SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS
(Age 2-Grade 12)
INSPIRE the Imagination,
DEVELOP Performance Skills,
BUILD Confidence,
FOSTER Creative Expressions.
Stages Theatre Company is an all-access pass to theatre arts education from Age 2 through Grade 12.
Select your grade level below.
Hopkins & Eden Prairie
Hopkins & Eden Prairie
Hopkins & Eden Prairie
Hopkins & Eden Prairie
Hopkins
Hopkins
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111, option 4
Box Office Hours: Tue-Fri Noon-4pm.
EARLY STAGES (Ages 2-5)
EARLY STAGES (Ages 2-5)
Dramatic play, music, and creative movement foster a sense of discovery, empathy, and confidence in young people, while also being an excellent outlet for energy & fun! Imaginative play lays the groundwork for collaborative learning and critical thinking skills, as well as cognitive and social-emotional development. Watch as your little one develops their inner artist and see their creativity bloom!
Fall Session – On Sale Now!
Winter Session – On Sale, October 1, 2021
Spring Session – On Sale, February 1, 2022
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, we’ll discover characters, and journey through different environments to tell stories.
Tuition: $165.00 (includes $5 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts
FALL 2021
Drama Adventures: Ages 4-5 (Drop-off)
Your student’s imagination will be our guide as we traverse on epic dramatic adventures! We’ll discover characters and travel to new and surprising worlds while building and creating a brand-new story together.
Tuition: $165.00 (includes $5 handling fee)
Locations: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
FALL 2021
Music Makers & Shakers: Ages Ages 4-5 (Drop off)
We will dance, sing, play instruments, and more as we make music together! Guided by music & creative movement teaching artists, this class is designed for the young person that lights up, stomps, shouts, claps & spins as soon as the music comes on!
Tuition: $165.00 (includes $5 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts
FALL 2021
PRIMARY STAGES (Kindergarten - Grade 3)
PRIMARY STAGES (Kindergarten – Grade 3)
Using their imaginations as their guide, students explore their actor tools—body, voice, and imagination—and learn what it means to perform for an audience with confidence. Classes incorporate age-appropriate acting games, creative 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. Students will go on a session-long imagination quest, adding more to their tale each week. Working as an ensemble, students will create and play the characters they encounter along the way!
Tuition: $185.00 (includes $5 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
FALL SESSION
Students use their actor tools to create environments and solve problems within stories!
WINTER SESSION
Students use their actor tools to create characters within the world of the story!
First Stage (Grade 1)
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!
Tuition: $230.00 (includes $5 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
FALL SESSION
Students learn to create characters using their actor tools while devising an imaginative story.
WINTER SESSION
Students engage their body, voice and imagination while devising a performance through book-based inspiration.
Center Stage (Grades 2-3)
Students build self-confidence, performance and acting skills as they use their body, voice, and imagination to create characters, construct scenes, perform scripts and practice beginning musical theatre skills.
Tuition: $275.00 (includes $5 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
FALL SESSION: Devising Story
Students build acting tools and creative collaboration skills while devising a performance based on thematic inspiration.
WINTER SESSION : Let’s Do a Show!
Students explore character creation and storytelling through the rehearsal of a short, scripted play.
Students develop acting skills while collaborating with their fellow actors on a short, scripted play.
STAGES ACTING CONSERVATORY (Grades 4 - 12)
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111, option 4
Box Office Hours: Tue-Fri Noon-4pm.
STAGES ACTING CONSERVATORY
Stages Acting Conservatory is designed as a comprehensive actor training program for youth performers in Grades 4-12. The classes are designed to build skills over time and allow students to delve into the actor training process. There are entry points in the program for students to join at any time and at any level of experience.
Hopkins & Eden Prairie
Hopkins & Eden Prairie
Hopkins
JUNIOR CONSERVATORY ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM
Junior Conservatory Acting Training Program (Grades 4-6)
Students delve into their actor training through a program designed to build performance skills and confidence as well as 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.
Tuition:$295.00 per class (includes $5 handling fee)
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
Junior Acting Level 1 (Grades 4-6)
FALL SESSION:
Students explore character choices through the use of their body, voice and imaginations. As an ensemble, students work on a devised performance for family and friends.
WINTER SESSION:
Students build acting skills while exploring character and storytelling. Students learn the rehearsal process through working on a scripted play with their fellow actors.
* Junior Acting Level 2 (Grades 5 – 6)
FALL SESSION:
Students build acting skills through exploration of monologues and improvisation. Students learn to make strong character choices through working on character traits and circumstances, relationship, objective and tactic, and environment. Students showcase their skills for family and friends at the end of the session.
