Classes

Description: Ever wish you could make yourself part of one of your favorite graphic novel stories? Get ready to bring your favorite characters to life! We will creature scenes and stories inspired by our favorite graphic novels and comic books. Join a dragon tribe from Wings of Fire, start your own Babysitters Club, or follow 39 clues around the world to solve a mystery! Grades 4th-6th Midtown: Jan 25 - Mar 1 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Jan 30 - Mar 6 | 12:00-1:30 | $113

Description: Did you know that many of the actors who work on The Coterie’s stage also do commercials, television series, and films? Learn to transfer your acting skills to the screen! This course covers analyzing commercial and film “copy,” acting, taking direction, audition skills, and techniques on how to work with the camera. This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Acting Master class. Grades 5th-7th and 8th-12th Midtown: Mar 30 - May 4 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Mar 27 - May 1 | 2:00-3:30 | $113

Description: Do you love acting, but want to know more about it? This class will teach acting skills to equip young actors with the ability to create honest, grounded performances. Students will explore and learn about a variety of acting styles and genres, perfect for new and returning students alike. Make new friends and take on a new acting challenge! This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Acting Master class. Grades 5th-7th and 8th-12th Midtown: Jan 26 - Mar 2 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Jan 30 - Mar 6 | 2:00-3:30 | $113

Description: It's time to stop being a person and start acting like an animal! Every week we will go on new adventures as animal friends, telling stories and acting them out. Are you a tiger lost in the jungle? A kitty in outer space? Or an elephant that escaped from the zoo? The possibilities end where your imagination does! *Students registered in this class must be potty trained. Ages 3-5 (Pre-K) Midtown: Jan 30 - Mar 6 | 10:30-11:30 | $88

Description: Paint the world all of your favorite colors! Are you more like Pinkalicious, eating up all the pink cupcakes? Or like Harold, creating new worlds with your purple crayon? We’ll explore characters from colorful books such as Rainbow Fish, A Bad Case of Stripes, and The Day the Crayons Quit and act out stories inspired by them. Grades K-1st Midtown: Jan 30 - Mar 6 | 12:00-1:30 | $98 Overland Park: Jan 30 - Mar 6 | 12:00-1:30 | $113

Description: Step into a world of mystery! Detective stories are always full of intrigue and clever plot twists. Transform into detectives and secret agents to search for clues as you create and solve mysteries. Get your detective skills ready—let’s start sleuthing and crack this case! Grades 2nd-4th Midtown: Jan 25 - Mar 1 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Jan 30 - Mar 6 | 2:00-3:30 | $113

Description: The Pigeon is in a play, and you can learn all about acting right along with friends from Mo Willems’ stories! Team up with Elephant, Piggie, and Unlimited Squirrels as you explore the world and books of children’s author Mo Willems. Have fun with all the characters and bring your favorite books to life! Grades K-1st Midtown: Oct 3 - Nov 7 | 12:00-1:30 | $98 Overland Park: Oct 3 - Nov 7 | 12:00-1:30 | $113

Description: What’s that noise? Who’s behind that door? The horror genre is a challenge for even the most seasoned actors. It brings many great opportunities for you to create bold and exciting characters and find the right timing to inspire fear and dread in your audience. This class will utilize scripts from plays or movies and have students create their own scary scenes. Grades 4th-6th Midtown: Oct 5 - Nov 9 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Oct 3 - Nov 7 | 12:00-1:30 | $113

Description: Have you heard? There have been strange happenings in the mysterious mansion. Are there ghosts? A secretive family? Discover what is inside by creating scenes and characters and get to the bottom of this mystery. Bring your imagination and be prepared to search for clues; it’s up to you to figure out how this story ends. Grades 2nd-4th Midtown: Oct 5 - Nov 9 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Oct 3 - Nov 7 | 2:00-3:30 | $113

Description: A scarf or rippling water? A stick or a magic wand? A ribbon or a snake slithering on the ground? Using theatre, movement, and music, students will explore creatively with whatever we find in our treasure trunk of ideas! A treasure trunk of imagination and creativity await! *Students registered in this class must be potty trained. Ages 3-5 (Pre-K) Midtown: Mar 27 - May 1 | 10:30-11:30 | $88

Description: Put on your disguises and prepare for a mysterious adventure. Students will transform into spies and work together to search for clues to complete a mission. We will explore characters who have something to hide and create mysteries along the way. It’s sure to be a fun challenge for all actors! Grades 4th-6th Midtown: Mar 29 - May 3 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Mar 27 - May 1 | 12:00-1:30 | $113

Description: Hop into your spaceships and grab your space lasers! It’s an intergalactic call to action! Become your favorite space characters or create new ones as we discover new life forms, explore strange planets, and help save the galaxy. Work together with other explorers to create stories that will take us “to infinity and beyond!” Grades K-1st Midtown: Mar 27 - May 1 | 12:00-1:30 | $98 Overland Park: Mar 27 - May 1 | 12:00-1:30 | $113

Description: Each week students will be introduced to a different book and use theatre, movement, music, and visual arts to explore that book. Together the students will journey into the book’s world and act like the characters along with their new class friends. We’ll have fun with titles such as Harold and the Purple Crayon, Giraffes Can’t Dance, and more! *Students registered in this class must be potty trained. Ages 3-5 (Pre-K) Midtown: Oct 3 - Nov 7 | 10:30-11:30 | $88

Description: Autumn is a perfect time for chilling masterpieces! Inspired by The Coterie’s production of Electric Poe, students will get to act out pieces written by Edgar Allan Poe and write new moody scenes inspired by his work to be performed by the class. Show off your talents as a playwright and as an actor! This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Acting Master class. Grades 5th-7th and 8th-12th Midtown: Oct 6 - Nov 10 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Oct 3 - Nov 7 | 2:00-3:30 | $113

Description: Have you ever read a story and wished for a different ending? For a character to make a different decision? For the villain to be the hero? Well, here’s your chance! Your favorite stories with new ideas…your ideas! Young actors will work together to bring the alternate versions of your favorites to life with your original storytelling and scene. Come explore “what if” scenarios and create a new “happily ever after.” Grades 2nd-4th Midtown: Mar 29 - May 3 | 5:30-7:00 | $98 Overland Park: Mar 27 - May 1 | 2:00-3:30 | $113