Spring 2025 Mackinaw Theater and Writing Classes

Location: 17931 Dee-Mac Road, Mackinaw IL 

TEEN CLASSES
Writer's Workshop and Theater Production (Spring 1)
Thursdays 10-10:55 a.m. 
January 9 - February 13

We will complete, edit, and workshop the original script the class wrote in the Fall. Students who did not take Workshop in the Fall are welcome to join us for this session! This script is a detective mystery. After completing the script, we will workshop the piece (performing it in-class to make changes). Then, we will learn about casting and directing, as we get ready to hold auditions. 

This class is geared to ages 13 and up and includes short weekly assignments to be completed at home. 

$60 early registration and full payment due by Dec 30
$72 registration after Dec 30

Email playschoolpresents@gmail.com to register. 

Finale Players: Teen Play Performance, Original Mystery! (Spring 2)

Feb 27-May 1 (no class March 6)
Thursdays 10-10:55 a.m.
Audition required (registration payment will be requested after student is cast)

We will practice and perform our original mystery play. This will also include
more advanced character-building techniques and practice directing one another. 

$90 early registration and full payment  before Jan 31
$108 registration after Jan 31

This production is meant for ages 13+, but interested 11 or 12 year olds are welcome to audition. (Please note content includes detective plot-lines such as missing persons, criminal organizations, and murder, though the tone is comedic.) 

AGES 5-12

Second Act Players: Sister Ella, a retelling of Cinderella  (Spring 1)

Thursdays 11 a.m.-12 p.m. 
January 9-March 6 (9 weeks)

Learn to act by putting on a play, from auditions to final performance.

Rehearsal and play production of a retelling of Cinderella where Ella has forgotten that she is a princess and gets taken in by a selfish "step"-family, and her brother and her family set out to find her.

Script is geared for ages 7-12 years old, but interested older or younger students are welcome to join. 

$90 early registration and payment before Dec 30/ $108 after Dec 30
Final production date to be announced (Feb 28, March 7 or March 21) 

Theater Games & Creative Storytelling (Spring 2)

Thursdays 11:15-12 p.m.
March 13, 20, April 10, 17, 24

Ages 5-18

$50 early registration/$60 regular registration for entire session, or $12 per individual class (pay as you come)

Register online or email Cristi Lewis at playschoolpresents@gmail.com

MIDDLE GRADE STUDENTS, ENROLL IN ALL 4 CLASSES FOR 15 WEEKS EARLY REGISTRATION AND RECEIVE $40 OFF THEATER GAMES REGISTRATION ($250 for all 4 spring classes)!