Dear WFT Students & Families,
- November 1: Registration opens for winter and spring programs including February and April Vacation weeks.
- December 6: Click here for a sneak preview of our Summer program offerings!
- Mid-December/ Early January: Hey teens! Consider auditioning for our Teen Ensemble Production of The Lightning Thief
- January 3: Summer Program 2025 Registration opens! Mark your calendars!
WFT@BU is committed to providing access to the arts for all learners. Please check out our Accessibility & Inclusion and Tuition Assistance pages to learn more.
Best,
Jeri Hammond
Director of Education
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Classes by Grades
About WFT Programming
Wheelock Family Theatre’s educational program is designed intentionally to provide opportunities for students of different ages and stages to grow both theatre skills and life skills. Classes are designed to meet students’ developmental level, and are encouraged to take our foundational process-based classes more than once. Students are invited to go deeper within a particular series and also to broaden their experience by taking classes across three series: Acting, Musical Theatre and Design.
- Our Acting Series begins with imaginary play and creative drama, progresses to develop foundational actor’s tools and then expands to introduce students to different acting methods and genres.
- Our Musical Theatre Series begins with music making and creative movement, progresses to introduce students to essential musical theatre technique and expands to expose students to different musical theatre styles.
- Our Design Series begins with visual art experiences and progresses to hands-on classes in set design, lighting, props, costume, make up, and sound and culminates in the application of learning with design opportunities connected to our education program productions.
Inclusion
We make intentional choices in our classroom practices to make sure we are a welcoming space for peoples of all race, ability, ethnicity, economic status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Our program includes need-based scholarships, introductions with pronouns, and a faculty happy to work with families to meet students’ individual physical, learning, and social needs.
If there are ways we can be welcoming to your family, please let us know at wfted@bu.edu.
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Accessibility
Wheelock Family Theatre is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment where students of all abilities have equitable access to our educational programming. We work with students and their families to determine the best path to providing a successful experience for individual students. Learn more about accessibility at WFT here.
If you have questions about whether a program is the right match for your child please reach out to Jeri Hammond, Director of Education, at jerih@bu.edu.
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Tuition Assistance
Wheelock Family Theatre is committed to providing access for all for our education classes and have never turned away a family for an inability to pay full tuition.
Complete the following form and a member of our Education team will reach out and help you complete the enrollment process.
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Student Safety
WFT@BU is committed to promoting a safe educational environment for students, faculty, and staff in accordance with current state and local public safety guidelines. We are excited to return to in-person programming. In order to do so as safely as possible, all participants in WFT@BU in-person theatre arts classes and rehearsals must follow the following guidelines
Click here to view all of our policies and protocols for in-person programming.
Testimonials
Classes by Session
UPCOMING SESSIONS:
Winter I:
January 4th – 18th, 2021
Winter II:
February 8th – 22nd, 2021
Spring:
March 6th – 27th, 2021
