Arc Stages Winter/Spring Acting Classes and Performance Workshops for all ages. Onsite and online options available!

Our Young Actors Workshop combines fun and the fundamentals of acting to put together a musical theatre production. Theatre games and acting exercises build technique and confidence while the actors rehearse and then perform a final show!

Grades 2 – 4

Section 1: Mondays 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm ON SITE at Arc Stages

Section 2: Thursdays 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm ON SITE at Arc Stages

Section 3: Thursdays 4:00 – 5:30 pm ONLINE

Winter/Spring Session begins the week of February 22, culminates the week of May 10

Tween Workshop

Grades 5 – 8

Either Tuesdays or Wednesdays 3:30PM – 5:30 PM

Tween actors will experience a professional rehearsal process, coupled with theatre games and acting exercises designed to fit their learning levels. The tweens will dive deeper into their work as actors as they endeavor to gain confidence and knowledge about all aspects of theatre and performance.

About our process: When you sign up for an audition, you are signing up for the session! We do not make ‘cuts.’ Auditions are simply a way for us to get to know our actors each session, and for them to gain confidence and comfortability with auditioning. Instead of choosing a show in advance and shoehorning children into it, we choose our shows, and our schedule for the semester, based on the schedules and auditions/callbacks of the actors who sign up. Our emphasis is on the process of putting on a show, integrating theater games and acting exercises throughout the rehearsals.

In lieu of on site auditions this session, we ask that actors film a brief audition and send it to us by January 29. We will hold callbacks on January 30 and 31 to hear actors read from potential shows. Callbacks will either be on site or virtual.

Tween rehearsals begin the week of February 22. Each cast will have the final performance of their show at the end of May / early June 2021, depending on the schedule.

Teen Intensive

Grades 9 – 12, Either Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays, 5:00PM – 9:00PM

A conservatory program, the Teen Intensive will consist of professional training from actors and directors with extensive experience in the business. Rehearsals will include technique in acting, musical theatre, dance, and improv. This Intensive will culminate in a full-length production.

About our process: When you sign up for an audition, you are signing up for the session! We do not make ‘cuts.’ Auditions are simply a way for us to get to know our actors each session, and for them to gain confidence and comfortability with auditioning. Instead of choosing a show in advance and shoehorning children into it, we choose our shows, and our schedule for the semester, based on the schedules and auditions/callbacks of the actors who sign up. Our emphasis is on the process of putting on a show, integrating theater games and acting exercises throughout the rehearsals.

In lieu of on site auditions this session, we ask that actors film a brief audition and send it to us by January 29. We will hold callbacks on January 30 and 31 to hear actors read from potential shows. Callbacks will either be on site or virtual.

Teen rehearsals begin the week of February 22. Each cast will have the final performance of their show at the end of May / early June 2021, depending on the schedule.

Tween/Teen VIRTUAL Theatre Workshop

The Virtual Workshop will meet on Wednesdays.

Tween Section: Grades 5 – 8, 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Teen Section: Grades 9 – 12, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Winter 2020 Dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27; February 3, 10

Final Performance: February 10

The Virtual Workshop will give us the opportunity to explore the creativity we can achieve through technology. Utilizing the camera and green screen in innovative ways, and allowing for the imagination of our actors to transform their own homes into theatrical performance spaces! The show will consist of scenes and monologues around a general theme, showcasing each actor. Each cast will have a final virtual performance, with friends and family all invited to view online.

Theatre Dance & Choreography

This exciting new class is designed to introduce students to various styles of dance. Actors will gain comfortability when dancing in rehearsals or auditions, by being exposed to different styles of dance and breaking down their components, step by step! Each class begins with introduction to dance technique, and ends with choreography, promising to challenge and thrill each performer!

Tween/Teen Section: (6th – 12th Grade) (1 hour, 8 weeks)

Tuesdays 5:45 – 6:45 pm

Next Session begins February 22, 2021

On Camera

On Camera offers a taste of the technique of acting for the camera (with a focus on commercials). This fun, fast paced class is a peek behind the casting door of the world of On Camera Commercial Acting!

Tween/Teen Section: (6th – 12th Grade) (1 hour, 8 weeks)

Tuesdays 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Next Session begins February 22, 2021

Shakespeare

This class will offer a fun, on your feet introduction on utilizing a few elements of Shakespeare’s language as an actor. Suitable for anyone from the aspiring Shakespearean actor to the casual Shakespeare audience member.

Teen Section: (8th – 12th Grade) (1 1/2 hours, 8 weeks)

Mondays 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Next Session begins February 22, 2021

Voice Lessons

Take your Singing out of the Shower and onto the Stage!

Individual Coaching by Amy Schiff

6th Grade & Up – Mondays