In the event of inclement weather, LCT’s Education Department will do their best to get information about canceled classes to Theatre School Families as quickly as possible. Families should keep an eye on their emails as well as WKYT for information on canceled classes. All emails/notifications will come from Ludus, LCT’s ticketing system. LCT’s Education Department will let families know if additional weeks will be added to make up for a canceled day of class.
As always, the safety of our students and their families comes first. If class is not canceled but you do not feel safe traversing roadways to get to LCT, please stay home. We will get students caught up on anything they missed when they return to class.
Registration for Spring Theatre School (4-weeks) opens January 23rd at 12:00 PM!
Please read through the information below to help make your Spring Break Theatre School planning a breeze:
Play Makers (PM):
Playmakers is designed to meet the needs and interests of 6-8-year-olds. Students explore the world of theatre by using contemporary literature, media, or a theme as their source material. The sharing will use basic costumes and scenery in a wonderful presentation at the end of the week. Tuition $275
Performance Workshop (PW):
Performance Workshops allow participants to improve their acting and performance skills. Students receive classes in acting, voice, and movement. Each child enrolled in the workshop receives a speaking role in the play which rehearses every day, culminating in a fully mounted performance for family and friends on Friday evening. Tuition $290
Students must be the minimum age of a class’s designated age range by the first day of class (i.e. – a young person must turn 5 on or before the first day of a Play Makers class for ages 5-7). We do not allow students to age up into any class for any reason.
Spring Break classes at LCT will operate on a staggered start and dismissal schedule. We ask that students arrive no earlier than 15 minutes before their class’s scheduled start time for drop off in the mornings. Families have a 15-minute window to pick up their young person at the end of each day. Should a young person be picked up after the 15-minute window, families will be charged a $20 late fee. Please note that there is no Extended Care option Spring Break Theatre School.
Additionally, if you need to pick up your young person early from class, you must do so no less than 30 minutes prior to their class’s scheduled dismissal.
Families will be asked to fill out an emergency form for their student(s) via Ludus when they register for the class. Your enrollment won’t go through without a completed student profile. Families can update their student profile at any time via Ludus.
Every class has a mid-morning and afternoon snack break. Every class will also have a thirty-minute lunch break. We ask families to pack items that don’t require refrigeration or microwaving. Please also note that LCT’s Spring Break Theatre School is a peanut and tree-nut free program. Do NOT pack snacks and lunches containing peanuts/tree nuts as students will NOT be permitted to eat those items while at theatre school. Please help us keep our students with allergies safe.
All students are encouraged to bring a refillable water bottle to class to assist with hydration. Students enrolled in the performance workshop class may bring money for use at the 3rd floor vending machine. We ask that students only bring standard silver change (nickels, dimes, and quarters) and 1-dollar bills. The vending machine does not accept anything larger than a one and the Education Department will not make change for larger bills.
Students enrolled in LCT’s Spring Theatre School program will spend their week engaging in a variety of activities as they work toward their Friday sharings. While most of the schedule each day is devoted to preparing for the performance at the end of the week, we also include a few blocks of time throughout the week that either build specific theatre skills or allow for some much-needed downtime. Below are some of the activities your young person can expect to experience throughout the week:
Play Makers (Ages 5-7):
- Drama Time: the time when students are engaged in their class’s story where they play the protagonist in an imaginative play experience facilitated by their teaching artists.
- Art Block: usually folded into Drama Time, this time is spent creating props and other items that will enhance the story students are taken through during the week.
- Fundamentals of Drama: a series of lessons introducing and identifying key theatre terms (such as pantomime and stage directions) that students have already been engaging in during their Drama Time blocks.
- Centers: a daily period set aside for students to have free play within pre-determined activities such as reading, LEGOs, and puzzles.
- Chill Time: a daily post-lunch activity where students watch part of an age-appropriate children’s movie. This time allows students a chance to relax after a morning full of adventure during drama time.
Performance Workshops (Ages 8-14):
- Rehearsal: the time when students are engaged in practicing their play including blocking, line memorization, characterization, and more.
- Core Class: a series of lessons introducing and identifying key theatre concepts and skills (such as movement, voice, and intro to acting) that help students as they bring their characters to life onstage.
- Elective: a time set aside to either focus on elements of theatre that aren’t covered in rehearsal and core classes or to contextualize the world of the play. Popular past electives have included technical design, intro to stage combat, and trivia.
- Mid-week Movie: held on Wednesdays each week, students take a break from the busyness of rehearsals and watch an age-appropriate children’s/family movie, usually the film adaptation of the script for their class.
All classes will have a final performance on the last day of class. Sharings run approximately 25-40 minutes and are free and open to family members and friends.
Please note the sharing times below:
3:00PM
PM (Ages 5-7)
4:00PM
PW (Ages 8-14)
Financial aid is available and is awarded based solely on financial need. Generally, qualified applicants receive up to 50% of the tuition in financial aid.
Applications must be submitted no less than two weeks before a class begins. Please do not submit your application after registering your young person; we will not retroactively apply financial aid. Applications are available here.
Submitting an application does not guarantee enrollment.
As classes fill, we accept students on a waitlist in case of cancellations. If a seat becomes available and you are at the top of the waitlist, you will be notified via email. Patrons will have 24-48 hours from the time notified to accept their spot and enroll.
If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please sign up via Ludus. If you have been added to the waitlist for a class but are no longer available that week, please let us know so we can remove you from the list.
If a patron cancels more than two weeks before class begins, the patron will receive a full refund. If the patron cancels less than two weeks prior but still before class begins, the patron will receive full credit towards another theatre school class or production during that fiscal year. If the patron cancels after class begins, a partial class credit will be issued for 70% of the tuition that can be used towards another theatre school class or production during that fiscal year. After the second class, no adjustments will be made. If LCT cancels the class for any reason, the patron will receive a full refund.
For additional questions about cancellation policies, Box Office hours, and more, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page.
