Vancouver Classes

Teacher: Fredia Thompson

Let your imagination take flight into the world of theater through song, music, and dance. The fun never stops in Troupers and includes theater basics while learning the foundations of performing in a safe, encouraging environment. Let your child take the spotlight! This age group is not eligible to audition for the session production.

Teacher: Cole Peterson

Explore the building blocks of acting through creative movement, theater games, and more! You’ll be able to use your whole body, voice & facial expressions to portray any character you choose!

Teacher: Jay Tatco-Nowak

Explore the building blocks of acting through creative movement, theater games, and more! You’ll be able to use your whole body, voice & facial expressions to portray any character you choose!

Teacher: Rebecca Ramirez

Whether you sing in your church choir, along with Rock Band, or just in the shower, singing can be fun! Learn how to put those pipes to use with good technique and style. In this interactive class, students will learn the fundamental concepts and training of the voice, learn proper posture and breathing techniques, phrasing and how to stay on pitch. Students will develop the confidence they need to perform solos in showcase through an encouraging learning environment.

Teacher: Stephen Pick and Melissa Bareford

Pre-Requisite: DR090

It’s time to take the spotlight in your acting. Focus on portraying a believable, interesting character through a monologue. Learn to select and prepare pieces that are just right for your skills and talents. You’ll get the chance to perfect and polish both a dramatic & comedic monologue, as well as focusing on dramatic audition fundamentals.

Teacher: Annalise Southwood

Pre-Requisite: DR090, DA090, V090

It’s time to put it all together! Dancing, acting, and singing all work together to create the magical world of musical theater. Start the journey to becoming a triple threat by learning how to combine all the basic skills you learned in previous Core Classes into one show-stopping showcase!

Teacher: Taylor Gonzaga

Pre-Requisite: V090

Harmonize together! This class breaks down the process of harmonizing with another vocalist or in a group. Learn blending, balance, character relationships in duets as well as how to maintain part independence in canons and partner songs. Grow in confidence of music theory and harmonic structure to create basic chords within a duet, trio or ensemble!

Teacher: Michael McCormic

Pre-Requisite: By Audition Only

Journey Carolers will rehearse during classes, as well as some additional dates, and then tour for the Christmas season. Learn More.

Teacher: Stephen Pick and Melissa Bareford

Pre-Requisite: By Audition Only

The Acting Studio (new for 2022-2023!) is an intensive course focused on the foundational craft of acting. This class will take the student beyond the surface challenges of memorizing lines and blocking, drilling down to the heart of the character. This class will feature physical work to create a character’s voice and movement, theory work in several different common acting approaches, and practical work with scenes and monologues—both contemporary and classic. Watch your acting skills take off under the direction of two master-teachers. Learn More.

Teacher: Cheri Hogan

Explore the building blocks of acting through creative movement, theater games, and more! You’ll be able to use your whole body, voice & facial expressions to portray any character you choose!

Teacher: Micah McIlvain

Explore the building blocks of acting through creative movement, theater games, and more! You’ll be able to use your whole body, voice & facial expressions to portray any character you choose!

Teacher: Ellie Tauscher

Whether you sing in your church choir, along with Rock Band, or just in the shower, singing can be fun! Learn how to put those pipes to use with good technique and style. In this interactive class, students will learn the fundamental concepts and training of the voice, learn proper posture and breathing techniques, phrasing and how to stay on pitch. Students will develop the confidence they need to perform solos in showcase through an encouraging learning environment.

Teacher: Cassidy Watson

1, 2, 3, 4 – Let’s get up and rock the floor! 5, 6, 7, 8 – Point your toes and stand up straight! Step up to the basic techniques that will prepare you to take on any form of dance. Whether you want to learn Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Tap, Hip Hop, or Ballroom, this class will give you the foundation you’ll need to succeed. This foundational class focuses on basic ballet and jazz dance.

Teacher: Jeanna Reed

Pre-Requisite: DR090, DA090, V090

It’s time to put it all together! Dancing, acting, and singing all work together to create the magical world of musical theater. Start the journey to becoming a triple threat by learning how to combine all the basic skills you learned in previous Core Classes into one show-stopping showcase!

Teacher: Shanae Tullis

Pre-Requisite: DR090

Like Eliza Doolittle, it is important for all actors to “learn to speak proper.” Building on the basic skills of diction and projection learned in DR090 Foundations of Drama, actors will now learn the ins and outs of building a character through an accent or dialect. This course will teach the foundations of language, the International Phonetic Alphabet, and help students find vowel placement and appropriate pronunciation of a variety of accents that are most often used on the stage: Standard British, Cockney, Provincial Dialects, Irish, American Dialects, and more. See the specific class description for what is being offered.

Teacher: Cole Peterson

Pre-Requisite: DR090

Create drama, humor and stories on the spot. This class will give you the basic principles of improvisation and give you the confidence to embrace everything that is thrown at you when you don’t have a script in your hands. Learn team building skills that will strengthen your ability to play with your partners on stage. In this class, which focuses on short-form improv, you will learn how to live “in the moment” and confidently say “Yes!” to anything.

Teacher: Chelsea Lapp

Pre-Requisite: By Audition Only

The Journey Studio Musical Theater class is designed to challenge you in all areas of musical theater: singing, dancing, and acting. In this class, you will get more personalized instruction and material to help you develop into a triple-threat performer and prepare you for that musical theater grind. If you participated in the Journey Studio Musical Theater program during our 2021-22 season, you are still eligible to audition! Returning students will receive new and more challenging material in order to continue your growth as a performer. Learn More.