🎭 As they say, the show is goes on! Here, your child and their new friends are the star!

In this interactive, inclusive course, students will learn the basics of creating a character, audition, be cast, and perform on our Virtual Stage under the gentle direction of an engaging mentor!

All the fun! None of the anxiety!

There are a few basic lessons that every new actor must learn before they are ready to audition for a play and receive a script (and I've directed this show on stage a few times).

This class will cover those basic lessons but then it will go on to give students a chance to demonstrate those lessons.

Students received some of the best parts of being in a live show from taking Ms. Jackson's Virtual Stage class:

1. The excitement of auditioning

2. The creativity of creating a Character

3. The satisfaction of knowing a script

4. The fun of being part of a cast.

In this amazing course we will:

✅ Create Characters

In this class students will learn the basics of creating a character for stage. They will experiment with finding character voices, body movements and consider stories and emotions behind character motivations. It is a first step to performing on a stage. This class is all about using the voice to find a character.All exercises are with teacher modeling so students will feel comfortable (basically, I'm so silly that no one worries about looking silly themselves!). Next learners will learn how to use one's body to convey a character. How does this person walk? What do they do with their hands? How would they stand/sit/move, etc? I also will talk some about body consciousness on stage and basic stage manners like cheating out, not upstaging and how to always be seen. Finally, we'll talk about how we FEEL when we're a particular character and we will add a story to explain who the character is. (Homework will be to watch the movie and read the script)

✅ Audition for a part

They will choose their top three favorite characters, develop character voices and movements for each, prepare a few lines and perform for Ms. Jackson and the class. Depending on how many students are enrolled in class, there will be some double casting.

✅ Rehearse

Although we do not have a stage, we will do our best to learn as many parts as we can for stage performance. If students have space, they may move around as the characters. Students are NOT expected to memorize their lines; they will have the script with them throughout the class. If they would like to put together costumes and collect props for their parts, they may.

✅ Perform

We perform!

* Please note: Ms. Jackson uses scripts she's heavily edited specifically for teaching children in 2023. In this version of the script Tiger Lily is simply a friend of Peter's who the villain--Captain Hook--is using to try to capture his Peter Pan. This script does not portray Native Americans the way the 1953 Disney film did. My goal is to keep the fun parts of old scripts like these without the sexist/racist undertones from the time frame in which they were first written.

Enroll your child in this course to see your young actor find their voice, build confidence, make friends with similar interests, and put on an incredible show!

Internet connection and being ready to put on a show!