FYT DRAMA SCHOOL offers classes year-round for students age 3 through 12th grade. From preschool to advanced acting classes, there are numerous changes to "get into the act" and develop creative spirits and imaginations. If you would like to tell great stories, meet new people, develop confidence, learn how to present yourself, discover what it would be like to act on stage or just have fun, then FYT DRAMA SCHOOL is the place for you.

Classes are taught by FYT's professional artists who are responsible for creating the SIGNATURE SERIES. With small classes and one-on-one coaching, the faculty takes great pride in nurturing creative spirits while teaching the practical skills of performing on stage.

The Creative Drama curriculum encourages the uniquely personal creative response within children age 3 to grade 4.  Creative play and process drama activities nurture imagination, self-expression and confidence, while developing individual willingness to participate as a respectful and contributing member of a group. Creative Drama courses are designed for new and returning students alike, as new stories, themes and activities are investigated each term.

Pack your bags full of imagination and you’re ready for fun.  Explore the people, places and themes of favorite books through creative play, magical music and intriguing objects. This course develops important cooperation, listening and spatial skills in very young actors as they create new friends along the way.

OUR STORY SPACE classes are offered in the Fall, Winter and Spring terms.

Pack your bags full of imagination and you’re ready for fun.  Explore the people, places and themes of favorite books through creative play, magical music and intriguing objects. This course develops important cooperation, listening and spatial skills in very young actors as they create new friends along the way.

Under the Sea
MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS, 1:30-2:30
June 16-July 9
Students must have been 4 years old by June 1, 2008

TUITION:

Put your imagination in motion. In role, we’ll explore our creative responses to music, visual art, movement and literature and will encourage a one-of-a-kind dramatic adventure each class session.

Adventures in Other Worlds
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 1:30-2:30
June 17-July 10

TUITION:

Tuition includes a student ticket voucher for one FYT production. Maximum enrollment – 25

Learn stories from far away and long ago and make them happen in the here and now. You’ll develop physical and vocal acting skills as you re-create the characters and situations of classic tales from around the world.

Tales of Myth and Legend
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 1:30-2:45
June 17-July 10

TUITION:

Tuition includes a student ticket voucher for one FYT production. Maximum enrollment – 25

The Acting and Dramatic Arts curriculum is designed to develop the actor as an individual artist and as an effective member of a creative ensemble. Each course draws from a continuum of specific techniques to develop the actor’s mind, voice and body for a confident and honest performance before a live audience.

Improvisation and scripted scene study provide fluency in the acting fundamentals of conflict, action and given circumstances.  As collaboration is essential to the creation of live theatre, the actor will develop skills of willingness and personal motivation, to listen and respond, to find creative solutions for problems as a member of a team, to confidently give voice to original ideas and grow in respect for the ideas of others.

These courses develop your internal and external resources for a successful performance on stage before a live audience. In Actor’s Tools and Techniques, you’ll explore the practical tools of rehearsal: stage directions, blocking, memorization and the ability to work as a respectful member of an ensemble. In Story Sculpting, you’ll explore how a story can be written without pencil and paper in creating original characters, dialogue and environments. In Fundamentals of Scene Study, you’ll work toward developing fluency in fundamentals of acting as you make choices regarding character, dialogue, environment, conflict and action. In Improvisation Comedy, you’ll
explore your spontaneous side while creating original scenes and dynamic characters through drama games and exercises.

Improvisation Comedy
MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-5:00
June 16-July 9

TUITION:

Tuition includes a student ticket voucher for one FYT production. Maximum enrollment – 25

Due to the nature of creating and rehearsing an original piece, prompt and consistent attendance are required.

Inventive movements…a willing voice…the desire to work together to create a new play from an old story.  These are the skills necessary in the young actors who sign up for FYT’s exciting story theatre class.  Working with a selected tale from world literature, an FYT artist will lead the class through the process of creating an original piece to perform at the end of the term.  Experience the necessity of teamwork in theatre as you craft the movements, animate the environments and ignite the words of a performance the acting company creates together.

Improvised Stories
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 3:30-5:00
June 17-July 10

TUITION:

Tuition includes a student ticket voucher for one FYT production. Maximum enrollment – 25

Due to the nature of creating and rehearsing an original piece, prompt and consistent attendance are required.

This series of courses is designed to provide the young actor with the vocabulary, experiences and techniques necessary for success in scene study.  Fundamental exercises in relaxation, concentration, diction, projection and movement are explored to increase personal range and honesty.  Acting basics of character objective, obstacle and action are rigorously investigated in improvised and scripted scene work.  The curriculum is designed to prepare young actors for WRITING TROUPE, FYT’s most advanced course.

Improvisation
MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-5:30
June 16-July 9

TUITION:

Tuition includes a student ticket voucher for one FYT production.
Fall and spring maximum enrollment – 25
Winter and summer maximum enrollment – 25

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 3:30-5:30
June 17 - July 10

TUITION:

Students must have completed three terms of THE ACTOR PREPARES and have permission of Drama School faculty to register.

This performance-oriented class will challenge advanced FYT students to create a new show for a live audience. Working together under the direction of an FYT faculty member, these students will perform the script(s) written by the WRITING TROUPE in a free show on the last Saturday of classes for all Drama School students, families and friends.

This two-day class will open the door to aspiring playwrights to create new scripts which will be performed on stage before a live audience. Working with FYT faculty members, the WRITING TROUPE will create a new script(s) to be performed by the YOUTH ENSEMBLE.

A WRITING TROUPE class will be offered in the Fall Term.

STUDENTS ARE REGISTERED BY THEIR GRADE IN 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR
Even if there has been previous experience on stage or in drama classes elsewhere, a student may not register in a class beyond their current grade without successfully completing at least one eight-week FYT Drama School course as well as necessary conferences with FYT Drama School faculty.

REGISTRATION DEADLINES
Register early to take advantage of the lower tuition rate. Registration for each term must be received prior to the first day/night of class. Registrations are not accepted in the classroom.

ADVANCED COURSES WITH PREREQUISITES
FYT YOUTH ENSEMBLE (grades 9-12) is an advanced course and is not open to beginning students. In order to register, a student must successfully complete the required number of prerequisite classes (see course description for FYT YOUTH ENSEMBLE) and have permission of Drama School faculty. If you have further questions, please call 810.237.1530.

RETURNED CHECKS
A $25.00 service charge is applied to any check returned by the bank due to insufficient funds.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
A limited number of competitive scholarships are available each term; for an application, please call 810.237.1530. A class registration form must accompany the scholarship application form.

REFUNDS
Refunds are possible only prior to the second day/night of class; no refunds after the second day/night of class. Refunds are less a $10.00 service fee per registration.

CLASS SIZES AND CANCELLATIONS
FYT reserves the right to determine final class sizes and the right to cancel any class if enrollment is insufficient. In the event of a cancellation, any tuition paid will be refunded in full.

ATTENDANCE
Consistent attendance is required in all classes. In the event of an emergency affecting attendance, please call 810.237.1530 to notify the instructor.

HOLIDAY WEEKENDS AND WEATHER
Unless noted in the course description or announced in class, classes will be held during holiday weekends. Regardless of school closings due to weather, classes will meet as scheduled. If you have questions regarding class cancellations, please call 810.237.1530.

PRODUCTION VOUCHERS
Production vouchers are distributed the first week of class each term and are signed for by parents or students. Lost vouchers cannot be replaced.

CELEBRATIONS
All eight-week courses culminate in a free demonstration for family and friends on the final day/night of class. Flyers are given to our Drama School students in class as take-home reminders of their Celebration day, date and time.