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ACT OFFERING THEATRE WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS

Altoona Community Theatre is offering a series of two-week workshops for children and teens throughout the summer. The sessions help kids build self-confidence, self-expression and concentration skills through theatre games and improvisational exercises. Students also get an understanding of theatrical terms and what it takes to stage a live theatrical show from auditions through performance. They also prepare a short play for family and friends at the Historic Mishler Theatre, presented the evening before the final day of their workshop. The schedule is ...

  • Workshop A-1: Grades 3, 4 & 5 – June 16 to 27, 1 to 4 p.m.
    Instructor Kate Kale Wolf
  • Workshop A-2: Grades 3, 4 & 5 – July 7 to 18, 9 a.m. to Noon
    Instructor Julie Settle
  • Workshop A-3: Grades 3, 4 & 5 – July 21 to August 1
    Instructor Julie Settle
  • Workshop B-1: Grades 6, 7 & 8 – June 16 to 27, 6 to 9 p.m.
    Instructor Rachel Volpe
  • Workshop B-2: Grades 6, 7 & 8 – July 7 to 18, 1 to 4 p.m.
    Instructor Julie Settle
  • Workshop B-3: Grades 6, 7 & 8 – August 4 to 15, 9 a.m. to Noon
    Instructor Karen Volpe
  • Workshop C-1: Grades 9 and above – July 21 to August 1, 6 to 9 p.m.
    Instructor Karen Volpe

All workshops are held in the Barbara Titelman Spessard Rehearsal Hall of ACT’s operational headquarters in the former downtown Elks Lodge at 1213 12th Street, around the corner from the Mishler. Grade level is the grade the student will enter in September. Also being offered are one-week workshops for children who will be entering Kindergarten, First or Second Grade.

  • Workshop K-1: June 16 to 20, 9 a.m. to Noon
    Instructor Kate Kale Wolf
  • Workshop K-2: June 23 to 27, 9 a.m. to Noon
    Instructor Kate Kale Wolf
  • Workshop K-3: July 21 to 25, 9 a.m. to Noon
    Instructor Julie Settle
  • Workshop K-4: July 28 to August 1, 9 a.m. to Noon
    Instructor Julie Settle

Registration fees are $60 per student for the one-week K-level workshops and $125 per student for all of the two-week A-B-C-level workshops. Families enrolling more than one child in the workshops receive a discount on tuition for the additional siblings. Students must be available for all class sessions without any absences. For questions, call the ACT administrative office at (814) 943-4357. To register, use a 2008 Workshop Brochure.

ACT’s Summer Workshops for Children and Teens are sponsored partially by the Central PA Community Foundation.