CLICK IMAGE TO REGISTER

2023-2024 ACADEMY – CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

*Click to expand. Remember that age & grade recommendations are guidelines and that classes are designed to be repeated, using new material each session

BEGINNER CLASSES
Grades 4K-2nd

  • Storybooks come to life in this beginner drama class as students will learn basic acting and presentation skills through imaginative play, theatre games, and character-building activities. This class encourages communication, collaboration, and understanding of story structure!

    Fall & Winter -$95 | Spring - $75

  • Tiny dances moves for tiny dancers! Students explore storytelling through movement to Disney favorites! This class encourages physical awareness, coordination, and creative physical expression!

    Fall & Winter -$95 | Spring - $75

INTERMEDIATE CLASSES
Grades 5th-8th+
*Any of the Elementary classes plus…

  • ACE your next audition in this intermediate musical theatre class! Students break down the audition process: Select songs, polish monologues, pick-up choreography fast! Perfect for new and seasoned performers alike, this class encourages creativity, individuality, and boosts confidence!

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • Sharpen your actor tools: body, voice and mind, in this intermediate acting class! Students expand their understanding of story structure and performance skills and focus on character development through ensemble scene study. This class encourages exploration, relationship skills, and critical thinking!

    *Improv I or Actor Toolbox is a prerequisite for this class.

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • 5-6-7-8! Students apply foundational skills in jazz, ballet and tap dance to Broadway’s best production numbers! This class encourages physical awareness, strength, and storytelling in movement!

    *Broadway Dance I or equivalent experience is a prerequisite for this class.

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • Think FAST! Students must trust their instincts and work as a team to create characters, relationships, and scenes unscripted, pulling comedy from the world around them! “Yes, AND” is rule #1. This class encourages collaboration, mental flexibility, and comedic timing.

    *Improv I, Actor Toolbox I or equivalent experience is a prerequisite for this class.

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • On guard! Students learn basic stage combat safety, terminology and technical skills in hand-to-hand combat and swordplay. Lead by an instructor, students will choreograph perform thrilling and dynamic fight scenes! This class encourages control, physicality, and presentation skills!

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • Roll up those sleeves! Students get their hands into every step of the creative process; exploring workshops in costuming design, sewing, prop creation, set building and painting, lighting, stage management and more. Tech Classes work is showcased on stage in LCP Mainstage and Academy productions!

    Fall & Winter -$225 | Spring - $185

HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES!
Now Scheduling 8Wk Sessions-1hr classes (Elementary or Intermediate Level) from 10am-2pm on Mondays & Tuesdays this fall.

ELEMENTARY CLASSES
Grades 2nd-5th+

  • Fill your "Actor's Toolbox" with the tools necessary for building strong characters in this beginner acting class! Students activate their bodies, voices and minds through ensemble exercises, games, and scene work. This class encourages exploration, relationship skills, and critical thinking!

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • You can’t stop the beat! Students learn foundational musical theatre dance skills and terminology in this beginner dance class. This class encourages coordination, confidence, and musicality in movement!

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • No scripts, just fun! Students use their imaginations, take risks, and learn to be in the moment in this fun and energetic game-based improv class! This class encourages collaboration, mental flexibility, and comedic timing!

    Fall & Winter -$150 | Spring - $120

  • Take center stage! Students strengthen acting, dance and vocal skills as they rehearse songs and scenes from our favorite musicals. This class encourages coordination, memorization and ensemble!

    Fall & Winter -$175 | Spring - $140

ADVANCED CLASSES
Grades 6th-12th
*Any of the Elementary or Intermediate classes plus…

  • Ready to take your acting to the next level? Students with a foundation of acting skills dive deeper with more challenging material in this advanced acting class. This class encourages literacy, attention to detail, self-discovery!

    *Actor Toolbox I or II or a Production Workshop is a prerequisite for this class.

    Fall & Winter -$175 | Spring - $140

  • Creative juices flow in this fast-paced playwriting and directing class! Students adapt literary classics for the stage, learning to analyze the text to create, direct and perform in compelling scenes with interesting characters. This class develops reading & writing skills and requires collaboration and self-motivation!

    Fall & Winter -$175 | Spring - $140

PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS
Grades 2nd-12th - AUDITION REQUIRED

  • Join Dorothy and her loyal companion Toto as they “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” through the Land of Oz, determined to reach the Emerald City, where the great and powerful Wizard of Oz will help them get home.

    Cast Size: 20-25 Students | Ages 8-18 + 8-16 JR Ensemble | Ages 5-8

    Rehearsal Dates: August 28-October 10, 2023 | Performance Dates: October 11-22, 2023

    Workshop Tuition: $275
    Jr. Ensembe Tuition: $185

  • In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

    Cast Size: 20+ Students | Ages 12-18

    Rehearsal Dates: January 2-February 28, 2024 | Performance Dates: February 28-March 10, 2024

    Workshop Tuition: $300

  • A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS is a whimsical show that follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. Throughout the year, two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.

    Cast Size: 20-25 Students | Ages 5-14
    *There will be 2 casts for this show.

    Rehearsal Dates: June 10-21, 2024
    A.M Cast - 9am-11:30am
    P.M Cast - 12:30pm-3pm

    Performance Dates: June 21-23, 2024

    Workshop Tuition: $250

  • Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favorite characters — Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch — in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.

    Cast Size: 20-25 Students | Ages 10-18

    Rehearsal Dates: July 1-31, 2024*
    2:30pm-5:30pm
    Performance Dates: August 1-4, 2024

    Workshop Tuition: $350

  • Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters...Since it first hatched in 1993, Stiles & Drewe's musical, Honk!, has winged its way around the world in over 8,000 productions and in many different languages. Winner of multiple awards, including the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical, this heartwarming celebration of being different is sure to delight audiences of all ages with its sparkling wit and memorable score.

    Cast Size: 20-25 Students | Ages 7-18

    Rehearsal Dates: July 8-August 7, 2024
    9am-12:30pm
    Performance Dates: August 8-11, 2024

    Workshop Tuition: $350


23-24 SESSIONS AT A GLANCE:

FALL SESSION (8 Wks): September 18-November 18, 2023
WINTER SESSION (8 Wks): January 15-March 16, 2024
SPRING SESSION (6 Wks): April 22-June 1, 2024
SUMMER SESSION (1-4Wk Camps): June 10-August 16, 2024

HELPFUL LINKS:

HELPFUL HINTS:

  1. OK to repeat! - choose classes based on the skills desired, it’s OK to take a class more than once as the materials used to teach the concepts will change each session.

  2. Age ranges are guidelines - If you believe your child should be considered for a class outside of the listed age range based on their prior experience please contact education@lakecountryplayhousewi.org

  3. Class times/days are subject to change from one session to the next based on a variety of factors, or in the the case of low enrollment groups of the same subject may be combined. Classes must have at least 4-6 students enrolled to run.


All Academy classes, workshops and auditions will take place in our Rehearsal Studios: 111 Church St. Hartland, WI 53029.

For questions regarding Performing Arts Academy programming, contact education@lakecountryplayhousewi.org