2021 Summer Academy
One- and two-week half-day sessions for rising 1st-12th grade students
The Chattanooga Theatre Centre is delivering summer fun with large doses of creativity at our popular Summer Academy. Your choice of 20 half-day sessions in acting, improv, stand-up comedy, movie-making, dance, and more. Age-appropriate classes for rising grades 1-12. Sessions run June 7 through August 6. Spend your summer at the CTC!
Safety Protocols
To ensure the health and safety of our students and staff, the following procedures will be followed for all classes:
- Temperature will be checked before entering the building.
- Masks will be worn at all times in the building.
- Hands must be sanitized at regular intervals.
- Safe distancing will be practiced in and outside of classes.
- The building will be closed between noon and 1:00PM for cleaning.
- A maximum of 10 students in each class with no interaction with any other class.
Performances
Most of our Summer Academy classes are process oriented and will have no performance at the end of the session. A limited number of classes will substitute a video at the conclusion of the session instead of live performances. These videos will be shared with the participants through an emailed link provided a week after the conclusion of the class.
Enrollment
A minimum number of students must be enrolled for each class to be held.
Stories to Stage – Rising grades 1-3
All Stories to Stage final performances will be video recorded. A link to each will be made available after the course is completed.
Exotic Animals
June 7-11, 9:00 AM-12 noon
Tell the stories of some of the strangest animals that ever lived.
$135 Full
Picture to Performance
June 21-25, 9:00 AM-12 noon
Make your own picture with paper, pen, and crayon, then bring it to life with friends and imagination.
$135 Full
Storybook Kingdom
July 12-16, 9:00 AM-12 noon
Explore a world of princesses, witches, animals that talk, and heroes who bring the happily ever after.
$135 Full
Rising Grades 4-6
Sketch Comedy – Two Week
June 7-18, 1:00PM-4:00PM
If you want to know more about how to get an audience to laugh, this is the class for you. Learn how to make funny happen in this two-week excursion in writing and performing comedy. A link to a video recording of the final performance will be made available after the course.
Instructor: Chuck Tuttle
$260 
Fundamentals of Acting – One Week
June 21-25, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Learn the basics of acting for the stage. Develop physical, vocal, and mental skills that helps the young actors show their talent to the fullest.
$135 Full
Acting the Script – One Week
June 28-July 2, 9:00AM-Noon
Find and communicate the real meaning of a play through an understanding of character, story, and subtext.
$135
Practice to Performance – Two Week
July 12-23, 1:00PM-4:00PM
This two-week course will coach you through the rehearsal and performance process, giving you insights into the skill and art of acting along the way. Each actor will work in teams with a script through the rehearsal process and into performance, which will be filmed for later viewing. A link to a video recording of the final performance will be made available after the course.
$260
Improvisation – One Week
July 26-30, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Learn the techniques to “create in the moment.” Work as a team to create characters and act out stories at the spur of the moment. Improvisation is an essential skill for all actors. It can be thrilling, freeing and, most of all, fun.
Instructor: Shellyta Chatman
$135
Movie Making – Two Week
July 26-August 6, 9:00AM-Noon
Work in teams to learn the basics of camera work, screenplay writing, and editing as you create your own short video. Each student must bring their own device(s) for recording and editing video (smartphone, tablet, video camera and laptop).
Instructor: Chuck Tuttle
$260
Rising Grades 7-12
Stand-up Comedy – Two Weeks
June 7-18, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Learn to develop comic material based on your own life and observations, and learn the techniques for making an audience laugh at them. A link to a video recording of the final performance will be made available after the course.
Instructor: Chris Williamson (Read about Chris by clicking HERE!)
$260
Sketch Comedy – Two Weeks
June 7-18, 9:00AM-Noon
If you want to know more about how to get an audience to laugh, this is the class for you. Learn how to make funny happen in this two-week excursion in writing and performing comedy. A link to a video recording of the final performance will be made available after the course.
Instructor: Chris Williamson (Read about Chris by clicking HERE!)
$260 Full
Fundamentals of Acting – One Week
June 21-25, 9:00AM-Noon
Learn the basics of acting for the stage. Develop physical, vocal, and mental skills that helps the young actors show their talent to the fullest.
$135 Full
Movement for Actors – One Week
June 21-25, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Along with the voice, the body is an essential tool for the actor on stage. Movement for Actors is not a dance class, but rather a course that explores how to create characters and tell their stories on stage through movement, gesture and stance.
Instructor: Lindsey Wills
$135
Acting the Script – One Week
June 28-July 2, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Find and communicate the real meaning of a play through an understanding of character, story, and subtext.
Instructor: Magge Hudgins
$135
Practice to Performance – Two Weeks
July 12-23, 9:00AM-Noon
This two-week course will coach you through the rehearsal and performance process, giving you insights into the skill and art of acting along the way. Each actor will work in teams with a script through the rehearsal process and into performance, which will be filmed for later viewing. A link to a video recording of the final performance will be made available after the course.
$260 Full
Improvisation – One Week
July 26-30, 9:00AM-Noon
Learn the techniques to “create in the moment.” Work as a team to create characters and act out stories at the spur of the moment. Improvisation is an essential skill for all actors. It can be thrilling, freeing and, most of all, fun.
Instructor: Shellyta Chatman
$135
Movie Making – Two Week
July 26-August 6, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Work in teams to learn the basics of camera work, screenplay writing, and editing as you create your own short video. Each student must bring their own device(s) for recording and editing video (smartphone, tablet, video camera and laptop).
Instructor: Chuck Tuttle
$260
Dance
Choreographer Lindsay Fussell will teach jazz, tap, and theatre dance. For older students, she’ll throw in a bit of salsa and swing.
$135
Rising Grades K-3
June 28-July 2, 9:00AM-Noon
Rising Grades 4-6
June 28-July 2, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Rising Grades 7-12
July 12-16, 1:00PM-4:00PM
Check out some of the work from last year:
Practice to Performance grades 7-12 videos
Variations on the Death of Trotsky
Contact
For further information, contact Chuck Tuttle, Director of Education & Innovation, at (423) 267-8538 ext. 313 or [email protected].
