Olympia Family Theater is your community partner in raising imaginative, loving, joyful and confident children. Our educational programs provide opportunities for personal development for young people, teaching creativity and responsibility, encouraging teamwork and personal integrity, and fostering self-esteem and appreciation for the performing arts.
Our education program motto is: Learn, Laugh, Perform!
Our education programs are divided into camps (mostly 1 week long, during school breaks) and workshops (mostly 4-weeks long, sessions held fall, winter, and spring). Below are the details for our spring offerings.
Spring Break – for ages 5-6:
A MOTHER GOOSE MYSTERY
April 3-7 (M-F) 9:30am– 12pm
Description: The Queen’s tarts have vanished, leaving her hungry and cranky. Only a few clues can be found. Will Mother Goose, Chief Detective of Nursery Rhyme crime, be able to solve the crumbly case before the Queen makes everyone miserable? Follow Detective Goose as she questions the suspects, and see if you can solve the crime before she does. Games, riddles, rhymes, and songs. The week ends with a short performance for families on Friday April 7th at noon.
Schedule: Monday-Friday 9:30am-12pm
Cost: $95 (scholarships available – online application)
Registration: Register online
Spring Break – for ages 7-13:
MOTHER GOOSE HAS FLOWN THE COOP
By Pat Cook
April 3-7 (M-F) 9 am– 3pm
Description: What really happened to all those nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters? What was it that hit Henny Penny in the head to make her think the sky was falling? Sergeant Frank Hickory and his partner, Diddle Dickory, find themselves faced with the first crime wave to ever hit Fairy Tale Island. For answers, they go to who else but the Fairy Godmother. Alas, she knows nothing about the biggest mystery of all…Where is Mother Goose?! She has totally vanished, and all Frank and Diddle have to go on is a bucket, a few feathers and a cosmetics bottle.
The week ends with a show performance for families on Friday April 7th at 3:15pm.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm
Cost: $185 (scholarships available – online application)
Registration: Register online
Spring 2015 After School Workshop – for ages 8-13:
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE MISSING RING
By Janie Downey Maxwell
SESSION: April 10- May 6
Description: The royal ring is missing, and the queen won’t sleep until the royal detectives (all 13 of them!) find it. You’ve never met a more eclectic and eccentric group all in one play. As they scour the Queendom in search of the royal ring, the chatty maids follow the harried queen around while the devious butler spouts suspiciously evil laughs every time a clue goes awry. In this fast-paced, madcap mystery, you’ll find delightful comedy for all ages in every quirky character…and a surprise ending that rings true!
4 weeks of rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, then students perform the show on our mainstage.
Work closely with talented artists & directors, gain skills, learn, laugh, perform!
Public Performances: May 5 & 6
Schedule: April 10 – May 4, 4-6pm (M-F)
Cost: $250 (sliding scale available)
Registration: Register online
EDUCATION PROGRAM REGISTRATION
Registration for all of our programs is available on our website http://olyft.org/education
SCHOLARSHIPS: We offer scholarships for our break camps. Online scholarship applications for Spring Break Camp must be submitted by March 17th. Applicants will be notified after the deadline regarding the amount awarded.
SLIDING SCALE: We offer sliding scale tuition for our after school workshops, this is available during online registration process.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Olympia Family Theater • 612 4th Ave E • Olympia, WA 98502
