9-22-26: This class is FULL. If you would like to be placed on a waitlist, please email office@crozetarts.org.

for Grades K–4

Tuesdays 3:45-4:45pm

5 Week Session

September 22 & 29, October 6, 13, 27 (no class October 20)
with Boomie Pedersen

Listening, watching and staying present are not only crucial life skills, but the keys to good theater as well and it is never too soon to use them. This class for the youngest thespians provides a structured environment for imaginative play while encouraging teamwork and problem-solving.

Class minimum enrollment: 6 students

*includes $5 registration fee

9-24-26: Updated Dates

for Grades 5 - 8

Thursdays 5:00 – 6:00 pm

4 Week Session
October 1, 8, 15, 29 (no class October 22)

with Boomie Pedersen

Through games and exercises, learn the skills necessary to play onstage. Begin to investigate what makes a play – characters, events, plot – and the various parts of a production that support them – costumes, set, script. 

Class minimum enrollment: 6 students

*includes $4 registration fee

For Grades K-5

Tuesdays 3:45-4:45pm

November 10 & 17; December 1, 8 & 15 (5 weeks; no class November 24)
with Boomie Pedersen

Listening, watching and staying present are not only crucial life skills, but the keys to good theater as well and it is never too soon to use them.

This class for the youngest thespians provides a structured environment for imaginative play while encouraging teamwork and problem-solving.

This Late Fall Session class builds on Early Fall Session classes - continuing and new students welcome!

Class minimum enrollment: 6 students

*includes $5 registration fee

For Grades 5 - 8

Thursdays 5:00 - 6:00
November 5, 12, 19; December 3 & 10 (5 weeks; no class November 26)
with Boomie Pedersen

Adding the idea of memorization to the basic skills of performance and presence, this class will work toward a brief performance event which will be presented in the Hamner Blackbox.

This Late Fall Session class builds on Early Fall Session classes - continuing and new students welcome!

Class minimum enrollment: 6 students

*includes $5 registration fee

Tuesdays from 1:00 - 3 :00 pm

with Boomie Pedersen

September 22 – December 29 (no class October 20) – 14 sessions

$20/session; option to purchase 1 - 14 sessions.

This class will explore various aspects of acting and performance within the dramaturgical context of the plays The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse and The Dining Room by AR Gurney. Each play is very much of the time in which they were written and the way in which we

approach them will take that period relevance into account.

Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30 pm

with Boomie Pedersen

Session 1:  September 22 –  November 10 (7 weeks;(no class October 20)

$140 + $5 Registration Fee = $145

Using each scene like a mini-production, this class will give actors – experienced and beginner – the opportunity to follow a role from the page to the stage. We will begin with monologue work to practice basic skills and move into scenes. The class will culminate in an informal presentation of the work.

Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30 pm

with Boomie Pedersen

Session 2:  November 17 - December 29 (7 weeks)

$140 + $5 Registration Fee = $145

Using each scene like a mini-production, this class will give actors – experienced and beginner – the opportunity to follow a role from the page to the stage. We will begin with monologue work to practice basic skills and move into scenes. The class will culminate in an informal presentation of the work.

Thursdays 1:00 - 3:00 PM

with Boomie Pedersen

September 24 – November 19 (8 weeks; no class October 22)

$160 + $5 Registration Fee = $165

This 8-week class will explore one Shakespeare play -The Tempest- in its entirety. Actors will have the opportunity to work on monologues and

scenes from the play, as well as investigating the historical and dramaturgical worlds within it.

Thursdays 6:30 - 8:30 PM

with Boomie Pedersen

September 24 – November 19 (8 weeks; no class October 22)

$160 + $5 Registration Fee = $165

This 8-week class will explore one Shakespeare play -The Tempest- in its entirety. Actors will have the opportunity to work on monologues and

scenes from the play, as well as investigating the historical and dramaturgical worlds within it.