
About the Grades 4 to 5 Programs
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Developing artists will build foundational actor’s tools and explore storytelling through different genres: ensemble acting, musical theatre, and more! With a rich variety of course offerings students can deepen their skills while stretching themselves to try new artistic approaches, developing their own unique voice and style.
If you have questions about whether a program is the right match for your child or if your child needs accommodations to access any of our programming, please reach out to Jeri Hammond, Director of Education.



Summer Programs
Under the Big Top
Come one, Come all to the Greatest Show on Earth! We will kick off our summer program with a rousing week-long exploration of the theatrical world of the circus. Professional Boston area circus artists will lead classes each day in circus skills, such as clowning, juggling, tumbling, spinning plates, hula hoops, acrobatics, Chinese yo-yo, and more! In partnership with Cirque Us, students will learn the skill and storytelling involved in contemporary circus performance all together, making for a three-ring circus of an experience!
Broadway Bootcamp: Triple Threat
Acting Intensive: In One Act "The Worst Fairytale Ever"
About the Play
The Narrator is ready to start the show, but how is that supposed to happen when nobody else in the cast has read the script and the costumes haven’t even arrived yet? That’s the dilemma faced by eight hapless actors as they prepare to perform “The Greatest Fairy Tale Ever.” The greatest it isn’t. Not when the actor playing the knight struggles to read the script taped to the back of his shield, and the dragon gets a debilitating case of stage fright. To make matters (far!) worse, the Shakespearean actress is in the wrong play yet insists on staying and drawing out her death scene to absurd lengths, which leads the frustrated narrator to storm out before the play is finished. Can the cast come up with an ending that’s not only satisfying but also quick? Audiences will laugh heartily at how the cast comes up with an ending that’s absolutely ducky!
Musical Theatre Production: Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Jr.
Take to the stage! This program focuses on coordinating the instruments of voice and body to create dynamic musical characters. In this 3-week program, students will advance their acting, singing, and dancing skills while also learning the importance of community and the role of the ensemble in a production. Students will apply these skills to the rehearsal of the musical Matilda, Jr. This program is open to anyone interested in deepening their musical theatre experience. Auditions for roles within the production will take place during the first week of the program.
About the show:
Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the "revolting children" who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, Matilda JR. is a joyous girl power romp. Children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special little girl with an extraordinary imagination.
Page to Stage: A Week of Playmaking & Playwriting
Let’s make a play! In this program, students will act as playwrights, actors, and designers as they work in an ensemble to adapt a piece of literature into a play in just one week. Using their actor’s tools (body, voice, mind, & imagination) students will work collaboratively to lift the storytelling off the page and bring it to life! With limited time & resources, but unlimited imagination, students will put their creativity to the max as they develop and rehearse their play, culminating in a performance for families and friends on the final day!
Grades K-3 will use creative drama, movement, and visual arts to bring a favorite story to life.
Grades 4-6 and Grades 6-8 will learn playwriting techniques, engage in playwriting exercises, and explore stories through improvisation as they put their creative skills to the task of adapting a piece of literature for the stage.
Broadway Bootcamp: Triple Threat
Creating the Triple Threat! In this program students will develop musical theatre technique through an exploration of scenes, songs, and dance numbers from musicals, exposing students to the many different genres and styles of musicals. Utilizing the musical theatre skills of acting, singing, and dancing, this two-week exploration of Musical Theatre is perfect for beginner and advanced musical theatre students alike
Acting Intensive: In One Act "When Bad Things Happen to Good Actors"
About the Play
A simple one-act production of The Wizard of Oz gets derailed by missed cues, forgotten lines, and a renegade sound board op who refuses to play anything but dinosaur noises. A comedy that proves, when it comes to live theatre, everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and it will be hilarious.
Musical Theatre Production: Disney's Newsies Jr.
Take to the stage! This program focuses on coordinating the instruments of voice and body to create dynamic musical characters. In this 3-week program, students will advance their acting, singing, and dancing skills while also learning the importance of community and the role of the ensemble in a production. Students will apply these skills to the rehearsal of the musical Newsies, JR. This program is open to anyone interested in deepening their musical theatre experience. Auditions for roles within the production will take place during the first week of the program.
About the show:
Disney's Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein. When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.
February Vacation Programs
Puppetry Arts! (Grades 4-5)
Weekend Classes
Actor's Toolbox: Scenes! (Grades 4-7)
Musical Theatre Revue: Scenes into Songs (Grades 4-7)
April Vacation Programs
Musical Madness! (Grades 4-5)
5 days + lots of work + lots of play= A musical!
During this week-long musical theatre experience, students will work with a team of directors, choreographers, and music directors to put on a one-act Musical in just 5 days!
In age groups, students will work on assigned scenes, songs, and dance numbers, and by Friday we will put it all together. No matter what happens, the show will go on– and there is guaranteed learning and laughs in store!
Summer Programs
Our summer 2023 classes will be online and available for registration starting January 3, 2023.



