The following classes are offered to help children learn the Art of Communication:

Improvisational Acting Technique: "The teaching of Improvisational Acting Technique has become a well-known process that has enhanced the educational experience for students and teachers alike. By teaching students improvisational Techniques- physical, visual, and auditory- self-awareness becomes more acute along with a general increase in awareness of the feelings, ideas, and needs of other people. This group-awareness translates into modified behavior, increased self-esteem for individuals, and an understanding of basic rules of common courtesy"*

Beginning Acting I

In this Improvisational Theatre Games Class children will engage in basic acting games and techniques that will enhance their communication skills and relational skills. They will learn to be more aware of people around them by developing self-awareness in a group process. Group awareness is vital in developing community values in a positive manner. The games are fun, challenging and easy to understand. "The children will work in teams and individually to accomplish a number of tasks dealing with Intellectual, Emotional, and Physical communication. This whole-body approach to teaching communication has proven to be effective in a variety of populations including mainstream children and adults, at-risk Youth, and Autistic children"*.

Beginning Acting II

In this class students will advance to more complex tasks of improvisation. They study character as it relates to people in their everyday lives; specifically, they begin to interpret other peoples' physical, emotional and vocal cues on the way to developing an understanding of other peoples' feelings and ideas. Groups at this level rehearse and perform a play with a more complex plot and characters with more complex motivations.

*Teaching Children How to Act/Behave, Gorman John Ruggiero