Students of all ages and backgrounds can experience the joy of creating and sharing theatre in programs that inspire creativity, exercise imaginations, and promote artistic risk-taking!

 

All classes are held at the Round House Theatre Education Center in downtown Silver Spring.

Scholarships for those with financial need are available. Contact Education@RoundHouseTheatre.org for an application.

Questions?  Email Education@RoundHouseTheatre.org or call 301.585.1225!

Creative Drama: Ocean Adventures!

Grades K-2

Saturdays 10:30am - 11:30am

Jan 25  - March 22 (no class Feb 15)

$150 

Students activate their imaginations using drama, movement, and design to explore the basics of theatrical storytelling. Ocean Adventures will use stories familiar and unfamiliar as jumping off points for our adventures whether as mermaids, fish, or pirates!  Class activities promote confidence, self-esteem, and creative expression while working on skills such as active listening, teamwork, and sharing. This class concludes with a sharing for families.  

THIS CLASS IS FULL.  Please contact Education to be placed on a waitlist.

Creative Drama: Magical Kingdoms

Grades K-2

Saturdays 1:00-2:00pm

Jan 25  - March 22 (no class Feb 15) 

$150 

Students activate their imaginations using drama, movement, and design to explore the basics of theatrical storytelling.  Magical Kingdoms will explore fantastic and magic kingdoms from cultures around the world and the stories told within them. Activities promote confidence, self-esteem, and creative expression while working on skills such as active listening, teamwork, and sharing. This class concludes with a sharing for families.  

Funky Fairytales and Mixed Up Myths

Grades 3-5

Saturdays 10:00am - 11:30am

Jan 25  - March 22 (no class Feb 15) 

$175 

Have you ever wanted to change the ending of a favorite fairytale? Or rethink a myth? Maybe the Big Bad Wolf should be the hero, or Cinderella doesn't lose a shoe? The possibilities are endless! In this class, students explore play creation and theatrical storytelling by reinventing and mashing up their favorite fairy tales using acting, movement, and design. Students work as an ensemble to create their own adventures by taking control of characters and re-imagining them in new circumstances. This class concludes with a sharing for families.

Improv!

Grades 6-9

Saturdays 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Jan 25  - March 22 (no class Feb 15) 

$175 

Act Fast! Improvisation teaches collaborative problem-solving, encourages spontaneity, and builds self-confidence. Through games, interactive play, and long-form exploration, this class encourages creativity and teamwork. The emphasis will be on creating a safe environment for students to take risks, make mistakes, and learn through doing. This class can be repeated multiple times and concludes with a sharing for families.

THIS CLASS IS FULL.  Please contact Education to be placed on a waitlist.

Young Artist Performance Company

Grades 4-7

Saturdays 10:00am - 12:30pm

Jan 25  - April 5 (no class Feb 15)

$225 

The Young Artist Performance Company (YAPC) is designed to introduce students to the process of rehearsing, designing, and performing. Students work as an ensemble to bring an established text to life. This class concludes with a performance for family and friends in our education center.

YAPC will be performing Margaret Cradmeier's Catalogue of Minor Yet Helpful Uncanny Abilities by Alan Haehnel. Margaret Cradmeier may not be the easiest person to get along with, but her message about people is ultimately hopeful: We do not need superheroes or magicians to accomplish the important tasks in life; we need people with “myhuas” (minor yet helpful uncanny abilities)! 

 

Creative Drama Spring Mini-mester: Out of this World!

Grades K-2

Saturdays 1:00-2:00pm

April 26 - May 17

$75 

Students activate their imaginations using drama, movement, and design to explore the basics of theatrical storytelling. Out of This World will use stories familiar and unfamiliar as jumping off points for our adventures in outer space! Class activities promote confidence, self-esteem, and creative expression while working on skills such as active listening, teamwork, and sharing.