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!

In this two-week interdisciplinary theatre arts program, students will use their creative imaginations to enter and experience Magical Realms. Through story drama, students will use their bodies, voices, and imaginations to create big, bold characters such as wizards and fairies, dragons, and magical creatures. Through exploring the essential elements of a story, students will collaboratively create an original play set in a magical realm of their devising. Finally, artistic imaginations will come out to play as students design and create simple props, costumes, and scenery to complete their magical world.

Get The Best of Our Early Childhood Classes in One 3-week Sampler!
Week One: Treasure Trunk Theatre
Get ready to take an imaginative trip! Inspired by mystery objects in the treasure trunk, students will head off on a new daily adventure using movement, creative problem-solving, and imaginative play. An engaging theme charts the course for a fun-filled journey.
Week Two: Story Explorers
A week of creative play! Inspired by well-loved storybooks, students will work together and use their imaginations, bodies, and voices while traveling inside their favorite storybooks. The day will be spent engaging in creative drama and movement as well as hands-on visual arts projects connected to the stories of the week.
Week Three: Music Movers
Get ready to move and groove! Students will make their own music exploring rhythm and music dynamics such as loud/soft, high/low, and fast/slow. Through creative movement, students will explore different ways of moving in a celebration of self-expression. In our Music Movers classes, dancing to the beat of your own drum is encouraged!

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.

In this two-week interdisciplinary theatre arts program, students will use their creative imaginations to embark on Enchanted Adventures. Through story drama, students will use their bodies, voices, and imaginations to create big, bold characters as they adventure to places only found in their imagination. Through exploring the essential elements of a story, students will collaboratively create an original play telling the tale of their Enchanted Adventure. Finally, artistic imaginations will come out to play as students design and create simple props, costumes, and scenery to complete their magical world.

Get The Best of Our Early Childhood Classes in One 3-week Sampler!

Week One: Treasure Trunk Theatre
Get ready to take an imaginative trip! Inspired by mystery objects in the treasure trunk, students will head off on a new daily adventure using movement, creative problem-solving, and imaginative play. An engaging theme charts the course for a fun-filled journey.

Week Two: Story Explorers
A week of creative play! Inspired by well-loved storybooks, students will work together and use their imaginations, bodies, and voices while traveling inside their favorite storybooks. The day will be spent engaging in creative drama and movement as well as hands-on visual arts projects connected to the stories of the week.

Week Three: Music Movers
Get ready to move and groove! Students will make their own music exploring rhythm and music dynamics such as loud/soft, high/low, and fast/slow. Through creative movement, students will explore different ways of moving in a celebration of self-expression. In our Music Movers classes, dancing to the beat of your own drum is encouraged!

This class is currently full. Please email: Wfted@bu.edu to be added to the waitlist. A member of our staff will be in touch if/when a space on the waitlist becomes available!

Inspired by our mainstage production of Flora and Ulysses, where Ulysses the squirrel is (you guessed it!) a puppet! Throughout the week, students will create and explore different types of puppets as they learn different building and performance techniques. Students will attend a matinee performance of Flora & Ulysses, (ticket included with registration) and see puppetry arts in action.

Get ready to take an imaginative trip! Inspired by mystery objects found in the treasure trunk, students will head off on a new adventure each class using movement, creative problem-solving, and imaginative play. An engaging theme charts the course for a fun-filled journey. A hands-on art project adds to the fun. In this session, students are encouraged to bring their adventurous spirit out to play! A final demonstration for family and friends will occur on the last day of class.

Where will your imagination take you? Each week students will travel through fiction’s most adventurous stories, all while never leaving the classroom. Students will use their actor’s tools (body, mind, voice, and imagination) to create dynamic characters as they journey far from home and back again. How does your character grow and change throughout the journey? Through theatre and hands-on visual art experiences, students will bring these stories to life. A final demonstration for family and friends will occur on the last day of class.

Drawing from the best of Broadway, students will “ Let Their Freak Flag Fly” as they explore stories of misfits and outcasts who stay true to themselves against all odds. They will learn to “sing a story” by exploring the various voices that can be produced by using the appropriate vocal technique. Students will connect the voice to posture, gesture, and full-body movement through improvisation to create vivid characters. They will “dance a story” by learning to use creative movement to bring their storytelling to life. Not all actors need to dance, but learning how to use a creative and flexible range of movement will help young actors feel more confident on stage, develop physically interesting characters, and add another skill to their actor’s toolbox. A final demonstration for family and friends will occur on the last day of class.

This class is currently full. Please email: Wfted@bu.edu to be added to the waitlist. A member of our staff will be in touch if/when a space on the waitlist becomes available!

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!