PLAY in a Day

If you’re looking for a great way to keep your child creative, connected, and immersed in play over school breaks and holidays, PLAY in a day is the place to be. Brooklyn Acting Lab offers  in-person programming at our new studio located at 56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue. We can also customize a PLAY In a Day for your POD!

Daily changing themes shape the stories we share, the games we play, and the music that is woven into each day’s play! Join us for one day or the entire week! 

When schools are closed, Brooklyn Acting Lab is OPEN for theater, collaboration and PLAY!

PLAY In a Day Calendar (K-4th)
December 2023

12/27/23: Cooking Show!

Young Players will enter the sound studio of the hottest new cooking show for kids. The problem is the two tempermental star chefs can't agree on what recipe to make for the show. The Young Players will have to work together to produce this evening's cooking show. Young Players will create the show from start to finish and also decide what the daily recipe is! (this is all based in dramatic play; no food or cooking will take place) ...
27 Dec
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

12/28/23: Totoro: A Quest in the Forest

The Young Players are excited to visit their friend, Satsuke, in the forrest. Little do they know they will meet magical spirits including a giant but sweet, Totoro. Although Totoro does not speak, they need to learn his magic to help Satsuke find her missing sister. Are you ready to connect to nature, spirits, and magic? ...
28 Dec
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

12/29/23: The Magician’s Elephant

A young boy named Peter comes to the Young Players with a problem. He is searching for his long lost sister whom he has NEVER met. As the most famous travelling circus in Brooklyn, they know exactly what to do and who to call on to find her. Do you have what it takes to join this quest and reunite siblings? ...
29 Dec
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue
January 2024

1/15/24: Spy Kids

The Young Players must help Carmen and Juni save their parents from Fegan Floop. With their new spy personas they must help them build new spy gadgets, spy moves, and transportation to save the day! Do you have what it takes to maneuver through laser fields, collect evidence, and sneak in and defeat Floop's army of robots? Join the team! ...
15 Jan
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue
February 2024

2/19/24: Small Foot

Migo the Yeti is turned away from his community when they don't believe in humans. The Young Players as snowy animals and magical creatures must help Migo on his journey to find a human and prove once and for all they exist! Join us on a snowy adventure and help Migo back to his home! ...
19 Feb
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

2/20/24: Frozen Into The Unknown

Elsa and the Young Players hear a calling in the woods. As much as they try to ignore it and stay in Arandelle, they set off on a journey. The find clues about their parents' past. The Young Players must help them solve the mystery and listen to the magical spirits to save the kingdom. Are you brave enough to venture into the unknown? ...
20 Feb
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

2/21/24: Incredibles

The Young Players are a part of the Incredibles family and are frustrated they are banned from using their powers. They sit at home and do boring day to day tasks. Until one day they get a top secret assignment. Should they take it? How will they still hide their powers? What if someone is suddenly in danger. Join us we need all the super power we can get to save the day! ...
21 Feb
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

2/22/24: The Ultimate Snow Race

The Young Players travel to Alaska for dog sled racing. But their dogs are missing! What kind of animals will they come up with to make a new sled team and how can these different animals' abilities help them win the race? Mush on over and help us reach the snowy finish line! ...
22 Feb
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

2/23/24: Cat Party

The kitties of Brooklyn have decided it's time to have a BIG PAWTY!! What MEOWsic will they play? What HISS-terical guests will show up? Help the cats make sure they have the right games and decorations for the best day ever! Bring the right CATitude to the event of the year! ...
23 Feb
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue
March 2024

3/29/24: Raining Tacos

The Young Players are experiencing some wild weather patterns! Everyone is running into the street to eat some delicious tacos. But what will be next? A Hurricane of Hot Chocolate? A Tornado of Tomatoes? The Young Players must investigate the weather and find out why the delicious food is falling from the sky? Careful when you look up! You might get a pie in the face! ...
29 Mar
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue
April 2024

4/1/24: The Gruffalo

Young Players become the smallest creatures in the forest and take a walk in the woods with their friend, the mouse. But! They must scare bigger animals away with the tale of the Gruffalo. What tall tale will you create to spook foxes and owls? And what happens if you really MEET a Gruffalo. Journey into the woods to find out! ...
01 Apr
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue

4/10/24: Adventures in Space

The Young Players find a magical helmet that allows them to float to space! Which planets will they explore? Will they found out if aliens are real? And how will they return safely home avoiding black holes and meteor showers?! Join us to infinity and beyond! ...
10 Apr
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
BAL South Slope
56 Windsor Place @ 8th Avenue
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The arts are essential. Art will play an integral role in our healing. Art will help restore joy in our hearts, homes, and communities. The arts will be a vital tool in re-imagining and re-creating a better and brighter future. 

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