Preparing actors to work professionally in the theatre

Whether you’re just getting your start or are a seasoned veteran of the stage, our selection of daytime, evening, and weekend classes and workshops will help you gain confidence in the crafts of acting, auditioning, improv, and more.

 

The companies listed in the categories below have experience training actors for auditions, cold calls, scene studies, on-camera work, and more.

 

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Submit ongoing classes by emailing us at cotheatreguild@gmail.com. You must be an organization member of the Colorado Theatre Guild to have your class posted.

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Submit upcoming workshops or camps (such as summer and other school break camps) through our event submission form. Please be sure to categorize it as “Workshop.”

Ongoing Classes

Adult Classes

Babcock Studios: Acting Classes and Coaching

Professional Acting Classes and Coaching for beginners, advanced, teens, and adults. A professional acting studio for film, television, and theater created by Hollywood teacher, filmmaker, and award-winning actor, Todd Babcock.

Chris Thatcher Acting Studio

Chris Thatcher offers acting classes and workshops for adults; method acting techniques, scene study, auditioning, cold-reading, on-camera work, and more. Acting training prepares actors to work professionally in theatre, film,

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Theatre lovers and makers are challenged to take their work to the next level through DCPA Education. From committed actors and playwrights to business professionals, we have the classes to

Improvisational Theatre

This is an unlocked improv theatre class — meaning you can join based on your schedule. Reserve the night that works for you!  Space is limited to 8. Each session centers on two-person

Morse Actors Studio

On-going classes and coaching. Beginning and Intermediate Acting, Acting the Song, & Script Analysis for Actors Coaching – Audition Prep, MFA Prep, and Private Coaching.

Town Hall Arts Center: Adult

Dive deeper into the craft of acting at Town Hall Arts Center, in partnership with Arapahoe Community College. Our adult classes welcome performers of every level; whether you’re a total

Visionbox Studio Theater: Adult

Our studio training is centered around the Actor’s Five Questions, taught by Earle Gister, Head of Acting at Yale School of Drama 1980-1999. This is a text-based technique grounded in

Youth Classes

Apex Performing Arts Collective

Apex Performing Arts Collective offers classes, workshops, and full musical theater productions for kids of all ages. From elementary hip hop to high school musical theater masterclasses, young performers receive the highest quality performing arts education and performance opportunities.

CenterStage Theatre Company

At CenterStage Theatre Company (CSTC), we set the highest standards for our faculty and students. Our students work with seasoned theatrical professionals who are also versed in the art of theatre education. We emphasize a positive, nurturing style of teaching, and our students grow through encouragement in an inclusive environment that supports their development as individuals and as artists.

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Theatre lovers and makers are challenged to take their work to the next level through DCPA Education. From committed actors and playwrights to business professionals, we have the classes to hone your craft surrounded by seasoned professionals and peers.

Fine Arts Center Theatre Company

The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company offers innovative and comprehensive professional theatre training programs for students ages 5-18. Musical theatre, design, acting, play analysis, dancing, stand-up comedy, and the collaborative process are just a sampling of the rich curriculum offered by our award-winning professional staff of instructors. We believe that the development of theatrical skills is a life-long journey and welcome students to become part of the FAC family as they pursue further training in the arts.

Foothills Theatre Company Youth Acting Classes

Foothills Youth Theater offers performances during the summer and holiday school break. Students get to participate in the entire rehearsal and production process including acting, singing, dancing, and making sets and costumes. Performances are open to friends, family, fans, and the public.

Miners Alley Youth Classes

During the school year, Miners Alley offers after-school classes for students from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Led by professional teaching artists with years of experience in theatre and education, students grow in confidence as they collaborate and communicate to create original work and to stage sensational performances. Our classes are scheduled to follow the seasons: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Summer is time for special classes as well as our award-winning summer camps! If you are interested in bringing a Miners Alley after-school theatre class to your neighborhood school in the 2025-2026 school year, please email our Director of Education, Heather

Northglenn Youth Theatre Academy

The Northglenn Youth Theatre Academy encourages young performers of all abilities to explore the art of live theatrical performance through classes, workshops, and personalized training to complement our acclaimed productions.

Town Hall Arts Center: Youth

Town Hall Arts Center offers acting classes for young performers ages 5–12, split into two age groups (5–8 and 9–12) to meet kids where they are. Through games, storytelling, and ensemble-building exercises, students grow their confidence, creativity, and collaboration skills in a fun, encouraging space. No prior acting experience is needed, just a love of imagination and play. Visit our website for current class offerings, schedules, and registration.

Vintage Theatre Summer Youth Drama Camps

In this exciting summer camp adventure, students will embark on the journey of putting on a fully staged musical! Three weeks full of learning, fun, and friends! Students will study acting, music, and dance as part of the rehearsal process, which also includes technical elements such as lights, sound, set, costumes, and props. Camps end with two fully-staged performances.

Visionbox Studio Theatre: Youth

Since our founding, Visionbox Studio has offered high school and college-age students ongoing acting classes based in graduate-level study. Our Young Conservatory students often participate in the same classes as our adult professional actors. Each summer, however, we offer two-week-long training intensives specifically for our younger students. All classes also help prepare high school students applying to college theater programs and conservatories and college-age students applying to graduate schools and professional certificate programs. Visionbox Young Conservatory actors have been admitted to some of the highest level programs nationally and internationally including, but not limited to, UNC, Yale, NYU, The New

Upcoming Workshops

Addams Family Summer Camp – Young Part: Grades 7-12

Grades 7 – 12 (Grade for 2026/2027 school year) Celebrate the wackiness in every family with this best-selling Broadway musical! Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family whom her parents have never met.

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Adult Audition Intensive and Self-Tapes

This intensive will be taught by Jennifer McCray Rincon, and will focus on how to make auditions ‘acting’ as opposed to ‘result-oriented performance’. Actors will learn to apply The Five Questions (Visionbox Studio’s foundation for technique) to their audition material, including two contemporary monologues and two Shakespeare monologues. At the

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Adult Audition Intensive and Self-Tapes

This intensive will be taught by Jennifer McCray Rincon, and will focus on how to make auditions ‘acting’ as opposed to ‘result-oriented performance’. Actors will learn to apply The Five Questions (Visionbox Studio’s foundation for technique) to their audition material, including two contemporary monologues and two Shakespeare monologues. At the

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Adult Audition Intensive and Self-Tapes

This intensive will be taught by Jennifer McCray Rincon, and will focus on how to make auditions ‘acting’ as opposed to ‘result-oriented performance’. Actors will learn to apply The Five Questions (Visionbox Studio’s foundation for technique) to their audition material, including two contemporary monologues and two Shakespeare monologues. At the

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Adult Audition Intensive and Self-Tapes

This intensive will be taught by Jennifer McCray Rincon, and will focus on how to make auditions ‘acting’ as opposed to ‘result-oriented performance’. Actors will learn to apply The Five Questions (Visionbox Studio’s foundation for technique) to their audition material, including two contemporary monologues and two Shakespeare monologues. At the

Read More »

Adult Audition Intensive and Self-Tapes

This intensive will be taught by Jennifer McCray Rincon, and will focus on how to make auditions ‘acting’ as opposed to ‘result-oriented performance’. Actors will learn to apply The Five Questions (Visionbox Studio’s foundation for technique) to their audition material, including two contemporary monologues and two Shakespeare monologues. At the

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