THEATER EDUCATION ALL YEAR LONG
The Ross Ragland Theater is excited to provide another year of Theater classes and Rag Tag Children’s Choir.
The classes are filled with music, movement, theater games, and socially engaging activities intended to establish and strengthen skills used in life and the performing arts.
New to our After School Classes this Spring: Audition classes for all ages!
Scholarships are available for most classes.
DRAMA & ART CLASSES for Spring 2023
Registration Now Open!
Storybook Theatre: Grades 3-5
Class Runs: Tuesdays, March 14-May 9, 2023
Times: 5pm-6pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Go into the story of a cherished Children’s Book. Explore fun, loving characters. Students get to learn and perform skits that will be presented in a showcase.
Instructor: MJ Atkins
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
Dramatic Interpretation: Grades 6-12
Class Runs: Tuesdays, March 14-May 9, 2023
Times: 5pm-6pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Tuesday, May 16
In this drama class, students will be going through the whole process of performing a short play. From auditions to performance, students will learn the ins & outs of a play production. There are a variety of parts big and small!
Instructor: Alex Burris
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
Springtime in Watercolor: Grades 3-5
Class Runs: Tuesdays, March 14-May 9, 2023
Times: 4pm-5pm
Showcase Gallery: Tuesday, May 16
Engaging and challenging…. Come create springtime art using watercolors. Learn to blend & mix colors, dry/wet painting techniques, all while creating pictures that POP!
Instructor: Carrie Wilcox
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
MUSICAL THEATER CLASSES for Spring 2023
Dramatic Movement & Dance: Grades K-2
Class Runs: Tuesdays, March 14-May 9, 2023
Times: 4pm-5pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Tuesday, May 16
For our youngest thespians, a class full of creative movement & dance. The students will learn dramatic expression through movement. They will begin to develop the spatial awareness of a stage presence and how to work with others on stage.
Instructor: Alex Burris
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
NEW this Spring!
Special Audition Classes for grades 5 – Adult
Audition Classes 2023
These workshops provide participants with the basics for audition preparation for Community Theatre productions.
Instructor: Charles “Chip” Massie
Grades 5-8 Cost: $15
Date: Monday, April 10 Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
This hour and a half workshop will guide participants through activities, exercises, and expectations to help young performers prepare for auditioning generally; including choosing an audition piece and/or song as needed, creating a character, and general expectations at auditions.
Grades 9-12 Cost: $35
Dates: Tuesday & Thursday, April 11 & 13 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Tuesday: The first class guides participants through activities, exercises, and expectations to help performers prepare for auditioning generally; including choosing an audition piece, creating a character, and day of preparation.
Thursday: The second class builds on the learning in session 1, with a focus on activities, exercises, and expectations when auditioning for a musical production; including choosing a song, preparing for the audition itself (including movement and dance), and day of preparation.
Adult Class Cost: $35
Dates: Wednesday & Thursday, April 26 & 27 Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Tuesday: The first class guides participants through activities, exercises, and expectations to help performers prepare for auditioning generally; including choosing an audition piece, creating a character, and day of preparation.
Thursday: The second class builds on the learning in session 1, with a focus on activities, exercises, and expectations when auditioning for a musical production; including choosing a song, preparing for the audition itself (including movement and dance), and day of preparation.
Rag Tag Children’s Choir
Spring season registration is closed. Join us for our RagTag concert!
Join us on April 7th, 2023 at 6:00 PM for this session’s RagTag Concert
RagTag-A-Long Choir
Grades 1-3 Mondays, January 16 – April 3 from 4:00-4:45 pm
RagTag Choir
Grades 4-6 Mondays, January 16 – April 3 from 5:00-6:00 pm
Explore the wonderful world of choral music. Learn vocal techniques, music appreciation, and participate in a high energy performance on the Ragland stage.
Concert: Friday, April 7 at 6pm
Instructor: Danielle Harmon
Cost: $120,Cost: $90,multi class discount available
MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS
For Afterschool Classes
Sarah Pearlstein
Music Instructor
I grew up in Klamath Falls. I have always loved music. I took piano lessons at Sacred Heart Academy. I played trumpet in the school band for four years. During middle school, I taught myself how to play acoustic guitar, using guitar chord books. I accompanied my high school choir on piano. I volunteered to teach music in my children’s elementary classes when music was taken out of the Klamath County schools in the 1990’s. When I taught in public and private schools, I always incorporated music. I have taught piano and guitar lessons to a few students, including my granddaughter. My husband and I have been on worship teams in three local churches. I have worked for Ross Ragland Youth StARTS for the past four years. I love this program, and enjoy passing my appreciation of music on to the next generation.
DANIELLE HARMON
Rag Tag Choir Instructor
Dani Harmon is a long time lover of music, theater, and the arts. She grew up performing on the Ragland stage in countless children’s productions and moved on to community theater as an adult. After years of high school choirs, she then performed with a university choir at Brigham Young University. After returning back to the Klamath basin, she trained for years with Katie Harman (Miss America 2002). She has recently brought back the Rag Tag Children’s Choirs and hopes to cultivate a love of music in her students, as well as provide them with a solid foundation in proper vocal technique.
Yvonne Canton
Puppetry & Drama Instructor
With a background in Language Arts education and a specialization in Theater Arts, Yvonne Canton comes to the Ragland with many years’ experience to help young people become successful in communication through expression. Mrs. Canton says, ” While learning the ‘art’ in Theater Arts, we utilize simple props and costumes to enhance our performances with imaginative play and percussive innovation.”
Carrie Wilcox
Visual ART Instructor
Since childhood I have loved creating art. I graduated from the U of O in visual communication. I have worked as a K-8 classroom teacher and substitute. It seems that no matter what I do or where I am I always return to the need of painting and creating. I find inspiration in colors through travel and nature. After living in various places in Oregon and Alaska I returned to the Klamath basin where I grew up. It is now I am excited to be able to share my love of the arts with others.
Alex Burris
Drama & Musical Theater
Instructor
Alex is thrilled to be doing Afterschool Classes again this year. She is starting her second year at KCC. Alex has been a part of the Ragland since she was 6 because her dance shows were held at the theater, until a few years ago. She is currently the Ragland’s unofficial stage manager, and she is loving it. She has recently been getting more and more involved with the education programs such as After School Classes and the Summer Camp programs. She is loving it!
