Courses & Programs
The Theatre Lab offers the area’s most comprehensive theatre arts curriculum for adults, teens, and youth, most taught by the area’s finest theatre professionals. With both in-person and online classes in acting for the stage and screen, musical theatre, voiceovers, playwriting, directing, and drama criticism, you can shape a unique training program that is right for you.
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Techniques for interpreting lyrics, connecting to the character you're singing to, committing to the circumstances, making strong movement choices, and using your voice to maximum effect. For every singer who acts and every actor who sings.
No class 9/23/2025
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Class Thursdays 7-10pm (Final class on Zoom from 7 - 8:30 PM on 10/23)
Rehearsals Saturdays 1:30-5:30pm
Performances Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Students arrive at 6:30pm.
Apply to audition here.
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Program Director: Buzz Mauro
M-F, 3pm-6pm
Final public performance at 7:30pm on August 1st
Tuition: $500
We’re thrilled to announce a new musical theatre intensive designed for college students and recent grads, older teens with significant musical theatre experience, and alums of The Theatre Lab’s award-winning summer programs. Directed by Theatre Lab Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director Buzz Mauro, this 5-day course culminates in a fully sung reading of Stephen Sondheim’s Company.
This exhilarating course will provide extensive vocal and acting training, and demand considerable work from participants outside the three hours per day spent in class. Participants will be asked to learn their vocal parts through recordings provided by the program director. In class, participants will focus on developing a professional level of song interpretation, vocal production, acting, comedy, and skills specific to staged readings. The performance will be done with book in hand, so no memorization will be required. Blocking and dance will be minimally incorporated as time allows. The goal of the week will be to produce a reading with the entertainment value of a full production.
About the Show: Stephen Sondheim’s Company offers everything that makes Sondheim’s work so enduring: razor-sharp lyrics, emotionally complex roles, and music that demands both vocal mastery and true acting craft. The story follows Bobby’s journey as a single person surrounded by married couples, and explores the tension between independence and connection, between being alone and being alive. Company invites us to examine what we want from love — and what we fear about it.
Company is an actor’s dream. Rich, layered characters. Complex emotional arcs. And above all, one of the most celebrated scores in musical theatre history. From the rapid-fire wit of “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” to the vulnerability of “Being Alive” and the show-stopping electricity of “The Ladies Who Lunch,” the score is a thrilling challenge for singers and actors alike — and a chance to grow vocally and dramatically.
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Myth: Acting is about talent and talent is something you’re born with. Reality: Acting is a craft that anyone can learn—at any age. Acting is also a fun and deeply satisfying activity, and Washington has more opportunities for doing it than practically anywhere else. Take two hours on a Saturday and learn some fundamentals while having a great time with other people who want to explore different sides of themselves. Get in on the act!
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Acting a Song
Instructor
Erin Weaver
Day
Mondays
Dates
Jun 2 - Jul 7
Time
7 - 10 PM
Techniques for interpreting lyrics, connecting to the character you're singing to, committing to the circumstances, making strong movement choices, and using your voi...
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Summer
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$390
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Acting a Song
Instructor
Sherri L. Edelen
Day
Tuesdays
Dates
Sep 9 - Oct 21
Time
7 - 10 PM
Techniques for interpreting lyrics, connecting to the character you're singing to, committing to the circumstances, making strong movement choices, and using your voi...
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Fall I
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$390
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Acting a Song
Instructor
Sherri L. Edelen
Day
Mondays
Dates
Nov 3 - Dec 8
Time
7 - 10 PM
Techniques for interpreting lyrics, connecting to the character you're singing to, committing to the circumstances, making strong movement choices, and using your voi...
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Fall II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$390
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Acting in a Professional Production: Plays of Political Resistance
Instructor
Deb Gottesman
Day
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
Dates
Sep 11 - Oct 23
Time
See description.
Class Thursdays 7-10pm (Final class on Zoom from 7 - 8:30 PM on 10/23) Rehearsals Saturdays 1:30-5:30pm Performances Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Students arrive at 6:30pm....
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Fall I
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$480
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Student Level
TeensAdvanced Musical Theatre Intensive (Prior acceptance required)
Instructor
Buzz Mauro
Day
Monday-Friday (1-week intensive)
Dates
Jul 28 - Aug 1
Time
3 PM-6 PM
Program Director: Buzz Mauro M-F, 3pm-6pm Final public performance at 7:30pm on August 1st Tuition: $500
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Summer II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$500
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Advanced Public Speaking the Actor’s Way
Instructor
Buzz Mauro
Day
Mondays
Dates
Nov 17 - Dec 8
Time
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
SESSION
Fall II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$250
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Anyone Can Act: June
Instructor
Amal Saade
Day
Saturday
Dates
Jun 14 - Jun 14
Time
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Myth: Acting is about talent and talent is something you’re born with. Reality: Acting is a craft that anyone can learn—at any age. Acting is also a fun and deepl...
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Summer
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$60
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Anyone Can Act: May
Instructor
Vince Eisenson
Day
Saturday
Dates
May 10 - May 10
Time
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Myth: Acting is about talent and talent is something you’re born with. Reality: Acting is a craft that anyone can learn—at any age. Acting is also a fun and deepl...
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Spring II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$60
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Auditioning
Instructor
Erin Weaver
Day
Tuesdays
Dates
Jun 3 - Jul 8
Time
7 - 10 PM
This course is designed to improve student performance in all the major aspects of auditioning for the theatre: monologues, cold readings, and "in the room" demeanor...
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Summer
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$390
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Student Level
Adults (18+)Auditioning
Instructor
Tonya Beckman
Day
Tuesdays
Dates
Jul 22 - Aug 26
Time
7 - 10 PM
This course is designed to improve student performance in all the major aspects of auditioning for the theatre: monologues, cold readings, and "in the room" demeanor...
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Summer II
LOCATION
onsite
COST
$390