Winter 2025 Classes
Winter 2025 Classes are now listed and enrollment is open! (Classes run January 11 thru mid to late March. Scroll down for more information.)
Our classes are listed below according to age range:
Grades K to 2
Grades 3 to 6
Middle & High School Students
Teens & Adults
Adults
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS OF 10% OFF (PLUS ANOTHER 10% OFF FOR SIBLINGS/SPOUSES) THRU JANUARY 1, 2025!
DISCOUNTS FOR SIBLINGS, AND FOR SPOUSES OF 10% OFF (AFTER THE 1ST STUDENT) SIGNING UP TOGETHER!
PLUS…PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY! For details on how to apply, go here: https://www.curtaincallinc.com/general-class-information/
While our stages, auditoriums, and our studio classroom in our Main Office have handicap access, our Kweskin and Dressing Room Theatre Studios unfortunately are only accessible by stairs. Please contact us directly at brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700 if you have any questions or concerns regarding handicap accessibility for classes.
Our class sessions run once a week for eight weeks. (Curtain Call follows the public schools calendar as to holiday, weather, and emergency closings and cancellations.) Our dance classes specialize in theatre jazz, lyrical movement, and tap. Dance classes are 55 to 60 minutes. Students can opt to register for the full, eight-week session at a discounted rate, or register on a drop-in (or per-class) basis. Acting and Theatre Craft Classes are ONLY available for registration for the FULL, eight-week session. (There is no-drop-in registration for acting classes, regardless of age.) Classes vary in times from 60 to 75 minutes (Grades K to 2), 75 to 90 minutes (Grades 3 to 6), and 90 to 120 minutes hours (middle, high school, and adults). Information on our teacher’s backgrounds and credentials are available when you click on an instructor’s name.
All correspondence with parents and students will take place by email. Details regarding drop-off, pick-up, and other class information will be sent to all parents/students at least five days in advance of the start of the class. Please be sure to check your emails on a regular basis for class updates or alerts such as cancellations due to weather or emergency. (This goes for our Adult Classes as well.)
We ask that all rides please be on time for dismissal, as our staff must prepare for the arrival and/or dismissal of other classes at the facility, or prepare the facility for rehearsals or performances, and may not be available to supervise. If an emergency should arise preventing you from reaching the theatre on time for dismissal, or if you do need to arrange for an early drop-off or later pick-up, please contact our Education Director directly at brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700. (All Curtain Call office voicemails go straight to our email as well.)
If a student needs to miss class for any reason, please let us know. Absences can sometimes cause teachers to make adjustment to what they had originally planned for that day. You may contact brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700. There is no prorating if a student needs to miss a class. If a class is canceled for any reason and a make-up date is unable to be scheduled, that class date will be refunded.
Curtain Call follows the Stamford Public School Calendar as to holidays and weather/emergency closings. Any class cancellations will be posted to the this webpage and on News 12CT, and all parents/students will be notified. Make-up classes are ONLY provided in the event Curtain Call must cancel a class due to weather or emergency. Make-up classes are not provided for individual student absences.
All students should bring their own water bottles to class. Water bottles should be clearly labeled with the student’s name.
NO EATING will be allowed in the theatres, rehearsal studios, backstage or in the dressing rooms at any time. Food may only be eaten outdoors or in the theatre lobbies.
Students should dress comfortably and appropriately for all activities, and must wear the appropriate footwear: NO sandals, flip-flops, open-toed shoes, bare of stocking feet, Crocs or Heelys permitted.
Classes for Grades K to 2:
Music Box Theatre: An Introduction to Musical Theatre, Grades K to 2
Instructors: Jenny Maso and Justin McArthur
Thursdays, 4:30pm to 5:45pm
1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13
*No class 2/20 for winter break
**Makeups for emergency cancellations 3/20 and 3/27
A favorite of students grades K to 2 for many years, our Music Box Theatre class is expanding this year, with a pair of teachers working together to provide more one-on-one focus and attention to students, create more challenging and creative staging, and add a bit more production value (minor set pieces, props, costumes, and stage lighting), so students have a sense of what the experience of “putting on a show” may be like. Using song, character expression and choreographed movements and gestures as storytelling tools, students will assemble a mini-musical based upon a story or fable that they will perform for families on the final class. (A new mini-musical is explored each session for recurring students.) All students must be available for their performance on the final date, March 13 (make-up dates in case of weather or emergency cancelations March 20 and 27).
Registration: $350 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Music Box Theatre, Grades, K to 2.
