Dates/Time: Thursdays (January 30 to April 24; no class 4/3) from 4PM to 5PM

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.

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: Thursdays (January 30 to April 24; no class 4/3) from 5:15PM to 6:15PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 3rd and 4th

Students must have completed at least 1 year of previous SPARC programming to enroll in this course. (Example: Two semesters of SPARC classes or one SPARC summer camp & one semester of SPARC class.)

This Intermediate Acting & Improv class is designed to support students who have excelled in their studies in Acting & Improv and would benefit from a more rigorous curriculum.  

The focus of SPARC's intermediate classes will be to provide students with more advanced performance materials and guide them through an in-depth process in developing the performer's tool kit.

Interested in scholarships? Read this page first

*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Liz Earnest

Dates/Time: Thursdays (September 19 to December 19; no class 10/3 and 11/28) from 5:15PM to 6:30PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 5th to 8th

Students must have completed at least 1 year of previous SPARC programming to enroll in this course. (Example: Two semesters of SPARC classes or one SPARC summer camp & one semester of SPARC class.)

This Intermediate Musical Theatre class is designed to support students who have excelled in their studies in Musical Theatre and would benefit from a more rigorous curriculum.  

The focus of SPARC's intermediate classes will be to provide students with more advanced performance materials and guide them through an in-depth process in developing the performer's tool kit.

Interested in scholarships? Read this page first.

*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Liz Earnest

Dates/Time: Thursdays (January 30 to April 24; no class 4/3) from 6:15PM to 7:45PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 6th to 12th

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.

Designer’s Process will give budding designers an opportunity to work on their skills as a scenic designer, costume designer, and atmospheric designer (lighting/sound/etc). The course is divided into three units over the course of twelve weeks with a rotation of Teaching Artists. Though each discipline will rotate every four weeks, designers will be working on making creative choices around one consistent script. This course is designed with all people in mind and will run at a pace designed for beginning to intermediate level artists. Class may consist of making concept boards, creating models, and researching creative ways to approach technical challenges.

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*Teachers subject to change.

Dates/Time: Thursdays (January 30 to April 24; no class 4/3) from 6:30PM to 7:45PM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: 5th to 8th

Students must have completed at least 1 year of previous SPARC programming to enroll in this course. (Example: Two semesters of SPARC classes or one SPARC summer camp & one semester of SPARC class.)

This Intermediate Acting & Improv class is designed to support students who have excelled in their studies in Acting & Improv and would benefit from a more rigorous curriculum.  

The focus of SPARC's intermediate classes will be to provide students with more advanced performance materials and guide them through an in-depth process in developing the performer's tool kit.

Interested in Scholarships? Read this page first!

*Teachers subject to change.

Photo Credit: Courtney Thompson

Dates/Time: Saturdays (February 1 to April 26; no class 4/5) from 9:00AM to 9:45AM

Location: In person at SPARC

Grades: Pre-K (ages 4+) and Kindergarten

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.

Creative Drama is a perfect introduction to the world of theatre. This class emphasizes young children’s inherent sense of play, musicality, and imagination. Each day in Creative Drama offers lessons in storytelling, creative movement, group music, and theatre games. While students learn the building blocks and vocabulary of theatre, they’ll also practice important skills like listening, teamwork, and empathizing with others through stories. At the end of this class, the students will perform a sample of what they’ve learned for a small audience of friends and family. No two Creative Drama courses are ever the same. Because of this, we recommend that most children sign up for this class for multiple seasons while they build their theatrical foundation! 

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 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