipment and transportation. With so much to do and so much to see, all actors must be potty trained.

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Story Explorers: AwesoME!
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • $115

Developing self-esteem and empowering empathy are two of the many personal skills nurtured by theatre and creative dramatic play. Are You My Mother?, The Runaway Bunny, Not Quite Narwhal, Pezzettino and Mingo the Flamingo are among the mix of classic and soon-to-be classic stories that celebrate a sense of self and what it is to belong.

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Story Explorers: Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • $115

Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected stories and folktales favored by generations of children and families. This class brings them alive through improvisation and simple scene work. Little Red Riding Hood, The Bremen Town Musicians, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel and Gretel are the well-known stories we’ll explore but we may even introduce some lesser known titles.

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Musical Madness: Rodgers and Hammerstein
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 10:30am - 12pm • $165

Oh what a beautiful Saturday morning! The songs of this beloved American musical theatre team become the basis for an original mini-musical. With choices from Oklahoma, Cinderella, and The Sound of Music, you'll use your acting skills to transform ideas into action and action into singing and dancing!

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Places, Please: Literary Characters
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 9:15 - 10:15am • $115

If you love to read, you'll enjoy transforming chapter books from writers like E.B. White, J.K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl into original scene work that you'll perform for friends and family. Put your skills as playwright, set designer, and performer to work through theatre games and activities where the page meets the stage.

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The Art of Auditioning
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Current 4th & 5th Graders
Sat • Dec 16
10am - 12pm • $25

When you want to learn how to turn acting skills into a career, it's all about the audition. This workshop will guide you toward preparing material for the big moment and provide you with strategies for taking control of your performance. Whether auditioning for productions at school, local theatres, college or art schools, this workshop will get you prepared for the process. This workshop will be very hands-on; please be ready to work with a memorized monologue.

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Look! Look! See! See! Outside
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 9:15 – 10:15am OR 10:30 – 11:30am • $115

The Runaway Bunny, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Planting a Rainbow and other literary favorites bloom through theatrical games and activities. Since so much magic grows during the fun and action of creative dramatic play, all actors must be potty trained.

Story Explorers: Abracadabra! Presto! Open Says Me!
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 9:15 – 10:15am OR 10:30 – 11:30am • $115

With so many ways to conjure up fun, this class leads the way for creative dramatic play with activities based around magic and magic making. Spend your Saturday morning with mystical characters like Shakespeare’s imps and fairies, Aladdin’s Genie, Strega Nona, Puff the Magic Dragon and others folk tale and fairy tale favorites. See what wonderful things happen to unexpecting heroes and heroines! 

Story Explorers: Songs and Stories from Maurice Sendak
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 9:15 – 10:15am OR 10:30 – 11:30am • $115

Beloved storybooks like Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen serve as an introduction to other titles by Illustrator and Author Maurice Sendak. Songs from the musical Really Rosie, based on Sendak’s Nutshell Kids series, will guarantee a wild rumpus of song and improvisatory play!

Musical Madness: Too Cool for School
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 10:30am - 12pm • $165

Be a part of the fun when classic songs from Schoolhouse Rock get jumbled together to create an original mini-musical. Subjects like history, language arts, and math will move out of the classroom and onto the stage as you write, create and perform your unique creation. Whatever you come up with, we’re sure it will be rich in The Four R’s: rhythm, rhyme, and rock and roll!

Songs and Stories Off the Bookshelf
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 9:15 - 10:15am • $115

Use both improvisation and song selections to explore musicals that are based on stories and books. Cinderella, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, and Oliver! leap off the shelf and on to the classroom stage in this engaging class.

These all-day programs examine four of the performing arts disciplines: Acting, Movement/Dance, Voice/Singing and Design. Our one-week programs focus on theatre skills and acting techniques. Our two-week programs hone these skills through student-generated 10-minute original musicals. Bring a cold lunch with two snacks, a water bottle and be ready to have fun! Class placement is determined by the grade the student is entering in fall of 2018.

Our dynamic First Stages programming is designed specifically to introduce theatre skills to budding actors ages three to four. A variety of weekly themes inspires imaginative play and builds social skills between students. Each week promises the delight of telling stories, role playing, singing and dancing, and every Friday students get to show off their skills in an open class sharing. All actors must be potty trained.

