SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS
(Age 2-Grade 12)
Inspire the imagination,
develop performance skills,
build confidence
at Stages Theatre Company
SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS 2/20/25 at Noon!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111
Tuesday-Saturday, 12n– 5pm
and one hour prior to all performances
CLASS DIRECTORY - SPRING 2025
Grade levels refer to the grade level students will enter in Fall 2024.
Age refers to the age students will be on the first day of the class!
Select your grade level below.
TUITION ASSISTANCE
FOR CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Through our Open Door Program, we offer need-based tuition assistance for our fee-based programs, such as our Winter and Summer Theatre workshops, Creative Play Academy and Acting Conservatory.
For more information about free or reduced cost tickets, bus subsidies and Tuition Assistance contact us at (952) 979-1111 or email opendoorprogram@stagestheatre.org
Please fill out the Tuition Assistance Application via the button below.
SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS 2/20/25 at Noon!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111
Tuesday-Saturday, 12n– 5pm
and one hour prior to all performances
CREATIVE PLAY Ages 2-5
Dramatic play, music, and movement build confidence in young people…while also being an excellent outlet for energy & fun! Creative play lays the groundwork for collaborative learning, fosters social-emotional and motor skills development, and cultivates a sense of discovery & empathy in young students. Watch as your little one develops their inner artist and see their creativity bloom!
Play-A-Day: Ages 2-3 (Stay & Play)
Activate your child’s creative side through a guided stay-and-play class that includes a new story each week, music, movement, and sensory play! Teaching Artists will play alongside you, guiding each young person and their caregiver through a sensory-stimulating, fun-filled, creative story time.
Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts
Tuition: $100.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Story Drama: Ages 3-4 (Drop-off)
Each class highlights a new story, with a new jumping off point for dramatic adventure. Using our favorite books as our guide, students will journey through different environments, discover characters, and solve problems using their bodies, voices & imaginations!
Tuition: $130.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Drama Adventures: Ages 4-5 (Drop-off)
Your student’s imagination will be our guide as we traverse on epic dramatic adventures! Together, we’ll discover characters, travel to new and surprising worlds, tackle obstacles, and solve problems as we create a brand-new story each week.
Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts
Tuition: $130.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
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SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS 2/20/25 at Noon!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111
Tuesday-Saturday, 12n– 5pm
and one hour prior to all performances
THEATRE EXPLORATION Kindergarten - Grade 3
Students learn to use their “Actor Tools”—body, voice, and imagination – to play, create and tell stories! Theatre Exploration classes incorporate age-appropriate acting games, dramatic play, music, storytelling, and theatre making. Students share their work for family and friends during the final day of class.
Backstage Pass (Grades K – 1)
Put your “maker” and “creator” skills to use this spring and jump into the backstage world of theatre! Through hands-on projects, crafts, and acting exercises, students will explore the elements it takes to bring a show to life – from costumes, to puppets, to sound, to set design!
Tuition: $210.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts (Hopkins)
Mini-Musical (Grades 2 – 3)
Calling all singers & dancers! Spend spring session trying your hand at putting on a mini-musical with favorite Stages Theatre Company teaching artist, Matt Ouren. Students will learn choreography and music from contemporary musicals, all while experiencing a fun, real-life rehearsal process!
Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts
Tuition: $210.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Sensory Storytelling (Grades K – 1 and Grades 2 – 3)
Sensory play and dramatic movement build confidence in young people…while also being an excellent outlet for energy & fun! In this dynamic class, students will dive into storytelling using props, puppets, costumes, dance, and more!
Tuition: $210.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts)
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SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS 2/20/25 at Noon!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111
Tuesday-Saturday, 12n– 5pm
and one hour prior to all performances
ACTOR TRAINING Grades 4-8
Students delve into their actor training through a series of leveled classes designed to build performance skills and confidence and develop student artists for success in whatever they may pursue. Students examine devised and scripted work, explore the use of body, voice, and imagination to create characters, learn ensemble-building and acting techniques, and work through the rehearsal process. Spring Session is filled with electives designed to give students of all levels & abilities a crash course in specialized theatrical disciplines! No prior experience is required. Come prepared to have fun, try something new, and add a new skillset to your actor’s toolbox! Age ranges are expanded to include all ACTOR TRAINING students age-eligible to audition for Stages Theatre Company productions.
