Our adult acting classes are designed to develop a variety of theatrical skills and prepare participants for the stage in a safe and nurturing environment. We offer classes for all experience levels, taught by local theatre professionals. We hope you’ll join us!
Adult Summer Intensives
Our adult summer intensives happen in July. These classes are designed for adults who want to give acting a try or build on their skills to improve their technique. It’s a great introduction to our adult classes without the multi-week commitment!
Monday, July 7 – Friday, July 11
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Registration Fee: $155
Movement/Dance for the Actor (Instructor: Amara Grace)
Dive into the world of Beginning Dance for Adults. This course is designed for beginner and intermediate dancers looking for a fun and supportive environment to explore movement. Led by the dynamic Amara Grace, this class blends foundational dance techniques with expressive choreography, helping students build rhythm, coordination, and confidence. Participants will learn essential movements, including isolations, syncopation, and improvisation, while exploring various dance styles.
Acting the Song (Instructor: Charles Holt)
In this class, students will choose a song to perform and will be guided through the process of learning how to make an active switch between dialogue and singing, how to keep playing action during songs, and how to analyze lyrics and music to inspire a performance. Students will gain the skill and confidence to fully embody a character while expressing the story through song.
Acting for the Camera (Instructor: Romni Rossi)
This class is designed for students that want to give acting for the camera a try. Whether you are interested in perfecting your video auditions or interested in acting for film and television, this class is for you. Come and learn techniques that will help you deliver great acting on camera.
Monday, July 14 – Friday, July 18
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Registration Fee: $155
Beginning Acting (Instructor: Ruthie Martinez)
This class is designed for adults who want to give acting a try, or revisit the basics in order to improve their technique. You will participate in theatre games and exercises that develop comfort and confidence using your body and voice, build connection with others, and teach the building blocks of acting.
Singing for Beginners (Instructor: Alison Lawrence)
A great opportunity to learn the basics of singing. If you have ever wanted to take a voice lesson, or wanted an understanding of good/healthy singing, have an audition to prepare for, want to sing in church or just be better at karaoke… this is the class for you.
Voice Acting (Instructor: Charles Holt)
Students will learn how to effectively use their voice to deliver emotions, characters, and tell a story. Through vocal exercises and performing various scenes, students will work on vocal range, control, articulation, and projection. Students will develop the skills to gain confidence in voiceover work.
New Adult Classes out in the Community!
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the City of Raleigh that brings our adult acting classes out into the community! This summer, sign up for a Beginning Actor’s Studio six-week class at one of the following community centers:
Beginning Actor’s Studio
This class is designed for adults who want to give acting a try, or revisit the basics in order to improve their technique! Students will participate in lively theatre games and exercises designed to free up the voice and body, stimulate creativity, promote self-confidence, and teach the building blocks of acting.
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John Chavis Community Center
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Thursdays, July 24 – August 28
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7:00 – 8:30pm
- Instructor: John Duvall
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Laurel Hills Community Center
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Saturdays, July 26 – August 30
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11:00am – 12:30pm
- Instructor: Romni Rossi
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Millbrook Exchange Community Center
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Sundays, July 27 – August 31
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3:30 pm – 5:00pm
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Instructor: Romni Rossi
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It’s the same RLT education you know and love, now offered at different times and in different locations! We hope this will be a beneficial offering in addition to our regular on-site classes.
Register for these three classes now on the City of Raleigh’s Reclink page!
Adult Six-week Class Sessions
Adult classes are offered in four six-week sessions throughout the year, meeting once a week. Adult classes explore various topics for all skill levels and meet on Sunday evenings. Registration opens July 14th.
Session 1
September 14 – October 19
Sundays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Actor’s Studio: Beginning Acting
This class is designed for adults who want to give acting a try, or revisit the basics in order to improve their technique! Students will participate in lively theatre games and exercises designed to free up the voice and body, stimulate creativity, promote self-confidence, and teach the building blocks of acting.
Actor’s Studio: Character Development
Students will use scenes and/or monologues to develop an approach for developing a detailed, multi-faceted character as an actor. Students will explore different ways into creating a character from the initial steps of text analysis all the way through fully embodying the character on stage.
Actor’s Studio: Voice Acting
Students will learn how to effectively use their voice to deliver emotions, characters, and tell a story. Through vocal exercises and performing various scenes, students will work on vocal range, control, articulation, and projection. Students will develop the skills to gain confidence in voiceover work.
Session 2
November 2 – December 14 (no class on November 30)
Sundays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Actor’s Studio: Beginning Acting
This class is designed for adults who want to give acting a try, or revisit the basics in order to improve their technique! Students will participate in lively theatre games and exercises designed to free up the voice and body, stimulate creativity, promote self-confidence, and teach the building blocks of acting.
Actor’s Studio: Scene Work
Plays require teamwork at every level and it is critical for actors to know how to engage with other actors and characters to tell the story of a scene/play. In this class, participants will dive deep into a contemporary scene with one or more partners. Students will employ all their previous acting experience to explore, rehearse and perform an assigned scene. Participants will fully explore the process of working with a partner and a director to successfully take a scene from the page to the stage!
