The Complete Performer: Summer Conditioning Clinics
Elevate every aspect of your craft with exclusive, high-impact mini-seminars led by working industry masters. From physical stamina and technical stagecraft to mental prep and audition strategy, these target clinics provide the essential tools to build a well-rounded, unstoppable artist.

Choreography Styles: Wednesdays, 5- 7 pm | July 8 - August 12

Pre-register for $55 per class, Drop In for $60 per class

Check back as more teaching artists and clinics are announced.

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UP NEXT: WEDNESDAY, JULY 8

Tap Conditioning (Michael Harp)

Michael Harp is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston. New York: Jimmy Awards®. Chicago: Lyric Opera, “Kurt” The Sound of Music, Drury Lane “Michael” Billy Elliot, Paramount Theatre “Rolf” The Sound of Music, “Ralphie” A Christmas Story. Television: NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire,’ HBO’s ‘Somebody Somewhere.’  Regional: Bucks County Playhouse White Christmas “U/S Phil, Jimmy.” Michael has won the St. Louis High School Musical Award for ‘best actor’ in both 2019 and 2020. He has also appeared in more than 20 productions at The Muny in St. Louis, including The Addams Family as “Pugsley” and as “Michael” in Billy Elliot for which he won Best Supporting Actor (Broadway World). He is now the resident host for the Ken Page Awards. 

  • Wednesday, July 8, 5-7 pm

  • Wednesday, July 15, 5-7 pm

Performance Anxiety (Andrea Robb)

Andrea Robb is a lifelong learner with a B.A.in Psychology, a B.A. in Theatre, an M.A. in Theatre, and is currently a PhD student working towards a Doctoral Degree in Performance Psychology. She is an Instructor of Theatre and of Health and Sports Sciences at Missouri Baptist University. She coaches performers using research-backed anxiety management techniques to help them overcome their performance anxiety. She has participated in over forty productions ranging from community to collegiate to professional. Some of her favorite roles include The Sour Kangaroo (Seussical the Musical TYA), Lisa (Falling), and Cinderella (Into the Woods). Her favorite design and directing credits include Newsies! (costume design), Anything Goes (costume design), and The Drowning Girls (direction; KCACTF Region V commendation for Best Directing).

  • Part 1 July Date TBA

  • Part 2 July Date TBA

Students are encouraged to take both classes.

Backstage Essentials: Costume & Sewing Basics (Andrea Robb)

Andrea Robb is a lifelong learner with a B.A.in Psychology, a B.A. in Theatre, an M.A. in Theatre, and is currently a PhD student working towards a Doctoral Degree in Performance Psychology. She is an Instructor of Theatre and of Health and Sports Sciences at Missouri Baptist University. She coaches performers using research-backed anxiety management techniques to help them overcome their performance anxiety. She has participated in over forty productions ranging from community to collegiate to professional. Some of her favorite roles include The Sour Kangaroo (Seussical the Musical TYA), Lisa (Falling), and Cinderella (Into the Woods). Her favorite design and directing credits include Newsies! (costume design), Anything Goes (costume design), and The Drowning Girls (direction; KCACTF Region V commendation for Best Directing).

  • July Date TBA

This class is open to parents as well!

Song Interpretation (Marcus M. Martin)

Storytelling Through Music with Marcus M. Martin (Donkey in the MUNY’s SHREK!)

  • July Date TBA

Audition Prep (Elizabeth Teeter)

Audition Strategy: Booking the Room with Elizabeth Teeter (Heather McNamara in the off-brodway revival of Heathers!)

  • August Date TBA

Monologues (Annalise McCann)

Annalise McCann (She/They) is an actor, singer, writer, and director. She is also a GCPA alum! Most recently she portrayed Marie Curie in the Off-Broadway Premiere of “Bengal to Berlin” This past spring, her play “Just Juliet” had its Off-Broadway premiere, which she directed. Annalise is a graduate of NYU Tisch school of the Arts where she earned her BFA in Drama, where she studies at the New Studio On Broadway, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and the Atlantic Acting School.. Off Broadway: Into The Woods as Rapunzel/Baker’s Wife understudy (The Flea Theater.) Her other credits include; Caius Cassius in RADA’s Julius Caesar Duty Sergent/Ensemble in NYU’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Velma Kelly in Chicago, Bobby Strong in Urinetown and The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. annalisemccann.com

  • August Date TBA