Musical Theater Dance Days (Ages 7-18)
This class on The Studio Director is under 'Technique, Privates and Other Drop-In Classes'
Saturdays 10:00-10:30 am Ages 7-9
Saturdays 10:30-11:00 am Ages 9-12
Saturdays 11:00-11:30 am Ages 12-14
Saturdays 11:30am -12:00 pm Ages 14-18
Musical Theater Dance Days are a great way to let loose for a half hour! Come learn a musical theater routine from popular musicals such as The Little Mermaid, Hamilton, Six, Matilda and more! These are drop in style classes - so sign up once or for every Saturday; we'd love to see you!
Minimum of 2 students
Maximum of 14 students
Below are all solo/duet/trio opportunities; both competitively and recreationally! We are highly encouraging students to consider any of these options!
Competitive Monologue and Scene opportunities:
Students have the option to compete a monologue or a scene with another student. BravO! Dance and Talent Competition offers the wonderful chance for theater performers to compete at Regional and National competitions. Each student must have an audition/meeting with teacher Hannah to be evaluated before determining if the performer is ready to compete.
Students who compete need to keep actively working on the craft of learning and growing as an actor and performer. To this end, students are required to participate in either session of a VDT theater class or perform in a play or musical throughout the studio season at school, a community theater, or a professional theater.
Audition Technique Privates:
Have you ever wanted a little more help preparing for a theater audition? Our Audition Technique Privates are the perfect fit! These privates are wonderful if a student needs help picking out a monologue, to work on their dance technique or gain helpful tips that every auditioner should know!
If you are interested, please email VDT and we can set up days/times to have rehearsals that work with your schedule!
Recreational Musical Theater Solo/Duet/Trio opportunities:
Students will have the option to perform either a musical theater solo/duet/trio at our theater recital at the end of the season. This would be a recreational specialty number to help students gain confidence, work on showmanship and musical theater technique! Students who register to perform a solo or duet at the recital are also required to participate in a Session II VDT theater class, perform in a play or musical in the winter / spring at school, a community theater, or a professional theater.
If you are interested, please email VDT and we can set up days/times to have rehearsals that work with your schedule!
Recreational Monologue/Scene opportunities:
Students will have the option to perform a monologue or scene (3 students max in group) at our theater recital at the end of the season. This would be a recreational specialty number to help students gain confidence, work on showmanship and memorization! Students who register to perform a monologue or scene at the recital are also required to participate in a Session II VDT theater class, perform in a play or musical in the winter / spring at school, a community theater, or a professional theater.
If you are interested, please email VDT and we can set up days/times to have rehearsals that work with your schedule!
Theater Alumni Piece:
Our 8th season was our first season we were able to have a stand alone Theater Recital! To honor this, we created a Theater Alumni Piece to the song 'Louder Than Words' from the acclaimed musical Tick, Tick...Boom! We invited back all past and current theater students to participate in an unforgettable, moving piece to kick off the Theater Recital. This is now a tradition we would love to continue!
*All past and present students are eligible to participate*
Registration for the classes below is currently closed for Session I.
Registration for the classes below will open for Session II in MID OCTOBER!
Session I Theater runs mid August - December
Session II Theater runs January - beginning of June
Junior Musical Theater (Ages 7-12)
Mondays 4:30-5:30 pm *please keep in mind that if a student has to arrive 5 minutes late due to schools getting out later, that's okay! Please just let us know beforehand - thank you!*
Performers will learn the ins and outs of putting on a show. Students will audition and get cast in the show. Throughout the session, performers will learn and memorize lines, learn dances, learn songs if they would like to sing but it is not required, block scenes, help create prop and set pieces, as well as play fun theater games!
Senior Musical Theater (Ages 12-18)
Wednesdays 4:40-5:40 pm *please keep in mind that if a student has to arrive 5 minutes late due to schools getting out later, that's okay! Please just let us know beforehand - thank you!*
Performers will learn the ins and outs of putting on a show. Students will audition and get cast in the show. Throughout the session, performers will learn dance numbers and memorize lines, learn songs if they would like to sing but it is not required, play fun theater exercise games and even do behind the scenes work of creating prop pieces!
Junior Acting (Ages 8-18)
Wednesdays 5:40-6:40 pm
Performers in Junior Acting will learn the ins and outs of putting on a show. Students will learn and memorize lines from the script, learn blocking, work on character analysis, and play fun theater games along the way! Our Acting classes help students get in touch with themselves as actors and how to elevate their performance quality.
Senior Acting (Ages 13-18)
Thursdays 5:00-6:00 pm
Required: *Our Senior Acting class is for performers who have had at least one year of theater experience either at VDT, a professional theater company or a school theater department.
Performers in Senior Acting will learn the ins and outs of putting on a show. Students will learn and memorize lines from the script, learn blocking, work on character analysis, and play fun theater games along the way! Our Acting classes help students get in touch with themselves as actors and how to elevate their performance quality.
Creative Playwriting (Ages 10-18)
Thursdays 6:00-6:45 pm
Creative Playwriting is a great opportunity for students to let their creativity shine! Each student gets to write a short play and codirect with teacher Hannah. Students will cast fellow classmates in their play, help pick out costumes and props, and help shape the script! Each student will also be cast in classmates' plays. Students will participate in creative writing activities, improv games and scene work.
Their shows will be performed the last day of class which will be Thursday, December 14th. Students must be available this day in order to participate!
(Lines do NOT have to be memorized for this class!)
Minimum of 3 students
Maximum of 16 students