Audition (Grades 4 – 8)
Being cast in a show is the goal of any actor, but before you get there, you need to nail the audition. Join Stages Theatre Company teaching artists to learn some effective strategies for how to audition with confidence. Students will be given a monologue, rehearse an audition song, receive coaching on their delivery, and participate in a mock dancing & singing audition to simulate a real-life audition experience in this exciting and practical class.
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts)
Tuition: $210.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Improvisation (Grades 4 – 8)
There may be nothing funnier than a well-executed, highly specific, impromptu performance. Whether it be a timely pratfall, or simply an over-the-top character, improvisational comedy can leave your audiences aching with laughter. Guided by professional teaching artists, learn how to nail the timing, take the risk, and craft of sheer goofiness alongside your fellow actors.
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts)
Tuition: $210.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
Musical Theatre Dance (Grades 4 – 8)
Looking to boost your musical theatre dance technique and performance confidence? This class will focus on the basics of essential technique – from proper posture and footwork to rhythm and coordination – all while exploring iconic musical theatre styles in a fun, supportive environment. While all levels are welcome, this class is designed for performers that do not have multiple years of studio dance experience and will focus on beginner to intermediate technique.
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts)
Tuition: $210.00 (includes $10 handling fee)
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SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS 2/20/25 at Noon!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111
Tuesday-Saturday, 12n– 5pm
and one hour prior to all performances
REGISTRATION, POLICIES AND SAFETY INFO
WINTER 2025 CLASS LOCATIONS
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HOPKINS: Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
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EDEN PRARIE: PiM, 7255 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie
REGISTRATION
To Register, either click the link of the class you want or contact our box office.
Box Office Hours: Tue-Fri, Noon to 5:00 pm.
TUITION ASSISTANCE
Tuition assistance is available through our Open Door Program, we offer need-based tuition assistance for our fee-based programs,, including all education camps, classes, and workshops. Please fill out the Tuition Assistance Application via the button below.
CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS
You may cancel your class or workshop up to THREE WEEKS prior to the start of class, for any reason, and receive a full refund – minus the $10 handling fee. Call the Education Registrar at 952-979-1113.
COVID-19 POLICIES
Stages Theatre Company will continue to follow the advice and guidelines from the Minnesota Department of Health and the CDC. The safety & well-being of our students, staff and teaching artists is our top priority, and we reserve the right to change our protocols if community levels of COVID-19 rise in our area.
Contact Megan Collins, Education Director, at mcollins@stagestheatre.org or (952)979-1117 if you have any questions or concerns.
DROP OFF / PICK UP
Please visit the link below which corresponds with your student's age group and class location:
Drop Off/Pick Up at the Hopkins Center for the Arts
Drop Off/Pick Up at the PiM Arts High School
To discuss accessibility needs related to Drop Off/Pick Up, please contact Elinor, Education Registrar, at ejones@stagestheatre.org.
LAST DAY SHARING
End of Session Sharing: Finalized end of session sharing information will be shared with families two weeks prior to the last day of class.
QUESTIONS?
Drop Off/Pick Up at the
Hopkins Center for the Arts:
Curbside Drop Off Instructions
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Ten minutes prior to the start of class, Stages Theatre Company Administrators will be ready to begin drop off. Administrators will be outside with clipboards in hand.
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On Mainstreet, there will be a yellow Stages sign close to 12th Avenue. Pull into the open space closest to the Stages sign and wait for an Administrator with a clipboard to approach your vehicle.
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Please stay in your vehicle with your student. Our staff will approach the vehicle’s passenger-side window. On the first day, we will check Emergency Contacts’ phone numbers. If you assist your child in getting out of the vehicle, you are welcome to do so.
