Classes for The Coterie's Teenage Actors allow young actors to continue their growth and exploration as actors by taking more in-depth classes that introduce them to the various techniques of acting.
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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 class ends with an audition for class members interested in auditioning for the experience, as well as roles in The Coterie’s mainstage 2023-2024 season.
This class offers an opportunity for consideration in The Coterie’s Acting Master class.
Grades: 8th-12th
Locations: Midtown, Overland Park
Sessions: Summer
If you like acting, singing, and dancing, then musical theatre is for you! In this class you will perform showstoppers from Broadway like The Prom, Legally Blonde, Hadestown, and more! 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: 5th-10th
Locations: Plaza, Overland Park, Liberty
Sessions: Summer
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*Registration for this class at our Plaza location will begin on April 17th through Pembroke Hill's summer programming site. To receive a reminder on the day it opens, contact Stephanie at slaaker@coterietheatre.org
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: 8th-12th
Locations: Plaza, Overland Park, Midtown, Liberty
Sessions: Summer
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*Registration for this class at our Plaza location will begin on April 17th through Pembroke Hill's summer programming site. To receive a reminder on the day it opens, contact Stephanie at slaaker@coterietheatre.org
Let’s get on our feet and team up to write and perform a brand-new play in a week! 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 Monday, 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 all week 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.
Incoming Grades: 5th-10th
Sessions: Summer
Combining the stories of all the best Grimm Brothers fairytales, this award-winning musical will send you on an unexpected journey! Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and more set out to break the witch’s curse. Featuring the rich music of Stephen Sondheim, this show will be a fun challenge for all actors. Hop into a fairytale!
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: 6th-12th
Locations: Plaza
Sessions: Summer
Click here for our health & safety protocol.
*Registration for this class at our Plaza location will begin on April 17th through Pembroke Hill's summer programming site. To receive a reminder on the day it opens, contact Stephanie at slaaker@coterietheatre.org