• Whether your child is outgoing or reserved, he/she will benefit from participating in drama. Shy children in particular often thrive in the theatre environment. This is a place where they can truly be themselves!

• The activities we offer apply to beginning and advanced students, presenting fresh and exciting challenges for all skill levels.

• Please send your child with a snack on the day he/she has acting class.

• The Young Players Acting Workshops focus on giving children an immediate positive experience of drama, not on rehearsing a scripted play. This removes any "performance anxiety," and allows the child greater freedom of expression. All workshops do include a "performance in progress" or an "interactive performance," where the Young Players will share what they've learned with you! Audience participation is a key element, so you are warmly encouraged to attend!

• Class Location: Because most schools are tight on space, and many classes do not fill until the last minute, in most cases, we are not allocated an actual space until the day of the workshop. If it is not indicated on the flyer, please call the school for room location.

• Registration Deadline: For the safety of the kids, we need to have a final roster to submit to the school the evening before the workshop. For this reason, we ask that you register your child at least 24 hours in advance. We DO NOT take walk-in students, even if there is still room in the class. Registration forms go home with the kids six weeks in advance, and then again a couple of weeks prior to the workshop. We announce the classes in the school newsletters, and offer telephone registration, so there are plenty of opportunities to enroll students in a timely fashion. In addition to child safety issues, walk-in registrations are disruptive to the first class experience-an important bonding time for the group.

• Another reason not to wait until the last minute to register: Our classes are very popular. Some of them fill within three days of the initial flyer going home. If you wait to register your child, and the class is full, they will hear about how much fun their best friend is having in drama, and be irritated with you. :)

The Young Players Policies:

• Registration is automatic. We will not be calling to confirm your enrollment. Please assume that your child is enrolled once you send in the registration and payment. We will only contact you in the event that your child does not get into the class.

• Each school receives a roster of the students attending drama, and usually, your child's teacher will know to send him/her to drama. But please remind your child each time he/she has theatre after-school.

• Discounts-We offer 10% off for families where more than one sibling is taking the workshop, or when a student registers for more than one class with us in the same school year.

• If your child will be picked up after Young Players Workshop, please meet him/her at the room location promptly at the end of class. For safety reasons, please be on time to pick up your child. We cannot leave children unattended, and our instructors may be required at another school following your workshop. If you are more than five minutes late, we will charge a dollar a minute to stay and wait.

• It is important to remember that only those listed on your original registration may pick up your child.

• We limit class size, therefore we offer refunds before the second class ONLY.

• The Young Players instructor arrives at the school before school lets out, and receives the kids in the space. He/she stays until all children have been picked up, but we do not assume responsibility for getting your child to class.

• If you have any questions about The Young Players Workshops, please contact us here.