EDUCATION / AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES
Spring After School Classes
Registration is now open for Spring After-School Classes! Questions? Email Sadie Carr at sadie@columbiachildrenstheatre.com
Early-Bird Deadline
Register for Spring After-School Classes before January 8 to secure your $25 early-bird discount!
Registration Deadline
The deadline to register for Spring After-School Classes is the Friday before your class begins.
STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN GRADES 3K-5K
FEB 9 - APRIL 20, 2027
Tuesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Fairytale Fun!
Grades 3K-5K | $225
CCT’s “Theatre for the Very Young” classes are designed for our youngest actors. Students will explore their favorite stories through dance, music, art, and imaginative play. This spring, we’re putting a fairytale twist on the class by reading and acting out all of our favorite popular fairytales. This class will teach drama and literacy skills each week, such as improvisation and character creation, and will end with a showcase of their favorite activities from the semester.
*We will skip March 23rd for Spring Break
STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN GRADES 1-2
Fantasy Fun
FEB 10 - APRIL 21, 2027
Wednesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Super Spies
Grades 1-2 | $225
Alright super spies, we need your help! The mission? Learn, create, and grow in the world of theatre! Work with CCT educators and learn theatre through the lens of an international spy. We’ll play spy games, solve mysteries, and learn all about the actor’s toolbox. Our final mystery will be one to remember because it will be solved in front of an audience as campers showcase their themed play! *We will skip March 24th for Spring Break
FEB 11 - APRIL 22, 2027
Thursdays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Find Your Groove: Intro to Musical Theatre Dance
Grades 1-2 | $225
This 10-week class is designed to teach the basics of musical movement for the stage. Taught by theatre dance veteran Tristan McLawler, and using music from the most popular Broadway shows, students will learn the basic dance and stage terminology and choreography used in musical theatre. Our final class will showcase our students’ new moves in a routine that features each of the ways stage dance can help tell the stories of the stage. *We will skip March 25th for Spring Break
STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN GRADES 3-6
FEB 8 - APRIL 19, 2027
Mondays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Junior Adventurers: A D&D Experience
Grades 3-6 | $225
Calling all young adventurers! Curious about the world of Dungeons & Dragons? We’ve got the perfect introduction for you! Characterization, improvisation, cooperative storytelling - these are skills that are invaluable for any actor.
Dungeons and Dragons
offers a unique opportunity to develop these skills. Join D&D aficionado and Dungeon Master, Toby O’Connor, on a beginner-friendly quest as players dive into this popular tabletop game in a D&D campaign that will take place over the course of 10 weeks. No experience required!
*We will skip March 22nd for Spring Break
FEB 9 - APRIL 20, 2027
Tuesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Hit Play!
Grades 3-6 | $225
This brand new class is a twist on “Acting the Song”, this time instead of Broadway hits and showtunes, we’ll be featuring music from your favorite pop divas and rockstars! Believe it or not, performing and singing “regular” music also takes acting skills to really sell the song to an audience and bring out the song’s meaning. Actor-singers will spend a 10 week "deep dive" into how to act a non-Broadway song. This class will focus on creating need, intention, and stakes as necessary components of "sending" the emotion of the song to an audience. *We will skip March 23rd for Spring Break
FEB 10 - APRIL 21, 2027
Wednesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Advanced Youth Acting: 12 Angry Villains
Grades 3-6 | $225
Join us for
12 Angry Villains, a class where we will rehearse a whole one-act play over the course of 10 weeks, with the final performance taking place during the final class! Play Synopsis: Chaos reigns in the courthouse when a jury of the world's most famous villains must decide if Peter Pan is guilty of the murder of an innocent pirate named Captain Hook. At first it seems like an open-and-shut case, but confusion sets in when the Queen of Hearts reveals her desire to cut people's heads off regardless of the evidence, nobody can agree how many votes Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde should get, and everyone keeps revealing their deep-seated assumptions about wolves and orphans. Can these icons of evil ever reach a verdict? Find out in this wickedly sharp and delightfully silly ensemble parody!
*We will skip March 24th for Spring Break
STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN GRADES 7-12
FEB 11 - APRIL 22, 2027
Thursdays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Sketch Comedy Show!
Grades 7-12 | $225
Live from Columbia, it’s Saturday Night! Join The Mothers Sketch Comedy member, Cameron Muccio, as we move beyond the basics of this time-honored art form often seen in shows such as SNL or Key & Peele. Teen performers will create structure, “game”, and beats in the crafting of sketches as well as exploring character, comic timing and presentation in the performance of the sketches on the last day of class. *We will skip March 25th for Spring Break
FEB 12 - APRIL 23, 2027
Fridays, 4:30-5:45 PM
Washington Street United Methodist Church
1401 Washington St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Advanced Acting: The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
Grades 7-12 | $225
Join us for The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, a class where we will rehearse a whole one-act play over the course of 10 weeks, with the final performance taking place during the final class! Flex your acting skills by taking on multiple parts in this hilarious comedy. Play Synopsis: Two narrators attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they attempt to combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other more obscure stories like Lean Lisa and The Devil’s Grandmother. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of madcap fun. *We will skip March 26th for Spring Break
