Theatre School

Drama Camps • School’s Out! Workshops • Stories Come Alive! • Matinee Plus • Lifeline Storytelling Project

DRAMA CAMPS

Now in its 11th year, our Drama Camp comes in three packages: Junior Camp for kids 4-6 years old, Drama Camp (half-day or full day) for kids 7-11, and Winter Camp for kids 6-11. Every camp teaches kids the basic principles of acting and produces an original adaptation of a well-known book or folktale. Click here for more information!

SCHOOL'S OUT! Workshops

Throughout the year, we have three opportunities for youth to take School’s Out! master classes with our teaching artists on school holidays like The Day After Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and President’s Day. Past workshops have included improvisation, storytelling, stage combat, musical theatre, puppetry, and break dancing. Click here for information on upcoming workshops!

Every Sunday at noon during the runs of our KidSeries shows (between the 11am and 1pm performances), we host our hour-long Stories Come Alive! workshops. Children and their parents can get up close and personal with the book behind the play they are seeing that day with an interactive storytelling session, followed by on-your-feet theatre games to explore the characters, plot, and themes in the book. The experience is sure to make positive reading connections between children and books for years to come. Click here for upcoming dates!

MATINEE PLUS

For weekend matinee groups, we offer our Matinee Plus package, which includes hands-on Saturday workshops following the KidSeries 1 pm show. Workshops are customized for the group and can be based on the play or not. Some workshops we have offered are storytelling, puppet making, and improvisation comedy.

Lifeline Storytelling Project

Also new this year is the Lifeline Storytelling Project, an incubation program for young professional performers to participate in a solo writing/performance workshops led by Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and ensemble member Jenifer Tyler, both long-time veterans of the Chicago solo performance scene. This group performed their works-in-progress in the 2011 Fillet of Solo Festival and (ongoing) every Monday night at Duke's Bar (next door to Lifeline).