In this favorite WCT program, teaching artist Eva Murray will guide participants through castles, outer space, and even under the sea as they learn the fundamentals of acting! Through Zoom video chat, children and families can act along with Eva as she reads exciting stories. Term A will explore ver...

Making Comics explores the basics of comics as a medium - from idea to execution guided by teaching artist Zoe Schein. Focus on both storytelling and drawing skills--develop stories and characters, build and draw figures, environments, and actions--all in support of a story. Whether comedic or ...

a biographical play with iconic music by Lanie Robertson It’s 1959 in a bar in South Philadelphia for one of Billie Holiday’s final performances before her untimely death. At an intimate evening with Billie and her pianist, Holiday’s most famous songs are interlaced with reminiscences from her l...

WCT’s PlayMakers get the exciting opportunity to create their own short works of theatre! Guided by teaching artist and MCA Education Coordinator Kevin Williams, young playwright/performers experience the journey of a play from idea to performance as they draft scripts, create characters, design set...

Like a Cyclorama (or Cyc) curtain enclosing a stage to create a background, WCT’s CYC program serves as the basis for all technical/production work at WCT. CYC students have the opportunity to explore all aspects of technical and production based theatre. Active CYC students receive priority conside...

A disgraced basketball coach is given the chance to coach Los Amigos, a team of players who are intellectually disabled, and soon realizes they just might have what it takes to make it to the national championship in this hilarious and heartfelt box office smash out of Spain. Javier Gutiérrez (Ma...

Bring your ideas to life on the page with teaching artist Rachel Maddox! Through one-on-one mentoring, group process and feedback, participants explore real-life scenarios, humor, drama, and more, as they each craft original short works. Participants will also serve as actors in online readings of e...

Have stories to tell, but lack the experience, motivation, or community to help get them down on paper? This class will take writers (and aspiring writers!) on a guided tour of nonfiction writing genres, styles, and approaches—all of which take memory, selfhood, and personal experience as significan...

Explore the world of children's literature through art with teaching artist Sami Martasian! Each week, participants read a story together and create a piece inspired by its words and illustrations while building techniques and utilizing unexpected art materials from their own homes! Featured stories...

NOTE ON POSTPONEMENT: As you know, the Covid-19 crisis has reached pandemic level and new area cases are being diagnosed daily. With guidelines and preventative recommendations rapidly evolving, we continue to keep patron health and safety at the top of our priorities.   Out of an abunda...

Get in touch with your silly side with Zoe Schein! In this playful comics intensive for grown-ups, we'll split our time between fast-paced, fun, and generative exercises and activities and discussion aimed at helping you understand and master the basic elements of visual storytelling. We'll use in- ...

In this favorite WCT program, teaching artist Eva Murray will guide participants through castles, outer space, and even under the sea as they learn the fundamentals of acting! Through Zoom video chat, children and families can act along with Eva as she reads exciting stories. Term B will journey on ...

Making Comics explores the basics of comics as a medium - from idea to execution guided by teaching artist Zoe Schein. Focus on both storytelling and drawing skills--develop stories and characters, build and draw figures, environments, and actions--all in support of a story. Whether comedic or ...

Explore the world of children's literature through art with teaching artist Sami Martasian! Each week, participants read a story together and create a piece inspired by its words and illustrations while building techniques and utilizing unexpected art materials from their own homes! Featured stories...

WCT’s PlayMakers get the exciting opportunity to create their own short works of theatre! Guided by teaching artist and MCA Education Coordinator Kevin Williams, young playwright/performers experience the journey of a play from idea to performance as they draft scripts, create characters, design set...

the famous, poignant drama by August Wilson In 1950’s Pittsburgh, Troy Maxson supports his wife Rose and their family as a garbageman after his dreams of being a baseball star in the National Negro League were derailed. When his son Cory aspires to earn a football scholarship, Troy’s bitter...