DCPA CHILD & TEEN ONLINE CLASSES

For eager students as young as three to high schoolers taking the first step towards a theatre career, our classes fuel creativity and reinforce the tools to help all skill levels improve and develop their craft.

WHY THEATRE EDUCATION?
It’s more than just acting. Our classes help form well-rounded, articulate, and empathetic individuals. Whether your student is just discovering their voice or is ready for master-level instruction, we have the perfect courses to help them grow and thrive. All of our sessions blend the fundamentals of acting while developing skills like critical thinking, language, and teamwork. Through their experiences in theatre, our students come to understand the importance of commitment, collaboration, grit, and revision.

WHY DCPA EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT?
We’re no strangers to teaching, engaging more than 144,000 students each year through on-site classes, in-school programs, student matinees, and Theatre for Young Audiences performances. Students learn first-hand from our professional teaching staff of national theatre leaders, who bring decades of professional experience to their classes and curriculum. All personnel undergo extensive training and have passed a background check by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations. Our faculty biographies are available online.

HOW ONLINE?
As DCPA Education and Community Engagement moves to online programming, we remain committed to each of our classes being facilitated ‘live’ rather than pre-recorded. This commitment maintains the bonds of student-teacher and the power of communal learning and peer-to-peer discovery. Classes will continue to empower up and doing, whole-body learning, movement, and theatricality.

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE – Please email education@dcpa.org.

PreKMulti-Session Classes

PreK and Caregiver – Zoom and Play Saturdays: Shakespeare

Join with your child in bringing the people, places and words of the beloved Bard alive! Each online session will invite the two of you to participate together in creative dramatic play incorporating “costumes” and “props” easily found among household objects and clothing. At least one adult family member (18 or older) is required to accompany the child for each class session. Families may keep the accompanying adult the same or switch between adult caregivers.
4 sessions • $85 • 45 min class time
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski

PreKOne-Time Workshops

PreK and Caregiver – Families Follies: Halloween Hijinks

Gather all your haunts for hilarious family fun through creative dramatic play. Online comedic thrills and chills are yours as you all come together to join in the tricks and treats of theatre activities! At least one adult family member (18 or older) is required to accompany the child(ren) during this workshop. It’s that time of year for Halloween fun – all are welcome to wear costumes to class!
1 session • $25 • 1 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 10 – 11am • Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski

Kindergarten – 1st GradeMulti-Session Classes

K – 1st Grade Storybook Explorers: Real and Imaginary Animals

Zoom in with your imagination and get ready for a creative workout bringing a wide range of storybook animals to life. Your online creative dramatic play will transform an ordinary, at hand, household object or piece of clothing into the adventures of a new animal that you create each week. Parents & caregivers are welcome! Each week will include an interactive craft project. DCPA will mail a craft packet to each student.
4 sessions • $90 • 45 min class time
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • Rachel Taylor

Kindergarten – 1st GradeMulti-Session Classes

K – 1st Grade Storybook Explorers: Me You We

Zoom in with your imagination and get ready for a creative workout bringing the characters and adventures from new and favorite storybooks that celebrate being you, being a friend, and being part of communities! Your online creative dramatic play will transform an ordinary, at hand, household object or piece of clothing into the fun and activities of each session. Parents & caregivers are welcome! Each week will include an interactive craft project. DCPA will mail a craft packet to each student.
4 sessions • $90 • 45 min class time
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • Rachel Taylor

Kindergarten – 1st GradeOne-Time Workshops

K – 1st Grade Families Follies: Halloween Hijinks

Gather all your haunts for hilarious family fun through creative dramatic play. Online comedic thrills and chills are yours as you all come together to join in the tricks and treats of theatre activities! Parents & caregivers are welcome! It’s that time of year for Halloween fun – all are welcome to wear costumes to class!
1 session • $25 • 1 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 10 – 11am • Samuel Wood

