Wheaton Drama

STUDENTS “ACTING IT UP” AT WHEATON DRAMA

Classes for Grades 1-8;
Fall session: Sept. 5 through Oct. 10
(Make-up date, if necessary: Oct. 17)

This six-week workshop is designed to strengthen acting “muscles.” Through acting games and exercises, students will work each week on a different aspect of acting technique including: movement, voice, characterization and pantomime. Teamwork, focus and listening are added benefits that youngsters can derive from this workshop.

To apply the skills they’ve learned, students will also rehearse a short 15-minute skit to be performed at the end of the final class.

New sessions will be posted throughout the year as registration opens (roughly a month before the class starts).

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

Grades 1-4: 4 p.m. to 4:55 p.m.
Grades 5–8: 5 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.

Tuition: $100 per session per child

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment. Registration for each class will be open one month before the class begins. If there are not enough students enrolled in any given session, the class may be canceled. Notification of a canceled class will be sent out one week prior to the start of class; all money will be refunded.

Staff: Cindy Bolds is excited to join us again this year as our after-school instructor. Cindy is a longtime WDI member who taught most of the after-school classes last year. She is a certified teacher’s aide.

All instructors undergo an extensive background check.

For more information, please contact Elyse Willis at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org, or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.

WDI CHILDREN’S SUMMER WORKSHOP

Do you know a child who enjoys theater and wants to learn more about performance or technical skills? Wheaton Drama workshops will help build confidence by giving the attendees firsthand experience in creating a live production. Your child will learn how teamwork works in building a theatrical presentation—in addition to having fun and making new friends. The place to be this summer is Wheaton Drama’s Playhouse 111.

Registration is now available: wheatonDrama.org/order-tickets

July 10–15, 2017

Performance Theater

Grades K–5* morning session: 8:30 a.m. to noon

Grades K–5* afternoon session: 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

(Choose one session only)

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July 12–15, 2017

Technical Theater

Grades 6–12*

July 12: 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

July 13–15: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

(Please bring a sack lunch.)

Choose an area that you would like to study:

• stage managing/backstage crew
• sound design
• costume design
• lighting design

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July 17–22, 2017

Performance Theater

Grades 6-12* full-day session 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

(Bring a sack lunch)

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July 19–22, 2017

Technical Theater

Grades 6-12*

July 20, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

July 21-22, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

(Bring a sack lunch)

Choose area in which you would like to study: Stage managing/back stage
crew, Sound design, costume design or Lighting Design

*Please note that the grade level is indicated as to which grade they just
completed

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Saturday Performance

Grades K–5 morning class: July 15, starting at 10:30 a.m.

Grades K–5 afternoon class: July 15, starting at 2 p.m.

Grades 6–8 and high school: July 22, starting at 10 a.m.

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Tuition

$100 for grades K–5 (half days)

$100 for Technical Theater (per week)

$200 for grades 6–12 (full days)

Staff

All staff members are certified teachers and have gone through an extensive
background check. Specific staff is TBA.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at workshop@wheatonDrama.org. 

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Registration has begun for aspiring performers in grades K-8.

Young performers will learn basic onstage and acting techniques while they develop their imagination and creativity.  All children will have a blast as they explore acting through a series of theater and improvisational games.  This ensemble building class will foster each student’s self esteem and help him/her become an independent thinker both on and off the stage.

Sessions will run March 7 – April 18* on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

• Grades K–4:  4 p.m. to 4:55 p.m
• Grades 5–8:  5 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.

* There is no class March 28 due to spring break; makeup date, if necessary, will be April 25.

$100 per session per child

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment.

Please contact Elyse Wadzinski for more information at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org  or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.

Know a child who loves acting? Give them the perfect gift—theater!

In this six-week course, young performers will learn basic acting techniques while developing their imagination and creativity. Through improvisational games, this ensemble-building class will foster students’ self-esteem and help them become independent thinkers, both on and off stage.

January 10 – February 14, 2017
(Makeup date, if necessary: February 21)

Tuesday afternoons

Grades K – 4: 4PM to 4:55PM

Grades 5 – 8: 5PM to 5:55PM

$100 per session, per child

*Note: Classes are subject to change, based on enrollment.

Registration is now open. For more information, please contact Elyse Wadzinski at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message specifying your interest in these workshops.

Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade Classes — A Fun Experience for All!

Young performers will learn basic onstage and acting techniques while they develop their imagination and creativity. All children will have a blast as they explore acting through a series of theater and improvisational games. This ensemble-building class will foster each student’s self-esteem and help him/her become an independent thinker both on and off the stage.

Six-week sessions will be offered at Wheaton Drama.

Late-Fall 2016 Session: Nov. 1 through Dec. 6
(Make-up date: Dec. 13)

All sessions will be Tuesday afternoons at these times:

• Grades K-4:
  4 p.m. until 4:55 p.m.
• Grades 5-8:
  5 p.m. until 5:55 p.m.

$100 per session per child

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment.

Please contact Elyse Wadzinski for more information at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org or
call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.