Wheaton Drama offers summer workshops for youth

Children who enjoy theater and want to learn more about performance or technical skills can get that experience this summer by attending Wheaton Drama workshops.

The workshops will help build confidence by giving the attendees firsthand experience in creating a live production. Children also learn teamwork in building a theatrical presentation besides having fun and making new friends at Wheaton Drama's Playhouse 111, 111 N. Hale St., Wheaton.

Registration now is available at www.wheatondrama.org for the following sessions:

• July 11-15: Performance Theater for children who have completed grades one through five offers a morning session from 8:30 a.m. to noon or an afternoon session from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

• July 13-15: Technical Theater for students who have completed grades six through 12 offers a workshop that meets 1 to 4:30 p.m. July 13 and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 14-15 (bring a sack lunch). Students should choose an area in which they would like to study: stage managing/backstage crew, sound design, or lighting design.

• July 18-22: Performance Theater for students who have completed grades six through 12 offers a full-day session from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (bring a sack lunch).

• July 20-22: Technical Theater for students who have completed grades six through 12 is offered 1 to 4:30 July 20 and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 21-22 (bring a sack lunch). Students should choose an area to study: stage managing/backstage crew, sound design, or lighting design.

Saturday performances will be at 10:30 a.m. July 16 for the grade one through five morning class and 2 p.m. July 16 for grades one through five afternoon class. Students in grades six through eight will give a performance at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 23.

Tuition is $100 for half-day sessions for grades one through five, $100 for technical workshops, and $200 for full-day workshops for grades six through 12.