2025 Workshops and Classes
Improv Classes with Jane Baker
What is improv? Is it throwing people onstage and seeing what happens? Nah, although that might be fun. Improv has rules and goals and the biggest is to make eachother look good while we tell a good story. Improv is fun and games and silliness. Come play and I promise you'll learn a playful and creative tool for not only the theater,but your every day life! Dress in clothes you can move in and bring a snack. We'll take a 10 minute break midway through each class.
Can't wait to teach and learn together.
Jane Baker
Sliding Scale Tuition starting at $270
Financial aid is available!
Junior Company: Ages 9-13
February 25th-April 1st
Tuesdays 4:00-5:30pm
Senior Company: Ages 14-19
April 22nd-May 27th
Tuesdays 4:00-5:30pm
Theater Effects
Ages 12-19
Instructor: Jerry Stockman with David Regan
Actors create characters. Theater designers create the world in which they live. If you were imagining the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit on the NEYT stage, what would it look like? How would you create some of the magical effects that the script calls for and that the audience expects? Oh yeah, you don’t have the $150 million budget of the Peter Jackson movie. It’s all about imagination, craft and (especially) fun!
Join Jerry Stockman and David Regan in Theater FX, a class aimed at creating the special effects for this Spring’s production of The Hobbit.
Tuition: $250
Financial aid is available!
Enrollment cap: 6
March 7th - April 4th
Fridays 3:45-6:00
Page To Stage Presents: Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Ages 6-8
Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears:
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
But Farmer Brown’s problems really begin when his cows start leaving him notes.
Open enrollment - Everyone who registers will receive a role that supports their learning and their desired level of involvement.
Page to Stage is a program for maturing youngsters to explore the elements of theater by working together to adapt a lively storybook into a play. Kids will take part in games, explore characters, have fun with voices and language and physicality, and make costumes & scenery for a short, joyful play. This welcoming introduction to the theatrical process will unfold as students make new friends, create lasting memories, and connect to their creativity.
Sliding scale tuition starting at $375
Financial aid is available!
Facilitators: Laura Thomas and Kristina Meima
March 18 - April 29
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4 - 5:30pm
Presentation for family & friends on the NEYT stage April 29th at 5pm
Audition and Casting Workshop Opportunities
NEYT’s Senior Company Presents An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen, directed by James Gelter
Opens April 4, one weekend, rehearsals starting week of Feb 24
Casting Workshop: January 25th and 26th 1-2:30pm
For actors ages 14-19, An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen explores what happens when an individual's scientific discovery conflicts with a collective's economic interests. When Dr. Stockmann discovers a significant health risk to the people of their beloved town, they become determined to spur their fellow citizens to take immediate action. But the unexpected resistance Stockmann meets from the townsfolk, including close friends and family, throws both the town's future and the doctor's community standing into peril.
NEYT’s Junior Company Presents JRR Tolkein’s The Hobbit
Adapted by Patricia Gray, directed by Shannon Ward
Opens May 30, two weekends, rehearsals starting week of April 7th
No auditions, everyone gets a role!
Mandatory cast meeting from 3:45-6:45 on Friday, March 21st
For actors ages 9-13, J.R.R Tolkein's The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, and a party of dwarves on a quest to reclaim their gold from the dragon Smaug. Along the way they encounter trolls, goblins, elves, and other fantastical characters. This production will feature original music and puppetry.