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.

First Through Eighth Grade
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 them become independent thinkers both on and off the stage.

Program instructor Anne Marie Irey has been involved in theater for over 20 years. She minored in Theater at Saint Mary’s College and earned her Master’s of Education degree at DePaul University. Anne Marie is an alumna of The Second City and spent several years performing improv in Chicago. Recently, she taught fourth grade at Sacred Heart, where she founded an after-school drama program.

Two six-week sessions will be offered this winter and spring at Wheaton Drama Theater. (Discount if you register for both classes.)

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:
Grades k – 4 4.00 pm – 4.55 pm
Grades 5 – 8 5.00 pm – 5.55 pm

Fall 2015:
Session 1 Sept 8 – October 13 (make up Oct 20)
Session 2 Nov 3 – Dec 8 (Make up Dec 15)

Winter/Spring 2016:
Session 3 Jan 12 – Feb 16 (Make up Feb 23)
Session 4 Mar 8 – Apr 19 (Make up Apr 26)
Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment.

$100 per session per child
$180 per child for both sessions
(Applicants must register for both sessions
together/at same time to receive discount)

Contact Amy Brockman for more information at
workshop@wheatondrama.org
or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.

For students in first through eighth grade, a fun experience for all!

Young performers will learn basic stage 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 them become independent thinkers both on and off the stage.

Anne Marie Irey, the program instructor, has been involved in theater for over 20 years. She minored in Theater at Saint Mary’s College and earned her Master’s of Education at DePaul University. Anne Marie is an alumna of The Second City and spent several years performing improv in Chicago. Recently, she taught fourth grade at Sacred Heart, where she founded an after-school drama program.

Two six-week sessions will be offered this winter and spring at Wheaton Drama Theater. (There’s a discount if you register for both classes.)

Grades 1-4 4-5 PM
Session A: Tuesday, Jan. 6 thru Tuesday, Feb. 10
(Snow date: Feb. 17, if needed)
Session B: Tuesday, March 3 thru Tuesday, April 14
(No class March 31 for spring break)

Grades 5-8 5-6 PM
Session A: Tuesday, Jan. 6 thru Tuesday, Feb. 10
(Snow date: Feb. 17, if needed)
Session B: Tuesday, March 3 thru Tuesday, April 14
(No class March 31 for spring break)

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment.

$100 per session per child; $180 per child for both sessions
(Must register for both sessions together/at same time to receive discount)

Contact Amy Brockman for more information at workshop@wheatondrama.org or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message.

Wheaton Drama, Inc. | 111 N. Hale Street | Wheaton | IL | 60187