CLASSES
Iowa Stage Theatre Company is teaming up with West Des Moines Parks & Recreation to offer classes!
Browse below and sign up today!
BASIC ACTING
ID #14184 | 9/26 - 10/17
$75
Saturdays 11:30AM - 2:30PM
Activity Center, 217 5th Street, WDM
Ages 16+
Drawing largely on the work of master acting teacher Sanford Meisner, this class gives the new actor a solid basis of acting training - and some fun and surprises too!
Instructor: James Serpento
WRITING FOR STAGE AND SCREEN
ID #14185 | 10/24 - 11/14
$75
Saturdays 3:00PM - 6:00PM
Activity Center, 217 5th Street, WDM
Ages 16+
From opening moments through to the hush of a final fadeout, writers of the drama and
their audiences want the very same thing: the thrill of a great story well told. This class
helps you structure your stage or screen story for maximum impact.
Instructor: James Serpento
ADVANCED ACTING
ID #14186 | 10/24 - 11/14
$75
Saturdays 3:00PM - 6:00PM
Activity Center, 217 5th Street, WDM
Ages 16+
Already have some acting experience, onstage, onscreen or in class? This class will give you the opportunity to stretch in monologues and scenes chosen by you and/or your instructor.
Instructor: James Serpento
SHAKESPEARE ACTING
ID #14187 | 11/14
$30
Saturday 11:30AM - 2:30PM
Activity Center, 217 5th Street, WDM
Ages 16+
The world’s greatest playwright is also the world’s greatest teacher of actors - even from 400 years away! Instructor Matt McIver leads students through the clues in Shakespeare’s text, clues that are there to help the actor bring the Bard to exciting life.