Winter Session Classes - STARTS THE WEEK OF JANUARY 2ND

Sing! Dance! Play!

Do you have a pint-sized performer at home?  Bring them to Bumbershoot to sing, dance and play all of their favorite stories with a professional performer who brings props and costumes to add to the fun.  The session concludes with a wee show and share for the parents.  Don’t miss this!  All the fun for your little one.

Monday

3:15-4:00pm

8 weeks

Ages 3-5 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$108

Mini-Melodrama -

I Was A School Grade Monster

It is midnight and while most kids are sleeping safely in their beds, a spooky night school is in session.  Join our professional actor instructor for all the silly, slimy fun of this theatrical mini-melodrama, a great beginning and experiences young actors alike.  The mysterious tale will be revealed in our final class performance for family and friends.

Monday

4:00-5:00

11 weeks

Ages 6-10 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$135

Musical Theatre Mash Up for Kids -

A 1970’s Cinderella Story

Take one famous fairytale; add a little disco, dancing and a lot of crazy cool characters and you have this fantastic musical theatre mash up! Come and work with the professional playwright-director on this acclaimed comedy and invite our family and friends to our last class performance that promises to be super fly for girls and guys.

Monday

5:00-6:00

11 weeks

Ages 6-10 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$135\

New Works - Teen Playwright’s Collective

Are you a writer or performer?  Bring your own ideas from the street to the stage with the help of like- minded teen artists and a professional playwright who is a member of The Playwright’s Guild of Canada.  A staging a sharing of work from the session will be performed in the last class for family and friends.

Monday

6:00-7:15

11 weeks

Ages 11-17 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$195

Fun With Fairytales

All of your favorite stories come to life in this creative class that gives your little one all sorts of stage, prop and costume fun!  A new story and craft each week with a wee performance for parents in the last class!

Tuesday

3:15-4:00

Ages 3-5 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

8 weeks

$108

Theatre by the Book -

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Peter is a fourth grader with a big problem- his pesky little brother Fudge.  Don’t miss your chance to star in this high-energy funny Judy Blume classic and learn all about theatre and acting from a professional performer.  In our last class we will bring the page to the stage for family and friends.

Tuesday

4:00-5:00

Ages 6-10 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

11 weeks

$135

Shakespearean Redux - “Hamlet”

“To be or not to be, that is the question”.  Learn all about the Bard’s classic while working with an acclaimed professional actor-director.  Teen actors will bring to life the play “that will capture the conscience of the Queen,” but this time it will be set in 2012, complete with modern music and characters.  In the last class family and friends will be invited to the performance- fit for king or queen.

Tuesday

5:00-6:30

Ages 11-17 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

11 weeks

$195

CircusYoga

This playful class encourages self-expression as well as building  social skills. Children will strengthen their bodies as they learn  how to focus through breathing and relaxation techniques. Kids sing, draw and play yoga in this energy releasing class.

Wednesday

3:15-4:00

Ages 3-5

Teacher: Anita McFarlane

8 weeks

$108

CircusYoga

Wednesday

4:00-5:00

Ages 7-13

10 weeks

$135

Kids Super Power Hour

Anita’s classes are a deliciously fun blend of yoga, creative  movement, theatre games and circus skills.  Kids will learn:

- Simple and fun group yoga warm-ups and postures.

- To be free of self-consciousness and move with joy.

- To be creative and expressive in improvisational theatre games.

- Partner acrobatics (including flying), juggling, push sticks and clowning.

Fridays

4:00-5:00

Ages 5-7 years

10 weeks

$135

Spring Session Classes STARTS THE WEEK OF MARCH 26TH

Spring Adventure Stories

Set off on springtime adventures with our professional actor-instructor.  Dive into the tickle trunk adding props and costumes to the play for each of the stories.  The end of the session concludes with a picnic blanket show and share for family and friends.

Monday

3:15-4:00pm

8 weeks

Ages 3-5 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$108

Mini-Melodrama -

Lost in Space, Sci-Fi Adventure

There is trouble on the holodeck and the star crew will encounter space aliens, asteroids and other strange sci-fi adventures in this play; perfect for new and experience performers.  Sit back and relax as we launch into our last class presentation at the end of the session for family and friends.

Monday

4:00-5:00

11 weeks

Ages 6-10 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$135

Musical Theatre Mash Up for Kids - The Frog Prince

Think all is rosy “Happily Ever After”? Well not so for this prince in this original musical theatre mash up of the classic fairy tale and modern “hip hop”.  Don’t miss out on all of the hilarious fun that will be performed at the end of the session.

Monday

5:00-6:00

11 weeks

Ages 6-10 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$135

New Works - Teen Playwright’s Collective

Are you a writer or performer?  Bring your own ideas from the street to the stage with the help of like- minded teen artists and a professional playwright who is a member of The Playwright’s Guild of Canada.  A staging a sharing of work from the session will be performed in the last class for family and friends.

Monday

6:00-7:15

11 weeks

Ages 11-17 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

$195

Fun With Fairytales

All of your favorite stories come to life in this creative class that gives your little one all sorts of stage, prop and costume fun!  A new story and craft each week with a wee performance for parents in the last class!

Tuesday

3:15-4:00

Ages 3-5 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

8 weeks

$108

Theatre by the Book - Charlotte’s Web

Perform in EB White’s classic story about the farmyard friendship between a pig and a spider.  Work with a professional actor and director to bring this wonderful work to the stage for a final presentation for family and friends on the last day of class.

Tuesday

4:00-5:00

Ages 6-10 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

11 weeks

$135

Spring Once Act - Anne of Green Gables

Play a part in this Canadian Classic while working with a professional actor/director.  A last class performance will conclude the session.

Tuesday

5:00-6:30

Ages 11-17 years

Teacher: Bonnie Gratz

11 weeks

$195

CircusYoga

This playful class encourages self-expression as well as building  social skills. Children will strengthen their bodies as they learn  how to focus through breathing and relaxation techniques. Kids sing, draw and play yoga in this energy releasing class.

Wednesday

3:15-4:00

Ages 3-5

Teacher:  Anita McFarlane

8 weeks

$108

CircusYoga

Wednesday

4:00-5:00

Ages 7-13

10 weeks

$135

Kids Super Power Hour

Anita’s classes are a deliciously fun blend of yoga, creative  movement, theatre games and circus skills.  Kids will learn:

- Simple and fun group yoga warm-ups and postures.

- To be free of self-consciousness and move with joy.

- To be creative and expressive in improvisational theatre games.

- Partner acrobatics (including flying), juggling, push sticks and clowning.

Fridays

4:00-5:00

Ages 5-7 years

10 weeks

$135