ACT offers monthly classes featuring age-appropriate material for children. Students learn everything from the basics of theatre to the overall production of a live performance. Our classes are a great place to start with ACT and find out more about their interest in and passion for theatre!

To register or pay your participation fee click here.

Summer Performances & Classes (June-Aug)

ACT offers camps, classes, and programs for kids of all ages in the summer. Our camps run Mon-Fri and have a new theme each week! If your child has always wanted to be in a play but hasn’t had enough time, we offer a Summer Stage show that lasts just two weeks!

From Princesses to Star Wars and Harry Potter to Musical Theatre there’s something for every kid! Every camp ends with a sharing day! We also have performance group camps you can join to check out our school year audition or scrip-based groups.  click here to register!

Saturday Classes (Sept-May)

ACT offers classes almost every Saturday of the school year. These classes are themed around different theatrical and literary ideas and books. Our Saturday classes are a great way for your child to learn new skills, practice skills they’ve already gained, and make new friends!

After-School Classes & Year-Long Programs (Sept-May)

ACT offers a variety of audition or script-based groups. These groups allow actors to explore a specific style of theater while stretching themselves to learn and grow new skills. These groups meet at a variety of dates and times for more information click the link below.

To sign up for classes please click here.

Registration for Classes (Updated 5/03/22)

Our classes are listed chronologically (January to December) on our registration site. We also have the classes listed below on this page for you to look at before registration.

The link above takes you to Art-People, our class registration site. Art’s People will walk you through the process of how to create an account to register. If you’ve previously signed up for a class, your information should be saved on the site.

Classes are held at the ACT Studio and in the Windermere Children’s Theatre at 213 Wellsian Way in Richland. ACT will continue to follow all state and local guidelines regarding the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. We will update families if guidelines change and affect our theatre.

ACT’s Current Health Guidelines:
• Masks are optional at the theatre, but ACT will provide masks for anyone who would like one.
• Students and staff are encouraged to keep socially distant with minimal contact.
• Cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer will be available to help keep the space and students safe and clean.
• If your student is feeling sick even in the littlest amount. Please keep them home. If students are feeling sick or showing any flu or cold-like symptoms, we may call parents to have the student picked up early.

By using these guidelines and keeping updated on recommendations ACT has managed to keep our door open and in-person classes going. We hope with your help and cooperation we are able to help keep our building a safe place. While we hope to remain in person, ACT is ready to move online if needed.

Please check back with this page, prior to heading to class. As guidelines change rapidly and we will use this page to keep our patrons updated. If you have any further questions or concerns please email us at info@actstaff.org

More information about ACT classes:

• Please print and bring the receipt to the first day of class.
• Walk-ins are not recommended.
• If your class is in danger of being canceled due to low registration, you will be notified 1-2 days prior to the start of the class of the possibility of cancellation. ACT reserves the right to cancel any class not meeting minimum enrollment.
• You will be notified of cancellations and tuition will be refunded or credited.
• Refunds are available up to seven days prior to the first day of class.
• All refunds are subject to a $10 service charge.
• Please see our FAQ for details.