WINTER SESSION:
Students build acting skills through the exploration of scenes and ensemble building exercises. Students examine character, relationship, objective and tactic, and environment to make strong character choices for performance. Students showcase their scenes for family and friends at the end of the session.
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
* To enter Junior Acting Level 2 students must have completed a full year of Junior Acting Level 1 or the equivalent. Please contact Conservatory Director, Jeannine Coulombe for entrance into Level 2 classes.
Junior Musical Theatre (Grades 5 – 6)
Students learn to tell stories through the art of musical theatre and develop skills in singing, dancing, and acting. Students learn to portray characters through singing, dancing, and acting in musical theatre scenes, songs and show-stopping numbers.
FALL SESSION:
Triple Threat - Students learn acting, singing, and dancing technique while exploring the contemporary musical theatre canon.
WINTER SESSION:
Script to Song - Students build acting, singing and dancing skills while delving into musical theatre scripts and songs.
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
TEEN CONSERVATORY ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM
TEEN ACTING CONSERVATORY
PROGRAM (Grades 7 - 12)
An in-depth training program for the teen performer that utilizes standard professional training methods and helps students form a solid foundation for acting and growth as an individual, performing artist. Designed for the teen performer to develop acting and musical theatre skills and performance confidence for success on stage and at auditions.
Tuition:$645.00 (includes $5 handling fee) PER CLASS, PER YEAR
*Tuition assistance and payment plans available.
Teen Actor Training (Grades 7-12)
Students learn to prepare their body, mind, and voice for performance; study how to approach a script; make strong character choices; and work as an ensemble. Students explore improvisation and engage in monologues and scenes from the contemporary theatre.
Location: Hopkins OR Eden Prairie
MIDTERM PERFORMANCE: PIM Arts High School – Saturday, December 11, 2021
FINAL PERFORMANCE: HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – Monday, March 21, 2022
Teen Musical Theatre Training (Grades 7-12)
Teen musical theatre students work on both the technical and expressive side of the art form. This includes learning dance and singing technique along with consistent character expression through acting, singing, and dancing. Fall term concentrates on technique and winter term delves into the performance of scenes, individual songs, and show-stopping numbers from the contemporary musical theatre canon.
MIDTERM PERFORMANCE: PIM Arts High School – Saturday, December 11, 2021
FINAL PERFORMANCE: HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – Monday, March 21, 2022
Location: Eden Prairie
Teen Advanced Training (Grades 8-12)
Students in Teen Advanced Training* continue to engage in an in-depth practice in a variety of performance styles and theatre making designed to challenge, grow, and hone their acting and theatre making skills. Two performance styles are offered each year on a rotating basis. Students can choose to take the Monday Class or the Saturday Class or both classes.
* Students must complete at least one year of Teen Actor Training to qualify for Teen Advanced Training. If your student is interested in Teen Advanced Training but has not completed Teen Actor Training, please contact the Education Director
Teen Advanced Training (Grades 8-12)
DIRECTOR’S LAB – MONDAYS
Students learn directing techniques through choosing and directing a 10-minute play with students in the class as their acting pool. The class concludes with a 10-minute play festival in the spring.
MIDTERM PERFORMANCE: PIM Arts High School – Saturday, December 11, 2021
FINAL PERFORMANCE: HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – Monday, March 21, 2022
Location: Hopkins
MASTER CLASS – SATURDAYS
Students study with experts in the field to explore different disciplines, including SHAKESPEARE, STAGE COMBAT, IMPROVISATION, CAMERA ACTING and PUPPETRY. A student-driven showcase is presented at both the mid-term and final performance.
MIDTERM PERFORMANCE: PIM Arts High School – Saturday, December 11, 2021
FINAL PERFORMANCE: HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – Monday, March 21, 2022
Location: Eden Prairie
*STUDENTS RECEIVE A 20% discount on the second class if registering for BOTH Advanced Training classes.
SPRING TRAINING BOOT CAMPS- Grades 5-12
APRIL/MAY ONLY
Stages Spring Training Boot Camps are spring intensives for students who are eligible to audition for productions at Stages Theatre Company. Classes are offered for five weeks in spring each year. They are designed to help students develop skills and techniques to build confidence and success at auditions.
Tuition:$295.00 (Includes $5.00 handling fee) Per class
*Tuition assistance and payment plans available.
Location: Hopkins
Spring Training Boot Camps: Audition Techniques
In this 5-week, 20-hour spring intensive, students learn to show their best at an audition, including prepared monologues and songs, cold readings, cold singing, and dance auditions. The class includes a mock audition –both prepared monologues and songs and a callback. The class is taught by three instructors –a acting coach, singing coach, and dance coach.
