We traditionally offer one or two Play Production classes for Fall Session and Winter/Spring Sessions. These classes engage the student in the full process of producing a play (not a musical) with roles, costumes, sets and lights and either one or multiple performances. Students are required to sign up for auditions but also must enroll. All students enrolled will be cast. Space is limited to number of roles.
Drama improves a child’s public speaking skill: Talking and performing in front of audiences will teach a child so many important parts of public speaking, including volume, enunciation and inflection.
Acting increases a teamwork mentality: When working with a cast, a child is put into a team environment where everyone matters and has a part. This builds a teamwork mentality that can’t even compare to group projects.
Drama improves a child’s confidence: Being on stage is not for the light of heart. You perform in front of strangers. This, in turn, makes your child more confident and able to handle the most embarrassing situations that can arise.
Theatre is a place for everyone: A lot of kids decide at an early age that sports aren’t for them. Performing can be a good alternative to both activity and developing those bonds in a closely supervised inclusive environment. Between dance choreography, blocking during rehearsal, building sets or just goofing off with fellow actors, acting encourages healthy socialization and new viewpoints of how to see the world.
Reading Comprehension: From learning to read to the in-depth study of Shakespearean literature, drama can play a significant role in the continual development of students’ reading comprehension skills.
Being in drama and on stage improves professionalism: For a lot of children, theater is the beginning of professional behavior. When in the dramatic arts, children have to make a great impression on directors, support fellow actors, show enthusiasm, work hard and treat everyone with respect. This follows through into a child’s work and professional life.
YOUNG THESPIANS THEATRE ages 10-16
PUFFS, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Auditions will happen as part of the class. Class meets on Thursdays 4:30-6:00.
Tech Week: May 19-23.
Performances: 5/24 @ 6pm & 5/25 @ 2pm & 6pm. Auditions will happen as part of the class. ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED! NO CLASS: 2/22, 4/11. Tuition $875
Puffs” is a whimsical and side-splitting comedic journey that playfully explores the untold story of the students of a certain magical school during the same seven-year timeframe as a certain famous wizard. With an uproarious blend of humor and heart, this enchanting play offers a fresh perspective on the wizarding world. Filled with quirky characters, spellbinding humor, and a generous dose of nostalgia for fans of a well-known magical series, “Puffs” is a delightful theatrical experience that proves everyone, no matter their house, plays a crucial role in the adventure. Join us for a magical ride that celebrates friendship, courage, and the magic that resides in all of us! If you know us, nothing is done until it is overdone…expect over the top costumes, sets and effects with this one!
Production Classes
History of Play Production Shows
2023 Fall – Drop Dead, Juliet by Allison Williams
Directed by Gary Ferguson
2023 Fall – Dragon’s Lair by By Katie B. Oberlander
Directed by Bree Schwabe
2023 Spring- Clue Jr. by Sandy Rustin
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld & Gary Ferguson
2022 Spring – Game of Tiaras by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
Fall 2021 10 Ways to Survive the End of the World by Don Zolidis
Director | Gary Schoenfeld
Spring 2021 – Play Production (Online) – HelpDesk by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
Fall 2020 – Play Production (online) – 10 Ways to Survive Life In Quarantine by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
Spring 2020 – Play Production – The Legend of Robin Hood….Sort of by Pat Cook
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2019 Fall – Harry’s Hotter at Twilight by Jonathan Dorf
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
Spring 2019 –The Brothers Grimm: Out of Order by Flip Cobler and Cindy Marcus
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2018 Fall – The Rehearsal by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2018 Spring – The Audition by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2017 Fall – Goldilocks On Trial by Ed Monk
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2017 Spring – Game of Tiaras by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2016 Fall – The Monologue Show (From Hell) by Don Zolidis
Directed by Gary Schoenfeld
2015 Fall – Harry’s Hotter at Twilight by Jonathan Dorf
Directed by Omar Hasrouni
2015 Spring – This is a Test by Stephen Gregg
Directed by Omar Hasrouni
2014 – 15 Reasons NOT to be in a Play by Alan Haehnel
Directed by Omar Hasrouni
2014 Spring – Story Theatre by Paul Sills
Directed by Kelly Bentley
2014 Fall – Cheating Death by Frank Higgins
Directed by Kelly Bentley
2014 Spring – 12th Night by William Shakespeare (A special project of our Homeschool community)
Directed by Carla Pauli
2013 – Mother Goose Has Flown the Coop by Pat Cook
Directed by Natalia Luna
2013 – Applause for Plautus by Katie Bufithis Oberlander (A special project of our Homeschool community)
Directed by Carla Pauli
2012 Fall – One-Act Fest by Various
Directed by Natalia Luna & Collin Wenzell
2012 Fall – Alice in Wonderland by Anne Coulter Martens (A special project of our Homeschool community)
Directed by Carla Pauli
2012 Spring – The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by Joseph Robinette
Directed by Natalia Luna
2011 – Scenes from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner
Directed by Christa Jensen
2010 – The Marquis Crossing Ladies Society’s First Attempt at Murder by Pat Cook
Directed by Paul Kwapy
2009 – Secret Lives of Girls” & “What I Wanted to Say by Linda Daugherty
Directed by Natalia Luna
2008 – John Lennon & Me by Cherie Bennett
Directed by Natalia Luna