Dramatic Play with Fairytales
June 18 – 22 • Mon - Fri • 9:30am - 12:30pm • $175

Dramatic Play with Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems
June 25 – 29 • Mon - Fri • 9:30am - 12:30pm • $175

Dramatic Play on Safari — Animals, Habitats and Adventures
July 9 -13 • Mon - Fri • 9:30am - 12:30pm • $175

Dramatic Play on Screen — Lights, Camera, Action!
July 23 - 27 • Mon - Fri • 9:30am - 12:30pm • $175

Dramatic Play on Vacation – Summer’s Final Splash
July 30 - Aug 3 • Mon - Fri • 9:30am - 12:30pm • $175

One-week Programs
Class placement is determined by the grade the student is entering in fall of 2018

Triple Threat
Mon-Fri • June 4-8 • 9am-3:30pm • $250
It’s time to become a triple threat. Learn the skills — singing, dancing and acting — to get started on the road to Broadway.

Improv
Mon-Fri • June 11-15 • 9am-3:30pm • $250
It’s acting in an instant! Students will create characters from their imagination, progress the plot on the spot, develop their own dance moves and work as a team to become a quick-thinking improv ensemble.

In Focus
Mon-Fri • June 18-22 • 9am-3:30pm • $250
Explore the magic of mixed media and get comfortable on camera. Students will learn the secrets of working in front of the camera as they create their own scenes frame by frame, record character voices, broadcast the news, and learn how to act in commercials, TV scenes and films.

Broadway Bound
Mon-Fri • June 25-June 29 • 9am-3:30pm • $250
Ready for Broadway? Learn the basics of acting, dancing and singing as students perform scenes from their favorite Broadway musicals.

Two-week Programs
Class placement is determined by the grade the student is entering in fall of 2018

Musical Madness
Mon-Fri • July 9-20 • 9am-3:30pm • $500
Sing loud and proud at the DCPA. Students start from scratch to create the story, lyrics, dance moves and scenic elements in producing an original musical. As they use their acting skills to transform their ideas, each student will leave the class with the satisfaction of creating an entire 10-minute mini musical to share with an eager audience.
FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a performance on July 20 at 1:30pm.

Musical Mayhem
Mon-Fri • July 23-Aug 3 • 9am-3:30pm • $500
For students who love to sing, act and dance, here’s a chance to end summer with a grand finale! Students create the story, lyrics and scenic elements to produce an original ten-minute musical.
FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a performance on Aug 3 at 1:30pm.

Encore Extended Care
Can’t get enough stage time? Stay and play! Stick around for the afternoon to explore more theatre skills, activities, crafts and games. Encore students must be registered in one of our all-day Education programs.

Mon-Fri • Encore for Triple Threat • June 4-8 • 3:30-5pm • $75

Mon-Fri • Encore for Improv • June 11-15 • 3:30-5pm • $75

Mon-Fri • Encore for In Focus • June 18-22 • 3:30-5pm • $75

Mon-Fri • Encore for Broadway Bound • June 25-29 • 3:30-5pm • $75

Mon-Fri • Encore for Musical Madness • July 9-20 • 3:30-5pm • $150

Mon-Fri • Encore for Musical Mayhem • June 23-Aug 3 • 3:30-5pm • $150

Middle School Acting Foundations I
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 9:30 - 11am • $165

Develop a toolbox of acting essentials while exploring scene analysis, improvisation, working with objectives and learning key theatre vocabulary. This class is a prerequisite for all advanced-level teen acting classes and will set an understanding of core acting theory found in all of our higher-level courses.

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Middle School Acting Foundations II
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 9:30 - 11am • $165

After exploring the foundation of acting technique, apply your toolbox of skills with scene work and monologues. Learn how to create believable characters and examine advanced text while building confidence, creativity and communication skills.

Pre-requisite: DCPA Education Summer programs or Middle School Acting Foundations I

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Middle School Improv
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 11:15am - 12:45pm • $165

Throw inhibitions aside, build confidence and explore the fun and spontaneous world of improv. Using group activities, short-form games and improvised scene work, this class creates a supportive environment for creative play and discovering how to make strong choices that further character and situation.

