Types of Classes – Youth Theatre Northwest

Not sure what type of a class is right for your child?

Read through the types of classes offered at YTN! 

For a list of our current class offerings, please check the Classes and Camps page.

Ages 3-5

Creative Drama: Students will embark on a guided imagination adventure based on class themes. As an ensemble, the class creates worlds and characters using their bodies, voices, and imagination. Life skills like teamwork, problem solving, careful listening, empathy, and expression all come into play while we play. Great for students looking to build confidence and make new friends while exploring creative storytelling and theatrical basics.
Story Drama: Storybooks serve as inspiration to study character, dialogue, world building, and story structure. Students explore storybooks through performance, imagination adventures, artwork, and more, using their bodies, voices, and imagination. Life skills like teamwork, problem solving, careful listening, empathy, and expression all come into play while we play. Great for students looking to build performance skills and learn theatrical basics.
Tiny Tunes: When you like your drama with a little song and dance! Students will be introduced to acting, vocal, and choreography basics. Exploring storytelling, character, and what it takes to perform in a musical number. Life skills like teamwork, problem solving, careful listening, empathy, and expression all come into play while we play. Great for students looking to build performance skills and learn theatrical basics.

Grades K-2nd

StoryBook Players: With the help of a YTN educator, a fun theme, and creativity, students will learn basic movement, acting and storytelling skills as they are challenged to create characters, embrace story structure, solve problems, and work with others as an ensemble.

Mini Musicals: Students will learn the basics of vocal training, acting, and choreography with the help of a YTN educator and fun musical theme!

Grades 3rd-5th

Scene Study: Students will dive into scenes based on the theme and study acting, movement, and character development with scripted and original work.

Song and Dance: These classes combine all three elements of musical theatre. With a great theme, students will work on script analysis, character study, choreography, singing and scene partnering with a YTN Educator.

Grades 6th+

Specialty Skills: Students will hone intermediate and advanced theatre skills in a variety of themes. Stage combat, dialect work, acting for the camera, improv, and more can be explored with our YTN Educators.

Musical TheatreWork your way to being a triple threat! Students will explore script analysis, character study, choreography, singing, and scene partnering with a YTN Educator.