DRAMA DAY
Drama Days are fun and engaging one-day theatre exploration camps that are planned and taught by North Theatre students, and end with a presentation for family and friends on the North stage! Participants learn about all aspects of theatre, both onstage and backstage, through a variety of fun and educational activities! Lunch is included. TO REGISTER: click on the blue and gold buttons below to register your student using our google form (step 1), and pay the $35 fee via Infinite Campus (step 2). Please note, your child(ren) will not be registered until payment is received.
2024-25 Workshop Dates
Sat., Dec. 7: Grades 1-3
Sat., Jan. 25: Grades 4-6
Sat., May 17: Middle School
Workshops are held from 9 am - 2 pm, and lunch is included. The day concludes with a 2 pm performance by students for friends and family in the auditorium!
Elementary Programs
Learn to be an Actor!
Experienced North theatre students will use fun drama games and activities to teach kids how actors prepare for the parts they play. Among the areas to be covered are:
Body Awareness
Creating Characters
Finding Your Hidden Voices
ActorSpeak (how to talk like an actor)
Moving Like Magic
Totally Techie
Through a hands-on approach, learn about what happens backstage in the theatre.
Discover interesting techniques:
Now You See It, Now You Don’t (lighting)
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day—On Stage It Took Two (scene design)
Painting the Play
What To Wear? (costume and make-up)
Sound Secrets
The Play's the Thing
Participants will incorporate what they have learned by preparing a short play to perform at the end of Drama Day for family and friends on the North High School Stage! Please plan on joining us at the end of the day!
Middle School Program
Learn how to Improv!
Improv comedy is one of today’s hottest forms of entertainment. Discover the tricks to effective improv and have fun playing hilarious games based on audience suggestions. Members of North’s popular improv troupe IMPROVEDY will lead the workshop.
Learn How Actors Fight on Stage
Whether you are performing in Shakespeare or the latest martial arts movie, creating realistic yet safe fight scenes is a skill every actor needs to know. Learn the basics of unarmed stage combat from simple slaps to fancy falls.
Perform!
Drama Day will conclude with a public performance for family and friends on the North High School stage. The show will include a choreographed stage combat routine and comedy improv show!