Classes

Description: Summer, autumn, winter, spring. Whatever the season, and whatever the weather, Frog and Toad will have a fun-filled day whenever they’re together. Hop on down to the pond and join Frog and Toad through all four seasons as we create our own animal characters along the way. Whether you are planting a garden or going sledding, there’s nothing like a fun adventure alongside your friends. Grades K-2 Liberty: July 21-25 9:00-12:00 | $170 Overland Park: June 23-27 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: June 9-13 12:30-3:30 | $190

Description: Audition Lab is a great way to prepare for upcoming auditions! With the help of a professional teaching artist, students will choose audition monologues that match their age, personality, and individual audition needs. Students will prepare a monologue, develop successful strategies for cold readings, and learn how to create a professional resume. The final class includes a special audition with a member of The Coterie staff for youth roles in the upcoming Coterie season. This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie's Acting Master class. SPRING Grades 5-7 and Grades 8-12 Midtown: April 1-May 6 (Tuesdays 5:30-7:00 pm): $95 Overland Park: March 29-May 3 (Saturdays 2:00-3:30 pm): $110 SUMMER Incoming Grades 6-12 KCK: June 9-13 12:30-3:30 | $170 (FREE to Wyandotte County residents) Liberty: July 21-25 9:00-12:00 | $170 Midtown: July 21-25 12:30-3:30 | $160 Overland Park: July 14-18 9:00-12:00 | $170

Description: Get ready to jump into your favorite stories from Bluey! Join Bluey and all her friends as you pretend to be a doctor, work in a library, drive a taxi, go to the zoo, and so much more. Explore silly characters and games from Bluey while we work together to act, play, and switch to “dance mode” for this tail wagging fun time! Incoming Grades K-2 KCK: June 16-20 9:00-12:00 | $170 (FREE to Wyandotte County residents) Liberty: July 28-Aug 1 9:00-12:00 | $170 Midtown: June 7-11 9:00-12:00 | $160 Overland Park: June 9-13 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: July 14-18 8:30-11:30 | $190

Description: This popular Coterie class steps up your comedy game as students explore the wide-open world of improvisation. Students new to improv will learn the framework needed for successful comedy, and alumni will sharpen their comedic skills as they learn about comedy, creating character, and dramatic action. This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Comedy Master Class. Incoming Grades 8-12 Liberty: July 14-18 12:30-3:30 | $170 Midtown: July 28-Aug 1 12:30-3:30 | $160 Overland Park: July 7-11 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: July 21-25 12:30-3:30 | $190 (Grades 9-12)

Description: Get your wands, spells, and magic dust ready because we are exploring the world of enchantment. While creating bold, mystic characters we will explore enchanting literature and create our own legendary adventures. Whether you are a wizard casting spells or a mysterious mythical creature, we need you to come along on this magical ride! Grades 4-6 Midtown: March 31-May 5 (Mondays 5:30-7:00 pm): $95 Overland Park: March 29-May 3 (Saturdays 12:00-1:30 pm): $110

Description: Based on the beloved 2003 Pixar movie, Finding Nemo JR. brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure. Featuring memorable songs such as “Just Keep Swimming,” “Fish Are Friends Not Food,” and “Go With the Flow,” actors will get to step up to the challenge to bring these popular characters to life on stage. Students registered for this camp must be able to attend performances July 18 and 19. All students enrolled will have a speaking role—some large and some small. All students will also sing in the chorus and some will have solos. Auditions will be held the first day and the casting will be determined then. Incoming Grades 6-12 2-Week Performance Camp Plaza: July 7-18 8:30-3:30 | $650 Performs July 18 at 7pm and July 19 at 2pm (both required)

Description: Get your funny started as you begin to learn all about comedy and improv! This fun and fast-paced class introduces young actors to the wide-open world of improvisational comedy. Students will develop skills in spontaneity, listening, creativity, storytelling, and collaboration as they explore their silly side! Incoming Grades 5-7 Liberty: July 14-18 12:30-3:30 | $170 Midtown: July 28-Aug 1 9:00-12:00 | $160 Overland Park: July 7-11 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: July 21-25 12:30-3:30 | $190 (Grades 6-8)

Description: Hop into your spaceships and grab your space lasers! It’s an intergalactic call to action! We will create quirky, cosmic characters as we discover new life forms, explore strange planets, and help save the galaxy. Work together with other explorers to create scenes and stories about our oddball characters and their adventures in other galaxies. Grades 2-4 Midtown: March 31-May 5 (Mondays 5:30-7:00 pm): $95 Overland Park: March 29-May 3 (Saturdays 2:00-3:30 pm): $110

