Produce a magical, theatrical experience with Brooklyn Acting Lab!

BAL’s Young PLAYers Series run weekly from July 6 – August 14, 2020. Now available at P.S. 321 in Park Slope!

Our one-week summer programs allow your child to work with a team of professional theater-educators to bring a theatrical production from text (“The Page’) to a full performance (‘The Stage’)! Actors will work as an ensemble, using a script as a starting point to develop characters, movement, staging, etc. Together we will produce a magical, theatrical experience. No prior experience is necessary to participate in this supportive and nurturing ensemble experience. We will also incorporate singing, movement and tools from our Actors Toolboxes. Each week culminates in a Friday afternoon sharing open to family and friends. Sign up for one week or for the entire summer!

BAL is an ensemble-based program. We believe that one of the most exciting aspects of theater-making is working together to create a performance piece which is inclusive and celebrates each and every ensemble-member. At our summer theater programs everyone has a part to PLAY whether you are a veteran to the stage or new to the scene.

Please send your child with a healthy lunch, two snacks, and a bottle of water. We are a nut-free environment so please pack food accordingly.

• Ages: Rising 2nd – 5th grades
• Hours: 9 AM–3 PM
• Location: PS 321 (180 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215)

Early Drop-off is available at 8:30 am on Monday, and 8 am Tuesday thru Friday ($50/per week). Aftercare is available from 3–6 pm Monday thru Thursday, but NOT on Friday ($120 per week).

July 6 – 10 | Mini Musical: Matilda | $475
We’ll use the power of our imaginations to enter Matilda’s world. The songs and music from the Broadway musical Matilda will be our starting point to explore the wonders in our own lives. We’ll sing, move and dance as we define what kid power means to us and think about when we grow up. We’ll use our creative energy to work on set pieces and create a performance sharing for our families and friends on Friday afternoon.
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July 13 – 17 | Little Women | $475
Enter the magical world of Ancient Greece where fairies exist to protect humans and mythical royalty, and common tradespeople dress up to perform hysterically funny skits! Where an impish fairy named Puck has a terrific time making mischief—until his fairy king finds out! And, where a pompous weaver named Bottom gets turned into a donkey! We’ll create our own magic as we introduce the basics of acting through theater games, voice and movement exercises. And, playing with snippets of Shakespeare’s text and our own artistic creations we will produce a unique version of this fun and lovable comedy. We’ll share our ‘Dream’ with our families and friends on Friday afternoon.
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July 20 – 24 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | $475
Enter the magical world of Ancient Greece where fairies exist to protect humans and mythical royalty, and common tradespeople dress up to perform hysterically funny skits! Where an impish fairy named Puck has a terrific time making mischief—until his fairy king finds out! And, where a pompous weaver named Bottom gets turned into a donkey! We’ll create our own magic as we introduce the basics of acting through theater games, voice and movement exercises. And, playing with snippets of Shakespeare’s text and our own artistic creations we will produce a unique version of this fun and lovable comedy. We’ll share our ‘Dream’ with our families and friends on Friday afternoon.
{REGISTER HERE}

July 27 – 31 | Mini Musical: Wicked | $475 
If you love Mary Poppins, (and really, who doesn’t!?) join us for an exciting week dancing on the (imaginary) rooftops of Park Slope! We’ll let this enchanting story lead us on a singing, movement and Looking at a classic story through a different perspective is how we’ll being our exploration of the world of Oz. We’ll pull from the music and songs of Wicked, as we navigate the fundamentals of acting and learn how to use our voices and bodies to inhabit different characters. We can create costume and set pieces to enhance our Oz. We’ll share our own mini version of the ‘real’ story of these two magical sisters on Friday afternoon for our families and friends. adventure of our own making. We’ll explore how to create a magical world of a self-cleaning toy room and tap dancing penguins. If you “Love to Laugh” and want to spend a week studying the mystery of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” Join us and “Let’s ALL fly a kite!” We’ll share our Mary Poppings on Friday afternoon at 2:30pm for families and friends.
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August 3 – 7 | The Descendants | $475
What happens when the children of Disney’s most evil villains (who have been raised on an isolated island), suddenly come to join a ‘regular’ school? We’ll find out! We’ll use actors’ tools (our voices, our bodies, emotions and imagination!) to investigate and develop our own storyline. We’ll have fun with costumes, props, set pieces and will create our own production, adding music and movement to be shared with our families and friends on Friday afternoon.
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August 10 – 14: Mini Musical: Singin’ in the Rain | $475
We’ll travel back in time to Hollywood as silent films were being replaced by talkies! What was it like to act in silent movies? How different did actors have to behave to express emotions? And, what happened when they could talk on camera? And sing?! We’ll romp through some of early Hollywood’s best music as we devise our own mini-musical. What could be more fun than singing (and dancing) in the rain? We’ll share our performance with our families and friends on Friday afternoon.
{REGISTER HERE}