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

Jennifer Almeida is incredibly excited to be teaching voice at the Academy where she is proud to be a board member and chairing the Education Committee. 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 Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Laurey in Oklahoma, Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, and Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls 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.

 Jennifer 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. She is excited to be co-directing and playing the role of Grace Farrell in the upcoming production of Annie and will be playing the role of Maria in the Academy’s summer production of The Sound of Music.

Mondays, 4-5:00

8 weeks

Beginning week of 9/23 and ending week of 11/11

Taught by Denise Page and Ryan Van Buskirk. This class is designed for the new actor OR newish actor who would like to experience the stage in an intimate setting. This is a great course for kids who have no experience, as well as those with some experience but who haven’t had a chance to speak a lot of lines or have a featured role in a show yet… everyone in this class will get to be a star! We will focus on building self-esteem and confidence on stage, while also learning acting basics and for those students who have some experience; we will review and polish stage positioning, facial expressions, emoting as an actor, etc. Specific exercises in class will include, exploring the auditioning process, projecting and using diction, connecting to your character, rehearsing for and learning a skit/short play which we will present at our end of session showcase.

Calling all painters to a fun workshop with our incredible set designer, builder, and actor, Mark Roderick. Come learn some super cool art techniques and create memories on canvas that you'll bring home and keep forever! Don't miss out on this. Mark is amazing and space is limited! 

Sunday, October, 13th 6-8 pm