Learn a variety of techniques from theater and improv to bring vibrant, hilarious characters to life!

Students work together to create theater based on a historical figure that intrigues them. In one week, the class will collaboratively choose and research their character, write a short play, and perform it!

Explore diverse characters from both comedic and dramatic stories, and discover how each actor’s choices can produce distinct and colorful characters.

Stories like Hansel & Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood were written at a time when the woods were dangerous places, and hungry wolves roamed into towns searching for food. What problems and dangers do youth face today, and how might a 2020 tale tackle them in an innovative, stereotype-busting way? Students take on the roles of playwrights, actors, and designers and work together to imagine and create a new myth for today’s world.

Theater is a team sport! Discover the skills that performers need to succeed as an ensemble. Learn how to listen, react, communicate, and make decisions with scene partners. Have fun with theater games and exercises to stretch, learn, and grow in creative ways, all with a supportive team!

This class brings our award-winning Youth Underground model to the younger generation! Students will learn the basics of investigative theater, gather diverse perspectives from their communities, and write and perform original stories about issues shaping their world right now.