2019 Spring Depot Youth Academy
Workshop opportunities for children and teens!!
The Depot Youth Academy is excited to announce another season of theater classes for River Region young artists of all ages. The classes are filled with theater games and socially engaging exercises intended to establish and strengthen skills used in the performing arts.
Classes are crafted to teach the basics of stagecraft, self-discipline and the importance of hard work, creativity and imaginative play, listening and observation skills. Our students enjoy the rewards that come with working together to achieve a common goal.
Classes are crafted to teach the basics of stagecraft, self-discipline and the importance of hard work, creativity and imaginative play, listening and observation skills. Our students enjoy the rewards that come with working together to achieve a common goal.
Class sessions run February 4 thru May 7, 2019
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*Source: National Assembly of State Art Agencies and the Arts Education Partnership, 2006 | ||||
Main Street MondaysAges 8 and above 5:30 - 6:30PM
Intro to theatre class exploring stage movement, creating characters, building blocks of improvisation that all lead to a performance showcase. |
Terrific Tuesdays Elementary (3rd-5th grade or age 8-11)
Home-school class 1:00-2:00 PM Page to Stage! Tell me a Story! Join us to learn the basics of being on stage and storytelling. We will explore, go on imagination adventures and create characters, using theatre exercises and reader's theatre. |
Troupe Thursdays Home- SchoolAges 12 and above 1:00-2:30 PM
Performance based class with goals of working together to create, produce scenes and songs. Additional goal for this group is to prepare an performance geared for preschool children in the spring. The intent is for performance experience and outreach. |
Troupe Thursdays After- School
Ages 12 and above 4pm-5pm Performance based class with goals of working together to create, produce scenes and songs. Additional goal for this group is to prepare an performance geared for preschool children in the spring. The intent is for performance experience and outreach. |
All sessions are $125.00 Let us know what your child is interested in. We can incorporate most disciplines of theatre ( technical theatre, musical theatre, design) into Troupe Thursdays and Marvelous Mondays. All classes taught by River Region theatre artist, Chris Kelly
Chris Kelly graduated from Faulkner University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. He worked professionally with Blue Gate Theater in Indiana and Missoula Children's Theatre and also participated in many shows around the River Region community. It was at MCT that he discovered his love for teaching as well as acting. He now lives with his wife and two year old daughter and hopes to spread a love of theatre to the next generation.
