In this class, students will learn to shake out the nerves and take the stage as confident and collaborative performers. Improvisation teaches how to become un-scripted storytellers through development of physical, cognitive, and verbal communication. This class culminates in our troupe’s own mini classroom improv show that will be recorded and sent out to family …
Our After-School Residency Program will bring our acting class series to you. During these classes, students will devise and perform an original work using improvisations and creative play. Young performers learn to create unique characters and collaborate and create as an ensemble. Through creative storytelling, students will learn narrative-building skills they need to engage with …
Submit A Red Kite Residency Inquiry Form
Red Kite Drama Time is an adaptive theater program for young people on the autism spectrum and other neurodiverse learners. The primary pillars of our curriculum are social-emotional learning (SEL), creative drama, and English Language Arts speaking and listening skills. Guided by highly trained theatre artists, students use existing …
ACTivate Residencies reinforce classroom learning through the creation of an original performance inspired by neighborhood interviews, myths, legends, or folktales that reflect the background and interests of school communities. CCT’s highly trained teaching artists work closely with students and teachers on a custom curriculum integrating writing, directing, performance, design, and collaborative story development with cross-disciplinary …
Submit A R.O.A.R. Residency Inquiry Form
R.O.A.R. (Residencies of Arts and Resilience) will provide an opportunity for students to authentically reflect on challenging or stressful situations, gaining the tools for sharing with others, self care and self agency in those moments. The curriculum (developed in partnership with the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Center for …
Grades 4/5
Tuesdays, 4:30-6:00 PM CST at Chicago Children’s Theatre, 100 S Racine
Ready to take your performance skills to the next level? Join a professional Chicago playwright and director in this intensive as we collaboratively write, rehearse, and present a play together. Students will devise their play through a workshop process common in the creation of many …
Ages 8-11
Mondays, 5:00-6:00 PM CST at Menomonee Club Drucker Center (1535 N Dayton St)
Students will perform scenes, monologues, songs and dances from Broadway and Chicago Children’s Theatre musicals. Through character work, movement study, and vocal exploration students develop essential skills for taking the stage confidently and charismatically. This class ends in a sharing of selected …
Ages 5-7
Mondays, 4:00-5:00 PM CST at Menomonee Club Drucker Center (1535 N Dayton St)
In this class, students will learn to shake out the nerves and take the stage as confident and collaborative performers. Improvisation teaches how to become un-scripted storytellers through development of physical, cognitive, and verbal communication. This class culminates in our troupe’s own …
Ages 12-20
Thursdays, 4:30-5:45 PM CST at Chicago Children’s Theatre, 100 S Racine
Designed for young people on the autism spectrum, this class will engage students in fun and challenging improv games and activities. Improvisation teaches young people how to become un-scripted storytellers and provides an opportunity to practice essential collaboration and listening skills. During the last class, …
Ages 7-11
Mondays, 4:30-5:30 PM CST at Chicago Children’s Theatre, 100 S Racine
Created for young people on the autism spectrum, students in this class will take on the roles of both designers and performers. Get ready to move beyond sock puppets and explore more theatrical styles of puppetry! Kids will learn the basics of puppetry and develop …