WORCESTER — The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts is entering its eighth year of classes for all ages. This semester will offer more than 30 classes in acting, dance, technical theatre and design beginning in January. New students can also join one of our 60 full-year dance classes or sign up for private voice lessons.
As a new addition this year, THTC will offer a class exclusively in Spanish, Adult Acting| En Español. Taught by international artist and teacher Monica Risi, this course will help budding actors develop their skills through improvisation exercises and scripted material. Risi (she/her/hers) has been teaching theater since 2016. She is a Peruvian actor, acting coach and university professor. Her career as a teaching artist includes experience in prestigious universities both in the U.S. and South America (Juilliard, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). A dynamic artist whose approach to teaching places the actor’s curiosity and will at the center of building a genuine, robust, fulfilling and expansive acting technique for each artist. She has taught courses on character work, ensemble building and scene study, as well as seminars on practice-based research and workshops on producing. Risi has worked at Teatro Chelsea, Massachusetts; The New Stage Theater Company, New York; The Civilians, New York; Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Pennsylvania; HERE Arts Space, New York; and Teatro La Plaza and Tondero, Peru. She holds an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School at The New School.
THTC cultivates individual attention, ignites creativity and inspires confidence through arts education. Courses are catered to creatives from infancy to adulthood. Registration is open now, and classes begin Jan. 16. Additional adult classes include Adult Musical Theatre Dance (18+), Adult Acting (Ages 18+) and Intro to Technical Theatre and Adult Comedy Lab (18+). Elementary and middle school aged children can participate in Imaginative Play (Grade K-1), Folk & Fairytale (Grades 2-3), Creative Movement (5-6) and Creative Drama (Grades 4-8). Teens will gain new skills through Costume Design I & II (Teens & Adults), Acting I (Grades 9-12), Acting I, II, & III: Performances (Grades 9-12), College Audition Monologue Prep (Grades 11-12), Stage Combat I & II (Teens & Adults) and Costume Design I & II (Teens & Adults).
Many students have gone on to pursue the arts in college at institutions such as Emerson College, Boston University, NYU, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Berklee College of Music, Hofstra University, Hartt School at the University of Hartford, Marymount Manhattan College, Syracuse University and more.
All students who register before Jan. 2 avoid a $15 registration fee. Payment plans are available for added convenience. For more information or to enroll, visit https://thehanovertheatre.org/conservatory/ or call the Box Office at 877-571-7469.
