SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS

(Age 2-Grade 12)

Inspire the imagination,
develop performance skills,
build confidence
at Stages Theatre Company

 

FALL REGISTRATION OPENS 7/1/25 at Noon!

Register ONLINE or by PHONE

952-979-1111

Tuesday-Saturday, 12n– 5pm
and one hour prior to all performances

CLASS DIRECTORY - FALL 2025

Grade levels refer to the grade level students will enter in Fall 2025.
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.
 
 

 

 

FALL REGISTRATION OPENS 7/1/25 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: $150.00 (includes $10 handling fee) 
Fridays, September 19 – November 14 from 9-9:45am - HOPKINS

 


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: $195.00 (includes $10 handling fee) 
Tuesdays, September 16 – November 11 from 10:45-11:45am - HOPKINS

 


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 (Hopkins Center for the Arts) OR Eden Prairie (PiM Arts High School)
Tuition: $195.00 (includes $10 handling fee) 

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FALL REGISTRATION OPENS 7/1/25 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.

 

K Stage (Kindergarten)

Students use their body, voice, and imagination to travel to new worlds to devise and tell stories. Using books as their jumping off point, students go on imagination quests, trying new tales each week. Working as an ensemble, students will create and play the characters they encounter along the way!
Tuition: $260.00 (includes $10 handling fee) 
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts) OR Eden Prairie (PiM Arts High School)
Thursdays, September 11 – November 13 from 4:30-6pm - HOPKINS
Saturdays, September 20 – November 15 from 10:30am-NOON - EDEN PRAIRIE

 


First Stage (Grade 1)

Students build self-confidence, creativity, and performance skills as they use their body, voice, and imagination to create characters within the world of the story! Using their actor tools, students will go on imagination quests, create stories through book-based inspiration, and devise original tales.
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts) OR Eden Prairie (PiM Arts High School)
Tuition: $260.00 (includes $10 handling fee) 
Wednesdays, September 10 – November 12 from 4:30-6pm - HOPKINS
Saturdays, September 20 – November 15 from 10:30am-NOON - EDEN PRAIRIE

 


 

 

Center Stage (Grades 2-3)

Explore stories, create characters, and play theatre games designed to build actor tools – body, voice, imagination. Students will learn what it means to perform for an audience with confidence as they transition imaginative play to acting performance!

NEW THIS YEAR: Two Options!

Center Stage: Acting - Students engage their body, voice and imagination while devising a performance through book-based inspiration and short-scripted plays.
Center Stage: Sing & Dance – Students engage their actor tools to hone their musical theatre skillset: singing, dancing, and acting.
Tuition: $305.00 (Hopkins) and $345.00 (Eden Prairie) (includes $10 handling fee) 

 

Center Stage: Acting 

Thursdays, September 11 – November 13 from 4:15-6:00pm - HOPKINS
Saturdays, September 20 – November 15 from 9-11am - EDEN PRAIRIE

 

Center Stage: Sing & Dance

Tuesdays, September 16 – November 11 from 4:15-6:00pm - HOPKINS
Saturdays, September 20 – November 15 from 9-11am - EDEN PRAIRIE
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FALL REGISTRATION OPENS 7/1/25 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.

There are entry points in the program for students to join at any time and at any level of experience, as classes scaffold and are designed to build skills overtime. Each session ends in a sharing for family and friends to celebrated skills learned throughout the session.

 

Acting (Grades 4-5 and Grades 6-8)

Through theatre games, guided improvisation activities, and scene work, students learn how to develop a character within a story. This class focuses on forming a solid foundation for acting and growth as an individual performing artist.
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts) OR Eden Prairie (PiM Arts High School)
Tuition: $305.00 (HOPKINS) and $345.00 (EDEN PRAIRIE) (includes $10 handling fee)

Acting for Grades 4-5  

Mondays, September 15 – November 3 from 4:15-6:00pm - HOPKINS
Saturdays, September 13 – November 8 from 9:30am-11:30am - EDEN PRAIRIE

Acting for Grades 6-8

Saturdays, September 13 – November 8 from 10am-NOON - EDEN PRAIRIE

 

Musical Theatre (Grades 4-5 and Grades 6-8)

Success on the musical theatre stage requires high levels of technique in three disciplines: singing, dancing, and acting. Students will strengthen skills and learn to tell stories through the art of musical theatre by learning and rehearsing musical theatre scenes, songs, and show-stopping dance numbers. Each Musical Theatre class is co-taught by two instructors – one dance instructor & one vocal music instructor.
Locations: Hopkins (Hopkins Center for the Arts) OR Eden Prairie (PiM Arts High School)
Tuition: $305.00 (HOPKINS) and $345.00 (EDEN PRAIRIE), (includes $10 handling fee)

Musical Theatre for Grades 4-5  

Wednesdays, September 10 – November 12 from 4:15-6:00pm - HOPKINS
Saturdays, September 13 – November 8 from 9:30am-11:30am - EDEN PRAIRIE

 

Musical Theatre for Grades 6-8

Saturdays, September 13 – November 8 from 10am-NOON - EDEN PRAIRIE
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FALL REGISTRATION OPENS 7/1/25 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

 

SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS CLASS LOCATIONS


  • HOPKINS: Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
  • EDEN PRARIE: PiM Arts High School, 7255 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie

 

REGISTRATION


To Register, either click the link of the class you want above or contact our box office.
Box Office Hours: Tue-Sat, Noon to 5:00 pm.
EMAIL or  CALL 952-979-1111
 

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 


Instructions and procedures for drop off and pick up will be emailed to registrant's email contact. 
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?


  • For questions regarding REGISTRATION (registering with a friend, using a gift certificate, cancellation policies, etc.) contact the Education Registration at 952-979-1113 or EMAIL
  • For questions regarding CLASS CONTENT contact the Education Department via phone 952-979-1112 or EMAIL

 

 

 

 

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.