Classes & Registration
Abbott & Lois offers classes and camps at our Downtown Lombard location, as well as through partnering organizations around the Chicago suburbs. Browse our upcoming events, and register today!
FREE Workshop: The Great BIG Little Play
FREE Workshop: The Great BIG Little Play
Join us for professional performances, interactive lessons, and countless opportunities for audience participation!
Abbott & Lois’ children’s theater workshop has a 6-year history of being offered through park districts and educational organizations. Now, for the first time, we are pleased to open our workshop to the community! For more details, visit our Workshop page.
Spots are limited, so register today!
Play in a Day: Session I
Play in a Day: Session I
Join us for an exciting day of artistic expression! Whether you sign up for one session or all three, each Play in a Day brings on new theater experiences!
Students will start the morning by writing their own 5-minute play. We’ll learn the fundamentals of acting, construct costumes, and build camaraderie! Meet up with us a 2:00 PM to see the final performance!
Fee: $30/child. More details about payment and the facility are located on the registration form.
Comedic Kids Theater Camp: Session I
Comedic Kids Theater Camp: Session I
In four action-packed days, students will put on a 10-minute play that will leave you in stitches! Whether you sign up for one session or both, each Comedic Kids Theater Camp guarantees giggles!
This camp combines fundamentals of acting, the keys to comedy, and a world of creativity to produce one memorable theater camp.
Fee: $60/child. More details about payment and the facility are located on the registration form.
Play in a Day: Session II
Play in a Day: Session II
Join us for an exciting day of artistic expression! Whether you sign up for one session or all three, each Play in a Day brings on new theater experiences!
Students will start the morning by writing their own 5-minute play. We’ll learn the fundamentals of acting, construct costumes, and build camaraderie! Meet up with us a 2:00 PM to see the final performance!
Fee: $30/child. More details about payment and the facility are located on the registration form.
Comedic Kids Theater Camp: Session II
Comedic Kids Theater Camp: Session II
In four action-packed days, students will put on a 10-minute play that will leave you in stitches! Whether you sign up for one session or both, each Comedic Kids Theater Camp guarantees giggles!
This camp combines fundamentals of acting, the keys to comedy, and a world of creativity to produce one memorable theater camp.
Fee: $60/child. More details about payment and the facility are located on the registration form.
Teen Audition Workshop
Teen Audition Workshop
Before your teen goes off to high school this fall, prepare them with all the tools they need to audition with confidence.
Skills learned in this workshop are…
- Range
- Taking direction
- Cold reading
- Monologue selection
Fee $45/student. More details about payment and the facility are located on the registration form.
Play in a Day: Session III
Play in a Day: Session III
Join us for an exciting day of artistic expression! Whether you sign up for one session or all three, each Play in a Day brings on new theater experiences!
Students will start the morning by writing their own 5-minute play. We’ll learn the fundamentals of acting, construct costumes, and build camaraderie! Meet up with us a 2:00 PM to see the final performance!
Fee: $30/child. More details about payment and the facility are located on the registration form.
High School Theater Arts 1
High School Theater Arts 1
Fall semester Theater Arts combines classroom-style lessons in classical acting, technical design, and directing with practical learning through showcase productions.
Theater Arts is offered as a full year hybrid course, qualifying for 0.5 transcriptable Fine & Performing Arts credits per semester.
Theater Arts
Theater Arts
Discover the ecosystem of artistry, skill, and collaboration that brings a play to life! In Session 1 of Theater Arts, every student will learn the fundamentals of Classical Acting and gain experience in technical design (lights, sound, costumes) before taking on one of many creative roles in our final production on the last day of class. In this class, students learn the value of teamwork, especially understanding that being “a star” is not based on visibility, study art as a discipline, and gain practice skills they can apply to any subject.
Session 2 runs Jan 19 through May 4, 2027 and is an Advanced Theater Arts class.
$130 per 13-week semester
Elementary Theater Arts
Elementary Theater Arts
From classical acting to light design, sound design, and costume construction, students learn it all in Theater Arts. This class combines classroom-style learning with hands-on experience for a unique study in the value of teamwork, confident decision-making, and creative expression. Come show time, each child shines in their own artistic way, either on stage, in the booth, or behind the scenes in a full-scale mini-production.
Advanced Theater Class
Advanced Theater Class
Discover the ecosystem of artistry, skill, and collaboration that brings a play to life! Every student will learn the fundamentals of Classical Acting, gain experience in technical design, and apply critical thinking as a producer. Dramatic Expressions Theater Class with Ms. Johnson, offered through the Thrive Homeschool Co-Op, has a particular focus on building life skills, and provides older children an environment with expectations and standards that more closely mimic the professional world.
$130 per 13-week semester
About Theater Class
Abbott & Lois creates classes and workshops that stem from core elements of theater education. Learn about the fundamentals, and inquire about offering classes through your organization!