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Middle School Teen Company: A Haunting
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 1:30 - 4:30pm • $300

A poltergeist, musical theatre, and middle school – what could possibly happen when all three come together on one stage? Find out as you create an original one-act musical with a script, set and costumes! Students will work on the acting process while incorporating singing and choreography. Hone your triple threat skills in this class full of spooky fun!

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a final performance on Nov 18.

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Middle School Acting Foundations I
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 9:30 - 11am • $165

Develop a toolbox of acting essentials while exploring scene analysis, improvisation, working with objectives and learning key theatre vocabulary. This class is a prerequisite for all advanced-level teen acting classes and will set an understanding of core acting theory found in all of our higher-level courses.

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Middle School Acting Foundations II
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 9:30 - 11am • $165

After exploring the foundation of acting technique, apply your toolbox of skills with scene work and monologues. Learn how to create believable characters and examine advanced text while building confidence, creativity and communication skills.

PRE-REQUISITE: DCPA Education Summer programs or Middle School Acting Foundations I

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Middle School Improv
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 11:15am - 12:45pm • $165

Throw inhibitions aside, build confidence and explore the fun and spontaneous world of improv. Using group activities, short-form games and improvised scene work, this class creates a supportive environment for creative play and discovering how to make strong choices that further character and situation.

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Middle School Teen Company: Broadway’s Golden Age Revue
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 1:30 - 4:30pm • $300
Something old is new again in this version of Middle School Teen Company! Create an original one-act musical with a script, set and costumes based on classic songs from Broadway titles, including Anything Goes, Carousel, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, The Pajama Game, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, and Gypsy. Hone your triple-threat skills in this celebration of the power of American musical theatre.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a final performance on Mar 17.

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The Art of Auditioning
One-Day Workshop
Current 6th, 7th and 8th Graders
Sat • Dec 16
10am - 12pm • $25

When you want to learn how to turn acting skills into a career, it's all about the audition. This workshop will guide you in preparing material for the big moment and will provide you with strategies to take control of your performance. Whether auditioning for productions at school, local theatres, college or art schools, this workshop will get you prepared for the process. This workshop will be very hands-on; please be ready to work with a memorized monologue.

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Middle School Acting Foundations I
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 9:30 - 11am • $165

Develop a toolbox of acting essentials while exploring scene analysis, improvisation, working with objectives and learning key theatre vocabulary. This class is a prerequisite for all advanced-level teen acting classes and will set an understanding of core acting theory found in all of our higher-level courses.

Middle School Acting Foundations II
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 9:30 - 11am • $165

After exploring the foundation of acting technique, apply your toolbox of skills with scene work and monologues. Learn how to create believable characters and examine advanced text while building confidence, creativity and communication skills.

PRE-REQUISITE: DCPA Education Summer programs or Middle School Acting Foundations I.

Middle School Improv
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Throw inhibitions aside, build confidence and explore the fun and spontaneous world of improv. Using group activities, short-form games and improvised scene work, this class creates a supportive environment for creative play and discovering how to make strong choices that further character and situation.

Middle School Teen Company: Original Musical
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 1:30 - 4:30pm • $300

Students will put their skills to the test as they write an original one-act musical. Get a first-hand feel for the acting process while incorporating singing and dance choreography in an entirely unique student-generate performance.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a final performance on May 19.

Students must be entering either 6^th, 7^th or 8^th grade in the Fall of 2018 to take these classes. The last day of each program will culminate in a showcase of the actors’ work.

Improv: Short Form
Mon – Fri • June 4-8 • 9:30am-4pm • $250

Develop a quick wit while exploring the fun and spontaneous world of short form improv. Using group activities, games and improvised scene work, students will cheer each other on in a supportive environment of creativity and spontaneity.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Original Musical: Two week program
Mon – Fri • June 11-22 • 9:30am-4pm • $500

Students will put their skills to the test as they write an original musical one-act. Get a first-hand feel for the acting process while incorporating singing and dance choreography in an entirely unique student generated performance.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a performance on the final day.

