Preteen Actors
Grades 5 Through 7
Classes for The Coterie’s Preteen Actors are built upon the natural imagination young actors have and introduce the fundamentals of acting, creating a base for future in-depth classes.
Unleash your child’s creativity!
Rockstars, Popstars, and Superstars
Incoming Grades 3-5
Summer
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.
Summer Term at Hogwarts
Incoming Grades 3-5
Summer
Join all of your favorite characters from the Harry Potter series as you enter into a magical world filled with wizards, dragons, trolls, and elves. Act out scenes as Hogwarts students, go to classes, play Quidditch, and even battle evil wizards! Immerse yourself in this exciting world all week and come out a full-fledged wizard.
Percy Jackson & the Mythological
Incoming Grades 3-5
Summer
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!
Funny Bones: Intro to Improv
Incoming Grades 5-7
Summer
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!
Musical Theatre: Triple Threat
Incoming Grades 5-10
Summer
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.
Audition Lab
Incoming Grades 6-12
Summer
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.
Puppet Construction
Incoming Grades 6-12
Summer
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!
Finding Nemo JR.
Incoming Grades 6-12 (2-week at Pembroke)
Summer
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.
Out Loud: Create Your Own Play
Incoming Grades 6-12
Summer
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 on Friday evening. 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.
