Gloucester Stage Summer Youth Acting Workshops

Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops starts the Summer Session of Acting Workshops for children ages 6 to 18 on Friday, July 8. The six week Youth Acting Workshop Summer Session, meets on Fridays for two hours per week from July 8 through August 12 and the students are divided in classes according to age.

Taught by award winning actress and Gloucester native Heidi Dallin, Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops are designed to provide young people an outlet to nurture their creative potential through developing self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills to use in their daily life. Young actors will build a solid foundation of basic skills that are necessary in the world of professional theater.

The workshops include an introduction to theatre basics such as: 

• theatre games
• improvisation
• movement
• vocal and physical expression
• character preparation
• scene study
• storytelling
• writing and public speaking training

The young actors in YAW also have the opportunity to interact with and learn from the Gloucester Stage professionals working in the Gloucester Stage Summer Play Pass Season.