Wheaton Drama

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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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. This year our fall class will be a steppingstone to a more in-depth winter class and a final production at the end of the winter session.

Six-week sessions will be offered this fall at Wheaton Drama.

Fall 2016 session: Sept. 13 – Oct. 18  (Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment.)

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

Grades K – 4: From 4 p.m. until 4:55 p.m.

Grades 5 – 8: From 5 p.m. until 5:55 p.m.

Cost: $100 per session per child (You can sign up here.)

This fall’s class will be taught by Mackenzie Grattan. Mackenzie is a veteran teacher of the Wheaton Drama Summer Workshop for the past several summers. We are excited to welcome Mackenzie to this new venture at WDI.

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

STUDENT ACTING WORKSHOPS COMING TO WHEATON DRAMA 

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.

Program instructor Anne Marie Irey has been involved in theater for over twenty years.  She minored in Theatre at St. Mary’s College and earned her Master’s in 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.

Six-week sessions will be offered this winter/spring at Wheaton Drama.  (There is a discount if you register for both classes.)

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

Grades K – 4:  4:00 p.m. until 4:55 p.m.

Grades 5 – 8:  5:00 p.m. until 5:55 p.m.

Winter/Spring 2016

Session 1: January 12 through February 16 (Make up February 23)

Session 2: March through April 19 (Make up April 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 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. 

After school classes for the first session of fall have been cancelled.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  Please register early to keep upcoming classes open!