After School Classes

EDUCATION / AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES

After School Classes

After School Class registration is closed until the fall, but Summer Camps will open for registration March 1st. Questions? Email Education Director Paul Lindley

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Very Young

3K-5K
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Youth Experience

Grades 1-8
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Teen Studios

Grades 9-12

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3K-5K
Theatre for the Very Young

JAN 23 - MARCH 26, 2024

Tuesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169

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Drama

Change and Grow: Animal Transformations

Grades 3k-5k | $200

Calling all young scientists! This Spring, we’re going to learn all about weird and wild animals through drama. Every week we’ll learn about a new creature that goes through changes as they grow, all while students grow their imagination and build skills in creativity and literacy! Taught by experienced Theatre for the Very Young educator Kathleen Pennyway, this play-based class will use stories, music and games to introduce our youngest actors to the world of theatre. 

STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 1-8
The Youth Experience

JAN 25 - MARCH 28, 2024

Thursdays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169



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Drama

Fantasy Fun: Fairy Tales

Grades 5k-2 | $200

Once upon a time, in a far away land… Join us this Spring as we dive into the fairy tales of old, while maybe even creating our own. Young actors will explore the basics of creative expression, storytelling, creative movement and pantomime. They will showcase their work in a story-theatre production based on fairy tales on the final day of class. 


JAN 23 - MARCH 26, 2024

Tuesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169



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Drama

Acting Up: Folk Tales

Grades 3-5 | $200

Acting Up is designed to give aspiring young performers the opportunity to work on a production in a professional training environment. Each session includes training in pantomime, vocal & physical characterization, improvisation, acting and design, addressing the rehearsal and production process from audition through strike and culminates in a live performance at the end of the session. 


JAN 22 - MARCH 25, 2024

Mondays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169



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Drama

Acting Up Some More

Grades 3-5 | $200

This class is specially designed for the upper elementary actors who are showing increased interest in theatre. We will expand on the concepts they already learned in Acting Up, and introduce more advanced concepts, activities, and theatre games. The students will showcase their work at the end of the session.

***Prerequisite: Acting Up


JAN 26 - MARCH 29 2024

Fridays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC 

29169


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Drama

Kids Kabaret: An Elementary Musical Theatre Revue

Grades 1-5 | $200

Join Director of Education and long-time music director Paul Lindley is this class specially designed for our blossoming musical theatre actors. In addition to covering theatre concepts, we will learn songs and dances from across the Broadway canon. We will then present our revue at the end of the semester! 


JAN 26 - MARCH, 2024

Fridays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169



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Dance

Improvisation for the Middle School Actors

Grades 6-8 | $200

This class will take young performers through the basics of creating short and long form improvisation scenes. Using techniques developed by Chicago’s Second City, the workshop begins the process of teaching young actors how to work together responsively to define the parameters and action of a scene, in a process of co-creation. Often building scenes around audience suggestions, the actors learn to create environment, character, plot, conflict and resolution all while thinking on their feet.


JAN 25 - MARCH 28, 2024

Thursdays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169



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Dance

Steps & Stages - Disney

Grades 3-8 | $200

5, 6, 7, 8! Get ready to dance in this 10-week class designed to teach the basics of musical movement for the stage. Taught by theater dance veteran and family physician Rachel Brown and using music from everyone’s favorite Disney films, students will learn the basic dance and stage terminology used in musical theater as well as be introduced to the fundamentals of the most common theater dance styles—ballet, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, Latin, swing, and Broadway or performance dance. 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.


JAN 22 - MARCH 25, 2024

Mondays, 4:30-5:10 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC

29169



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Dance

Youth Experience Theatrical Tap

Grades 3-8 | $200

Theatrical Tap is a 10 week crash course in basic tap designed for school aged students seeking to learn the fundamental techniques of tap to enhance their “castability” and expand their skills for the stage. We will work into more advanced tapping with those who need it. All classes are taught by CCT Artistic Associate and master tap teacher Lisa Sendler. The class will include a short showcase of student work on the final day.

STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 9-12

Teen Studios

JAN 26 - MARCH 29, 2024

Wednesdays, 4:30-5:45 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC 

29169


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Drama

Teen Studios: Directing

Grades 9-12 | $200

Exploring the world of live theatre directing, class members will explore the basics of directing including theatre spaces, casting a show, blocking techniques (beats, energy cycles, etc.), how to connect to actors, basic lighting and sound and the challenges that come with directing a show. Students in the class will participate as performers in other student’s work. Students will direct and present short scenes for the final project.


JAN 22 - MARCH 25, 2024

Mondays, 5:15 - 5:55 PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC 

29169



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Dance

Teen Studios Theatrical Tap

Grades 9-12 | $200

Theatrical Tap is a 10 week crash course in basic tap designed for school aged students seeking to learn the fundamental techniques of tap to enhance their “castability” and expand their skills for the stage. We will work into more advanced tapping with those who need it. All classes are taught by CCT Artistic Associate and master tap teacher Lisa Sendler. The class will include a short showcase of student work on the final day.

Adults
FOR ADULTS AGE 18 AND OLDER

JAN 22 - MARCH 25, 2024

Mondays, 6:00-6:30PM

Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center

1218 Batchelor St.

West Columbia, SC 

29169



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Dance

Adult Theatrical Tap

Adults 18+ | $100 | Early Bird Discount Unavailable

Join Lisa Sendler for an Adult Tap class like no other. This is a weekly crash course in basic tap designed for adults seeking to dabble in this classic art form. We will learn the fundamental techniques of tap, laugh, and enjoy learning together.

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