Theater 

Language Arts / Fine Arts

*Note:  This semester we will be working on a fun rendition of Pirates of Penzance!  More info will be HERE!

This is an optional, after regular hours class.  Students who have signed up for the complete program will get a large discount.   Space is limited. 

Depending on the semester, class may include:

• Acting skills/techniques

• Improv

• Vocal training

• Dancing   

• Show auditions

• Skits, monologues, etc.

• Performance practice for a show (could be a Shakespeare play, a melodrama, a musical, an Improv night, a showcase...)

AGES 

10+ or younger with director approval

TIMES & DATES 

• Thursdays from 1-3.

• A mandatory parent meeting will be held at the beginning of the semester.

• Additional dress rehearsals TBA.

• Performance dates TBA (mid May).
  
  CLASS TUITION
  $165/semester   
  *Complete Program members get large discount off this price!  Ask about sibling discounts.
  Must register through Malena's website. 

IMPORTANT NOTE
Theater productions work best with a committed cast.  If you sign up for this class, please make sure you attend class every week and make it to all rehearsals and performances unless you have previously cleared it with the director.  

TEACHER BIO
Malena Hirst

Malena has always loved artistic things.  She has taken classes and also taught herself a lot about drawing and painting.  She has painted on canvas, created several murals and many set pieces  for shows as well.  Malena has been in the theater world for a long time and she has been in the spotlight as well as behind the spotlight.  She has also done stage crew, set design, singing, dancing and acting.  She has worked with one of Utah County's best youth directors for years.  She runs her own theater production company as well--Her Highness Theater.  Malena is quite proficient at the piano and has taken voice lessons.   She has also dabbled in dulcimer and other instruments for fun.