Private voice lessons with Jennifer Almeida. Eight weeks; 30 min lessons. Please register here and Jennifer will contact you for scheduling

Jen is incredibly excited to be teaching voice at the Academy where she is proud to be the President of the board and The Director of Education. She has an extensive background in teaching and performance. Jen has directed musicals, plays, and concerts and has taught private voice and classroom music as well as classes in acting and musical theater.

As a singer and actor in the community, she recently performed as The Woman in Death of a Salesman in the black box at CCFTA, Maria in The Sound of Music, Justice in Rock of Ages, The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Laurey in Oklahoma, Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls, and Sister Amnesia in Nunsense at the Academy of Performing Arts and with Falmouth Theater Guild as Marian and Chiara in The Bridges of Madison County. She performed the role of Emily Hobbs in Elf the Musical at Cotuit Center for the Arts along with her son, Lucas as Michael Hobbs.

Jen completed her undergraduate degree at the Hartt School and her graduate degree at the New England Conservatory where she was a member of the opera theater program. Jennifer has sung as a soloist with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and was a regional semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She was a young artist with PORT (Opera Maine) and has performed in several seasons with them. 

Academy Players, Advanced

Ages 12-18

Wednesdays 4p-5p

Taught by Jen Almeida

This class will incorporate audition preparation, character and scene work using materials that will be presented in a full scale performance in the spring session. This class is designed to help students build confidence, public speaking skills, and teamwork in a fun environment. Students in this class will be performing in a presentation for the end of session showcase on November 20th.

Academy Players, Jr

Ages 7-11

Fridays 4p-5p

Taught by Erin Wall and Mentored by Jen Almeida

This class will incorporate creative theater games, character and scene work, stage directions, and audition preparation to help children build confidence, public speaking skills, and teamwork in a fun environment.

Students in this class will be performing in a presentation for the end of session showcase on November 20th. 

Playwriting at the Academy

You KNOW you have a play inside you. Or on an old computer. Or holding up the broken leg of your desk. 

Come and join a group of supportive peers who are trying to put their imagination onto the page … or screen … or stage. We’ll set aside time each week to work, to share, and to grow together. You can come with an idea, a manuscript, or a blank piece of paper - we’ll meet you wherever you are.

For Ages 18-118

Classes:

10/3 12-2

10/11 12-2

10/17 12-2

10/24 12-2

11/1 10-12

11/7 12-2

A BASIC GUIDE TO ACTING TECHNIQUES

CLASSICAL, STANISLAVSKI, METHOD, MEISNER, CHUBBUCK and MORE

In this class we will touch on various schools of acting methods through the years. We will explore these methods through games and scene work. 

You will learn the progression of acting schools, from Stanislavski to Ivana Chubbuck and many systems in between.

Along the way we will touch on the historical importance of performing styles like Greek Theatre, Commedia dell’Arte, Elizabethan and others.

The goal is to have fun and add numerous approaches for scene work or character embodiment to the actor's toolbox. 

Ages: Teen to Adult

Class Dates: 

10/3 1-2

10/11 1-2

10/18 10-11

10/24 12-1

11/1 10-11

11/7 12-1

11/14 12-1

11/20 4-5

Shakespeare Workshop taught by Judy Hamer

This is a 3 week 6 class intensive study of one of Shakespeare's epic plays: Hamlet! The goal will be to read and study this play with Monologue/scene work when finished reading. 

Sundays and Tuesdays 

October 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th, 18th, & 20th

6-8 pm