2nd – 3rd GradeMulti-Session Classes

2nd – 3rd Grade Clowns and Chaos

At last! Here is your online opportunity to ‘runaway’ and join in simple circus skills! Create three-ring-worthy comedy using ordinary, at hand, household objects or pieces of clothing and step into the center ring to craft clowning from familiar stories of silly characters and plots that twist and turn.
4 sessions • $85 • 1 hr class time
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • Justin Walvoord

2nd – 3rd GradeOne-Time Workshops

2nd – 3rd Grade Howlingly Hilarious Circus Skills

It’s a three-ring online spooktacular as you join us to learn simple circus entertainments. From juggling to clowning, you’ll come away with the skills to have your friends and families in awe of your frighteningly creative dexterity! It’s that time of year for Halloween fun – all are welcome to wear costumes to class!
1 session • $40 • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 10 – 11:30am • Justin Walvoord

2nd – 3rd GradeMulti-Session Classes

2nd – 3rd Grade Fairy Tales: Yesterday and Today

Open the book to creating the characters and adventures of treasured fairy tale characters and how those same stories have been adapted to contemporary settings and themes. Online creative dramatic play will keep you moving, and imagining, and using ordinary, at hand, household objects or pieces of clothing to go from once upon a time to happily ever after.
4 sessions • $85 • 1 hr class time
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski

3rd – 5th GradeOne-Time Workshops

3rd – 5th Grade Halloween Dance Party

Come move those monster feet to the sounds of the Halloween season. Learn fun choreography to The Monster Mash, songs from The Addams Family, Zombie Prom, and other spooky tunes.
1 session • $40 • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 11:30am – 1pm • Claudia Carson

3rd – 5th GradeOne-Time Workshops

3rd – 5th Grade Monster Mash – Theatrical Makeup

Just in time for all your plans for haunting comes this online exploration of using simple theatrical make-up techniques for Halloween. Join in real-time demonstrations using easy-to-find supplies at home or in-stores. A short list of suggested items will be provided upon registration.
1 session • $40 • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 10 – 11:30am • Rachel Taylor

3rd – 5th GradeMulti-Session Classes

3rd – 5th Grade Musical Madness Live Online!

Sing loud and proud! Students start from scratch to create the story, lyrics, dance moves while producing an original online musical. As they use their acting skills to transform their ideas, each student will leave the class with the satisfaction of creating an entire mini musical to share with an eager audience.
FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Please join us for a final online performance on October 17^th
6 sessions • $235 • 2 hr class time
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 17• 1 – 3pm (Zoom performance Oct 17 at 3pm)
Claudia Carson & Jill Schladweiler

4th – 5th GradeMulti-Session Classes

4th – 5th Grade Roald Dahl: From Books to Musicals

Dive into the world and stories of Roald Dahl that have moved from book to hit musicals. Explore the characters, songs, and inventive storylines of Matilda, Charlie and Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and more. Theatre activities designed to get you up and moving and into a creative and energized Saturday.
4 sessions • $85 • 1 hr class time
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • Claudia Carson

4th – 5th GradeOne-Time Workshops

4th – 5th Grade The Art of Auditioning

When you want to learn how to turn acting skills into a career, it’s all about the audition. This workshop will guide you toward preparing material for the big moment and provide you with strategies for taking control of your performance. Whether auditioning for productions at school, local theatres, or art schools, this workshop will get you prepared for the process. This workshop will be very hands-on; please be ready to work with a memorized monologue.
1 session • $40 • 2 hr class time
Sat • Dec 5 • 10am – 12pm • Justin Walvoord

4th – 5th GradeOne-Time Workshops

4th – 5th Grade Silly & Spooky Spontaneity

Get ready to improv! Unleash the hounds of creative chaos as you become Halloween characters and create spontaneous scenes. Active creative dramatic online play will awaken your imagination to join in hauntingly hilarious improv.
1 session • $40 • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 10 – 11:30am • David Saphier

