Have you ever been bitten by the acting bug?  Do you confuse all sources of light with limelight?  Fortunately, here on Long Island, we are lucky to have a number of theatres and programs that host acting classes for adults and children.  Acting classes will teach you the fundamentals of the art and craft of acting.  Learn quick and powerful ways to make your performance more natural and spontaneous. Class lessons includes vocal development, character analysis, action verb acting and theatre vocabulary along with improvisation, and monologue work. Each actor progresses at his or her own pace, while benefiting from the group work and ensemble experience.Active Listening and Imaginative Verb Expression bring performances ALIVE! 

Theatre classes are a fun way for kids to build confidence. Experience in the performing arts improves verbal skills, a valuable skill when kids present oral reports in school. When it's time for college entrance and job interviews later on in life, kids with performing arts experience have an edge. 

The final class is a performance to enjoy what the students have been learning.

Check out these local acting classes:

• Bay Street Theatre
  The Long Wharf, Sah Harbor (631) 725-9500
  Offering acting classes & camps for kids this summer.
• The American Art Theatre 
  755 Park Avenue, Huntington (631) 424-2477 
  Classes are taught in 8 week semesters.
• John W. Engeman Theatre 
  250 Main Street, Northport (631) 261-2900 
  Take classes "Where Broadway meets Main Street." 
• Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts 
  2 East Main Street, Smithtown (631) 724-3700
  Their Theatre Education Program's goal is to give your child confidence in the theatre arts. 
• Broadhollow Theatre Company 
  Theatre locations in East Islip, Lindenhurst and Elmont.
  Classes run year round for children and adults.
• Star Playhouse 
  74 Hauppague Road, Commack (631) 462-9800 x136 
  The stage is filled with the sounds of some of Long Island’s best known talent. 
• Cultural Arts Playhouse 
  625 Old Country Road, Plainview (516) 694-3330
  Be a star student at their Acting Academy.
• CM Performing Arts Center 
  931 Montauk Highway, Oakdale  (631) 218-2810 The CM Theater Arts Program offers musical theater training to students of all ages.
• Theatre Three 
  412 Main Street, Port Jefferson (631) 928-9100 
  They dedicated to dedicated to spreading an appreciation for live theatre with their a dramatic academy and workshops.
• Drama Kids 
  Locations in Westbury and Lawrence. 
  Classes are offered for preschoolers all the way through high school.
• Gateway Playhouse 
  215 South Country Road, Bellport (631) 286-1133 
  Workshops and classes are offered for adults and children.

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