Drama

Acting classes have always been popular in the US, allowing thousands of kids to both enjoy the fun side of the process on one hand and understand the best literary and stage works in a deeper way!

Children in our program are growing in confidence and are less afraid to express themselves in our classes, but more importantly, in life! I am passionate about this program and know first-hand that by participating in a program such as this, our children WILL be more confident in their own authenticity, to appreciate the differences in others, to think more creatively, to practice leadership, and to learn to speak up and communicate more effectively.

At these classes, we push the tables and chairs aside and ask the students to throw their inhibitions out the window. We provide an environment that encourages students to experiment with their voices and express themselves creatively without judgment. We ask them to take risks and try a new approach at the risk of failure, then we encourage them to try again.
Age groups for these classes:

• 3 – 9 y.o.
• 7 – 11 y.o.
• 12 – 16 y.o.

Arts Teacher

Mary Wellesley

Curator of the Drama Class

Mary is a highly gifted voice and speech teacher, dialect coach, and specialist in accent reduction.  Mary has coached in television, film, and theatre, in projects as diverse as Netflix/Marvel’s Daredevil, to The King and I at Lincoln Center.  She was Master Teacher and Chair of Voice and Speech at New York University (CAP21 Studio), on the faculty of New York University’s MFA Graduate Acting, and currently teaches in the MFA Drama program at Columbia University and New School for Drama. Her book/DVD/CDs Perfecting Your English Pronunciation, published by McGraw-Hill in 2012, has been released in 2014 as an app entitled Perfect English Pronunciation. This multi media set was also recently translated into Korean and released in Korea. Her television/radio appearances include interviews on Sinovision (Chinese television broadcast in China and the US), NHK-TV (Japanese television), and NPR radio.  Mary is also a published playwright/screenwriter, and holds an MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama.