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.
Adult Classes: Read class policies. Apply for financial aid.
Youth Classes: Read class policies. Apply for financial aid.
Adults (18+)
Spring I
In Person
$60.00
Amal Saade
Saturday
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…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$60.00
Vince Eisenson
Saturday
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…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$60.00
Amal Saade
Saturday
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…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$400.00
Bobby Smith
Thursdays
7 - 10 PM
This class focuses on preparing the actor for musical theatre audition and performance, through careful attention to each actor/singer’s strengths and weaknesses. Emphasis will be…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$400.00
John Judy
Tuesdays
7 - 10 PM
An exploration of the numerous elements that go into a successful audition for the screen. Topics will include preparation, appropriate dress, demeanor, techniques for quick…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$400.00
Bryanda Minix
Saturdays
1:30 - 4:30 PM
An intensive introduction to scripted work through preparation and performance of scenes and monologues. This course emphasizes learning effective rehearsal techniques and expanding the actor’s…
Adults (18+)
Adults (18+)
Spring II
Online
$0.00
April Harris
Saturdays
10 AM - 12:30 PM
Finding Your Voice is a Pay-What-You-Can, community-based offering presented by The Theatre Lab’s Life Stories® program. This class explores what it means to have a…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$370.00
Brenna McDonough
Wednesdays
7 - 9:30 PM
This class will cover the ins and outs of all aspects of the film industry in the DC area, including commercials, corporate videos, indie and…
Adults (18+)
Spring II
In Person
$400.00
Erin Weaver
Mondays
7 - 10 PM
An intensive course that focuses on the development of each student’s unique imagination. Using a technique called “Mantle of the Expert” created by Dorothy Heathcote,…