4th – 5th GradeMulti-Session Classes

4th – 5th Grade Library of Wonders

Released, at last, from their pages to your online stage, you become the characters from favorite books but give them new adventures and situations to encounter. You’ll exercise your imagination and your body as you open the book for creative dramatic play.
4 sessions • $85 • 1 hr class time
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • Claudia Carson

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeMulti-Session Classes

Middle School Acting Foundations

Develop a toolbox of acting essentials while exploring scene analysis, improvisation, working with objectives and learning key theatre vocabulary. This online class will set an understanding of core acting theory found in all of our higher-level courses.
4 sessions • $100 • 1.5 hr class time • David Saphier
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • 10 – 11:30am

OR
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • 10 – 11:30am

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeMulti-Session Classes

Middle School Improv

Throw inhibitions aside, build confidence and explore the fun and spontaneous world of improv. Using group activities, short-form games and improvised scene work, this class creates a supportive online environment for creative play and discovering how to make strong choices that further character and situation.
4 sessions • $100 • 1.5 hr class time • David Saphier
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • 12 – 1:30pm

OR
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • 12 – 1:30pm

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeOne-Time Workshops

Middle School The Art of Auditioning

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeOne-Time Workshops

Middle School On Camera

Do you have a burning desire to work in film and television, but are intimidated by being in front of the camera? Get ready to approach the work with the director calls action, “Action!” Learn to apply basic acting techniques to on-camera skills and build confidence in front of the camera.
1 session • $40 • 2 hr class time
Wed • Aug 19 • 3:30-5pm • Timothy McCracken

OR
Sat • Oct 10 • 10am – 12pm • Timothy McCracken

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeHigh School 9th – 12th GradeOne-Time Workshops

Middle School & High School – Broadway Choreography: The Songs of Hamilton

Do not throw away your shot at moving to these iconic tunes. This is a class designed specifically for online learning and sharing of dance combinations inspired by the electric choreography of Hamilton. Join us for a fun and fast-paced class, beginning with a full-body warm-up and then moving into a sharp and energetic combo.
1 session • $40 • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Dec 5 • 1 – 2:30pm • Cedric Hall

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeHigh School 9th – 12th GradeOne-Time Workshops

Middle School & High School Zombie Academy

Join the world of the undead and show off those zombie skills! Learn zombie make-up techniques using easy-to-find supplies at home or in-stores. Explore your flesh-eating side through character exercises and exploration. This creepy workshop will culminate in a zombie parade – Family and friends are invited to the parade to witness your un-life-like creations. A short list of suggested items will be provided upon registration.
1 session • $60 • 2.5 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 1 – 3:30pm (Zombie parade starts at 3pm)
Rachel Taylor & Justin Walvoord

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeHigh School 9th – 12th GradeOne-Time Workshops

Middle School & High School – Broadway Tap

Grab those shoes and bring those dancin’ feet to Zoom! Learn fun choreography to some of Broadway’s most toe tappin’ tunes. Class will move quickly past the basics to use intermediate technique and rhythms. Tap shoes are recommended but not required.
1 session • $40 • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Nov 7 • 1 – 2:30pm • Leslie Channell

Middle School 6th – 8th GradeMulti-Session Classes

Middle School Company Live Online!

How can theatre be made online – don’t you need a stage? Your place becomes our space for creating a play that is as original and as curious as you and your co-creating colleagues. Using theatre activities, improvisation, and active character work, this class culminates in an online sharing an original play!
FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Please join us for a final online performance on October 17^th
6 sessions • $235 • 2 hr class time
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 17 • 1 – 3pm (Zoom performance Oct 17 3pm) • Rachel Taylor

High School 9th – 12th GradeOne-Time Workshops

High School The Art of Auditioning

When you want to learn how to turn acting skills into a career, it’s all about the audition. This workshop will guide you toward preparing material for the big moment and provide you with strategies for taking control of your performance. Whether auditioning for productions at school, local theatres, college or art schools, this workshop will get you prepared for the process. This workshop will be very hands-on; please be ready to work with a memorized monologue.
1 session • $40 • 2 hr class time
Sat • Dec 5 • 10am – 12pm • Samuel Wood

