Upcoming In Person Classes
Registration is now open for the classes below! Experiments in Theater programs offered in conjunction with one of our education partners will require you to register through their site. For more information or to register for one or more classes, click the corresponding button or email us with questions.
Programs Happening Now
Singing in Rock Musicals
Ages: 9-11
Dates: July 5-8
Time: 9-11AM
Location: EGHS Auditorium
Cost: $105 per person
Rock Musicals like Beetlejuice, Be More Chill, School of Rock, and Bring It On have captured the attention of a lot of passionate tween performers with the edgy themes, fun riffs, and explosiveness of the music! Participants will learn songs from several rock musicals while practicing vocal skills including music reading, song interpretation, placement, inflection, and how to sing riffs. Parents will be invited to attend a brief showcase on the last day.
Comedy & Drama Games
Ages: 9-11
Dates: July 11-14
Time: 9-11AM
Location: EGHS Auditorium
Cost: $105 per person
Enjoy a week of creativity and laughter as Ms. Valerie teaches young actors some of her most popular pantomime, gibberish, and improv games. Participants will learn baseline acting skills like vocal inflection, emotional expression, and collaboration through a variety of structured theater exercises that support creative thinking, imagination, and fun! Parents will be invited to attend a brief showcase on the last day of camp.
Theater Production Camp
Ages: 6-8
Dates: July 18-28 (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs only)
Time: 9-11AM
Location: EGHS Auditorium
Cost: $190 per person
The best way to learn about performing in a play is to DO IT! Join us for a two-week theater program in which everyone gets a part in a one-act play that will be performed on the last day of camp. The process includes props, line memorization, and acting instruction. Everyone will receive a copy of the script to keep. Parents will be invited to attend the final performance on the last day.
Footloose Design and Tech Camp
Half Day Camp
Ages: 9+
Dates: Mon-Fri, August 1st - 12th
Time: 9AM-12PM
Location: Greenwich Odeum
Join Miss Valerie and the Experiments in Theater team at the historic Greenwich Odeum in our THEATER DESIGN & TECH CAMP! If you love art, crafting, technology, painting, or creating something new and interesting out of discarded household items, you might enjoy theatrical design and tech! Theater techs are just as important as actors to the story being told on stage. They create and manage props, assemble and care for costumes, build, paint and move sets, operate the sound and stage lighting, and provide all the essential elements that create the physical world of a play. This camp is recommended for participants ages 9 and up. No previous experience is necessary, only an eagerness to create and collaborate. Availability to serve as running crew for camp performances is welcome, but not mandatory.
Summer Camp: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Full Day Camp
Ages: 8+
Camp Dates: Mon-Fri, August 15th - 26th
Time: 9AM-3:30PM
Performance Dates: August 26th (evening) and 27th (matinee)
Location: Greenwich Odeum
One of the best ways to demystify Shakespeare is to perform it! Our non-musical performance opportunity of the summer is the Sixty Minute Shakespeare edition of the comedy classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, taking place from August 15th to 26th, with performances on August 26th and 27th. Cass Foster has condensed Shakespeare's richly poetic language to a 60-minute performance while maintaining the integrity of Shakespeare’s words. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most accessible of Shakespeare's plays with roles suited to performers of all ages. An assortment of magical fairies make mischief, a motley theater troupe rehearses a play and drama ensues in a friend group as everyone declares and then denies their romantic crushes. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the perfect depiction of what life would be like for tweens if every middle school was teeming with fairies who dripped potions on our youth, causing them to wake up inexplicably grumpy one morning and happy the next.
Midsummer Design & Tech Camp
Half Day Camp
Ages: 9+
Dates: Mon-Fri, August 15th - 26th
Time: 9AM-12PM
Location: Greenwich Odeum
Join Miss Valerie and the Experiments in Theater team at the historic Greenwich Odeum in our THEATER DESIGN & TECH CAMP! If you love art, crafting, technology, painting, or creating something new and interesting out of discarded household items, you might enjoy theatrical design and tech! Theater techs are just as important as actors to the story being told on stage. They create and manage props, assemble and care for costumes, build, paint and move sets, operate the sound and stage lighting, and provide all the essential elements that create the physical world of a play. This camp is recommended for participants ages 9 and up. No previous experience is necessary, only an eagerness to create and collaborate. Availability to serve as running crew for camp performances is welcome, but not mandatory.
Duet/Trio Acting and Voice Classes
Your child has been begging for acting classes, but none of the local classes fit into your schedule! Why not let Experiments in Theater fit our class schedule to YOU?
Give your actor an opportunity to gather one or two friends and customize their own acting class! Participants have two options in this program:
1) work on vocal technique and musical theater repertoire by selecting and performing a duet or trio song from a musical (available in-person only)
OR
2) practice acting techniques and explore performance range by selecting and acting out a scene from a movie or play (available both online and in-person)
This package includes four, 50-minute sessions that are scheduled with Ms. Valerie on the days and times that work best for all participants.
In the first class, Ms. Valerie will introduce acting and/or vocal techniques and suggest scenes or songs that will support the actors’ goals. Students will receive feedback, but the actors will choose their own performance material. In weeks two, three and four, actors will rehearse and receive blocking, character guidance and technical instruction to improve their performance.
A final showcase of the work may be recorded or presented in person.
Register below and Valerie will contact you about scheduling your class days and times.