Spring Training Boot Camps: Singing & Dancing Technique
This 5-week, 20-hour spring intensive is designed for student to develop their singing and dancing skills. The class concentrates on singing lessons with a professional voice teacher and dance training with a professional choreographer. Success on the musical theatre stage requires building the essential skills of singing and dancing. This class focuses exclusively on those skills.
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
Register ONLINE or by PHONE
952-979-1111, option 4
Box Office Hours: Tue-Fri Noon-4pm.
SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS
POLICIES & INFORMATION
CLASS LOCATIONS
- HOPKINS : Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
- EDEN PRAIRIE : PiM Arts High School, 7255 Flying Cloud Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55344
REGISTRATION
To Register, either click the link of the class you want or contact our box office.
Box Office Hours: Tue-Fri, Noon to 4:00 pm.
QUESTIONS?
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For questions regarding REGISTRATION (registering with a friend, using a gift certificate, cancellation policies, etc.) contact the Box Office 952-979-1111, option 4 or EMAIL
- For questions regarding CLASS CONTENT for EARLY & PRIMARY STAGES contact Matt Ouren via phone 952-979-1112 or EMAIL
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For questions regarding CLASS CONTENT for JUNIOR & TEEN CONSERVATORY contact Jeannine Coulombe via phone 952-979-1106 or EMAIL
TUITION ASSISTANCE
Tuition assistance is available 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. Please fill out the Tuition Assistance Application via the button below.
CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS
You may cancel your workshop at any point, for any reason prior to the following cancellation deadlines receive a full refund – minus the $5 handling fee.
- Fall Session: September 10th, 2021
- Winter Session: January 7th, 2022
- Spring Session: March 25th, 2022
Stages Education Programs
Fall 2021 Safety Policies & Procedures
FACE COVERINGS
Masks are required for all students, faculty, interns and staff, regardless of vaccination status, for the entirety of fall session.
- Face shields and neck gaiters are not considered acceptable face coverings
- Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle; there will NOT be a snack break and food consumption will not be allowed during class
- Should your student require a face covering accommodation, the Education Director must be notified and approve of the accommodation prior to the first day of class
SOCIAL DISTANCING
Stages Theatre Company teaching artists will adapt activities to allow for at least 3 feet of distancing whenever possible.
- Class sizes continue to be reduced for student safety: Early Stages (max. 8), Primary Stages (max. 12), Junior & Teen Conservatory (max. 14)
HAND WASHING, AIR FILTRATION, AND CLEANING
- All students will be required to wash hands or sanitize prior to the start of each class, and before and after touching any provided materials (markers, props, etc.)
- HVAC systems in all STC Education locations have been updated to allow for optimal air filtration
- Classroom spaces and bathrooms are professionally sanitized and cleaned frequently
DROP OFF
We will begin checking students in NO EARLIER than 10 MINUTES prior to class start.
- Students can be dropped off at the Main Entrance of the building/school in the designated loading zone.
- Pull into the open space closest to the Stages sign.
- Please stay in your vehicle. Our staff will meet students at the vehicle.
- A brief COVID screening questionnaire will be completed each day at your vehicle; students with COVID-19 symptoms will not permitted in class unless they present a negative COVID-19 test. Please stay home if your student is sick.
- Our staff will then walk students into the building to begin class!
**Emergency Contact numbers will also be confirmed on Day 1**
Please Note: We will NOT be allowing adults to enter the building during drop off and pick up as a COVID-19 safety protocol.
PICK UP
Pick up will begin promptly at the end of class.
- Students can be picked up at the Main Entrance of the building/school in the designated loading zone.
- Pull into the open space closest to the Stages sign.
- STAY IN YOUR VEHICLE
- Our staff will direct traffic and walk students to vehicles.
Please Note: We will NOT be allowing adults to enter the building during drop off and pick up as a COVID-19 safety protocol.
CONTACT US
- Change in Pick-Up Schedule: Inform us of early pick-ups, appointments, etc. at DROP OFF.
- During Class Time: 952-979-1123. If there is no answer, please leave a message and someone will get back to your shortly.
POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES
If a student, faculty member, intern or staff person tests positive for COVID-19 your family will be notified by a Stages staff member.
- Classes with a close contact exposure will temporarily transition to a virtual platform to allow for the appropriate quarantine period per the Minnesota Department of Health’s current recommendation.
LAST DAY SHARING
Stages Theatre Company continues to closely monitor COVID-19 recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health and the CDC. Last Day Sharing specifics will be published and sent to families 2 weeks prior to the last day of class.
CANCELLATION POLICY
You may cancel your workshop at any point, for any reason by Friday, September 10th and receive a full refund – minus the $5 handling fee. Call the Box Office at 952-979-1111, option 4.