Rich STUDIO’s Lab Productions are for students who…

• Are 13 - 18 years old

• Want to explore acting at deeper levels 

• Long for a caring, nurturing theatre environment

• Have any level of experience, and are hungry to learn

• Are thinking of studying theatre in college

What Our Families Say

“Rich STUDIO is an answered prayer for our daughter and our continued homeschooling journey. After the first 10 weeks, our daughter commented, “The training at Rich STUDIO has surpassed any acting class I have taken. Rich STUDIO instructors teach advanced acting technique that reaches beyond the surface level.”

— Adrianne West, Rich STUDIO Parent

“Honestely, I can’t stop thinking about last night’s STUDIO Showcase. We talk about world peace as the answer, but I think the answer is more live theatre!

—Kristen Macedo, Rich STUDIO Parent

The Process

Each Lab Production begins with an Educational Intensive that includes one or more select Theatre Education Touchstone Topics™.

Touchstone Topic™ 

Serving as the spine of our theatrical process, participants spend the first few weeks of each Intensive in class instruction (theatre education), during which they learn techniques and concepts that serve as keystone markers to their artistic journey.

Production (Applied Education)

• After the instruction period, all participants will audition for and be cast in the production.

• Actors can expect:

  • Guidance in concept application

  • Actor coaching

  • Assigned, required ACTOR’S HOMEWORK to aid in their artistic development.

Material for each Lab Production is selected based on the Touchstone Topics™ being taught. We often write original curriculum to address the major challenges of each production and guide the training for each topic.

Each Lab Production is a class first, with the production serving as a workshop for immediate application of newly acquired skills.

For example…

Lab Production: Mary Poppins

Touchstone Topic™: RP Accent Training

Rich STUDIO students get more than just stage experience. They learn self-efficacy and a host of marketable skills for wherever life takes them—all from trained theatre professionals. 

The Environment

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity.”

—Brené Brown

Training takes place in a safe, fun environment, curated to be nurturing, uplifting, and inclusive —allowing students the freedom to be truly creative.

Our one-of-a-kind system is designed specifically for ages 13-18. Through Rich STUDIO Lab Productions, students grow as artists while developing valuable transferable skills that serve them in every future endeavor: 

• Creativity

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Critical Thinking

• Social Confidence

• Empathetic Reasoning

• Time Management

• Discipline

• Teamwork

• Emotional Intelligence

• Listening

• Non Verbal Communication

• And More! 

The Final Product

Rich STUDIO Lab Productions are Fully Produced.

Fully Produced: completely furnished with costumes, set, props, technical elements, etc.

Young performers need experiential knowledge of the full mechanics of theatre for complete artistic development. Fully produced shows create a beautiful final product of which students can be proud. Rich STUDIO alumni are equipped with first-hand knowledge of the collaboration, teamwork, as well as individual artistic ownership that takes place in theatrical productions. They understand their part in the show, aware that it takes more than just actors to put a story on stage.

And the final product is more than a beautiful show. It is the training and knowledge our students take with them that lasts for the rest of their lives. Whether they do musicals, straight plays, screen acting, drama classes, speech and debate competition, college interviews, leadership roles, or anything—Rich STUDIO alumni gain the poise and confidence that can only be gleaned from theatrical training.

our Rich STUDIO Lab Productions follow a 3-season calendar year:

• Fall. September - November

• Winter. January - March

• Spring. April - June

2023-24 Calendar Year:

• Little Women: (Main Stage) September 9 - November 10, 2023

• The Wizard of Oz: (Black Box) January 6 - March 23, 2024

• PAUSED FOR 2024 - Spring Lab Production [TBD]: (Black Box) April 15 - June 19, 2024

• Fall (‘24-25) Lab Production [TBD]: (Black Box) Sept 10 - Nov 16, 2024

In a Nutshell…

Rich STUDIO is professional actor training for young people.

Originally offered as a rigorous 2-year conservatory program, Rich STUDIO is evolving. Its current state: an ongoing series of performance-based workshops including Educational Intensives (…from its conservatory roots), each focusing on stylistic components and 2-3 Touchstone Topics™.

Each Rich STUDIO Lab Production culminates with a fully produced run of theatrical performances.

Rich STUDIO actors do multiple performances. Their shows run for at least a week—giving them the opportunity to perform 3 or 4 times, at least. Some Lab Productions offer 7, 8, or more shows over a multi-week run.

Rich STUDIO actors do multiple performances for a whole show run (as they would in professional theatre), in an environment that values personal worth as much as production values. Most importantly, they are instructed by qualified professionals, allowing them to grow their capabilities and excel in their performances.

We at Rich Theatre believe that people are made in God’s image, and that we are designed to tell stories together, through theatre or other media. Rich STUDIO provides the setting for a young actor to actively develop their technique in this fun, safe environment.