The Acting Factor
Mon – Fri • June 25-29 • 9:30am-4pm • $250

When actors really understand the structure of a good play, they can make better character and acting choices. We’ll focus on performance as we develop the vocal and physical aspects of classical and contemporary acting techniques using scenes and character.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Advanced Comedy: Improv and More
Mon – Fri • July 9-13 • 9:30am-4pm • $250

Upgrade giggles to belly laughs! This class builds upon beginner improv skills with advanced improv games and long form structures. Students will also explore their comedy chops through writing original comedy sketches, learning the basics of clowning and even creating their own stand-up routine. Previous experience is not necessary, but enrollment in Improv: Short Form is encouraged.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Get Reel
Mon – Fri • July 16-20 • 9:30am-4pm • $250

Lights, camera, action! Explore acting in front of the camera using scripts from current commercials, TV shows and movies. Learn to interpret scripts, flesh out characters and connect with the camera. It’s time to get comfortable in front of the lens.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Broadway Bound
Mon – Fri • July 23-27 • 9:30am-4pm • $250

Build the necessary skills to be a triple threat. This class will work on singing, dancing and acting techniques as we explore scenes and songs from Broadway musicals.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

The Audition Intensive
Mon – Fri • July 30- Aug 3 • 9:30am-4pm • $250

Auditioning is one of the most essential and scary parts of becoming an actor. Our class will help actors take control of their audition situations and prepare their material while fighting their nerves. Actors will learn how to nail the cold reading and take the fear out of the audition room.

Bard Wars III... The Sequel to the sequel
Mon – Fri • June 25 - 29 & July 9 - 13 (No class July 2 - 6)
9:30am - 4pm • $500

Return, once again, to explore the galaxy far, far away and language from a time long, long ago. In a collision of Shakespeare and science fiction, this fun-filled performance program will allow actors to fine tune their acting skills and work as an ensemble to take their audience on an epic journey to defeat the Empire. Please prepare a one-minute contemporary comedic monologue for the first day of rehearsal. Casting will be based on auditions and every student will have a role. Rehearsals will be Monday through Friday for two weeks, with performances on Friday, July 13. Participants must attend all rehearsals and performances.

THE OUTSIDERS
Mon – Fri • June 11 - 22
9:30am - 4pm • $500

In this unique opportunity to adapt and perform an original cutting of S. E. Hinton's novel of friendship and loyalty among difficult times, you'll be able to see the story's complexity from both sides: as a Greaser and as a Social. Everyone will have a part, so here's your chance to 'stay gold' on stage.

High School Master Class
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 4
6 weeks • 9:15 - 11:15am • $165

For advanced acting students who are ready to take on a challenge, this class fine-tunes your skills with scene and monologue work. You'll continue to hone acting choices, explore new playwrights and make connections and choices through advanced script analysis. Outside rehearsal is required.

To schedule an audition, please email education@dcpa.org

High School Improv
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Join the Improv Team! You’ll fine-tune your quick-thinking talents by focusing on character work, acting technique, and structured short-form and long-form exercises. Find out what it takes to work in an ensemble, stay in character, and generate original scenes while thinking and acting on your feet.

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High School Low Flying Trapeze
Sat • Sept 30 - Nov 18
8 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Feel the freedom of flight as you learn Low-Flying Trapeze techniques. Principles of Skinner Releasing Technique are explored through guided imagery, an approach that is exceptionally effective for actors. Learn a new way to free your body and discover a new and unlimited form. Wear long sleeves, and prepare to get a good workout too!

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High School Teen Company: Songs of Something Rotten!
Sat • Sept 23 - Nov 18
9 weeks • 1:30 - 5pm • $300

Teen Company provides a skill-building class focused on performing musical selections from a Broadway show. Our 2017-18 Teen Company season begins with the laugh-out-loud answer to the question: what would it be like to try to run a theater troupe in competition with William Shakespeare's?

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for final performances at 3:30pm and 5pm on Nov 18.

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High School Master Class
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 3 (no class Feb 24)
6 weeks • 9:15 - 11:15am • $165

For advanced acting students who are ready to take on a challenge, this class fine-tunes your skills with scene and monologue work. You'll continue to hone acting choices, explore new playwrights and make connections and choices through advanced script analysis. Outside rehearsal is required.

To schedule an audition, please email education@dcpa.org

High School Improv
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Join the Improv Team! You'll fine-tune your quick-thinking talents by focusing on character work, acting technique, and structured short-form and long-form exercises. Find out what it takes to work in an ensemble, stay in character, and generate original scenes while thinking and acting on your feet.

