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Owned by actor Mimi Stuart (who has spent her career in the theater), the Children’s Acting Academy offers original programs in which drama kings and queens can flex their improv muscles, practice monologues and fine-tune their speech and diction. Professional actors give students a taste of what it takes to make it: For example, Creative

Published On Mommy Nearest View Full Article Helmed by the kid-favorite Mimi Stuart, children can learn the Stanislavski, Strasberg, Chekov and Meisner methods in the form of classes, camps and multiple productions a year at this beloved studio. In this year’s summer theater camp, for example, kids worked with industry professionals to learn stage combat,

Sacagawea may be best-known as the Native-American woman on the dollar coin, but for those of you who may have forgotten some U.S. history, she was the guide that helped Lewis and Clark explore new territory. That’s what we’re doing at the Children’s Acting Academy this year. We’re breaking with our tradition of doing only

The title conjures up visions of a horror movie, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. What, then? Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. at the Lumberjack Festival in Deposit, NY of course! We had our annual “summer stock week” (actually 10 days) at Scott’s Resort last month, and what a wonderful experience it was!

Where are all the boys when you need them? I guess that depends what you want them for. Basketball; no problem. Football; more than enough. Soccer; easy. Theatre; not so much. That’s been the bane of my existence over the past few months. The end of the world? No. But when you’re running a theatre