Description: If you like acting, singing, and dancing, then musical theatre is for you! In this class, you will perform showstoppers from Broadway—like Mean Girls or Beetlejuice! Students will spend the week exploring character, learning choreography, and singing as an ensemble under the direction of an expert musical theatre actor and an accompanist. Students will perform as a chorus for family and friends during the final class. Incoming Grades 5-10 Liberty: July 21-25 12:30-3:30 | $195 Overland Park: June 16-20 9:00-12:00 | $195 Plaza: June 23-27 12:30-3:30 | $205 (Grades 6-12)

Description: A teddy bear, a bunny, a tiger—no matter what your favorite stuffie is, we want to meet them! Bring your body, voice, imagination… AND your favorite stuffie to class as we explore together each week. Our stuffies will watch us as we work together and join in on our adventures when we need their help!

*Students registered in this class must be potty trained. Ages 3-5 Midtown: March 29-May 3 (Saturdays 10:30-11:30 am): $85

Description: Let’s get on our feet and team up to write and perform a brand-new play! This is a unique performance experience where students will get a chance to work with a professional playwright to create a new short play, and a professional director to rehearse the show in time to have a world premiere on Friday night! On the first day, students will be led through playwriting and character creation activities. Then our playwright will take your ideas and turn them into a script that you will rehearse and perform at the end of the week. Bring your creativity and join us for this fun and exciting challenge! All students enrolled will have a speaking role—some large and some small. Students enrolled at KCK will also have a Saturday performance. Incoming Grades 6-12 1 Week Performance Camp KCK: June 23-27 9:00-3:30 | $330 (FREE to Wyandotte County residents) Performs June 27 at 7pm and June 28 at 2pm (both required) Liberty: July 28-Aug 1 9:00-3:30 | $330 Performs August 1 at 7pm

Description: Battling a minotaur or a cyclops is no easy task, unless you’ve trained as a demigod! At Camp Half-Blood we’ll explore Greek mythology inspired by the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series. Ready your shields to start your training! Incoming Grades 3-5 KCK: June 16-20 12:30-3:30 | $170 (FREE to Wyandotte County residents) Liberty: July 14-18 9:00-12:00 | $170 Midtown: July 7-11 12:30-3:30 | $160 Overland Park: June 23-27 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: June 9-13 8:30-11:30 | $190

Description: If you like crafting, creating, or technical theatre, this is the class for you. Led by professional teaching artists from What If Puppets, students enrolled in this class will be introduced to puppet construction. To put these skills to the test, the class will create the puppets for The Coterie Theatre School’s summer production of Finding Nemo JR. Build the puppets, and then sign up to act in the show, or join us in the audience to watch your puppets onstage! Incoming Grades 6-12 Midtown: July 23-27 9:00-3:30 | $330

Description: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live like a rockstar? Would you be a performer like Harry Styles or Taylor Swift? Whether your band is country or K-pop, the real drama happens backstage. Create and act out scenes about what could happen to your musical group as you tour across the country. This class challenges students to sustain characters and develop back-story that informs your performance. Incoming Grades 3-5 Liberty: July 28-Aug 1 12:30-3:30 | $170 Midtown: July 21-25 9:00-12:00 | $160 Overland Park: July 14-18 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: June 23-27 8:30-11:30 | $190

Description: Calling all superheroes! It’s time to join The Coterie’s Superhero Training Academy where super students will create their own superhero characters to create our own super stories. Just like Spiderman, PJ Masks, Ladybug, or Cat Noir, find and explore your hidden superpowers as your team works together to save the day. Incoming Grades K-2 Liberty: July 14-18 9:00-12:00 | $170 Midtown: June 23-27 9:00-12:00 | $160 Overland Park: June 16-20 9:00-12:00 | $170 Plaza: July 7-11 12:30-3:30 | $190

Description: Chugga, vroom, wee-oo, beep beep! Let’s travel and explore in different vehicles. Whether we take a boat to a desert island or climb into our rocket ships, we are sure to discover amazing sights. Bring your body, voice, and imagination along the way to create stories and characters and share our discoveries with one another. Grades K-1 Midtown: March 29-May 3 (Saturdays 12:00-1:30 pm): $95 Overland Park: March 29-May 3 (Saturdays 12:00-1:30 pm): $110