Participants going into 4th- 8th grade in the Fall of 2026 will come for an afternoon of acting challenges and games at the Joseph P. Spencer Studio for the Arts (120 Jessie St., Manhattan, IL). Each activity will be lead by experienced theatre educator Anissa Danley, and will help participants build their theatre skills. Sunday, July 12th, from 1:00 - 5:00, with a performance for families immediately following. No experience or materials needed. Just come to learn. $50 fee for the day. 

Tentative schedule:

• 1:00 - 1:45-
  • Ice-breakers and improv games
• 1:45 - 2:15
  • Acting challenge 1: Build an original character
• 2:15 - 2:30
  • Break
• 2:30 - 3:00
  • Acting Challenge: Write a collaborative play with your new characters along the with the other participants
  • The play will be a single scene of about 10 - 15 minutes in length.
• 3:00 - 3:30
  • Acting challenge: Costume the characters with items already in our costume storage area
• 3:30 - 3:45
  • Break
• 3:45 - 4:45
  • Make adjustments/edits to the play, and rehearse
• 4:45 - 5:00
  • Break/prepare for performance
• 5:00
  • Family performance