Teen Week is a fun and engaging class for kids aged 13 to 18. Students will work with monologues to strengthen their character work, as well as enhance their theatre fundamentals. Professional guest instructors will join the class to focus on auditioning and scene work. *Please note that physical distancing and safety protocols will be in place throughout the classes. Please provide a mask for your child. **Registrations will only be accepted via email. Registration forms available here: As PDF or as Fillable PDF.
If you have any questions, or wish to register, please contact our Education Director, Terri Runnalls, at terri@wctlive.ca.
TERRI RUNNALLS | Director of Education and Outreach terri@wctlive.ca
The training and development of young artists has been a priority for Western Canada Theatre since its inception in the 1960’s. Originally, as Western Canada Youth Theatre, founding artistic director, Tom Kerr, toured with students as far away as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In its current form, our goals have been a little closer to home, offering classes in a variety specific theatre disciplines, based on the skills of visiting and/or resident artists. Classes can include introductory acting classes, advanced performance classes, and musical theatre classes for, primarily, children and youth aged 4 – 18. The program has grown to offer year-round options, including performance courses, in which the students build, produce and perform a full production for a public audience!
We have watched two generations of young people grow in confidence, creativity and expression, having benefited from exposure to and involvement in the performing arts. Whether they develop into professional artists—and some do—or they simply develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them, Stage One students profit greatly from the classes. They will be the creative thinkers of the future.
WCT is recognized nationally for producing award-winning artists, so although we live, work and play in a small city, we offer a tangible opportunity for growth for the young people of Kamloops and our region. The Stage One Theatre School is where it all begins.