School of Theatre

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School of Theatre

The School of Theatre began with our summer musical theatre workshops and has grown into full productions, actor training, and theatre tech group classes.

Students will gain industry knowledge towards acting training and dramatic standards through the NSSOTA Stage Program.

Performances are held in our state of the art Black Box Theatre that is equipped with theatrical lighting, special effect machines, theatrical sound, and more.

Stage Program

NSSOTA’s approach is that theatre students receive well-rounded theatre group classes which include technique and building a foundation, instead of drama classes that only focus on a performance. In doing so, our students are set for success with auditions for productions, building soft skills such as self-confidence, and are being given an education on all elements of theatre not just performing.

Coaching and Private Lessons

Coaching and private lessons are:

Talent Development: Develop your talents and expose your abilities to the professional performance industry.
Audition Prep: Fine tune your abilities ahead of critical auditions so you can impress the judges and be a “stand out”.
Scholarship Prep: Outline, plan, and prepare your scholarship audition material to qualify for your college scholarship/admissions.
Acting Lessons: Learn acting and enhance your stage pressence

Is your child interested in TECHNICAL THEATRE? We are looking to fill some student roles in our upcoming shows! Email [email protected] for tuition and program information.

Prop Master 
Costume Coordinator 
Assistant Stage Manager 
Assistant Director

Theatre Productions

NSSOTA provides performance opportunities throughout the year for productions within our Black Box Theater – NSSOTA Main Stage Productions and NSSOTA One-Act Projects.

Productions include musicals, revues, straight plays, and dramatic classics.

NSSOTA Main Stage productions provide students with emphasis on acting excellence and character portrayal in full costume and scenery. While implementing all major theatrical elements, students explore classic plays, musicals, and other genres of theatre.

NSSOTA One-Act Project provides opportunities for actors to shine in a minimalist setting of a black box theater. The content of a one-act project can vary to include special projects, workshops that focus on specific genres, skill building, etc. Typically, one-act projects are shorter in length with costuming and scenery paired back to highlight the cast in a truly unique experience.

Fine Arts Explorer

Try 4 music private lessons or group classes, try 4 theatre group classes, try 4 art group classes, then choose which you would like to continue learning.

The Six Pillars of
The School of Theatre

AUDITION PREPARATION AND COLD READING SKILLS:

EXCELLENCE IN AUDITIONS

Teaching the performer the skills and tools to deliver an excellent audition.

REPERTOIRE BUILDING:

READINESS WHEN PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE

Reading literature to aid with building a collection of audition materials, monologues, scenes, and characters that the actor is familiar with and can readily use when performance opportunities arise.

PERFORMANCE:

BECOMING A WELL ROUNDED ACTOR

Productions, scene study, workshops, master class, formal and informal showings.

PHYSICAL THEATRE TECHNIQUE:

GAINING CONTROL OF THE BODY

Helping the performer gain control of their body and develop an understanding of how to create a character movement system for the stage and screen.

VOICE PRODUCTION

DEVELOPING A STAGE SPEAKING VOICE

Developing the speaking voice for clear, dynamic, and powerful speech.

ACTING TECHNIQUE CHARACTER

GAIN INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE OF ACTING TECHNIQUES

Building knowledge of and vocabulary for industry standard acting techniques. Study and practice with multiple schools of thought on acting training.

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