The Chattanooga Theatre Centre is delivering summer fun with large doses of creativity at our popular Summer Academy. Your choice of nearly 20 sessions in acting, improv, stand-up comedy, stage combat, dance, and more. Age-appropriate classes for rising grades 1-12. Sessions run June 7 through August 5. Spend your summer at the CTC!
To ensure the health and safety of our students and staff, the following procedures will be followed for all classes (subject to change):
A minimum of five students must be enrolled for each class to be held.
Make magical realms come to life, where wizards live and unicorns roam.
Join the kingdom of the animals in the royal jungle
Make your own picture with paper, pen, and crayon, then bring it to life with friends and imagination.
Sail the high seas to far away lands where princesses rule, pirates abound, and adventure waits.
Be a part of a team competing to create a 15-minute musical. You and your team members are the playwrights, directors, choreographers, actors, designers, and stage crew. Teams will be assembled by our instructors to provide a balance of experiences and interests making sure each team has the diverse abilities required to make a play. Other theatrical challenge events will be assigned during the session. The final production will be adjudicated on the last performance to see which one is the greatest show.
Limited audience performance on
Friday, August 5, at 3PM
If you want to know more about how to get an audience to laugh, this is the place for you. Get a half-day of sketch comedy, and a half-day of Improvisational comedy, in this two-week excursion into how to make funny happen.
Instructors: Chris Williamson, Michael Shield (Read about Chris by clicking HERE!)
This intensive workshop uses theatrical games and exercises to train the actor’s voice, body, and mind, for dramatic performance.
A musical theatre song is not just sung, it is also acted. Work with a musical director, and a song styling coach to learn how to make your singing dynamic and emotional.
If you want to know more about how to get an audience to laugh, this is the place for you. Get a half-day of sketch comedy, and a half-day of Improvisational comedy, in this two-week excursion into how to make funny happen.
Instructor: Chris Williamson, Michael Shield (Read about Chris by clicking HERE! Read about Michael HERE!)
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.
A musical theatre song is not just sung, it is also acted. Work with a musical director, and a song styling coach to learn how to make your singing dynamic and emotional.
A beginner’s course in the art of fighting on stage without anyone getting hurt, this class will cover punches, kicks, hair grabs, as well as limited sword work.
Choreographer Lindsay Fussell will teach jazz, tap, and theatre dance. For older students, she’ll throw in a bit of salsa and swing.
June 20-24, 9:00AM-Noon
June 20-24, 1:00PM-4:00PM
June 27-July 1, 1:00PM-4:00PM
(Stories to Stage students)
3:00PM-5:00PM $40 per week
(Available for all full day students)
4:00PM-5:00PM $25 per week
Scholarships available
For further information, contact Chuck Tuttle, Director of Education, at (423) 267-8538 ext. 313 or [email protected].