Acting Classes for ages 5 years to Adults
NOTICE: ACTING CLASSES ON MONDAY 1/15 AND 1/16 ARE CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT CHUCK TUTTLE AT [email protected]
Eight Weeks of Classes
January 15 – March 7
For all classes:
To ensure the health and safety of our students and staff, the following procedures will be followed for all classes:
- Masks optional
- Students who are coughing will be asked to wear a mask.
- Students with a fever will be sent home.
(A minimum of five students is necessary to hold a class).
Ages 5-7 years
Creative Drama
Through games and creative play, we’ll build a play together by adding characters, places, plots, problems, and resolutions to create a story we will act out using our bodies, voices, and imaginations.
Tuesdays, 4:45PM-5:5:45PM, January 16-March 5
Instructor: TBA
Cost: $85 
Building a Character
Step into the shoes of another person. A dynamic performance starts with a believable character. Through improvisation, scripts, and theatre exercises, you will learn the techniques to create characters that come to life on the stage or screen.
Cost: $125
Ages 8 – 9 years Mondays, January 15-March 4, 5:00PM-6:30PM
Instructor: TBA
Ages 10 – 12 years Wednesdays, January 17 -March 6, 5:00PM-6:30PM
Instructor: TBA
Ages 13 – 17 years Thursdays, January 18 -March 7, 5:00PM-6:30PM
Instructor: TBA
Adults Tuesdays, January 16 -March 5, 7:00PM-8:30PM
Instructor: TBA
Special offering – Acting a Monologue
Need to prepare a monologue for a school audition? We can help. We’ll give you individualized help in choosing a monologue, coach you to bring out your best performance of it, and video it so you can send it to the school.
Includes:
- Picking a monologue
- Coaching
- Video recording the monologue
Times to be arranged Contact the Director of Education to Schedule
Cost: $40 per hour/session ($80 minimum)
About the Instructor
Mary Eliza Hendricks graduated from Emory and Henry College, where she earned a B.A. degree in Theatre. She has directed several shows locally including Love Letters and A Stroll Down Holiday Lane, as well as assistant choreographed and assistant directed Bye Bye Birdie and choreographed Mamma Mia. She has also performed on stage in numerous productions including Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Mary Eliza’s teaching experience includes theatre, acting, and dance for a variety of ages from preschools to adults.
Chuck Tuttle is the Director of Education and Outreach for the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Children’s Theatre and Creative Drama from the University of Texas at Austin and has over 30 years of experience doing theatre with and for young people.
