2026 Spring YC – Creating a Character

Creating a Character for grades 8-12

March 7 – April 18, 2026 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Carrollton United Methodist Church
921 S Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118

Dive into the art of character development in this acting course designed around voice, body, and imagination. Learn to analyze scripts, build detailed character backgrounds, and explore physicality, voice, and emotional truth. Through improvisation, scene work, and character exercises, you'll discover how to bring authentic, compelling characters to life on stage with depth and believability.

Creating a Character will be held on the following Saturdays at 3:30 PM:

March 7, 2026 

March 14, 2026 

March 21, 2026

March 28, 2026

April 11, 2026

April 18, 2026

Le Petit Theatre’s Education Program is supported by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association (NOTA), the Favrot-Van Horn Fund, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, the New Orleans Recreation and Culture Fund, the Rosemary B. and Brunswick G. Deutsch Foundation, the Ella West Freeman Foundation, and Entergy New Orleans.