ACTING AND IMPROV AT IGNITE
Find Your Voice. Make Bold Choices.
Find Your Voice. Make Bold Choices.
From stepping into a character, to telling a story through song, to creating a scene completely
in the moment, acting and improv give performers a place to explore, take risks, think creatively,
and become more confident onstage and off.
Whether they’re brand new to acting or ready to take their skills further,
Ignite offers a welcoming place to learn, create, and grow.
WHAT THEY’LL LEARN
BUILD THE ACTOR
More Than Memorizing Lines.
Great acting starts with listening, imagination,
connection, and the confidence to make a choice.
At Ignite, students develop skills that help
them become stronger, more thoughtful,
and more confident performers.
CHARACTER
Create specific, believable characters and
make thoughtful acting choices.
SCENE WORK
Learn to listen, respond, connect with scene
partners, and bring scripted material to life.
STORYTELLING
Discover how choices, relationships, and
objectives help tell a compelling story.
IMPROVISATION
Think on your feet, trust your instincts,
and confidently create in the moment.
AUDITION SKILLS
Develop the tools and confidence to walk into
an audition prepared and ready to work.
ENSEMBLE
Collaborate, support other performers,
and learn that great scenes are created together.
EXPLORE ACTING AT IGNITE
Our acting classes give performers a place to explore characters, scenes, scripts,
and storytelling while developing skills they can use onstage, in auditions, and beyond.
ACTING AGES 11 AND UNDER
Imagine. Create. Perform.
Young actors explore characters,
scenes, theatre games, storytelling,
and performance in an encouraging environment where they’re free to
make bold choices and try
something new.
Students develop strong acting
foundations while building confidence, communication skills, creativity,
and stage presence.
Perfect for beginners and
experienced young performers.
ACTING THROUGH SONG
When the Scene Becomes a Song.
Acting Through Song helps performers
move beyond simply singing the
right notes and begin telling the story
behind the music.
Students explore lyrics, character,
intention, relationships, emotional
connection, and acting choices to discover why a character sings—and what they
need in that moment.
Through individual and group work, performers learn to approach a
song the same way they would approach a scene: with specific choices, authentic connection, and a clear story to tell.
Perfect for: Musical theatre performers who want to become stronger storytellers.
ACTING AGES 12+
Dig Deeper. Take the Risk.
Older performers dive deeper
into character development,
scene study, script analysis,
objectives, relationships, audition
technique, and more
advanced acting choices.
Students are challenged to
move beyond simply delivering
lines and discover how to create performances that feel truthful,
specific, and connected.
IMPROV
NO SCRIPT. NO PLAN. LET’S GO.
Think Fast. Trust Yourself.
Improv challenges performers to create characters, scenes,
and stories completely in the moment.
Students learn to listen, say yes to ideas, make confident choices, support
their scene partners, and recover when something unexpected happens.
They discover that there isn’t always one “right” answer—and sometimes
the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
Improv builds:
Confidence • Creativity • Quick Thinking • Listening • Collaboration • Stage Presence
JOIN THE TROUPE
Two Teams. Endless Possibilities.
BOTTLE ROCKETS IMPROV TROUPE
Ages 9-12
Big Ideas. Quick Thinking. Serious Fun.
Bottle Rockets introduces younger performers to the fast-paced world of improv through games, scenes, characters, and spontaneous storytelling.
Students learn to trust their ideas, work as an ensemble, think on their feet, and confidently step into the unknown.
Instructor: Jamie Glasheen
FIREWORKS IMPROV TROUPE
Ages 13-18
Bold Choices. Bigger Risks.
Fireworks takes older performers deeper into improvisation through scene work, character creation, ensemble exercises, games, and performance.
Students strengthen their ability to listen, react honestly, commit to choices, support their scene partners, and create compelling—and often hilarious—moments without a script.
Instructor: Jamie Glasheen
TWO WAYS TO BECOME A STRONGER PERFORMER
Scripted or Unscripted—The Skills Work Together.
ACTING
A script gives you the words.
Your job is to discover why the character says them.
Students learn to analyze, make choices, develop characters,
build relationships, and tell someone else’s story truthfully.
IMPROV
There is no script.
Your job is to listen, trust yourself, and create the story.
Students learn to react, make decisions, take risks, collaborate,
and keep moving forward without knowing what’s coming next.
The Strongest Performers Learn to Do Both.
SKILLS THAT STICK
Confidence Doesn’t End When Class Does.
Acting and improv teach students how to communicate, listen, collaborate, think creatively,
adapt when something changes, and confidently share their ideas.
Those skills make stronger performers.
They also make stronger communicators, collaborators, leaders, and humans.
READY TO GIVE IT A TRY?
Step Into the Scene.
