THEATER EDUCATION ALL YEAR LONG
The Ross Ragland Theater is excited to announce another season of Theater classes and Rag Tag Children’s Choir.
The classes are filled with music, movement, theater games, and socially engaging activities intended to establish and strengthen skills used in life and the performing arts.
New to our After School Classes, Scholarships are available for all classes.
OUR PROGRAMS
Drama Classes
Musical Theatre Classes
Rag Tag Children’s Choir
DRAMA & ART CLASSES for Winter 2023
Storybook Theatre: Grades 2-4
Class Runs: Tuesdays, January 10-February 28, 2023
Times: 5pm-6pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Saturday, March 4, 2023
Go into the story of a cherished Children’s Book. Explore fun, loving characters. Students get to learn and perform skits that will be presented in a showcase.
Instructor: Yvonne Canton
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
Puppet Theatre: Grades 3-5
Class Runs: Mondays, January 9-February 27, 2023
Times: 4pm-5:30pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Saturday, March 4
Come learn and explore drama with puppets. Learn all about the different types of puppets, make puppets of your own and perform in a puppet theater! This exciting class will take you through all the different puppets from sock puppets to marionettes! We will end with a puppet theater show on Saturday, March 4!
Instructor: Bonnie Hay & Yvonne Canton
Cost: $105, multi class discount available
Dramatic Interpretation: Grades 5-8
Class Runs: Tuesdays, January 10-February 28, 2023
Times: 5pm-6pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Saturday, March 4
Become a star! Expand your imagination! Free the way you think, act, talk and move. Hone in and improve your child’s developing acting skills with improvisational drama and more. As we develop their ability in characterization and dramatic interpretation, fun is guaranteed!
Instructor: Alex Burris
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
Visual ART for Students: Grades 3-5
Class Runs: Tuesdays, January 10-February 28, 2023
Times: 4pm-5pm
Showcase: Saturday, March 4
For all our budding artists: Come enjoy a fun-filled hour with art projects for all creative minds! From collages to masquerade masks to painting with lots of color, we have projects planned to help you grow in your artistic abilities and expression! We will showcase your projects at the Masquerade Ball and at the parent showcase on March 4!
Instructor: Carrie Wilcox
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
MUSICAL THEATER CLASSES for Winter 2023
Musical Theatre Exploration II: Grades 7-12
Class Runs: Tuesdays, January 10-February 28
Times: 4pm-5pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Saturday, March 4
Students will learn staging and choreography to tell the story of our favorite group songs from the musical theatre category. Explore music, theatre games, and choreographed dance in this fun class.
Instructor: Alex Burris
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
Music for Children: Grades K-2
Class Runs: Wednesdays, January 11-March 1, 2023
Times: 4pm-5pm
Tech Rehearsal: TBD
Showcase: Saturday, March 4
Explore the wonder and joy of music and movement while learning songs and instrumental play. They will perform in an end of class showcase on March 4.
Instructor: Sarah Pearlstein
Cost: $90, multi class discount available
Rag Tag Children’s Choir
Join us on April 7th, 2023 at 6:00 PM for this session’s RagTag Concert
RagTag-A-Long Choir
Grades 1-3 Mondays, January 16 – April 3 from 4:00-4:45 pm
RagTag Choir
Grades 4-6 Mondays, January 16 – April 3 from 5:00-6:00 pm
Explore the wonderful world of choral music. Learn vocal techniques, music appreciation, and participate in a high energy performance on the Ragland stage.
Concert: Friday, April 7 at 6pm
Instructor: Danielle Harmon
Cost: $120,Cost: $90,multi class discount available
MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS
For Afterschool Classes
Drama Instructor
Justice Bussard
Who/what is Justice Bussard many people ask, and truthfully Justice is many things to different people. To some he is the actor who portrayed the great and powerful Oz in the wizard of Oz, or Lucas in Addams family, or perhaps you were lucky enough to catch him as Rachel in Ruthless. Some know him as “Theater Jesus” a name he took on during the production of My Son Pinocchio Jr. that most likely stemmed from his beard and flowing long hair, or maybe it has something to do with his mind reading powers. To absolutely everyone, he will always be a friend if you need him. You can find him working behind the counter at Gathering Grounds Roastery and no matter who you are, or where in the world we meet, I usually end most conversations by calling you my friend, and I truly mean it every time. Last of all he is a storyteller. To his closest friends of all who he will never stop loving, Kallie, Morytheus, Xolia, and Îdhron he is their dungeon master, a nerd forever addicted to dungeons and dragons.
DANIELLE HARMON
Rag Tag Choir Instructor
Dani Harmon is a long time lover of music, theater, and the arts. She grew up performing on the Ragland stage in countless children’s productions and moved on to community theater as an adult. After years of high school choirs, she then performed with a university choir at Brigham Young University. After returning back to the Klamath basin, she trained for years with Katie Harman (Miss America 2002). She has recently brought back the Rag Tag Children’s Choirs and hopes to cultivate a love of music in her students, as well as provide them with a solid foundation in proper vocal technique.
Yvonne Canton
Drama Instructor
Dani Harmon is a long time lover of music, theater, and the arts. She grew up performing on the Ragland stage in countless children’s productions and moved on to community theater as an adult. After years of high school choirs, she then performed with a university choir at Brigham Young University. After returning back to the Klamath basin, she trained for years with Katie Harman (Miss America 2002). She has recently brought back the Rag Tag Children’s Choirs and hopes to cultivate a love of music in her students, as well as provide them with a solid foundation in proper vocal technique.
Alex Burris
Drama & Musical Theater
Instructor
Alex is thrilled to be doing Afterschool Classes again this year. She is starting her second year at KCC. Alex has been a part of the Ragland since she was 6 because her dance shows were held at the theater, until a few years ago. She is currently the Ragland’s unofficial stage manager, and she is loving it. She has recently been getting more and more involved with the education programs such as After School Classes and the Summer Camp programs. She is loving it!