ASF Acting Academy
Classes for Youth & Adults
Learn more about the craft of acting at ASF’s Acting Academy.
Spring 2026 Academy classes are now open for registration!
For questions regarding Acting Academy registration, please email [email protected].
If you are a 2025-26 Subscriber, email to learn how to receive your 20% discount on classes!
ASF SPRING DAY OF PLAY!
Grades K – 2 (Ages 5 – 8 ONLY)
Saturday, April 11
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $30
Registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10.
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!
Our day will culminate in a FUN and electrifying performance of classic fairytales, folktales, and fables by the TROY University Pied Pipers.
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ADULT ACTING
SCENE STUDY SESSIONS
Ages 18+
4 weeks | Saturdays, Mar 14 – Apr. 4
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Fee: $125
Registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 13.
Instructor: Chauncy Thomas
This four-week adult scene study class will allow actors to sharpen their craft and mine scenes with a partner in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Participants will rehearse and perform short scenes from classic and contemporary American plays, developing skills in truthful listening, objective-driven acting, and authentic connection. This class is appropriate for all experience levels.
Chauncy Thomas returns to the Festival Stage this spring in ASF’s production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Chauncy is an esteemed veteran actor and teaching artist. He is a five-time St. Louis Theatre Circle Award nominee and winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama for Biff in Death of a Salesman at the St. Louis Black Rep. He’s a member of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival Actor Honor Roll. He received BAs in Drama and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. Previous ASF productions include Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), Our Town (Mr. Webb), Macbeth (Lennox), The Tempest (Caliban), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), and A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Present).
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INTERGEN CLASS
MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE COMBOS:
BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
InterGenerational – Ages 16 +
5 weeks | Saturdays, Mar. 7 – Apr. 4
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Fee: $125
Registration closes at 4:00 p.m. Friday, Mar. 6.
Instructors: Adrian Lee Bush & Daniel Harms
Musical Theatre Dance Combos is BACK! Get ready to have a ton of fun and burn a few calories in a low-stakes, movement-based environment. Participants will learn different styles and iconic combos for classic and contemporary musical theatre while boosting confidence and connecting across the ages.
ASF believes the concept of an InterGen (intergenerational) 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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PRETEEN ACTING
REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED
MUSICAL THEATRE LAB
Grades 6 – 8
8 weeks | Mondays, Feb. 23 – Apr. 13
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Fee: $200
Registration closes at noon on Monday, Feb. 23.
Instructors: Cameron Williams & Lucy Biberman
Are you a budding triple threat? Do you like to sing and dance? Ignite your imagination and explore the joy of musical theatre! This course will be a fun, laughter-filled introduction for students interested in acting, singing, and dancing. As the culmination of all we’ve learned, students will perform a short musical theatre showcase for family, friends, and fans on the final day of class.
TEEN ACTING
ACTOR’S LAB
Grades 9 – 12
5 weeks | Saturdays, Mar. 7 – Apr. 4
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Fee: $125
Registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 6.
Instructor: Scott Bowman
What does it really take to be an actor? Your mind, your body, and your voice. In this course, we put those tools to work through fast-paced, hands-on “lab sessions” exploring voice, pantomime, nonverbal cues, and creative improvisation. This class is all about experimentation, risk-taking, and leveling up performance skills to boost confidence, while developing new tools to make bold and exciting acting choices. This class is appropriate for all experience levels.
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INTERGEN CLASS
ACTING THE SONG
InterGenerational – Ages 16 +
4 weeks | Mondays, Mar. 2 – 23
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Fee: $125
Registration closes at noon on Monday, Mar. 2.
Instructor: Kenya Carroll
Kenya Carroll 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 (intergenerational) 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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INTERGEN CLASS
DOCUMENTARY THEATRE
InterGenerational – Ages 16 +
4 weeks | Saturdays, Mar. 14 – Apr. 4
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Fee: $125
Registration closes at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 13.
Instructor: Sigrid WIse
Interested in creating meaningful original work? Have a passion for social justice? This course is for YOU! Participants will develop original theater pieces based on interviews on topics surrounding social justice. Each participant will choose a theme based on their personal interests and questions, find a subject to interview, and use the information gathered to devise an original theatre piece. Develop new skills related to playing with rhetoric for dramatic effect, upward inflection, and breath. We will model our methods after the work of notable performers such as Anna Deavere Smith, Sarah Jones, Nilaja Sun, and others.
Sigrid Wise is thrilled to return to ASF, one of her favorite artistic homes. She is an actor, singer, and arts educator originally from Jackson, MS, and currently based in Atlanta, GA. Last summer, Sigrid served on the High School Theatre Faculty for the Summer Arts Institute, a program for NYC public school students focused on creativity and collaboration in their art form. Favorite credits include Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Miranda, The Tempest (ASF); Juliet, Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis); Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol (New Stage Theater). Wise released her debut short film,The 4 Of Us, which she cowrote, produced, and starred alongside her husband, Michael Grieve. The film was accepted to multiple film festivals around the country, and she was awarded Best Actress at the Southern Short Awards. Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Webster Conservatory.
ASF believes the concept of an InterGen (intergenerational) 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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YOUNG PERFORMERS
REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED
CREATIVE DRAMA
Grades 3 – 5
8 weeks | Mondays, Feb. 23 – Apr. 13
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Fee: $200
Registration closes at noon on Monday, Feb. 23.
Instructor: Kristen VanderWal
Our young performers will be introduced to the joy of storytelling through creative drama games, acting techniques, script writing, and ensemble-building activities. Meet new friends and learn the basics of voice, movement, collaboration, and performing.
This class will culminate in a final sharing/presentation for family, friends, and fans!
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.