Courses & Programs
The Theatre Lab offers the area’s most comprehensive theatre arts curriculum for adults, teens, and youth, most taught by the area’s finest theatre professionals. With both in-person and online classes in acting for the stage and screen, musical theatre, voiceovers, playwriting, directing, and drama criticism, you can shape a unique training program that is right for you.
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Results
In this high-energy class, young performers will take their first steps into the world of movement and dance for musical theatre. Students will develop body awareness and coordination through movement and basic dance exploration. The class will focus on enhancing physicality and confident movement on stage. Students will be taken through various exercises that will help them become more self-aware and understand storytelling through movement. They will also learn basic choreography set to tracks from selected musical theatre songs to help them put their skills to work. Great for students who love singing along to their favorite musicals as well as those who are looking to further develop their movement skills as an actor.
Saturdays
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18
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An exploration of the numerous elements that go into a successful audition for the screen. Topics will include preparation, appropriate dress, demeanor, techniques for quick character analysis, cold readings, callbacks, and screen tests. All students will be recorded on video for playback and critique.
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No class on 5/25/24.
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This double-session course is designed to give students the experience of preparing a complex role from the beginning of a rehearsal process through the moment of performance. Working with both a professional director and a professional actor, students explore all the elements of acting in a full production, including text analysis, dramaturgy, character development, blocking, giving focus, taking direction, connecting to other actors, and dealing with the audience. This offering of the course culminates in four public performances of Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory. With lots of great roles for all types (all ages, races, genders, ethnicities, and experience levels), Radium Girls tells the true story of some factory workers in the 1920s who find themselves poisoned by the glowing paint they handle every day, and their fight for their safety and basic rights in the workplace. Auditions are low-key – no monologue required.
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-10pm; Saturdays 1:30-4:30pm
3/19/24-6/4/24
Dress rehearsal W June 5, 6-11pm
Performs evenings June 6-8 + matinee June 8
No class 3/30 and 5/25.
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To remove barriers to access, this class is being offered as Pay-What-You-Can. Please submit this brief form to begin the registration process.
Please disregard the waitlist language below. There are still spots available in the class. Use the link above to begin registration.
No class 5/25.
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In this high-energy class, young performers will take their first steps into the world of movement and dance for musical theatre. Students will develop body awareness and coordination through movement and basic dance exploration. The class will focus on enhancing physicality and confident movement on stage. Students will be taken through various exercises that will help them become more self-aware and understand storytelling through movement. They will also learn basic choreography set to tracks from selected musical theatre songs to help them put their skills to work. Great for students who love singing along to their favorite musicals as well as those who are looking to further develop their movement skills as an actor.
Saturdays
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18
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Student Level
Children(Grades 3-5) Broadway Adventures! Beginning Movement and Dance for Young Actors
Instructor
Kelly Cronenberg
Day
Saturdays
Dates
Apr 13 - May 18
Time
1:30-3:30 PM
In this high-energy class, young performers will take their first steps into the world of movement and dance for musical theatre. Students will develop body awareness...
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Spring I
Spring II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$320
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Anyone Can Act: April
Instructor
Amal Saade
Day
Saturday
Dates
Apr 13 - Apr 13
Time
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Myth: Acting is about talent and talent is something you’re born with. Reality: Acting is a craft that anyone can learn—at any age. Take two hours on a Saturday a...
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Spring I
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$50
-
Student Level
Adults (18+)Anyone Can Act: May
Instructor
Vince Eisenson
Day
Saturday
Dates
May 4 - May 4
Time
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Myth: Acting is about talent and talent is something you’re born with. Reality: Acting is a craft that anyone can learn—at any age. Take two hours on a Saturday a...
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Winter
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$50
-
Student Level
Adults (18+)Auditioning for Musical Theatre
Instructor
Bobby Smith
Day
Wednesdays
Dates
Apr 17 - May 22
Time
7 - 10 PM
This class focuses on preparing the actor for musical theatre audition and performance, through careful attention to each actor/singer’s strengths and weaknesses. E...
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Spring II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$380
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Auditioning for the Camera
Instructor
John Judy
Day
Tuesdays
Dates
Apr 16 - May 21
Time
7 - 9:30pm
An exploration of the numerous elements that go into a successful audition for the screen. Topics will include preparation, appropriate dress, demeanor, techniques fo...
MORE INFOSESSION
Spring II
LOCATION
online
COST
$310
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Beginning Scene Study (Saturdays)
Instructor
MaryBeth Wise
Day
Saturdays
Dates
Apr 20 - Jun 1
Time
1:30 - 4:30 PM
An intensive introduction to scripted work through preparation and performance of scenes and monologues. Emphasis on learning effective rehearsal techniques and expan...
MORE INFOSESSION
Spring II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$380
-
Student Level
Adults (18+)Beginning Scene Study (Wednesdays)
Instructor
Nathan Whitmer
Day
Wednesdays
Dates
Apr 17 - May 22
Time
7 - 10 PM
An intensive introduction to scripted work through preparation and performance of scenes and monologues. Emphasis on learning effective rehearsal techniques and expan...
MORE INFOSESSION
Spring II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$380
-
Student Level
Adults (18+)Creating a Role: Radium Girls
Instructor
Madeleine Regina
Day
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
Dates
Mar 19 - Jun 8
Time
See course description.
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-10pm; Saturdays 1:30-4:30pm 3/19/24-6/4/24 Dress rehearsal W June 5, 6-11pm Performs evenings June 6-8 + matinee June 8
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Spring I
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$750
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Finding Your Voice
Instructor
April Harris
Day
Saturdays
Dates
Apr 20 - Jun 15
Time
10 AM - 12:30 PM
This class explores what it means to have a voice – in society, in a meeting room, in artistic practice, in public speaking situations, or in personal relationships...
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Spring II
LOCATION
online
COST
$310
-
Student Level
Adults (18+)How to Rehearse a Monologue
Instructor
Marietta Hedges
Day
Wednesdays
Dates
Apr 17 - May 22
Time
7 PM - 9:30 PM
Professional techniques for making the most of solo rehearsal time, from first getting the words off the page, through developing character, arc, and connection to an...
MORE INFOSESSION
Spring II
LOCATION
online
COST
$310