Class Listing: # Class Number Age Title Description Day Dates Time Price 0 Ens Gr. 3-5 Ensemble ACT’s newest performance group is designed to be the perfect start to an actor’s education. Ensemble is an after school drama club for 3rd-5th graders is designed to share our love of theatre with your actor. The group will meet twice a week (Mon & Wed) for three weeks every month during the school year (starting in October), with one week off between sessions. The group will work on a different focus each session; session focuses can include Harry Potter, Charlie Brown, Dr. Seuss, Chronicles of Narnia and more. The end of each session will include a sharing day for family and friends. This program will have rolling enrollment. If you register month by month the group is $110 a month, HOWEVER if you sign up for the entire year you receive a 50% discount making each month only $55! Once one the registration page, click the 'Performance Groups 23-24' term to register for Ensemble 2023-2024 School Year Dates & Themes: Coming Soon Mon & Wed Varies 4p-5:30 $45/$90 2 ACTPre ages 3-5 ACT Arts-Based PreSchool Classes For more information visit: https://www.academyofchildrenstheatre.org/preschool-program/ Tue & Thurs Sept-Jun 9a-11:30a Verries 18 06-01-1 pre-k Superpets! A Dog with super strength, the fastest cat in the world, an invisible hamster!! Let your imagination soar as we use Story Drama to save the day with the world's finest furry friends! Tue-Fri June 20-23 9a-10:30 $64 20 06-01-2 Gr. 1-3 Superheroes! Join us as we fly into a week of Costumes, capes, masks, super powers and more as we spend a week saving the world! Tue-Fri June 20-23 11a-1p $85 21 06-01-3 Gr.4-6 Heroes and Villains For every hero there is a villain, for every villain there is a conflict, and with every conflict comes a fantastic story! Let's create some stories of good vs. evil! Tue-Fri June 20-23 11a-1p $85 22 06-01-4 Gr. 7-12 Melodrama Melodrama is one of the oldest and silliest forms of acting, and one of the few times you are given permission to "over- act"! Learn all you can about this crazy form of performing! Tue-Fri June 20-23 2p-4p $85 23 06-02-1 Gr. Pre-1 Bluey The adventures of Bluey, who lives with her mum, dad, and sister come to ACT in this fun and imaginative class! Join us as we have fun with Bluey and her lovable family! Mon-Fri June 26-30 9a-10:30a $79 24 06-02-2 Gr 2-3 First Stage: My Son Pinocchio! The tradition of kicking off summer classes with First Stage continues this year with My Son Pinocchio! The class will share a presentation of songs and scenes from Disney's Pinocchio!! on the last day of class. Mon-Fri June 26-30 9a-12n $158 25 06-02-3 Gr 4-6 Musical Theatre Dance: Encanto! In this class students will learn some brand new musical theatre steps that will serve as a great foundation! We'll groove the musical of Encanto in this class!! If you sign up for this class and My Choir World Music Summer Camp you'll receive $15 off each class. Classes must be purchased in the same order. Use the code "Music And Dance" to get the discount. Mon-Fri June 26-30 11a-1p $98 26 06-02-4 Gr 7-12 Stranger Things: A Scene Study Get on your bike, grab your 20-sided die, and head to Hawkins Indiana. In this class we'll bring to life some iconic scenes from the hit Netflix series. Mon-Fri June 26-30 11a-1p $98 27 06-02-5 Gr 4-6 My Choir World Music Summer Camp This summer we will use music from different cultures to build and strengthen our vocal skills. We will also work on music theory through games and some instrument playing. MY CHOIR is a traditional choir performance group and is offered in partnership with Mid-Columbia Mastersingers. Perhaps after this music camp you will decide to join us for our school year program as well. If you sign up for this class and Musical Theatre Dance: Encanto! you'll receive $15 off each class. Classes must be purchased in the same order. Use the code "MusicAndDance" to get the discount. Mon-Fri June 26-29 1:30p-4p $98 28 07-01-1 Gr. 1-3 Wham! Bam! Jam! Improv for Kids Wake up with ACT as we have a fun more of improv games and exercises designed to get your body moving, mind racing, and heart pounding! Wed-Fri July 5-7 9a-11a $64 29 07-01-2 Gr 4-6 Theatre Sports: Improv! Come out of the hot sun and into the ACT studio for cool improv and Theatre Games! Wed-Fri July 5-7 9a-11a $64 30 07-01-3 Gr 7-12 Spontaneous Combustion & Sparks Camp Come out of the hot sun and into the ACT Studio for cool improv and theater games! This class will be taught by our Improv director Josh Darby and CAN serve as an audition for Sparks or Spontaneous Combustion Wed-Fri July 5-7 12n-2p $64 31 07-02-1 Gr. Pre-1 The Creative Castle! From princesses to pirates, witches to wizards, and dragons to dances you'll never know what to find inside The Creative Castle! Through story drama we'll bring some of your favorite fantasy stories to life! Join us for the fun this summer! Mon-Fri July 10-14 9a-10:30a $79 32 07-02-2 Gr 2-3 Welcome to Hogwarts (Gr. 2-3) From Transfigurations to Defense Against the Dark Arts, from Potions to Quidditch, there are many things to explore inside Hogwarts! Mon-Fri July 10-14 11a-1p $98 33 07-02-3 Gr 4-6 Welcome to Hogwarts (Gr. 4-6) From Transfigurations to Defense Against the Dark Arts, from Potions to Quidditch, there are many things to explore inside Hogwarts! Mon-Fri July 10-14 11a-1p $98 34 07-02-4 Gr 7-12 Advanced Wizardry: Puffs! Are you a fan of the Harry Potter series? Well Puffs is right up your alley! This comedic retelling of the Harry Potter tale asks the question of what is like to be a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts! Fun for all houses! This camp we will work with selected scenes from this off-broadway hit show! Mon-Fri July 10-14 2p-4p $98 35 07-03-1 Gr. Pre-1 Space Adventures!! Blast off with Buzz Lightyear!! Use the Force with The Skywalkers!! Walk on the moon with Peppa Pig...? We'll