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!
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.
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.
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.
Haunted Theatre
Grades 4-6
Fall
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. Bring your best ideas and your scariest stories as we enter the haunted places of our imagination!
Percy Jackson at Camp Half-Blood
Grades 4-6
Winter
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!
Videogame Takeover
Grades 4-6
Spring
Do you ever wonder what it’s like to spend a day in the world of Minecraft with Steve? Or getting to Dress To Impress with your favorite Roblox character? Or imagine what would happen if Princess Peach had to rescue Mario? As video games continue to offer exciting and interactive narratives, we’ll create our own stories using popular characters and worlds from our favorite games.
Theatre Artist’s Toolkit
Grades 5-7
Fall
Become a more well-rounded actor! Try something new or gain more experience doing something you love. Each week we’ll introduce a new workshop on a different topic: stage combat, improv, stage makeup, accents, physical comedy, and cold readings.
This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Acting Master class.
Uncovering Characters
Grades 5-7
Winter
Do you love creating characters and pretending to act differently than yourself? This class will focus on character study and developing honest characters from scripts, shows, movies, or your imaginations. Students will create backstories for their characters and learn a variety of techniques to help determine character choices—perfect for new and returning students alike.
This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Acting Master class.
Acting for the Camera
Grades 5-7
Spring
Did you know that many of the actors who work on The Coterie 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.