2106 North Hamilton Street Richmond, Virginia 23230

Thursday Acting & Improv Explorations (Spring)

Welcome to Thursday Acting & Improv Explorations for Spring 2025!
All levels of experience are welcome! Teachers in this class will work with youth at all levels of experience to help them reach their goals.

Class Teachers:

SPARC - Paul Major

Paul

Click here to meet Paul!

SPARC - Laine Wagner

Cam

*Teachers subject to change.

Dates/Location:

January 30, 2025 – April 24, 2025
(Class Runs for 12 Weeks)

Thursdays from 4PM to 5PM
In Person at SPARC

* NO CLASS ON 4/3/2025

Grades:

1st Grade through 4th Grade

Class Price:

$360

Payment Plans:

AVAILABLE PAYMENT PLAN:

Automated payment plans are available through our class registration provider, CourseStorm. To set up a plan, a $25 deposit is required at check-out. The registration system will update you on the number of payments owed and amount to be paid with each installment.

Scholarships:

INTERESTED IN SCHOLARSHIPS?

Click here to learn more about available scholarships at SPARC.

Class Description:

This collaborative, creative class is the perfect fit for young people with big ideas!

Led by their teachers playing in-role beside them, students develop characters and embark on a new adventure in every class guided by their imaginations.

This class builds theatrical skills like characterization, improvisation, and storytelling, as well as transferable skills like decision-making, teamwork, and mutual respect. Students will also learn elements of story structure and how to create a plot with multiple characters, conflict, and resolution.

At the end of this course, students will share some of their favorite activities and adventures with a small audience of friends and family. Each course is a new discovery in creativity. As such, your child can take this course multiple times and learn something new each session.

Behind the Scenes:

SPARC - Paul Major

Meet Paul Major!

Paul has had the pleasure of teaching with SPARC for over a decade and has been a teaching artist and youth worker for even longer. With a degree in Music Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory, Paul performed all over the United States before deciding that youth work and teaching were his calling. While performing, he had the pleasure of working at Dollywood and received the I.A.A.P.A. award, the highest honor bestowed upon any theme park performer worldwide, and performed alongside Dolly herself.

In Richmond, he has performed in countless shows with local and regional theaters and has designed hair and makeup for many others. In his time at SPARC, Paul has served as the Program Director for Spectrum, SPARC's theatre program for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies, and the Program Director for Seasonal Camps. For many years he has lead and created other programs and classes at SPARC. The work that he has done with youth throughout his career has helped to shape the lives of many youth in the Richmond area and beyond.