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Stages is committed to making our classes available and affordable for all families.
We never want price of our classes to be the reason you don't enroll.
Please visit our Tuition Assistance Page to enroll for class with free or reduced tuition.
JOIN US FOR A FREE TRIAL CLASS
Families who are new to Stages are invited to join us for a FREE TRIAL the week of January 6-11, 2025.
Click this link to book a free class to see if it's the right fit for you child!
SPOTLIGHT ON THE STAGES DIFFERENCE
What is Broadway Stars?
Created by a professional performer turned child development specialist with the primary goal of helping children develop the foundational skills and technique every musical theater performer needs while giving them the opportunity to find their voice, build confidence, and do what every budding Broadway Star loves most: PERFORM!
Wks 1-2: Setting the Stage
*JANUARY 6-11,2025 IS FREE TRIAL & BRING-A-FRIEND TO CLASS WEEK!
New to Stages? Join us for a free trial this week? Already enrolled? Recruit your child's musical theater loving friends to join us in class this week!
The first two weeks of the semester will focus on learning and perfecting the foundational musical theater skills every Broadway Star needs when performing on stage. Classes will participate in acting games and begin to learn music and choreography for their auditions. Students in our classes for grades 2-9 will be introduced to Uta Hagen’s Acting Technique, which we will utilize as a framework for character development throughout our rehearsal process. These first two weeks of the semester also allow our teachers to get to know students and start to determine which scenes, songs, and roles will be the best fit for each child.
Wks 5-12: Putting It Together
During Weeks 5-12, children will begin putting together their show! Each week, classes will work on their assigned scenes and songs. During these classes, we will focus on learning and rehearsing musical numbers and choreography, blocking acting scenes, and introducing various theatrical elements that will be used in our show such as sets, props, and costumes.
Don’t worry, it’s not all work. Classes will also have the opportunity to play theater games designed to introduce new performance skills and brush up on concepts we’ve learned in previous classes.
Tech Week!
Grades 5-8: April 19 - April 25
Grades K-5: April 26 - May 2
At these rehearsals, ALL of the classes are brought together to run the show at the South Loop Center for the Arts with costumes, props, sets, lights, and sound.
These rehearsals will be MANDATORY.
*Students in K-2 Classes will not be required to attend every night during tech week. Dates and times will be confirmed before the end of March to give families plenty of time to make arrangements to ensure their child’s attendance.
How Does This Work?
GRADES K-5: Each class will be assigned specific scenes and songs from from our musical, not the entire musical. Classes will come together for the final performance to perform Frozen Jr. in its entirety.
GRADES 5-8: Students will participate in the entire musical. Casting will be done more traditionally with 1-2 actors playing each role.
EVERY CHILD WILL BE GIVEN A ROLE OR SPECIAL PART IN THE SHOW. We will work together with participants to make sure they have a part they are excited to perform!
Wks 3-4: I Hope I Get It
During weeks 3-4 of the semester, students will participate in a personalized audition process. Auditions at Stages are designed to be a low stress, fun experience where Broadway Stars get to show off what they’ve been learning the first few weeks of the semester and tell us what they are most excited to do in the show. Every audition will look different as every child is different. For children who are new to performing or nervous about auditioning, this will be an informal, low-stakes experience. For actors who are older, have been performing for a while, or are ready for a challenge, this will be treated as a more formal audition.
Wks 13-14: Prepping for Opening Night
During Weeks 13-16, classes will begin running doing “Run Thrus” where they perform all of their scenes and songs from start to finish. We’ll also start adding in transitions so performers know when and how to enter/exit the stage, when to get microphones, make a costume change, or pick up a prop from the prop table. These classes are VERY important and we ask that you do your best to ensure your child is at every class unless they are ill.
FINAL PERFORMANCES
Grades 5-8: April 26-27, 2025
Grades K-5: May 3-4, 2025
Final Performances will take place at the
South Loop Center for the Arts
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