Budding Actor’s Workshop: A Variety-Pack of Acting Skills, Grades K to 2
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Saturdays, 10:30am to 11:30am
1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8
*No classes 2/15 for winter break
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/15, 3/22
This low-pressure class environment allows students to explore a variety pack of acting tools and techniques for budding young talents including improv, character creation, scripted scenes/sketches and commercials, without the pressure of rehearsing and preparation associated with putting on a show. Build confidence, presentation, social and public speaking skills. Highlights of the students’ work have often been presented in a showcase for an invited audience at the end of the session if the class is comfortable.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Budding Actor’s Workshop, Grades K to 2.
Classes for Grades 3 to 6:
Broadway Melodies: A Musical Theatre Workshop for Grades 3 to 5
Instructor: Ruth Lettera and Jonathan Cahr
Tuesdays, 4:15pm to 5:30pm
1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11
*No classes 2/18 for winter break for schools
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/18, 3/25)
This class will incorporate singing, movement, and acting for musical theatre performance, helping students to strengthen skills and confidence in each! Students will work on a few different songs they can use for auditions to help build their repertoire and even explore basics of acting a song, as well as stage movement. The class will culminate in an informal showcase performance for family and friends on our final date, March 11 (make-up dates in case of emergency closings are 3/18 and 3/25). Anyone who is unavailable for the showcase performance should let us know when they register.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Broadway Melodies: A Musical Theatre Workshop, Grades 3 to 5.
On the Spot: Comedy & Improv for Kids, Grades 3 to 5
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 4:15pm to 5:30pm
1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12
*No classes 2/19 for winter break for schools
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/19, 3/26)
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary. In this class, young actors will tap into their own creative ideas and instincts as they explore improv, sketches, physical comedy, parody and joke-telling! They’ll build confidence and teamwork as they learn to trust in themselves and their fellow actors, and recognize the difference between appropriate and inappropriate humor. (Games and exercises are often varied from session to session for recurring students.)
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for On the Spot: Comedy & Improv for Kids, Grades 3 to 5.
The World’s a Stage: Plays of History & World Culture for Young Actors, Grades 3 to 6
Instructor: Josh Elliot Pickel
Saturdays: 10:00am to 11:30am
1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8
*No classes 2/15 for winter break
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/15, 3/22
In this non-musical drama class, students will develop their own stage adaptations of stories from different world cultures and history. (A new culture is explored each session for recurring students.) Together, they will learn basic stage skills and direction, explore character development, creative use of movement, develop stage-speaking skills, and build confidence! At the end of this course the students will present this performance for an invited audience (with costumes, props, minor set pieces, and stage lighting). This acting class promises to be fun, exciting and memorable. All students must be available for their performance on the final date, March 8 (make-up dates in case of weather or emergency cancelations March 15 and 22).
Registration: $350 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for The World’s a Stage: Plays of History & Culture, Grades 3 to 6.
Classes for Middle & High School:
LOL: Comedy & Improv, Grades 6 to 8
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 5:30pm to 6:50pm
1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12
*No classes 2/19 for winter break for schools
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/19, 3/26
If you’ve got a talent and a love for making people laugh, this eight-week workshop is for you! Humor speaks to all personalities and is an effective way of channeling creativity to make poignant and relevant commentary. Explore a variety of comedic styles including improv, sketch, physical comedy, parody and stand-up. Sharpen your timing, heighten your creative instincts, develop your own comedic characters and ideas, while you also build trust in your scene partners, learn to listen and “pass the ball,” commit to the given circumstances in a scene, and bring freshness and spontaneity to your acting performance.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for LOL: Comedy & Improv, Grades 6 to 8.
Tweens on Screen: TV & Film Acting & Audition Prep, Grades 6 to 8
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Saturdays, 11:30am to 1:00pm
1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8
*No classes 2/15 for winter break
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/15, 3/22
Very different than acting on stage, acting for the camera is more intimate and the camera picks up so much more detail than can often translate on stage. This class will explore scene and monologue work for TV and film performance and auditions. Learn how to best present yourself on-camera and explore auditions, commercials, scenes for TV and film using actual, network and professional scripts. You’ll also pick up useful tips on how to book professional work and industry tricks of the trade!
Students will have a chance to review their work on screen. Video clips of their work will be made available to parents and students after the end of the session.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Tweens on Screen: Tv & Film Acting & Audition Prep, Grades 6 to 8.
