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Our Actor Training Program for Ages 13-18:
(formerly Rich STUDIO)
WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEATRE EDUCTION
It’s not just a production… It’s theatre education, in an environment that values personal worth as much as production values.
In a Celestial Theatre production, actors don’t just learn the show…they learn technique that lasts a lifetime.
Celestial 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
“Celestial STUDIO (formerly 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, 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, Parent
Fall 2023 Celestial STUDIO Lab Production: Little Women
Celestial STUDIO Cohort A - Meisner Training
We are passionate about Theatre and Education. Our one-of-a-kind approach to educational theatre equips students with more than performance experience. Celestial STUDIO students receive MFA-level instruction in acting methodology and technique. They work alongside industry professionals to uncover their natural talents and build the skills needed to utilize their talents in the arts.
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
Celestial 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.
Celestial STUDIO (Formerly Rich STUDIO) Cohort C - Script Analysis
Our one-of-a-kind system is designed specifically for ages 13-18. Through Celestial 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
Celestial STUDIO Lab Productions are Fully Produced.
Fully Produced: completely furnished with costumes, set, props, technical elements, etc.
Rich STUDIO’s Fall 2023 Lab Production of Little Women featured a 2-story set and period costumes. Students performed for paid audiences in a 900+ seat theater.
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. Celestial 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 Celestial STUDIO Lab Productions follow a 3-season calendar year:
Fall. September - November
Winter. January - March
Spring. April - June
2026 Calendar Year:
Fall (‘26) Lab Production Will You Be My Nemesis: Sept 3 - Nov 7, 2026
In a Nutshell…
Celestial STUDIO is professional actor training for young people.
Rich STUDIO Cohort A/B - Stage Combat
Originally offered as a rigorous 2-year conservatory program, Celestial 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 Celestial STUDIO Lab Production culminates with a fully produced run of theatrical performances.
Celstial 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.
Fall 2023 Rich STUDIO Lab Production: Little Women
Celestial 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 Celestial Theatre believe that people are made in God’s image, and that we are designed to tell stories together, through theatre or other media. Celestial STUDIO provides the setting for a young actor to actively develop their technique in this fun, safe environment.