use your imagination and Story Drama as we adventure into the final frontier! Space! Mon-Fri July 17-21 9a-10:30a $79 36 07-03-2 Gr 2-3 Jedi Academy (2-3) Enroll in ACT's Jedi Academy! Join Finn, Poe, Rey, Luke, Leia, Han, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Padme and all your friends from a galaxy far, far away are ready and waiting for adventure. All they need is your imagination to bring them life! You will learn the ways of a Jedi Knight and become one of the Allies of the Republic. Join us and help save the universe from the dark side! Mon-Fri July 17-21 11a-1p $98 37 07-03-3 Gr 4-6 Jedi Academy (4-6) Enroll in ACT's Jedi Academy! Join Finn, Poe, Rey, Luke, Leia, Han, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Padme and all your friends from a galaxy far, far away are ready and waiting for adventure. All they need is your imagination to bring them life! You will learn the ways of a Jedi Knight and become one of the Allies of the Republic. Join us and help save the universe from the dark side! Mon-Fri July 17-21 11a-1p $98 38 07-03-4 Gr 7-12 William Shakespeare's Star Wars! This scene study class takes us all across all the way from a galaxy far, far, away to Victorian England! Your favorite Star Wars stories have been adapted into the words of William Shakespeare! This class is a wonderful way to learn about performing Shakespeare while blasting that ShakesFear out the sky!! Mon-Fri July 17-21 2p-4p $98 39 SOS Age 6 and Up Spectrum on Stage Presents: 101 Dalmatians Spectrum on Stage Summer Spectacular is a two week summer program for students on the autism. Spectrum. This summer's performance is 101 Dalmatians Please contact julie@actstaff.org for more information Mon-Fri July 17-28 2p-3:30p $25 40 07-04-1 pre-k Sing your Story: Minions The Villains are taking over ACT for Musical Theatre Week! For our littlest singers and dancers, this class will use Story Drama and a mix a musical theatre to help everyone's favorite little yellow tricksters THE MINIONS! Mon-Fri July 24-28 9a-10:30a $79 41 07-04-2A Gr 1-3 Introduction to Musical Theatre: The Descendants The Villains are taking over ACT for Musical Theatre Week! In this year's Introduction to Musical Theatre class the residents of Isle of the Lost are invading! You'll get a chance to work with your favorite songs from The Descendants all while you learn the foundations of singinging, acting, and dancing Mon-Fri July 24-28 9a-11a $98 42 07-04-3 Gr 4-7 Stardust Camp: Disney Villains!! The Villains are taking over ACT for Musical Theatre Week! During this camp we'll use the deavious, dastardly, and delightful Disney villains songs! This Musical Theatre camp is taught by our show choir directors Adrienne Fletcher, this camp serves as a fun, fancy and musical way to introduce your student to theatre and serves as an audition for ACT’s Musical Theatre Performance Group Stardust Mon-Fri July 24-28 11a-1p $98 43 07-04-4 Gr 8-12 Encore Camp: Broadway Villains!! The Villains are taking over ACT for Musical Theatre Week! During this camp we'll use the deavious, dastardly, and delightful broadway villains songs! This Musical Theatre camp is taught by our show choir directors Adrienne Fletcher, this camp serves as a fun, fancy and musical way to introduce your student to theatre and serves as an audition for ACT’s Musical Theatre Performance Group Stardust or Encore Mon-Fri July 24-28 11a-1p $98 44 08-01-1 Gr. 4-12 SummerStage: Seussical Jr. It's time for SummerStage! ACT's celebration of the end of summer. Come join us for the fast paced fun of creating a full musical in 2 weeks! These 2 weeks are full of songs, dances, acting, and all the musical fun you can handle! Join us for one of our most popular classes as this year we end our summer break with Seussical Jr! The camp ends with 2 performances August 11th & 12th. Please bring a sack lunch. Mon-Fri July 31-Aug 12 10a-4p $299 45 08-02-1 Gr. 1-3 Rascal's Revue: Where the Wild Things Are Our performance class for our young actors! In this class we'll spend the week getting a short play ready to perform as part of our SummerStage Weekend. This year's presentation will be based on Maurice Sendak classic book: Where the Wild Things Are. This short production will be a part of our SummerStage Weekend on August 12th. Mon-Sat Aug 7-11 9a-12n $158 46 08-02-1 Gr. PreK PreStage: Fairy Tale Theatre Our performance class for our pre-k actors! In this class we'll spend the week getting a short play ready to perform as part of our SummerStage Weekend. This year's presentation will be based on Fairy Tale Theatre. In class the students will get their choice of script to present, could it be Little Red Riding Hood? Goldilocks and the Three Bears? The Three Little Pigs? The only way to find out is to sign up and help put on the show!. This short production will be a part of our SummerStage Weekend on August 11th. Mon-Fri Aug 7-11 9a-11a $98 47 08-03-1 Gr. PreK Winnie the Pooh's Grand Adventure! It's time to join Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin and their friends for an adventure in the Hundred Acre Wood! (watch out for the Backson!) Mon-Fri Aug 14-18 9a-10:30a $79 48 08-03-2 Gr. 1-3 The Magic Tree House Adventure through time and space with Jack and Annie in their magic tree house as they travel through history!! Mon-Fri Aug 14-18 9a-11a $98 49 08-03-3 Gr. 4-6 Musicals: The LIttle Mermaid Journey under the sea with Ariel and all her friends! As we become part of her world and learn scenes and songs from this beloved musical! Mon-Fri Aug 14-18 11a-1p $98 50 08-03-4 Gr. 7-12 Troupe and Troupers Workshop In this very special workshop, you will learn the art of ensemble acting with ACT's very own Troupe and Troupers! You will discover what this group is all about, and on the last day, if you wish to join, auditions will be held! Mon-Fri Aug 14-18 11a-1p $98

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