May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it's important to raise awareness for children and teens as well! According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 1 in 5 children and teens have a mental health disorder. At Drama Kids, we understand the...

Our Lower Primary Drama Kids are setting sail this Spring in our original Spring Showcase “Pirate Joe”! “For many a young pirate joining the Great Captain Joe’s Expedition could only be a dream. The promise of a glamorous life on the high seas attracts many to join...

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice." - Vladimir Horowitz With our Spring Presentations just around the corner, it's time to evaluate how prepared your child is for the big day! Have you been practicing with them? Do they know their lines?...

It comes as no shock that COVID took a massive toll on our student’s social-emotional health. The pandemic separated children and adolescents from their peers during crucial stages of their social-emotional development.  According to the CDC, one in 5 students had a...

March is “Women’s History Month,” and we have some fun facts about women in American Theatre that you may not know! For example, did you know the “Tony Award” isn’t named after an “Antonio”? In fact, the award is named after an “Antoinette”! Antoinette Perry was born...

Did you know Albert Einstein’s birthday is World Imagination day on March 14th? Our Drama Kids have proven time and again that a mere spark of imagination can ignite into something brilliant. That if we imagine with all our mind, believe with all our hearts, and...

Improv teaches our students the very fundamentals of what Drama Kids is all about. It encourages our students to jump out of their comfort zones! They don't get the safety blanket of a script - instead, they use their instincts and imagination. Actors in an improv...

February is Black History Month and Drama Kids is celebrating by honoring some of the most influential African American Icons in theatre! The first known play by an African American was James Brown’s “King Shotaway”  in 1823. William Wells Brown’s “The Escape; or, A...

It’s that time again! When weekly drama classes begin to work on their Spring Showcase Presentations: small play-like presentations where each student plays a character, memorizes lines, picks out props and costumes, and collaborates with their class through teamwork...

Social Emotional Learning plays a huge role in today’s educational space. Educators strive to assist students in negotiating their complex emotions including things like negative self-talk. Negative self-talk is so common and can be very difficult to overcome. It’s...