In-person price = $210 Total ($110/person for duets or $70/person for trios)
Online price = $240 Total ($120/person for duets or $80/person for trios)
Past Classes
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Songs & Props from Encanto
Half Day Program
Ages: 6-12
Date: Thursday, April 21st
Time: 1:30-4 PM
Location: Cole Middle School Gym
Cost: $35.00 per person
Everyone’s talking about Encanto – the gorgeous songs, the delightful characters and the beautiful story of a young girl finding her purpose. Whether your child is an experienced performer or inspired to perform for the first time because of their connection to this story, they might enjoy an afternoon with Experiments in Theater; making props and singing songs from the Encanto musical. Experiments in Theater Director, Ms. Valerie will teach participants theater skills including music reading, song interpretation, collaboration, projection, inflection, blocking and how to warm up their body and voice. Everyone will receive sheet music and craft supplies to make a prop that can be used to perform the songs. Parents will be invited to attend a brief showcase at pick up and a recording of the performance will be available online.
MORE Scenes from 1980's Films
Ages: 8 & up
Dates: Tuesdays beginning January 11 (Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 8 and 15)
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
Location: Konnect Dance Studio, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $80 for the 6-week class
Description: In this class, participants will have the opportunity to perform a scene from a well-known, age appropriate, 1980’s film such as Space Camp, The Goonies, Back to the Future, Big, The Princess Bride, E.T. or the Muppet Movie. Actors will receive a copy of their scene, a character assignment, acting instruction, direction and will work in pairs or trios to rehearse their scene during class. All scenes will be memorized and a final performance will be recorded and shared with families.
Full Day Black Friday Camp
Learn to sing, dance and design makeup for an ensemble number from the Broadway musical Beetlejuice!
Ages: 8 and up
Date: Friday, November 26th
Time: 9-3:30 PM (drop off begins at 8:30, pick up no later than 4PM)
Location: Konnect Dance Studio, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $125.00
Join us for a full day of performing arts classes in which young musical theater performers of all levels get immersed in three different disciplines -- special effects makeup, dance and voice. Experiments in Theater and Konnect Dance Company collaborate to teach participants an ensemble song and dance from the Broadway musical Beetlejuice and a professional makeup artist will show performers how to create a makeup design that relates to the musical number. Pack a lunch, a water bottle and a couple of snacks and spend the day acting, stretching, vocalizing, dancing, harmonizing and painting your face! Parents will be invited to attend a brief showcase at pick up and a recording of the performance will be available online.
Half Day Program
Ages: 7-11
Date: Wednesday, November 24th
Time: 1:30-4:30 PM
Location: EG Parks and Rec Program Room, 1127 Frenchtown Road, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $45.00 per person
Enrollment opens: Monday, 10/25 at 8:45am
Description: Join us for an afternoon of performing arts classes in which young performers of all levels get immersed in three different disciplines -- voice, dance and costume design. Ms. Valerie and the Experiments in Theater team will teach an ensemble song and dance combo from the Broadway production of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Musical and each student will create a costume rendering for a character in the play that they choose. Parents will be invited to attend a brief showcase at pick up and a recording of the performance will be available online.
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Ages: 8 and up
Dates: Tues and Wed beginning Tues, Sept 21 through Wed, Nov 17
Times: 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Location: Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St., East Greenwich, RI
Performance Date: November 18 (Doors 5:30PM/Show: 6:00PM)
Cost: $349
Take part in the Halloween season this year by performing in Roald Dahl’s The Witches with Experiments in Theater and the Odeum! This is a faithful adaptation by David Wood of Roald Dahl’s classic story in which Boy and his Grandmother defeat the Grand High Witch and her followers, who are holding a conference in an English seaside hotel. During the struggle, Boy gets turned into a mouse. These Witches are nothing like the ones who wear pointed hats and fly on broomsticks – they look very much like ordinary women, which helps their deception. This is a funny, inventive and fantastic play that has many performance opportunities for actors of all ages and levels.
Stories and Props
Ages: 3.5-5
Dates: 8 Tuesdays from Sept 28-Nov16
Time: 9:45 AM, 45 min
Location: Konnect Dance Studio, 1950 S County Trail, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $110
Kids who like to color and craft will enjoy listening to a story and making a new prop that is related to the story of the week. This class encourages creativity and imagination through tactile projects and storytelling.
Drama Games
Ages: 3.5-5
Dates: 8 Tuesdays from Sept 28-Nov16
Time: 10:30 AM, 45 min
Location: Konnect Dance Company, 1950 S County Trail, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $110
Young performers will explore acting concepts like pantomime, physical and vocal expression and improvisation in the context of fun theater games and structured play.
Drama and Dress Up
Ages: 3.5-5
Dates: 8 Wednesdays from Sept 29-Nov17
Time: 10:15 AM, 45 min
Location: Konnect Dance Company, 1950 S County Trail, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $110
Costumes are a big part of the dramatic experience for a young actor and a fun way to excite the imagination. In this class, performers will play dress up with Ms. Valerie’s extensive costume collection, create characters and tell new stories together every week.
Broadway Babies
Ages: 3.5-5
Dates: 8 Thursdays from Sept 30-Nov 18
Time: 10:00 AM, 45 min
Location: Konnect Dance Company, 1950 S County Trail, East Greenwich, RI
Cost: $110
A musical theater class in which young performers will learn basic vocal concepts and techniques in addition to learning and performing a song from one or more Broadway musicals.
