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Activate Community Through Theatre

Welcome to ACT where we activate youth and senior communities with our education programs and productions. We provide acting classes, workshops, performances.

ACT provides educational and performance programs for youth and senior communities Mecklenburg county and surrounding towns. We are employed by community theatres, retirement communities, schools.

05/06/2026

Have a look (you need to enlarge, sorry it's so small) and share in you live in the area..Many thanks!!

05/04/2026

Summer is approaching....Have you enrolled your child(ren) in a summer camp? Please share! Many thanks!!

04/28/2026

ACT'S TEACHERS at CAMP CANNON - https://mailchi.mp/c636c6481fe7/act-at-camp-cannons-camps-and-teachers

04/21/2026

The great joy of teaching and directing young people is following their growth as artists. Matisse started acting with ACT when she was ten years old and stayed with us for several years acting in eight plays from Annie Tickle in 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' to Linus in 'A Charlie Brown's Christmas'. She started working at Davidson Community Players as a stage manager and intern before heading off to college. We are thrilled to have Matisse on our Camp Cannon team! She will be teaching the 'American Girl Doll: Let's Play' and 'The Little Mermaid' camps in June. Please share this post to your friends in North Carolina...Many thanks and Happy Spring!!!

03/18/2026

Have you made plans for your children's summer camps? Do you or someone in your family need help with an audition, monologue, scene or help with public speaking? Have a look and if you have any questions, please give me a ring or send an email.....

03/02/2026

ACT at CAMP CANNON this summer!!!! The brochure went public ten days ago and already there are 61 campers in one of our 11 camps...the 'NARNIA' camp is almost full. See the camp brochure to register and for more information....Picture is from our Improv Comedy class where the students create alien characters and costumes...on the final day the class has an alien cafe improv as well as short form improvs using suggestions from the audience.... See pages 50-57 for ACT camps. WOWEEEEEE!!!!
https://www.cannonschool.org/cannon-life/camp-cannon

02/19/2026

Have you made your summer camp plans for your children? Have a look at the eleven camps my company, ACT, is providing Camp Cannon in Concord for our sixth summer....have a look at the camps we are providing in the Camp Cannon brochure, pages 50-57.
https://www.cannonschool.org/cannon-life/camp-cannon...

01/19/2026

EXCITING NEWS! ACT is thrilled to provide ELEVEN theatre programs for CAMP CANNON this summer. We will let you know when registration is open. Camps fill up fast! We are so very excited to be a part of Camp Cannon 2026!

12/06/2025

We closed 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' on November 16th. It was truly a magical experience for the actors and the audience. Six out of eight performances had standing ovations. I asked many children, as they made poppies or cornstalks in our craft area preshow, 'are you going to participate in the show?' and they'd shake their wee heads but my goodness they changed their minds and raised their hands whenever the actors asked for volunteers. Watching the audience participate onstage and in their seats was just as much fun as watching the play. I particularly loved the 'Silly Dance' choreographed by 13 year old Bridgette. Eight children participated and the audience stood up and danced with Madame Oz'Baryshnikov as she told them to make a silly face..make a silly pose and do the silly dance.
One child when asked to help feed the chickens joined the other children, only he started acting like a chicken (bent over with arms flapping like wings and started pecking at the ground) The audience laughed hysterically. Another time a child started to cry when she wasn't picked and the actor, without hesitating, said 'How would you like a different job' and the child dashed up to the stage to hold the 'Ring this Bell' sign. The audience said 'awwwwwww'. There were many stories of audience participation, giggles, laughs, swoons and applause after scenes. I've always believed that 'theatre can change lives'. And it can and does. I remember children who can to see ACT RI's audience participation plays, joined our acting classes and then our company. Those shy, stumbling, stuttering children grew up to be lawyers, professors, journalists, directors, Broadway stage managers and more. I know their experience in theatre made a difference in the people they grew up to be. Youth theatre also develops future audiences and supporters of the ARTS. Connie Fisher wrote a lovely article about the production for News of Davidson. Thanks Connie and thank YOU to the Lake Norman Community and parents who supported our production and to our incredible production crew Wendi, Tess, Hudson, Helen, Genevieve, Emma, Bridget and especially Marla Brown and the Warehouse Studio Theatre. Till the next time.
Happy Holidays!!!
https://newsofdavidson.org/.../dorothy-explores-the-land.../

11/14/2025

Many thanks to Tess Davidson, our stage manager and videographer, for these precious videos of youth in 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Sunday is sold out and tonight has a few tickets left and about twenty tickets left for tomorrows 1pm and 4pm performances...Don't miss out on the silly dance, the flying monkeys or any of the hilarious and a little scary moments in the play with Dorothy, OZ, Glinda, Tinman, Lion, Scarecrow, Toto, Wicked Witch and all the Munchkins and Ozians...Come thirty minutes before the show begins for free crafts and to learn the Munchkin dances. For more information and to purchase tickets: www.activatecommunitythroughtheatre.com

11/12/2025

There are many reasons for the success of ACT's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. However, the audience rarely sees two of them. ACT's Stage Manager, Tess and Assistant Stage Manager/Tech Board Operator, Hudson. I tell our youthful cast after our vocal warmup that Tess and Hudson are now running the show.
Nine years ago I directed Tess in MCCT's 'The Princess and the Pea'. When I discovered she played the harp I added a harp player into the play....I've directed her in other plays and followed her career as an actor, model, esthetician (owner of https://www.facebook.com/spotlightaestheticsnc) and backstage ASM. I hired her to be our Stage Manager and she has not only been a great SM but is also the company videographer and photographer. She has a great eye for directing and is wise beyond her years. She staged one of the most exciting moments in the play which I will share with you next week.
Hudson started acting with ACT six years ago in 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' and I've directed him in several plays both at ACT and MCCT. He volunteered to be our Assistant Stage Manager and has been/is indispensable to the production. He never says 'no I can't do that' and is fearless to learn new things and take on more responsibilities. He runs tech for the show including lights, sound and projections. Both Marla, of the Warehouse Studio Theatre, and I would have been lost without his tech knowledge and foresight. Many thanks to Tess and Hudson!!!
Join us this weekend for 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Free crafts and dancing start thirty minutes before every show. For more information and to purchase tickets..
www.activatecommunitythroughtheatre.com

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