Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 9:00AM to 10:30AM, with 2 performance dates (April 26 and April 30).

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 4th and 5th Grade

Showstoppers Jr. is a semester-long program for young people who are ready to commit to a rehearsal and performance process without the stress of an audition. Students in this class will meet for an hour and thirty minutes once a week. During that time, the cast of Showstoppers Jr. will learn skills like audition preparation, rehearsal etiquette, collaboration, and – of course – they’ll learn their show! 

This spring, Showstoppers Jr. presents Alice in Wonderland.

Performance Dates: April 26 and April 30

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*Teaching artists subject to change.

Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 9:30AM to 10:30AM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 1st to 4th

All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.

Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.

This collaborative, creative class is the perfect fit for young people with big ideas! Led by their teachers playing in-role beside them, students develop characters and embark on a new adventure in every class guided by their imaginations. This class builds theatrical skills like characterization, improvisation, and storytelling, as well as transferable skills like decision-making, teamwork, and mutual respect. Students will also learn elements of story structure and how to create a plot with multiple characters, conflict, and resolution. At the end of this course, students will share some of their favorite activities and adventures with a small audience of friends and family. Each course is a new discovery in creativity. As such, your child can take this course multiple times and learn something new each session. 

Interested in scholarships? Read this page first

*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Liz Earnest

Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 10:00AM to 11:00AM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 1st to 4th

All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.

Song and dance are front and center in Musical Theatre Explorations! Children who love to belt tunes in the car or follow along with the latest online dance trends will love this class. Young people will get new perspectives on songs from their favorite musicals and movies when they are paired with teaching artists’ original choreography. Students will also gain experience in acting by working with a script and learning popular improv games.

In addition to expanding confidence in musical theatre, students will also practice multi-tasking, taking artistic risks, and memorization. Teamwork is also emphasized as students learn how to work as an ensemble. At the end of this course, youth will share musical theatre songs for a small audience of friends and family. No two semesters are the same, and students often enjoy taking this course more than once!

Interested in Scholarships? Read this page first!

*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Liz Earnest

Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 11:30AM to 12:30PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 1st to 4th

All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.

Youth who have a strong interest in Broadway dance will love this new class! Over the semester, young people will learn and practice various dance styles to build their confidence and experience in musical theatre. 

In Dance Explorations, each young person will develop an understanding of the healthy habits that build and sustain a dancer's practice. The class will learn stretching and warm-up techniques and understand basic choreographic terms and concepts as they rehearse. In practicing dance, youth will build skills like conveying emotion through movement, building endurance and coordination, functioning as an ensemble, and retaining patterns of choreography over time. At the end of the semester, the youth will perform what they have learned for a small audience of friends and family through an in-class final share.

Interested in scholarships? Read this page first.

*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Jim Hale