Sept-Dec 2025 Classes
Tempest Studios, 140 Kelly Alley, State College, PA
12-Week Session begins week of Sept 8
Whether you are starting your journey into the performing arts,
or looking to enhance your skills, we have the perfect class for you.
Class schedules and registration open Aug 4

From infant to 99+, Tempest Studios offers something for everyone!
Acting Fundamentals
ages 11-99+
Baby & Me
newborn to toddler
Bring a Book to Life
ages 8-12
Creative Drama: Young PlayMakers Series
ages 3-5
Kids Take the Stage
ages 6-8
Scottish Highland Dance
with Sian Packard, ages 5-7, 8 & up
Youth Theatre Ensemble presents
The Velveteen Rabbit
ages 8-12 combined performance class
we also offer
Puppet Classes with Adam Swartz Puppets,
Floor Barre, Master Dance Classes with VanDance Inc.
Contact us for private classes and info on our adult ensemble classes.

Acting Fundamentals
ages 11-99+
Youth Theatre Acting Fundamentals
ages 11-13
Thursdays, 5:30-6:20pm
Teen Theatre Acting Fundamentals
ages 14-18
Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm
Teen Series, selected dates
ages 14-18
Adult Acting, selected dates
ages 18-99+
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Voice work, character development, stage movement, and in-depth text analysis are offered in this series as we continue to develop our performance skills. For new and experienced actors. All work is designed developmentally and individualized for the performer. Space is limited.

Baby & Me
newborn to toddler
Tuesdays 10:30-11am
$150
Come move and clap, wiggle and sing while playing with scarves and other age-appropriate toys.
Baby and Me classes are designed with both caregivers and children in mind as we explore the senses and support visual, tactile, auditory, and kinesthetic development in a fun, social, intimate setting. These classes are a great way to enrich and entertain kids while also allowing caregivers to socialize.

Bring a Book to Life
ages 8-12
Thursdays, 4:30-5:15, $215
Join us for a fun and creative class where we bring stories to life. Class members design and build props, set pieces, and costumes while also improvising the script based on a book. If the story calls for music, dance, or song, we'll add those too.
Led by master thespian,Jill Campbell, this class is perfect for young actors, artists, and storytellers who love using their imagination.

Creative Drama & Creative Movement
Young PlayMakers, ages 3-5
Mondays, 3:45-4:15pm OR
Saturdays, 10:30-11:00am
$150
Act, sing, dance, drum, paint, and play! From monsters to aliens, wizards to wild things, and other wacky characters, we'll stomp, sing, dance, read our way through books, stories and tales!
Creative Drama provides a strong foundation of the performing arts as we develop creativity and imagination, social skills, academic skills, and our self-awareness and self-expression.

Kids Take the Stage
ages 6-8
Mondays, ages 6-8, 4:30-5:15pm, $215
Focusing on the individual artist as well as the art form, we develop acting, movement, improv, storytelling, and performance skills. This is a process based class developing the skills needed for performance.

Scottish Highland Dance
with Sian Packard
ages 5-7, 8 & up
Fridays, ages 5-7, 3:30-4:15pm, $215
Fridays, ages 8 & up, 4:30-5:15pm, $215
Scottish Highland dance is a traditional form of dance reflecting the culture and history of Scotland. Beginning classes start with movement and technique mixed with social "Ceilidh" dances. Intermediate students will be introduced to the traditional Sword Dance and Highland Fling as well as social “Ceilidh” dances. An energetic class fueled by bagpipe music to bring out the Celtic spirit of dance in everyone! (Please wear workout clothes and bring a water bottle.

Teen Theatre Acting Fundamentals
ages 14-18
Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm, $225
Students will study various acting and movement techniques to develop and advance performance skills. Focusing on the individual artist as well as the art form, we study acting, movement, improv, storytelling, and performance styles. This is a process based class developing skills needed for performance. This class is capped at 6 students to provide individual attention.

The Velveteen Rabbit
Youth Theatre Performance Ensemble
Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30pm
OR
Saturdays, 11:15am-12:15pm
$250
This fall, we will tackle the classic story of The Velveteen Rabbit with a combined class of ages 8-12. We will develop our own adaptation and then work on costuming, sets, props, masks and such with a final set of performances in December. Students must commit to making all classes (with exceptions for illness).

Youth Theatre Acting Fundamentals
ages 11-13
Thursdays, 5:30-6:20pm, $215
Focusing on the individual artist as well as the art form, we develop acting, movement, improv, storytelling, and performance skills. This is a process based class developing the skills needed for performance. This class is capped at 6 students to provide individual attention.