Step into the spotlight! This course is your introduction into the vibrant world of Drama. Drama helps us explore stories, cultures, perspectives, and identities; our own and each other’s. It’s a chance to imagine, create, express, and play.
In this class, you’ll dive into improvisation, role-play, character and scene work, mime, movement, speech, and classic theatre games. Along the way, you’ll build skills in listening, teamwork, observation, confidence, and creative problem-solving; skills that matter both on stage and in real life.
No previous experience required, just a positive attitude and a willingness to try new things. By the end of the course, you’ll have grown as a performer and as a person. Drama really is fun!
Drama is all about imagination, collaboration, and creative problem-solving! In this course, students explore the art of performance through improvisation, scripted scenes, film projects, and character work that brings voice, movement, and storytelling to life. Expect lots of hands-on activities, exercises, and mini-performances as we build skills from the ground up. We’ll spend extra time working with scripts and discovering how characters jump off the page.
There’s no public performance for this class, so it’s the perfect space to experiment, learn, and take risks without the pressure of an audience. And the best part? No experience required! Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to play.
Let's put on a show! The Drama 9–12 Company course provides students with the opportunity to experience the creativity, collaboration, and commitment required to bring a live theatrical production to the Ridge Playhouse stage (not a musical).
In this one semester course students will work as a Company to develop skills in acting, voice, movement, character exploration, script analysis, and theatre etiquette. Rehearsals include blocking, scene work, ensemble building, and technical coordination as students prepare for a full public performance. Along the way, students learn how theatre communicates ideas, emotions, and stories while pushing themselves to take risks and support their castmates.
Performances are presented in the evening for a public audience and are considered a key part of the course’s learning outcomes. Students are expected to attend rehearsals and show dates outside of regular class time to ensure the production’s success.
No previous drama experience is required, just a willingness to participate, collaborate, and shine under the lights.
This course is designed to offer the Drama student a chance to develop a well-rounded understanding of theatre by experiencing the art form focusing on script development and directing. Traditions, perspectives, worldviews, and stories can be shared through script writing and directing. Practical experience of theories discussed will enable students to "test their work" with an audience. If not enough students enroll in this course, an independent study can be arranged through the teacher.
Musical Theatre is being offered inside the timetable, no longer after school.
Want to be in a musical? Take this fun and exciting course! Explore, design, and create musical theatre collaboratively, using imagination, observation, and inquiry. Musical Theatre teaches acting, singing, dancing and the experience of what is required to be a part of a production. A full-length musical is developed during this course and is performed in May at the Ridge Playhouse. In addition to classes, students are required for some rehearsals and performances that will occur outside the regular school day hours. All students are accepted into Musical Theatre, no matter what kind of experience you may or may not have. Auditions are held to determine roles in the musical.
Musical Theatre will also include those musicians who wish to be a part of the Orchestra. Students will learn advanced technique and accompanying skills required to be a part of a musical production. Musicians must be proficient on their instrument.
Lights, sound, sets, costumes! Stagecraft is a hands-on fine arts course which delves into the many facets of creating theatre productions. This class encompasses design (lighting, sound, props, costume, set), audience services (front of house, marketing) and production (stage management, board operators).
Theatre production cultivates creativity and collaboration by encouraging innovative solutions to the unique challenges that we face in producing theatre. We will take a look at how we can enhance the aesthetic experiences of the audience through movement, sound, imagery and language. Students have the incredible opportunity to be a part of the production team for one of the shows we produce annually at the Ridge Playhouse.
Classes take place after school, days will be determined by the teacher