PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO
Performing Arts Studio is the award winning theatre program at The Ballet School Performing Arts. Offering classes beginning at pre-k all the way through adult. We offer session based training classes year round and Production Workshops where students audition and are cast in a full length play or musical.
Our mission is to focus on the foundation and training of a performing artist by promoting and emphasizing the storytelling, character work and most importantly, ensemble work. We do this bybuilding confidence, creating community, igniting a love for the Arts. These skills carry forth into their theatrical careers, passions and everyday life.
YOUNG ACTOR STUDIO SUMMER 2024
“ALL THE WOLRDS A STAGE”
Enrollment for this program (All the World’s a Stage)…
is currently FULL.
Thank you so much for your interest.
Upcoming sessions will be announced soon.
5 WEEK FALL SESSION
AUGUST 21st -SEPTEMBER 21st
YOUTH TRAINING
3 -11 yrs
Our youth training classes are offered throughout the year. Within these classes the students find their voice and build the confidence that will help propel them forward to the next steps of their training.
In these classes they will work on the 3 tools of the actor which are the voice, body and imagination by working on character monologues, singing Broadway songs and doing various acting exercises.
Pre-K Acting (3-4years)
IMAGINATION PLAY | $200/session
Saturday 10:30 am – 11:15 am
Pre-K Acting is a wonderful class for a young actor to start exploring the world of the arts! In this class the students will learn about the 3 tools of the actor, the voice, body and imagination and through various acting games and exercises will gain confidence and build a strong foundation for future theatre classes.
Description
Students will use their voice, body and imaginations to help them come out of their shells and gain confidence.
Schedule
Saturdays (August 24, 31, September 7, 14, 21) 10:30 am – 11:15am
Young Actors Studio (5-6years)
STORYTELLING OF PINKALICIOUS | $200/session
Saturday 11:15am – 12:00am
Description
Our young actors will explore character and storytelling through the characters of Pinkalicious.
Schedule
Saturdays (August 24, 31, September 7, 14, 21) 11:15am – 12:00am
Young Actors Studio (7-11 years)
THE BASICS: ACTING | $200/session
Friday 4:00pm – 4:45pm
Description
Let’s get started. Our you actors will be introduced to the basic principals of acting.
Schedule
Fridays (August 23, 30, September 6, 13, 20) 4:00pm – 4:45pm
YOUTH PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
Our Youth Production Workshop is an audition based class and is the next step in the artists journey. Students that participate in this class must have taken at least 2 of our theatre training classes.
Once accepted the students will receive a role in the production and will discover the true responsibilities that an actor has during the process of putting on a show. This class culminates in a final performance in a theatrical venue.
Youth Production Workshop (8-11 years)
HANSEL AND GRETEL | $600/session
Wednesdays 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Auditions on August 14th and 21st
Rehearsal on Wednesdays Beginning August 28th
Description
Using an adaption of Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble’s Hansel and Gretel, the student in this class will work on audition technique, character development, line memorization, storytelling and stage craft.
The Final Performance of HANSEL AND GRETEL will be at…
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12th 7:00PM, at the Lesher Center for the Arts
Students must have taken 2 PAS training classes in order to be eligible to audition.
Schedule
CLASSES BEGIN AUGUST 28th on WEDNESDAYS 4:00PM-5:30PM
TEEN TRAINING
12-18 yrs
Our teen training classes are offered throughout the year. Within these classes the students are exposed to a variety of different art forms like Shakespeare, Building a Character, Audition Technique, Voice & Diction, Stage Combat and a variety of others. These classes are very important to the training process and these learned skills help prepare each student for their theatrical endeavors.
Teen Actors Studio (12-18 years)
IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE| $160/session
Wednesdays 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Description
By using the exploratory craft of improvisational theatre, we will explore the styles, language and stories of Willim Ahkespeare in an attempt to create improvised Shakespearean scenes.
Schedule
CLASSES WILL BE ON JUNE 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th from 5:00pm – 6:00pm
TEEN PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
12-18 yrs
Our Teen Production Workshop is an audition based program that performs plays and musicals throughout the year. Students in this class are accepted into either our Apprentice or Performing Artist Programs. Both programs expand their knowledge and provide
Teen Audition Workshop (12-11 years)
URINETOWN THE MUSICAL AUDITION WORKSHOP| $80/session
2 day Audition Workshop on Saturdays 12:30 – 2:00
Description
URINETOWN THE MUSICAL…
Welcome…
This TONY award winning love letter to musical theatre was a subversive and ironic homage to the musical theatre works of Bertolt Brecht and Marc Blitzstein. Sounds confusing? We’ve got you covered.
This two week long workshop will introduce you to the world of Urine town as well as introduce you to the songs and movements required to tell an entertaining, but informed, production.
We suggest this workshop to any who are planning on auditioning for the TEEN PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
Schedule
CLASSES BEGIN JUNE 22nd, and 29th on SATURDAYS 12:30PM-2:30PM
Teen Production Workshop (12-18 years)
URINETOWN THE MUSICAL | $750/session
Saturdays 12:30 – 3:30
Auditions on August 10th and 17th
Rehearsal on Saturdays Beginning August 24th
Description
Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources,bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms.
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.
Performances of URINETOWN THE MUSICAL will be…
NOVEMBER 14th- 16th, at the Lesher Center for the Arts
Schedule
REHEARSALS BEGIN AUGUST 24th on SATURDAYS 12:30PM-3:30PM
ADULT ACTORS STUDIO
Our Welcome to our Adult Actors Theatre Training Program. We offer many sessions throughout the year as well as one day master classes with Industry Professionals. Our goal is to plant seeds that will continue to grow throughout the journey of our student’s theatre studies.
Private Lessons
Available by Appointment
Call: 925-934-2133
or Email: amanda@theballetschool.org to set up an appointment