High School 9th – 12th GradeMulti-Session Classes

High School Musical Theatre Showcase

Want to be a Broadway-bound triple threat? Challenge your musical theatre chops in this focused online course with professional-level musical theatre training, culminating in a final showcase. This experience will include Tony Award-winning shows from the golden age and today’s greatest works.
FAMILIES & FRIENDS: Please join us for a final online performance on October 17^th
6 sessions • $235 • 2 hr class time
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 17 • 1 – 3pm (Zoom performance Oct 17 at 3pm) • Samuel Wood

High School 9th – 12th GradeOne-Time Workshops

High School On Camera

Sat • Aug 29 • 1-3pm • Tim McCracken

OR
Sat • Oct 10 • 1 – 3pm • Timothy McCracken

High School 9th – 12th GradeMulti-Session Classes

High School Master Class

For advanced acting students who are ready to take on a challenge, this online class fine-tunes your skills with scene and monologue work. You’ll continue to hone acting choices, explore new playwrights and make connections and choices through advanced script analysis and exploration of craft and technique.
4 sessions • $125 • 2 hr class time • Allison Watrous
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • 10am – 12pm
OR
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • 10am – 12pm
Instructor approval required – please email education@dcpa.org.

High School 9th – 12th GradeOne-Time Workshops

High School Playwriting Workshop

As part of the AT&T High School Playwriting Competition, join us on Zoom for this community workshop. Our professional Teaching Artists will take students through writing and creativity exercises that will inspire new work or help you edit and refine works in progress. Hone your craft and even work towards a submission for the competition, just before the deadline of Dec 11. This workshop is offered free of charge but students must pre-register. Zoom details will be sent to registrants before class.
1 session • FREE • 1.5 hr class time
Sat • Oct 10 • 1 – 2:30pm • Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski & Quinn Marchman

High School 9th – 12th GradeMulti-Session Classes

High School Acting Foundations

Develop a toolbox of acting essentials while exploring scene analysis, improvisation, working with objectives and learning key theatre vocabulary. This online class will set an understanding of core acting theory found in all of our higher-level courses.
4 sessions • $100 • 1.5 hr class time • Samuel Wood
Sat • Sep 12 – Oct 3 • 10 – 11:30am

OR
Sat • Oct 17 – Nov 14 (no class Oct 31) • 10 – 11:30am

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PreK and Caregiver – Zoom and Play Saturdays: Shakespeare

PreK and Caregiver – Families Follies: Halloween Hijinks

K – 1st Grade Storybook Explorers: Real and Imaginary Animals

K – 1st Grade Storybook Explorers: Me You We

K – 1st Grade Families Follies: Halloween Hijinks

2nd – 3rd Grade Clowns and Chaos

2nd – 3rd Grade Howlingly Hilarious Circus Skills

2nd – 3rd Grade Fairy Tales: Yesterday and Today

3rd – 5th Grade Halloween Dance Party

3rd – 5th Grade Monster Mash – Theatrical Makeup

3rd – 5th Grade Musical Madness Live Online!

4th – 5th Grade Roald Dahl: From Books to Musicals

4th – 5th Grade The Art of Auditioning

4th – 5th Grade Silly & Spooky Spontaneity

4th – 5th Grade Library of Wonders

Middle School Acting Foundations

Middle School Improv

Middle School The Art of Auditioning

Middle School On Camera

Middle School & High School – Broadway Choreography: The Songs of Hamilton

Middle School & High School Zombie Academy

Middle School & High School – Broadway Tap

Middle School Company Live Online!

High School The Art of Auditioning

High School Musical Theatre Showcase

High School On Camera

High School Master Class

High School Playwriting Workshop

High School Acting Foundations

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