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The Administrator will escort the student inside to meet their teacher and fellow classmates.
Walk-In Drop Off Instructions
*Please note, Administrators will prioritize Curbside Drop Off for student safety.
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Please utilize legal street parking or Hopkins City lot parking.
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Enter the Hopkins Center for the Arts via the main entrance at the East end of the building, Mainstreet and 11th Avenue. We will be congregating at the West end of the building.
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Please wait with your student until approached by an Administrator with a clipboard. If multiple families choose to walk in, please form a line. On the first day, we will check Emergency Contacts’ phone numbers.
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The Administrator will escort the student to meet their teacher and fellow classmates.
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If you would like to meet your student’s Teaching Artist and wait with them until they begin class, please let the Administrator know. Otherwise, you are welcome to leave after the Administrator checks your student in.
Regardless of how you choose to drop off on the first day, you are welcome to participate in Curbside Drop Off in the future.
Pick Up will operate similarly to drop off. Pull into the next open spot on Mainstreet, an Administrator will approach your vehicle and ask who you are picking up. Administrators will bring your student to your vehicle. If you park and enter the lobby, please wait until a Stages Theatre Company staff member dismisses your student to leave with them.
Drop Off/Pick Up for Age 4-Kindergarten at
PiM Arts High School:
Drop Off Instructions
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Ten minutes prior to the start of class, Stages Theatre Company Administrators will be ready to begin drop off.
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When arriving at PiM Arts High School, take an immediate right turn into the smaller West parking lot.
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There will be a Stages Theatre Company Administrator outside. Please park and walk your child up to meet the Administrator by the door. On the first day, we will check Emergency Contacts’ phone numbers.
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The Administrator will escort the student to meet their teacher and fellow classmates.
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If you would like to meet your student’s Teaching Artist and wait with them until they begin class, please let the Administrator know. Otherwise, you are welcome to leave after the Administrator checks your student in.
Ten minutes prior to the end of class, please park in the smaller West parking lot and enter the building. An Administrator will be present to show you where to go. At the end of each class, guests are invited to a brief sharing. The Teaching Artist will open the door of the classroom when they are ready to invite everyone in.
Drop Off/Pick Up for Grade 1-8 at
PiM Arts High School:
Curbside Drop Off Instructions
*Please note, Administrators will prioritize Curbside Drop Off for student safety.
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Ten minutes prior to the start of class, Stages Theatre Company Administrators will be ready to begin drop off. Administrators will be outside with clipboards in hand.
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At PiM Arts High School, the parking lot is a circle surrounding the building. When you enter the parking lot, follow the flow of traffic to the left toward the front entrance.
There will be a yellow Stages sign set up, marking the front of the drop off line. Pull into the open space closest to the Stages sign and wait for an Administrator with a clipboard to approach your vehicle.
There may be a long line. Please look to Administrators for further directions if needed.
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Please stay in your vehicle with your student. Our staff will approach the vehicle’s passenger-side window. On the first day, we will check Emergency Contacts’ phone numbers. If you assist your child in getting out of the vehicle, you’re welcome to do so.
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The Administrator will escort the student to meet their teacher and fellow classmates.
Walk-Up Drop Off Instructions
*Please note, Administrators will prioritize Curbside Drop Off for student safety.
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Please utilize parking that is not adjacent to the Curbside Drop Off line.
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Near the Yellow Stages sign at the beginning of the drop off line, there is a seating area with metal chairs. This is where we ask walk-up families to gather. If you come to the front entrance, or approach Stages Theatre Company staff member, you may be asked to walk to the seating area before checking in.
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Please wait with your student until approached by an Administrator with a clipboard. If multiple families choose to walk in, please form a line. On the first day, we will check Emergency Contacts’ phone numbers.
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The Administrator will escort the student to meet their teacher and fellow classmates.
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If you would like to meet your student’s Teaching Artist and wait with them until they begin class, please let the Administrator know. Otherwise, you are welcome to leave after the Administrator checks your student in.