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 11:00AM to 12:30PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 5th to 8th

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.

This introduction to stand-up comedy is designed to get the creative juices flowing! Over the course of this twelve-week class, youth will explore ways to unlock ideas, practice writing those ideas with a joke structure, and try out a few lines of material to share with friends at family at the end of the semester. Stand-Up 101 celebrates the positive, personal side of comedy and will focus on spreading joy one joke at a time.

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*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Tom Topinka

Dates/Time: Mondays (March 9 to April 28; no class 3/31 and 4/21) from 6:45PM to 7:45PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 5th to 8th

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 Studio, 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.

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*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Courtney Thompson