2025 Acting Academy
Classes for Youth & Adults
Registration information coming soon!
Learn more about the craft of acting at ASF’s Acting Academy.
Fall Academy classes are open to new and returning students.
NOTE: Some classes meet Mondays; others meet Saturdays. Please note your class days when registering.
For questions regarding Acting Academy registration, please email us at [email protected].
ASF FALL DAY OF PLAY!
Grades K – 2 (Ages 5-8 ONLY)
Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | One session
Fee: $30
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Get ready to ACTivate your curiosity and imagination with a whole day dedicated to creative play! Our youngest rising stars will have fun releasing their wiggles, bringing short storybooks to life from page to stage, and channeling their inner artist with fun craft activities! Snacks, water, and juice will be provided. Great preparation for future ASF classes and camps!
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Pre-Teen Acting: Devising Theatre
Grades 6 – 8
September 29 – November 17, 2025 | Mondays | 4:00-6:00 p.m. | Eight weeks
(Class WILL meet on Indigenous People’s Day – Oct 13)
Fee: $200
Registration information coming soon!
Instructor: We’ll announce soon!
Get ready to ignite your imagination and creative potential by exploring the mechanics of acting through exciting devising techniques to build an original theatrical performance from scratch. This course will be a fun, laughter-filled experience for students to meet new friends, build community, and create something new! We will present our new creation to family, friends, and fans on the final day of class.
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Teen Acting: Audition POWER!
Grades 9 – 12
October 4 – November 1, 2025 | Saturdays | 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon | Four weeks
(NO class Sat Oct 18)
Fee: $125
Registration information coming soon!
Instructor: Cam Williams
We’re excited to bring this course back for teens who may be preparing for upcoming auditions in their school or community. This lightning–fast exploration in mining monologues and songs from popular and classic plays and musical theatre will help emerging actors build an audition package that will boost their confidence, while developing new tools to make bold and exciting acting choices in their next audition! This class is appropriate for all experience levels.
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Young Performers: Mysteries and Mayhem
Grades 3 – 5
September 29 – November 17, 2025 | Mondays | 4:00-6:00 p.m. | Eight weeks
Fee: $200
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Instructor: Lucy Biberman
Calling all young detectives, spies, and snoops! Our young performers will investigate the art of the “whodunnit” with theatrical storytelling and character-building games and activities. Participants will also learn about famous fictional and historical secret agents, such as Harriet the Spy, Nancy Drew, and Josephine Baker. Meet new friends and learn the basics of movement, collaboration, and scene study. These young secret agents will perform in a final presentation of scenes and original mystery tales for family, friends, and fans to enjoy on the final day of class!
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Acting the Song (InterGen)
InterGen – Ages 16+
September 29 – October 20, 2025 | Mondays | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Four weeks
(Class WILL meet on Indigenous People’s Day – Oct 13)
Fee: $125
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Instructor: Kenya Carroll
Kenya Carroll is back! Kenya is a dynamic singer/songwriter who was last seen on ASF’s stage in Jubilee, a musical production based on the story of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers and The Color Purple at City Springs Theatre. She shares a lifelong love of musical theatre and the arts. Kenya has led workshops and in-school residencies for ASF Education initiatives, and she is excited to return for some individualized coaching for musical theatre vocalists of all experience levels!
ASF believes the concept of an InterGen (inter-generational) class provides a unique opportunity to build community and find value in various life perspectives. This course is appropriate for high school students (ages 16+), working artists, and lifelong learners of all skill levels.
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Adult Acting
Ages 18+
October 4 – November 15, 2025 | Saturdays | 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon | Six weeks
(NO class Sat Oct 18)
Fee: $150
Registration information coming soon!
Instructor: Greg Thornton
Join veteran ASF actor Greg Thornton for an engaging and exciting class that blends acting technique and character development with some of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets. Discover new tools for approaching text, unlock fresh insights into character, and add new skills to your toolkit.
Instructor Greg Thornton served as a longtime resident actor with ASF for over twenty seasons; notable roles include Atticus Finch, Claudius, Cyrano, Henry IV, Macbeth, Shannon, and Valmont. Most recently, Greg was seen in the role of Gonzalo in ASF’s 2023 production of The Tempest. Greg has worked in many of the leading and Tony Award-winning companies of the U.S., including the Old Globe, Denver Center Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, GEVA Theatre, Playmakers Rep, Pioneer Theatre, and Orlando Shakes. Greg was the founding Artistic Director of the Cloverdale Playhouse here in the River Region.
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Looking for Summer Camps?
Your camper will have lots of fun in a theatre environment, AND they’ll come home and return to school with the beneficial FIVE Cs: Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and CONFIDENCE!
Classes & Camps Make Great Gifts!
Acting Classes and Camps make fabulous (and welcome) holiday and birthday gifts! And if schedules don’t align, they can always be used for future classes and workshops or tickets.
Join Our Teaching Artist Database
We’re looking for passionate and energetic teaching artists around the River Region and beyond to lead and/or assist with our Education programming — including but not limited to workshops, classes, and camps for youth and adults! Teaching Artists are hired at ASF on a rolling basis throughout the season. Add your information to our databaseto be notified if an opening fits your profile or area of expertise.
We want all students to be satisfied with their experience at the ASF Academy. If, after completing the first day of class, you decide that you do not want to continue, let us know by the second business day following class, and we will return your payment (minus the $25 registration fee). After the second day of class, no tuition or enrollment adjustments will be made.