Which acting course is right for your child?
HOMESCHOOL PLAY
with Cara Alvey
Wednesdays from 11:00-1:30pm
Ages 10-17
$150
Lights, Camera, Action: Stage and Screen Acting is a class that teaches young actors essential skills for both stage and on-camera screen acting through foundational core exercises.
Students will engage in monologues, play scenes, script analysis, imagination exercises, improv, commercials, and television and film sides, overcoming stage jitters, character development and more.
Students will showcase their talents in a final performance on stage performing a monologue, commercial, and a scene or short play.
Students will work on stage as well as on screen!!
HOMESCHOOL: MUSICAL
with Cara Alvey
Fridays from 11:00am-1:00pm
Ages 8-19
$120
This is a class that teaches young actors essential skills for stage acting through foundational core exercises.
Students will engage in monologues, play scenes, script analysis, imagination exercises, improv, commercials, and television and film sides, overcoming stage jitters, character development and more.
Students will showcase their talents in a final performance on stage performing a monologue, commercial, and a scene.
ACTING 1
with Lucy Garner
Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00pm
Ages 8-19
$60
An introduction to the skills needed for all types of theater, this class will focus on imagination and the ability to generate new ideas spontaneously. Using the vehicle of Improv, students will be able to build and strengthen their acting, participation, and active listening skills through the art of "thinking on your feet". A must for all actors!
OFF THE CUFF - IMPROV
TROUPE
with Lucy Garner
Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00pm
Ages 13-19
$80
Off The Cuff- An in-depth exploration designed to teach deep ensemble collaboration and strengthen the core techniques needed for performance improv. Scene work is focused on layering ideas together as a team and advancing the creativity of themselves and of actors around them.
This group will perform for families/friends
quarterly
INTRO TO DIRECTING
with Jason White
Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00pm
Ages 13-19
$60
In this class, we will learn different styles of directing and forms of theater. We’ll go over the basics of how to run and manage a rehearsal room and how to organize a production that everyone involved in can be proud of. We’ll also go over how to create a concept for anything from classics to musicals to experimental works.
Learn to sing at AYT.
Get moving with Dance!
MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE
with Bruce Goolsby
Mondays from 5:00-6:00pm
Ages 8-19
$60
TAP - ALL LEVELS
with Bruce Goolsby
Mondays from 4:00-5:00pm
Ages 8-19
$60
Musical theater dance is a theatrical dance style that includes dancing and acting to songs from musicals. In this class students will learn the basics of acting and character development while dancing. They will learn to use movement to tell a story.
Students will learn a variety of tap styles from Broadway to Rhythm tap.
The class emphasis is on developing proper technique, producing clear tap sounds and having fun.
Dress Code
Our general dress code policy for all classes is CLOSED TOED TENNIS SHOES, and loose fitting, non-restrictive clothing that promotes movement, but is not revealing. A more specific dress code may be communicated by instructors during your first weeks of class. Tap shoes are required for tap classes.