Opening the Hearts, Minds & Imaginations of Children through the Art of Storytelling & Play
Spring 2024 Classes
We're excited to offer both a new selection of classes as well as package options to sign up for multiple classes at a discount.
Mini & Me *formerly known as Parent & Me
Mini ages: 0-3 years
Starting April 6th, 2024!
Saturdays 9:00-9:45am
Now running as a monthly themed class!
April theme: My Neighborhood
May theme: The People in My Community
Mini & Me is an intergenerational program where adults and their young ones come to move, groove, and grow together! Participants will spend sessions acting, drawing, singing, dancing, stretching, and meditating together while they learn about the world around them. Designed for families of any make-up, as long as there is at least one adult and one young one, you are invited to join us! Connect with our community of young learners as they experience their bodies and their feelings while learning about their family, friends, community, and world around them!
Drop In Single Session: $22 per session
Monthly: $75 per moth
ACT Out!
Ages: 3-5 Saturdays 9:00-9:45am
6-8 Saturdays 11-11:45am
Running April 20th through May 25th, 2024
ACT OUT is designed for creative, dramatic, and energetic students interested in learning the basic tools of acting and using their imaginations. Students can expect to learn and demonstrate the 5 tools of the actor – concentration, cooperation, imagination, body, and voice – through various games and activities. Our professional teaching artists create the perfect environment for students who are looking to make new friends, move their bodies, and make some noise! Join us at the end of the session for the student-driven informal performance where the students will imagine and execute their own story to perform.
Session Cost: $140
Move & Groove
Ages: 3-7
Running April 20th through May 25th
Saturdays 10:00-10:45am
Is your young performer constantly seeking the spotlight? Belting out their favorite songs in the car and dancing down the aisle at the grocery store? If so, they’ll find a home in our Move & Groove class. Perfect for creative and energetic students; Move & Groove participants will work to strengthen their rhythmic and physical coordination skills through song, dance, and theatre games.
Session Cost: $140
Mask & Puppet Creature Creation
Ages: 4-7
Running April 16th through May 21st, 2024
Tuesdays 5:45-6:30pm
Do you have a young one at home who loves to create? Are they constantly taking things around the home and transforming them into something fantastical to play with? Someone who has an infinite imagination and just wants to build that idea? Masks & Puppet Creature Creation is designed for those young engineers, as in this class we will be creating a monster character with masks and puppets. These little scientists will also be bringing these monsters to life with movements and the 5 tools of acting. In the end join us for a frightening informance where these creators will show off their creations!
Session Cost: $140
Anime Acting
Ages: 6-10
Running April 18th through May 23rd, 2024
Thursdays 5:45-6:30pm
Has your young one ever wanted to be in an anime ( My Hero Academia, Baruto, Avatar, etc)? Anime Acting is the perfect solution for your little creative who really enjoys anime, but is sad that it’s contained to the small screen. Together we will dive into different anime styles and the stories they can tell, and how the 5 tools of an actor can translate from the anime screen to real life. Join us at the end of the program for a performance of an anime scene the students create together in a whacky informance.
Session Cost: $140
Dungeons & Dragons & Drama
Ages: 8-13 and 14-18
Mondays at 5:45-7:15pm and Saturdays 12-1:30pm*
Running April 15th through May 25th
* This class meets twice a week and the Sessions run at the same time
Dungeons and Dragons and Drama…oh my! Fascinated with fantasy? Magic, beasts, quests, and more? Join our DnDnD campaign whether you’ve played before or not! We’ll supply all the physical materials you need to play and the Dungeon Master, you’ll just need to bring your creativity, ability to role play, and a vivid imagination. Work together with your campaign members to highlight each other’s strengths as you battle, plan, and perform your way through your quests!
Session Cost: $225
Stage Performance Technique
Ages 8-14
Running April 20th through May 25th, 2024
Saturdays 12:00-1:00pm
Stage Performance Technique is a class designed for dedicated, passionate, and eager students interested in transitioning into the world of pre-professional performance. Participants will learn skills including stage directions, rehearsal etiquette, how to mark and use your script, projection, and more. Taught and coached by actors currently working professionally in Cleveland, each student will leave the 6 week program with a monologue they can continue to develop for audition use at TCT or in the community!
Session cost: $140
Young Improvisors
Ages 8-15
Running April 20th through May 25th, 2024
Saturdays 10:00-10:45am
Crafted for outgoing, confident, and clever young performers interested in improvisation, our Young Improvisors cohort will learn and perform a wide range of improvisation skills and games. If you have a young comedian at home looking to focus their creative energies then look no further than this young cohort, led by a professional teaching artist, to hone their improvisational skills. Join us at the end of the program for the performance of the students favorite games in a memorable informance!
Session cost: $140
Youth Stagecraft Collective
Ages 8-15
Running April 20th through May 25th, 2024
Saturdays 11:00-11:50pm
Designed for the artistic student who enjoys being part of a creative cohort but perhaps hasn’t decided to commit to the stage, we have the Young Stagecraft Collective. Participants will learn about the various roles and people that are integral and critical to the theatrical community, and get to explore the roles they are most curious about. From set/hair/makeup/costume design to stage management, set construction, and more, students will have many opportunities to find a home in the theatre community!
Session cost: $140
Drama Appreciation Club
Ages 9-15
Running April 17th through May 22nd, 2024
Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm
Looking for a relaxed environment where you can come and surround yourself with new friends with similar interests? Each week will be a stand alone experience that will encourage students to explore drama in a casual manner that they find FUN! This club will not be a class working on a singular continuous project, so there will be no final “performance” of any kind. The students will have options every week to choose from a variety of activities where they can observe, participate, review, create, and/or discuss drama and the facets of drama that interest them with the support of a professional TCT Teaching Artist.
Session cost: $140
Spring Class Packages
Premium Package
This package includes the following:
- The DNDND class
- Two additional classes of your choice
Cost $435
3 Class Package
This package includes the following:
- Choice three classes
- This excluded the DNDND class
Cost $355
5 Class Package
This package includes the following:
- Choice of five classes
- This excludes the DNDND class
Cost $565
More important information
All classes at Talespinner Children’s Theatre are designed to be accessible, inclusive, and adaptive — we are committed to being Cleveland’s theatrical home for all children and families, and would love to speak with you about ways we can best meet the needs of you and your child. For more information, to set up a pre-class site visit, or to help us get to know you better, please reach out to our Director of Education, Rebecca Burcher at rebecca@talespinnercle.org.
Scholarships are available for all Talespinner Children’s Theatre classes. More information is available at talespinnercle.org/scholarships, via the button below, or by contacting Director of Education Rebecca at Rebecca@TaleSpinnerCle.org.