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.
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)
MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | $240/session
Tuesday 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
or
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
Tuesdays (October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5) 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
OR
Saturdays (October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9) 10:30 am – 11:15am
Young Actors Studio (5-6years)
MUPPETS | $240/session
Friday 3:15pm – 4:00pm
or
Saturday 11:15am – 12:00pm
Description
Our young actors will explore character and storytelling through the characters of The Muppets.
Schedule
Fridays (October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8) 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
OR
Saturdays (October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9) 11:15am – 12:00am
Young Actors Studio (7-8 years)
IMPROV AND THEATRE GAMES | $240/session
Tuesday 4:30pm – 5:15pm
Description
Improv is one of the best ways to unlock the creativity, collaboration, and communication in young artists. This class will teach various warm ups and games to unlock that creativity in a fun and accessible way.
Schedule
Tuesdays (October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5) 4:30pm – 5:15pm
Young Actors Studio (7-8 years)
Musical Theatre (Annie)| $240/session
Thursday 4:00pm – 4:45pm
Description
Lets sing and dance using the songs and characters of the Broadway classic ANNIE!
Schedule
Thursday (October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7) 4:00pm – 4:45pm
Young Actors Studio (9-11 years)
IMPROV AND THEATRE GAMES | $240/session
Tuesday 5:15pm – 6:00pm
Description
Improv is one of the best ways to unlock the creativity, collaboration, and communication in young artists. This class will teach various warm ups and games to unlock that creativity in a fun and accessible way.
Schedule
Tuesdays (October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5) 5:15pm – 6:00pm
Young Actors Studio (9-11 years)
Musical Theatre (Newsies)| $240/session
Thursday 4:45pm – 5:30pm
Description
Lets sing and dance using the songs and characters of the show NEWSIES!
Schedule
Thursday (October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 November 7) 4:45pm – 5:30pm
Young Actors Studio (9-11 years)
THEATRE 101 | $240/session
Friday 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Description
Let’s get started. Our you actors will be introduced to the basic principals of acting.
Schedule
Fridays (October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8) 4:00pm – 5:00pm
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.
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 (12-17 years)
IMPROV AND CHARACTER WORK| $240/session
Monday 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Description
Using the creative principles Improvisation, we will be creating original characters and scenes.
Schedule
CLASSES WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 30th, OCTOBER 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and NOVEMBER 4th on 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Teen Actors Studio (12-17 years)
EXPLORATION OF HAMLET| $240/session
Wednesdays 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Description
An exploration in the characters and language of one of the greatest plays written in the English Language.
Schedule
CLASSES WILL BE ON OCTOBER 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, and NOVEMBER 6th on 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Teen Actors Studio (12-17 years)
Musical Theatre Workshop| $240/session
Mondays 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Description
Musical Theatre is one of the most popular styles of performative art. Our students will learn to deepen their craft as a vocal musician and as actors. Culminating in a final performance in our studio.
Schedule
CLASSES WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 30th, OCTOBER 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
FINAL IN STUDIO PERFORMANCE on NOVEMBER 4th
TEEN PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
13-19 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 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.
Adult Actors Studio (18+ years)
ACTING WITH KERRI SHAWN| $750/session
Monday 6:30pm – 7:30 pm
Description
This Kerri serves as Co-Education Director for Center REPertory Company at The Lesher Center for the Arts. She has been co-director of Center REP’s Young REP Theatre Training Program since 1995. Kerri has been teaching a variety of acting and writing workshops since 1976. Over the past four decades Kerri has been a resident actress with Fantasy Forum Actor’s Ensemble and Center REP. She has also performed with Contra Costa Musical Theatre, PlayGround, and Marin Theatre Company.
Schedule
CLASSES WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 30th, OCTOBER 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and NOVEMBER 4th on 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Private Lessons
Available by Appointment
30 Min $50
60 Min $100
Call: 925-934-2133
or Email: amanda@theballetschool.org to set up an appointment
