Theater Training Pathways at CTM

The Training Pathways allow CTM Theater Academy students to grow in specific content areas of acting, musical theatre, or creative drama. By following these pathways, students will build on specific skills to prepare them for the next stage of training.

Students are welcome to train in more than one pathway and participate in other courses offered that do not fit into our pathways program, such as design!

Acting Pathway

Student Goals:

Build confidence and competence in utilizing the tools of an actor (body, voice, and imagination) to explore and perform characters
Learn and apply a variety of acting techniques and methods to identify personal actor strengths and interests
Collaborate with fellow actors to build a supportive ensemble
Practice applying personal ideas and creative impulses to existing source material

GRADE LEVEL	BEGINNER LEVEL	SECONDARY LEVEL	ADVANCED LEVEL	SPECIALTY CLASSES
1-2nd	Page to Stage
3-5th	Beginning Acting: Foundations	Intermediate Acting: Scene Study
6-12th	Acting I: Foundations	Acting II: Technique Acting III: Scene Study	Advanced Acting Company (AAC)	Audition Prep: Monologues

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Creative Drama Pathway

Student Goals:

Build confidence and competence in the story creation process
Practice and refine storytelling skills through interactive character creation, world building, and narrative structure
Explore imaginative play through student and teacher in-role, pantomime, and improvisation
Utilize reflection as a tool to refine characters, demonstrate ownership of the world they are creating and practice collaborative decision making

GRADE LEVEL	CLASSES
Pre K- 4K	Fam Jam
4K-K	The World of…
1-2nd	Story Explorers
3-5th	Create a Play Comedy Class
6-12th	Create a Play: Teen Edition Improv Troupe Dungeons and Drama Dungeons and Drama: Combat Edition

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Musical Theater Pathway

Student Goals:

Build confidence and competence in the three performance elements of musical theater: acting, singing, dancing
SINGING:
- Learn healthy practices for vocal warm ups, posture, and breath control
- Learn best practices for vocal performance, such as acting through song, diction, and word coloring
DANCING:
- Explore a range of movements and styles and develop comfortability moving boldly in the presence of others
- Learn, practice, and perform choreography at an appropriate and accessible level
ACTING:
- Utilize the tools of an actor (body, voice, and imagination) in scene work, vocal performance, and choreography
- Use character exploration, acting techniques, and musical theater techniques to enhance character understanding and bring a story to life

GRADE LEVEL	BEGINNER LEVEL	SECONDARY LEVEL	ADVANCED LEVEL
4K-K	Movers & Shakers
1-2nd	Sing Out
3-5th	Best of Broadway	Voice Class
6-12th	Musical Theater: Exploration Jukebox Jams	Musical Theater: Technique Belter’s Bootcamp	Advanced Musical Theater: Dance Advanced Musical Theater: Voice Advanced Musical Theater: Audition Prep