Sketch Comedy for Teens, Grades 8 to 12
Instructor: Christopher John O’Neill
Mondays, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17
*No classes 1/20 for MLK Jr. Day and 2/17 for President’s Day
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/24, 3/31
Ever wonder what it’s like to be on “Saturday Night Live?” In this course, participants will dive into the fundamentals of comedy writing and learn how to transform a simple idea into a hilarious sketch. Taught by Broadway leading actor and sketch comedy writer and performer Christopher John O’Neill (Helen Hayes award winner for his role as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon) this interactive class will immerse students in the vibrant world of sketch comedy, where they will learn the fundamentals and the art of crafting original comedic pieces, culminating in the performance of those pieces on our final date, November 19. The collaborative environment fostered in this course is not only conducive to creativity but also encourages students to take risks and let their imaginations run wild. By engaging with their peers and receiving constructive feedback, students will enhance their writing skills and gain invaluable insights into the comedic process. More than just a class, this experience seeks to create a space where students can experiment with various comedic styles, and foster a supportive atmosphere where laughter and creativity thrive. We believe that everyone, regardless of their prior experience with comedy, will find their niche in this collaborative journey. There are no “bad” ideas here—just moments of inspiration waiting to be unlocked! This course promises to be a fun and enriching experience that can launch their journey into the world of comedy.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Sketch Comedy for Teens, Grades 8 to 12.
Teen Scene and Monologue Workshop, Grades 8 to 12
Instructor: Brian Bianco
Thursdays, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13
*No class 2/20 for winter break
**Makeups for emergency cancellations 3/20 and 3/27
An actor has to bring their character and dialogue to life through “truth.” How does an actor approach a scene and how do they recreate, process, and control emotion? How do proper breath support, body language, physicalization of character and intention each play a role in the success of an actor’s performance? How do actors discover, process, and respond to what is in the scene around them, and how do they convey their objectives and obstacles to the audience? Learn how to recognize beats in the text that inform your character(s) of their objectives, obstacles, tactics, intensity and level of desperation, how to raise the stakes, and how to make character-driven choices that lead you to a more truthful performance. Explore techniques that push you to greater heights, build confidence, help you become a stronger scene partner, and a more well-rounded actor.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Teen Scene & Monologue Workshop, Grades 8 to 12.
Classes for Teens & Adults:
Broadway Tap for Teens & Adults: Beginners & Intermediate
Instructor: Caitlin Ann Roberts
Mondays, 6:00pm to 6:55pm
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24
*No classes 2/17 for President’s Day
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/31, 4/7
Designed for actors with less than two years tap experience looking to get a “leg up,” our Broadway Tap classes explore a trademark style featured in popular musicals like Anything Goes, 42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Something Rotten and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance.
Registration: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Click here to register for ALL 8 WEEKS of Broadway Tap: Beginners & Intermediate.
Click here to register as a DROP-IN for Broadway Tap: Beginners & Intermediate.
Broadway Tap for Teens & Adults: Advanced
Instructor: Caitlin Ann Roberts
Mondays, 7:00pm to 7:55pm
1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24
*No classes 2/17 for President’s Day
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/31, 4/7
Designed for actors with more than two years tap experience looking to get a “leg up,” our Broadway Tap classes explore a trademark style featured in popular musicals like Anything Goes, 42nd Street, Shuffle Along, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Something Rotten and TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance.
Registration: $136 for all eight weeks (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025) or register as a drop-in at just $20 per class.
Click here to register for ALL 8 WEEKS of Broadway Tap: Advanced.
Click here to register as a DROP-IN for Broadway Tap: Advanced.
Shakespeare for Actors (Teens & Adults)
Instructor: Celine Montaudy
Tuesdays; 6:30pm to 8:30pm
1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11
*No classes 2/18 for winter break for schools
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/18, 3/25)
Do you fear Shakespeare? Is your only experience with his work that one time in high school? In this class, we’ll unlock the power of Shakespeare’s language from the actor’s perspective. Through text analysis and physical exploration, actors will gain tools to demystify the process of working on Shakespeare’s plays and have fun doing it! We’ll dive into the rhythm, meaning, and emotional depth of his text, discovering how to make his complex verse accessible and dynamic on stage. Whether you’re a seasoned performer or new to Shakespeare, you’ll leave this class with the confidence to bring his timeless characters and stories to life.
Registration: $300 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Shakespeare for Actors, Teens & Adults.
Classes for Just Adults:
Off the Cuff: Short-Form Adult Improv
Instructor: Tony Republicano
Wednesdays, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12
*No classes 2/19 for winter break for schools
**Makeup dates for any emergency cancellations 3/19, 3/26
Improv is unscripted, allowing artists to draw from their own instincts, shed their inhibitions, and build confidence and ease onstage. It also allows them to build trust among their fellow performers, commit to the given circumstance of a scene or situation, build upon their ideas, and bring freshness, adaptability and spontaneity in their performance. These skills also apply to social, presentational, interview, and business situations. “Short-form” improv consists of short scenes usually constructed from a predetermined game, structure, or idea and driven by an audience suggestion. In this eight-week class, you’ll develop creative reflexes through a series of theatre games, impromptu scenarios, and character and team-building exercises.
Registration: $280 (10% off all eight-week registrations made thru January 1, 2025)
Click here to register for Off the Cuff: Short-Form Improv for Adults.