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High School Acting for the Camera
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17 (no class Feb 24)
8 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Are you intimidated by the camera? Do you freeze up when you see the red light and hear the director call 'Action'? Learn to apply basic acting techniques to on-camera scenarios, build confidence in front of the lens and pursue film work in our local market.

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High School Teen Company: History Mixtape
Sat • Jan 20 - Mar 17
9 weeks • 1:30 - 4:30pm • $300

Teen Company provides a skill-building class focused on performing selections from musicals. This spring, be a part of remixing and performing from musicals, like Hamilton, that blended historical fact into musical theatre. Selections will be chosen from titles including Lin Manual Miranda's smash hit, Annie Get Your Gun, Les Misérables, Evita, 1776, Assassins, Titanic,  Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Ragtime and others.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for final performances at 3:30pm and 5pm on Mar 17.

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The Art of Auditioning
One-Day Workshop
Current 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Graders
Sat • Dec 16
10am - 12pm • $25

When you want to learn how to turn acting skills into a career, it's all about the audition. This workshop will guide you in preparing material for the big moment and will provide you with strategies to take control of your performance. Whether auditioning for productions at school, local theatres, college or art schools, this workshop will get you prepared for the process. This workshop will be very hands-on; please be ready to work with a memorized monologue.

REGISTER NOW

High School Master Class
Sat • Apr 7 - May 12
6 weeks • 9:15 - 11:15am • $165

For advanced acting students who are ready to take on a challenge, this class fine-tunes your skills with scene and monologue work. You’ll continue to hone acting choices, explore new playwrights and make connections and choices through advanced script analysis. Outside rehearsal is required.

To schedule an audition, please email education@dcpa.org

High School Improv
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Join the Improv Team! You’ll fine-tune your quick-thinking talents by focusing on character work, acting technique, and structured short-form and long-form exercises. Find out what it takes to work in an ensemble, stay in character, and generate original scenes while thinking and acting on your feet.

High School Choreography: Rock Musicals
Sat • Apr 7 - May 19
7 weeks • 11:30am - 1pm • $165

Movement is at the core of musicals like Hair, Sweet Charity, Bye Bye Birdie, Pippin, The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, Tommy, Rent, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, and Hamilton. From warm-up to combination, each class will explore the movement vocabulary particular to rock musicals and their choreography. This class is a great prep for High School Teen Company’s Songs from School of Rock.

High School Teen Company: Songs from School of Rock
Sat • March 31 - May 19
8 weeks • 1:30 - 4:30pm • $300

Teen Company provides a skill-building class focused on performing musical selections from a Broadway show. We close out our Teen Company season with selections from the rock-and-roll musical comedy based on the 2003 film.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for final performances at 3:30pm and 5pm on May 19.

Students must have completed 8^th grade to take these classes. The last day of each program will culminate in a showcase of the actors’ work.

Improv: Short Form
Mon- Fri • June 4-8 • 9:30am-4pm • $250
Develop a quick wit while exploring the fun and spontaneous world of short form improv. Using group activities, games and improvised scene work, students will cheer each other on in a supportive environment of creativity and spontaneity.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

The Acting Factor
Mon- Fri • June 11-15 • 9:30am-4pm • $250
When actors really understand the structure of a good play, they can make better character and acting choices. We’ll focus on the fundamentals as we develop the vocal, physical and mental aspects of classical and contemporary acting techniques using scenes and monologues.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Shakespeare & Swords
Mon- Fri • June 18-22 • 9:30am-4pm • $250
Get ready for combat, the Shakespearean way! The Bard’s plays are full of battles, duels and lover’s quarrels, but how do you fight the good fight while still speaking the lines? This intensive class combines stage combat training with Shakespearean scene work to build a performance-ready scene.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Get Reel
Mon- Fri • June 25-June 29 • 9:30am-4pm • $250
Lights, camera, action! Explore acting in front of the camera using scripts from current commercials, TV shows and movies. Learn to interpret scripts, flesh out characters and connect with the camera. It’s time to get comfortable in front of the lens.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Advanced Comedy: Improv and More
Mon- Fri • July 9-13 • 9:30am-4pm • $250
Upgrade giggles to belly laughs. This class builds upon beginner improv skills with advanced improv games and long form structures. Students will also explore their comedy chops through writing original comedy sketches, learning the basics of clowning and even creating their own stand-up routine. Previous experience is not necessary, but enrollment in Improv: Short Form is encouraged.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a showcase on the final day.

