Want to create characters and skits off the top of your head? Want to be ready the next time someone forgets a line on stage? Want to have fun playing silly games with friends? If you answered "yes and..." to any of the above questions, Youth Improv is the right class for you! Over the course of the program, you will learn the rules of improvisational acting and the fun behind improv games.

All skill levels are welcome!

Students will showcase selections of their classwork as a part of our Collage Day event on Saturday, September 20th. 2 tickets to this event are included in class registration.

Class space is limited.

This eight week hand building class is a great way to pause mid week and do something for yourself! Students will be inspired by great artists through creating a Picasso inspired sculpture, Dali vase, and Pollock inspired glazed platters. Of course, if your creativity is taking your projects in another direction, create what your heart desires. Enjoy your Wednesday nights doing something you love-come join the clay community at the Kish Center!

“All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players.

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts.”

For over 400 years, the words of William Shakespeare have been held up in Western theater as the finest dramatic poetry in the English language. His great catalogue of characters—from Juliet to Hamlet to King Henry V—speak with a soaring eloquence and impassioned clarity that has attracted the world's greatest actors since the time in which their plays were first written.

But what exactly is an actor supposed to DO while they are speaking such rich, dense, complicated language? How should one's body move and change as the words are spoken aloud? Which character should they be speaking to? And why? And what if—as so often happens in Shakespeare—an actor must speak a large swath of Shakespearean text alone?

“Shakespeare and the Target” is a rigorous classical workshop designed to help maturing actors (16 and up) answer these very questions. Drawing on the foundational pedagogy of Declan Donnellan’s seminal acting treatise, The Actor and the Target, this 6-week class will provide students the tools to identify, envisage, and address the precise “targets” of Shakespearean text: be it another character, a circumstance, the audience, or one’s own self. In addition to weekly games, exercises, and discussions, students will develop both a solo speech (monologue or soliloquy) and one small-group scene, culminating in a final in-class presentation on September 17th.

Ready for an energetic, fun way to learn improv? Over the course of the program teens will learn and continue to improve their understanding of the rules of improv acting and the fun behind improv games.

All skill levels are welcome!

Students will showcase selections of their classwork as a part of our Collage Day event on Saturday, September 20th. 2 tickets to this event are included in class registration.

Class space is limited.

In this beginner class we will explore the basics of theatre along with the beginner dance techniques. Your child will work on rhythm, coordination, and motor skills all while getting to know the fun and exciting world of Musical Theatre! This class is the perfect combination of play and learning for your little one’s first time in the spotlight! We will perform a selection of materials we learned in class on the final day of class.

Class space is limited.

Children must be potty trained to attend class.

Welcome to the Jungle! Students will learn the basics of musical theatre performance and unleash their WILD side exploring singing, dancing, and acting using favorite songs from the broadway stage and beloved on-screen musicals.

All skill levels are welcome!

The final day will be an invited class for guests to see the students' work.

Class space is limited.

Learn common musical theatre dance steps and put them together to create dances to favorite songs from stage and screen!

All skill levels are welcome!

Students will showcase selections of their classwork as a part of our Collage Day event on Saturday, September 10th. 2 tickets to this event are included in class registration.

Class space is limited.

Learn the tools every actor uses to create memorable characters and build a great performance! All skill levels welcome.

Students will showcase selections of their classwork as a part of our Collage Day event on Saturday, September 20th. 2 tickets to this event are included in class registration.

Class space is limited.