theater classes
2025-2026
Kids-Teens
This Saturday, August 9th, we'll be hosting another in-person registration day with a twist!
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Join us in the Rosengart Art Gallery/ Averitt Center Main Gallery from 10:30 am till noon to register for our new theater classes and participate in a FREE YOUTH IMPROV WORKSHOP (intended for ages 7+) taught by co-instructor Chris Bernard. Chris will be teaching alongside our theater department principal, Joni Mock, for each of our theater classes this year.
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If you've already signed up online, great! You are still invited to attend the workshop! Parents can go through the registration process, ask questions, and learn about membership discounts with our staff while kids and teens enjoy the workshop.
Creating &
Understanding
Characters
Instructors: Joni Mock, Chris Bernard
Day of the Week: Mondays
Session 1: August 11th - September 29th
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Whitaker Black Box Theater
Tuition: $99 per 8 week session ($90 Member)
Ages: 7 - 14
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Enjoy theater games, improvisation, and relaxation techniques while improving characterization. Students will create believable characters by focusing on background, personality, motivation, and obstacles. Using a variety of scenes and character types, students will practice intentional movement, tactics for achieving goals, and reactions to other characters based on relationships, plot, and setting. Bring your imagination and your willingness to learn!
Scene Shapers
Instructors: Joni Mock, Chris Bernard
Day of the Week: Mondays
Session 3: Feb. 2nd - March 30th
(No Class on Feb 16th - school holiday)
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Whitaker Black Box Theater
Tuition: $99 per 8 week session ($90 Member)
Ages: 13 - 18
​In live performance and in real life, unexpected things happen. In this class, you can learn the guidelines for successful improvisation while navigating unscripted, unplanned situations with other “scene shapers”! Improvisation can be a fun, serious, and/or dramatic way to gain confidence, foster quick thinking, embrace unexpected twists, and stimulate creativity and innovation.
Whether you enjoy the challenge of improv or want to challenge yourself to give improv a try, everyone involved will benefit. No acting experience necessary.