Actor’s Studio: IMPROV (Anyone Can Do It!)
Discover the world of improvisation and how the skills involved connect and transfer to other areas of your life. In this class you will build skills such as spontaneity, listening, and collaborating with others as you create and act out scenes without an established script. This class builds confidence, creativity, and allows one to trust their instincts. No experience is needed to come and have FUN in this class.
Session 3
January 18 – February 22
Sundays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Actor’s Studio: Beginning Acting
This class is designed for adults who want to give acting a try, or revisit the basics in order to improve their technique! Students will participate in lively theatre games and exercises designed to free up the voice and body, stimulate creativity, promote self-confidence, and teach the building blocks of acting.
Actor’s Studio: Meisner Acting Technique
This is an introduction to the acting technique pioneered by Sanford Meisner. This course is meant to acquaint the student with preliminary Meisner training techniques that will impart a truthful immediacy to acting work. Students will go through a number of Meisner exercises, leading to monologue and scene work. The emphasis is on acting in the moment, playing off one’s partner, and trusting your impulses! You should come out of this course with a new perspective on acting technique, and less stage fright!
Actor’s Studio: Music Sight Reading for Beginners
This class is perfect for adults who love to sing and want to learn how to read music confidently—no experience required. In a relaxed, supportive, and low-pressure environment, you’ll develop the foundational skills of sight reading: recognizing notes, rhythms, and melodic patterns so you can sing directly from sheet music without needing to hear it first. Through guided exercises, group singing, and ear training techniques, you’ll build your musical literacy step by step—at a pace that’s comfortable and encouraging.
Whether you’re singing in a choir, exploring a new hobby, or returning to music after years away, this class will help you find your voice and read music with ease.
Session 4
March 15 – April 26
Sundays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Actor’s Studio: Beginning Acting
This class is designed for adults who want to give acting a try, or revisit the basics in order to improve their technique! Students will participate in lively theatre games and exercises designed to free up the voice and body, stimulate creativity, promote self-confidence, and teach the building blocks of acting.
Actor’s Studio: Acting for Camera
This class is designed for students that want to give acting for the camera a try. Whether you are interested in perfecting your video auditions or interested in acting for film and television, this class is for you. Come and learn techniques that will help you deliver great acting on camera.
Actor’s Studio: Scene Work
Plays require teamwork at every level and it is critical for actors to know how to engage with other actors and characters to tell the story of a scene/play. In this class, participants will dive deep into a contemporary scene with one or more partners. Students will employ all their previous acting experience to explore, rehearse and perform an assigned scene. Participants will fully explore the process of working with a partner and a director to successfully take a scene from the page to the stage!
Scholarships
Financial assistance is available adult classes. Whether your household would benefit from full tuition coverage or partial assistance, we want you to have what you need. Visit our Scholarships page to learn more about the easy two-step application process!
If you’d like to make a donation to our education scholarship fund, click here to donate online, designating it for the RLT Scholarship Fund.
Accessibility & Inclusion
RLT is committed to making our education programs accessible and engaging for all students. Please note any specific accommodations you need on the registration form when signing up for class. RLT staff will then follow up to discuss your needs and our capacity for support. Accommodations that we have experience providing include: wheelchair accessible class spaces, large print materials, setting up a visit to RLT before class begins, making fidgets available to support student listening, supporting students to take a break when needed and designing activities to accommodate sensory sensitivities or needs. If there is something that would make a difference for our teaching artists to know ahead of time regarding engagement and support for you, please share it with us before class begins. You can contact us at Education@nullRaleighLittleTheatre.org with any questions or concerns regarding accessibility.
Refund Policy for Classes
All classes must be paid in full at registration. There is a $2.49 non refundable Course Storm fee per registration. There is a refund fee of 7.75% of registration. Refunds minus the fee ($2.49 + 7.75%), will only be made if the student officially withdraws 2 weeks before the start of a class.
To officially withdraw from a class or camp, please email Education@nullRaleighLittleTheatre.org.
If you withdraw from class less than 2 weeks prior to a class or camp, there are no refunds. But you can receive class credit in the amount of the class registration. If a class is canceled due to low enrollment, you will have the option to switch into another class or receive a full refund.
End of Session Class Sharings
Each RLT class culminates with a sharing of student work. In our adult classes, teaching artists and students will decide together if they would like to open this sharing to family and friends or if the class prefers to keep it closed and only share their work with other classmates.
COVID-19 Health and Safety
Masks will be optional for students, teaching artists, and teaching assistants for both indoor and outdoor classes. Masks will remain optional unless COVID-19 case numbers rise to put Wake County in the red (high) level, as defined by the CDC. Students, teaching artists, and teaching assistants will be notified upon arrival if masks are required. Regardless of mask requirements, the refund policy still applies.