Fall 2023 PROGRAMS
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Weekday classes for Ages 6-14:
Stage I-III classes begin the week of September 18. There are no classes when Middletown schools are off. |
Oddbridge Extended Day Program is an add-on to our after-school classes which makes it easy for K-8 Middletown public school families to participate in Playhouse arts programs. Oddbridge students can catch a bus directly from their school to Oddfellows, where they will be given a snack and have some supervised recreational time before classes start. Parents can pick up their children at the Playhouse between 5:50 - 6 pm. (Oddbridge is available Monday through Thursday, Sept.18-Dec. 14. Special Mini-Production intensive Nov. 27 - Dec. 15) Financial Aid is available to families that are not able to afford tuition. |
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STAGE I: AGES 6-8 All classes meet 4:50-5:50pm Mondays:
Musical Mentoring I with Miles Allen and Wesleyan music students. One on one music lessons with Wesleyan University Music students. No class 10/9 or 10/23. Tuition $140 Tuesdays: Circus I with Maegan Fuller An age appropriate introduction to the world of circus arts. No class 11/7. Tuition $160 Wednesdays: Complete Actor I: Instructor TBA An age appropriate introduction to the world of acting and performance Tuition: $180 Thursdays: Mime and Comedy with Maegan Fuller Mime is all about communicating with your body. We’ll learn to make our bodies talk, and use those skills to create funny characters and comic skits. Tuition: $180 STAGE III: Ages 12-14 Most classes meet 4:30 - 5:50pm Mondays:
High Stakes Acting with Dic Wheeler This class will help ground your acting in truth when the stakes are high, using physical and emotional techniques, acting exercises, short monologs and scenes. This is great preparation for the upcoming winter Junior Repertory Company production of Lord of the Flies. No class 10/9. Tuition $160 Tuesdays: Complete Actor III with Dan Schmidt A fun and challenging acting class for middle schoolers, introducing text, character, action, improvisation and basic scene work. No class 11/7. Tuition $160 Wednesdays: CANCELLED - Street Jazz Dance with Latoya Nickee (ages 9 - 14) Thursdays: Hip Hop Dance with Shamara Grate (ages 9 - 14; 4:50 - 5:50 pm) A beginner/intermediate dance class focusing on stylized hip hop. Dancers will develop musicality, creativity, coordination and performance skills through grooves and creative movements. Tuition: $180 |
STAGE II: AGES 9-11 All classes meet 4:50 - 5:50pm ondays:
Sign-a-Long with Lanea Collins This unique class combines modern music with movement and sign language, providing students an opportunity to engage, learn and perform. For Share Day we will prepare a performance of “Can’t Stop the Music” by Justin Timberlake. No class 10/9. Tuition $160 Tuesdays: Circus II with Allison McDermott A circus arts extravaganza, including juggling, acrobatics, balancing, plate spinning and all kinds of other circus skills. No class 11/7. Tuition $160 Wednesdays: Musical Mentoring II with Miles Allen and Wesleyan music students (ages 9 - 12) 1 on 1 lessons with Wesleyan University Music students Tuition: $180 Thursdays: Complete Actor II with Gianna DiMaiolo This is our foundational acting class for ages 9 - 11, introducing character, action, text, movement, voice, and working as an ensemble. Tuition: $180 Hip Hop Dance with Shamara Grate (ages 9 - 14) A beginner/intermediate dance class focusing on stylized hip hop. Dancers will develop musicality, creativity, coordination and performance skills through grooves and creative movements. Tuition: $180 |
SATURDAY CLASSESAll classes taught by Megan Berritta.
Options from ages 15 months to 11! 12 weeks: Sept. 16 - Dec. 16 (no classes 10/14 or 11/25. Parent observation day October 28; Share Day December 16)
Acrobabies (15 months to under 3 with caregiver): 9:15 - 9:55 am Toddler with caregiver music and tumbling class. We’ll have a great time singing, dancing and moving through super fun obstacle courses. Faerie Tale Theater (ages 3 - 6): 10 - 10:45 am Our favorite fairy tale stories combined with theater, imagination and best of all… costumes! Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6): 10:55 - 11:40 am Introduction to the FUNdamentals of circus arts. Children will work on juggling, balance, spinning, rhythm and acrobatics! Circrobatics (ages 3 - 6): 11:45 am - 12:30 pm Second section! Slaprobatics and Equilibristics (ages 7 -11): 12:35 - 1:20 pm A class which includes various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, stilting, tightrope walking, spools, rolling globe, rola bola or riding a unicycle. Plus some crazy clowning & comedy. Tuition for any Saturday class is $200 for the 12 week session. Take any two back to back classes and the tuition is $380 |
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CIRCOPHONY |
**Two Week Mini-Production**
Nov. 27 - Dec. 15
The Nightmare Before Christmas (an original adaptation)
Join us for a 2 week theater adventure, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts), culminating in two public performances in the theater at Oddfellows.
Open to ages 6 - 14, the different age groups will rehearse both separately and together to pull off a Shakespeare miracle in 7 days!
Nov. 27 - Dec. 15, Monday through Thursday, 3:15 - 6 pm
Performances: Thursday, December 14 & Friday, December 15 at 7 pm
Daily Rehearsals Monday-Thursday
Ages 6-14
Nov. 27 - Dec. 15
The Nightmare Before Christmas (an original adaptation)
Join us for a 2 week theater adventure, with transportation provided directly from Middletown Public Schools (drop off option available for home schoolers or students from other school districts), culminating in two public performances in the theater at Oddfellows.
Open to ages 6 - 14, the different age groups will rehearse both separately and together to pull off a Shakespeare miracle in 7 days!
Nov. 27 - Dec. 15, Monday through Thursday, 3:15 - 6 pm
Performances: Thursday, December 14 & Friday, December 15 at 7 pm
Daily Rehearsals Monday-Thursday
Ages 6-14