Original Musical: Two-week program
Mon- Fri • July 16-27 • 9:30am-4pm • $500
Students will put their skills to the test as they write an original musical one-act. Get a first hand feel for the acting process while incorporating singing and dance choreography in entirely unique performance.

FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Join us for a performance on the final day.

The Audition Intensive
Mon- Fri • July 30-Aug 3 • 9:30am-4pm • $250
Auditioning is one of the most essential and scary parts of becoming an actor. Our class will help actors take control of their audition situations and prepare their material while fighting their nerves. Actors will learn how to nail the cold reading and take the fear out of the audition room.

AUDITION FOR A CHANCE TO BE IN A WORLD PREMIERE!

The winning script of the 2017/18 DCPA Regional High School Playwriting Competition will be selected during the 2018 Colorado New Play Summit and produced by the Education summer teen program. Join us to be a part of a brand-new play written by, cast with and produced by Colorado teens. The winning title will be announced in April with details to follow.Open auditions: Prepare a two-minute contemporary monologue.

AUDITION DATE: Sat, May 12, 2018 • 12 - 2pm
REHEARSAL DATES: Mon – Fri • Jun 4 - 15 • 9:30am - 4pm
PERFORMANCES: Fri, Jun 15 • 1:30pm and 7pm

There is no charge to audition or participate, but cast members will be asked to register as a summer student and are required to attend all rehearsals and performances.

Interested in stage management, technical direction or production design? This program is your opportunity to apply to be a technical apprentice for the summer teen performance series. Students can apply to work on one or more of these projects:

• High School Playwriting Competition Production, June 4 – 15
• Middle School Teen Performance: The Outsiders, June 11 - 22
• Middle School Teen Performance: Bard Wars III, June 25 - 29 & July 9 - 13
• High School Teen Performance: The Lottery, July 16 - Aug 3

Mon – Fri • Project dates vary • Apply by May 14 • $300

Please submit a letter of interest and resume to education@dcpa.org.
Limited spots available.

High School Summer Intensive

Mon – Fri • June 25 - 29 & July 9 - 13 (No class July 2 - 6)
Two weeks • 9am - 5pm • $650

If you are excelling in your school drama productions, our program helps young actors prepare for a serious career in theatre or film. Modeled after prestigious curriculums of the nation’s top acting programs, these two weeks are a unique opportunity to improve your skills as an actor and rub elbows with acting professionals from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Students must be sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school to apply. Our teen conservatory program promises to be the most challenging and rewarding actor-training experience in the metro area.

Curriculum includes:

• Scene Analysis (Contemporary & Classical)
• Voice and Speech
• Music and Character
• Dance and Movement
• Improvisation
• Auditioning
• Acting for the Camera
• 20th-Century Acting Theory
• Showcase

Limited to 24 students. You must be enrolled in high school and have completed the 9th grade.

To apply, please submit:

• One letter of recommendation
• Current resumé
• Current photograph
• Student’s letter of interest

Mail to:
Denver Center for the Performing Arts Education
Attn: High School Summer Intensive
1101 13th St.
Denver, CO 80204

Deadline: June 4, 2018

Applicants will be notified of acceptance by June 11, 2018.

If you have questions, contact us at 303.446.4892.

HIGH SCHOOL TEEN PERFORMANCE: The Lottery
Mon – Fri • Jul 16 - Aug 3 • 3 weeks • 9:30am -4 pm • $650
Performance: Aug 3 at 7pm

Why are such unassuming objects such as stones and slips of papers with people’s names on them suddenly so menacing in the hands of the members of a pleasant community gathering together on a spring morning? With mounting tension, the day’s events build to their shocking conclusion in answering this question. Shirley Jackson’s unnervingly macabre classic short story comes center stage as a haunting theatrical adaptation. Adapted specifically to focus on the actors’ work of character and relationship, The Lottery will provide each cast member the challenge of growing their technique within a production process that balances ensemble with leading roles. Actors must be able to attend all rehearsals and performances. Audition preparation is not necessary as auditions will be done as part of the first days of the program.