Adult Dance and Drama
JCC Community Theatre
JCC Community Theatre is an opportunity for adults to explore meaningful themes and flex their acting skills in a professional level rehearsal process. The cast sizes are small, providing an experience that builds individual strengths and forms lasting connections!
Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park is a razor-sharp satire about the politics of race. In response to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, playwright Bruce Norris set up Clybourne Park as a pair of scenes that bookend Hansberry’s piece. These two scenes, fifty years apart, are both set in the same modest bungalow on Chicago’s northwest side that features at the center of A Raisin in the Sun. In 1959, Russ and Bev are moving out to the suburbs after the tragic death of their son. Inadvertently, they have sold their house to the neighborhood’s first black family. Fifty years later in 2009, the roles are reversed when a young white couple buys the lot in what is now a predominantly black neighborhood, signaling a new wave of gentrification. In both instances, a community showdown takes place, pitting race against real estate with this home as the battleground.
Director: Jenna Mate
Auditions: 1/14 7:00pm
Performances: 3/27 at 7:00pm, 3/30 at 3:30pm and 6:00pm
School daytime performances: 3/7 at 12:00pm and 3/8 at 10am.
Adult Classes
Adult Play Reading
Delve into masterful works and try on different characters in this thought-provoking class. Students will read aloud plays of varying genres followed by interesting discussions. Topics of discussion may include themes, character analysis, and experiencing the world of each play.
Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00 pm
Feb 5 – Mar 19, 2025
$105 / JCC Member
$126 / Public
Thursdays from 11:00-12:00 pm
Feb 6 – Mar 20, 2025
$105 / JCC Member
$126 / Public
Adult Improv Acting
Get ready to let loose! Learn and build your ability to respond to the unexpected. Mental Agility! In Improv everyone will gain confidence, conquer shyness and learn new valuable skills, unleash humor, while seriously having fun! Improvisation teaches us how to create NOW…on the spot. Live through storytelling and self-expression, while feeling creative excitement and having a lot of laughs! Students enjoy learning theatre and improv activities, scene work, and monologue.
Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 pm
Jan 30 – Apr 10, 2025
$150 / JCC Member
$180 / Public
Adult Musical in Concert
A brand-new opportunity to showcase the amazing talents of adult artists in our community! Artists will experience a rehearsal process under the expertise of a director and musical director to develop a concert style musical. The performance will be held in the Eric Brown Theater with proceeds going to a meaningful charity.
Private Dance, Voice and Acting Lessons
Available to students enrolled in dance dramatic arts classes
Ages: 5-Adult
Dance: Private dance is for students who are passionate about dancing and inspired to excel in their art. It is an extension of a child’s initial dance training.
Voice: Vocal training is tailor-made to each individual singer’s needs and goals. Learn the proper vocal technique to increase vocal range and strength, create a beautiful tone and maintain a healthy voice.
Acting: For serious young actors to work on audition monologues or for scenes for films, plays and TV series.
1 hour lesson: $83/$100
45-minute lesson: $70/$84
30-minute lesson: $55/$67
For more information about private lessons, please contact Jenna Mate at jmate@jccotp.org | 201.408.1495
