Drama Outreach Program

A fun and encouraging introduction to drama! This workshop nurtures your students’ creativity as they embody characters, explore emotions, and engage with storytelling. Expect a large variety of games and activities that focus on moving the body, imagination and pretend.
Available online or in person

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1-2 hours
Price: $105/hour + GST

Cellphone Cinema –  Grade 10-12

If cellphones are the way of the world, let’s use them to make art! Our experienced film instructors will teach your students how to make and edit professional looking films, right on their own phone. Students will learn all the different types of shots, angles and tips to make high quality short films using affordable equipment and free editing software, and leave class with their very own project. *Students will be using their own phones for this workshop. If a student does not have a cellphone, MTYP is able to lend equipment for the length of the workshop.

Length: 2 hours
Max Group size: 25 students
Cost: $130/hr + GST

Acting for the Camera – Grade 3-12

Students will have tonnes of fun acting in front of a camera as they learn how to create a convincing TV commercial. After an introduction on how to capture an audiences’ attention through performance, small groups will then set off to invent an idea to sell. Students will learn how to translate their acting chops from stage to screen in this creative and energizing introduction to film acting. *students receive their edited commercials after the workshop

Length: 2 hours
Max Group Size: 25 students
Cost: $130/hr. + GST + $50 editing flat fee

Let’s Make a Movie! Mini Residency  – Grade 3-12

Lights, Camera, Action! A condensed version of are infamous “Movie Makers” class, our experienced film teachers will visit your students over the course of three weeks, teaching them the foundations of film making while helping them create their own movie from start to finish. Students can expect to learn what it takes to get that “perfect shot,” as well as gain experience acting in front of a camera.

Length: 2 hours per week for three weeks
Max Group Size: 25 students
Cost: $1000 (price includes editing fee for final project)

This workshop inspires self-expression and collaboration as we explore three key acting tools: the body, the voice and the imagination. Since we’ll be focusing on the skills of being an actor, this workshop is a great fit for intermediate and senior grades. Topics such as the actor’s warm up, using our voice in different ways, using our bodies to become different characters, vocal projection, how to express different emotions, and gaining confidence speaking out loud will be included.
Available online or in person

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1-2 hours
Price: $105/hour + GST

Experience the thrill and total freedom of creating theatre without a script while developing skills in communication, listening, and teamwork.

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 60 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $105/hour + GST

Discover the art and skill of puppetry! Spark your students’ creativity through the invention of stories and characters using sock, rod, or shadow puppets. We’ll spend the first part of the class engaging in drama activities to warm up the imagination, body and voice.  We’ll then support the students in making their own puppet using art supplies brought by our instructor. After the puppets are made, students will have the chance to bring their puppet to life through various skit making and storytelling activities. Students get to bring home what they’ve made!

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 90 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $105/hour + GST plus $2.50 per student supply fee

Students transform themselves into a character by designing a mask all their own, while using their imaginations to invent a unique voice and movement style. We will spend the first part of the class engaging in drama activities to warm up the imagination, body and voice. We will then support the students in making their own masks using art supplies brought by our instructor. After the masks are made, students will have the chance to bring their newly created character to life through movement and character development activities.

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 90 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $105/hour plus GST plus $2.50 per student supply fee

Give your students the Broadway experience. Learn to act, sing, and dance – all at the same time! Students can expect to learn a choreographed routine from a fun and energizing musical theatre production while growing their skills in acting, singing and dancing.

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 75 minutes (minimum of a 2 hour booking when travelling outside of MTYP)
Price: $130/hour + GST

Students learn simple, yet elegant, theatre techniques to build their own piece of theatre from the ground up! In addition to group script writing and physical movement practices, large props will help them create impressive displays to aid in the telling, and performing, of their very own stories.

Maximum Group Size: 25 students
Minimum Workshop Length: 1.5 – 2 hours min.
Price: $105/hour + GST

Interested in bringing weekly drama classes to your community or organization? Have a space but don’t want to handle the registrations? Ask about our Satellite Drama Programming where one of our experienced instructors travel to you, building theatrical skills and confidence week after week. From introductory acting classes to performance based programs, bring the art of theatre making to students no matter where you are.

Minimum Course Length: 2 classes per evening for a minimum of 6 weeks
Minimum group size: Must have 8 students per class to run
Price: Please contact our Drama Outreach coordinator for pricing and details

Welcome an artist to your school for an extraordinary week of creativity, connection and play. Whether you’re looking for the chance to delve deeper intro a theatrical style, explore empathy through theatre, or want to devise an imaginative, original performance, this is s sure to be on of the most magical weeks of the year!

Maximum Group Size: 12 students
Price: $130/hour plus GST

Can’t meet in person? No problem! No matter where you are, you can still receive all the benefits of a highly engaging drama class through the screen.

• Price: $105 / hour + GST
• Minimum 1 hour. Day long and weekly programs also available.

Rates for Educators and Corporate Teams: please contact our Drama Outreach Coordinator at [email protected]

PlayRoots is a playwrighting program for teens developed by playwright Ellen Peterson. Over the course of five sessions, students are empowered to discover their voice as they learn what it takes to grow a play from the ground up. In the final session, professional actors visit the class and perform a reading of the plays.

Maximum Group Size: 30 students
Length: 5 sessions of 60-75 minutes each
Price: $950.00 + GST

Currently taking bookings for fall 2023 and beyond.