Looking for some enrichment activities for your family? Check out the following virtual or in-person classes and performances offered by theater and arts organizations in the greater Cleveland/Akron area.
BAYarts
A variety of classes for all ages currently is being offered in-person. Offerings include arts, gardening, spring break classes, summer camp registration and more. For information, go to bayarts.net
Beck Center for the Arts
Offers a variety of music, dance, theater and visual arts classes either in-person or online. For information, go to beckcenter.org
BW Community Arts School
Offers a variety of virtual and in-person programs for all ages, including dance, music, theatre and visual arts. For information, go to bwcommunityarts.bw.edu
Cleveland City Dance
Offers in-person and virtual dance classes, a selection of free online classes, and Facebook Live workouts. For information, go to clevelandcitydance.com
Cleveland Play House
CPH Theatre Academy offers online theatre education programs for students of all ages. All programming will be hosted on Zoom. For information, go to clevelandplayhouse.com
Fairmount Center for the Arts
Offers a variety of online and in-person classes for all ages. Click here for a list of upcoming classes, or go to fairmountcenter.org for a complete schedule.
Fine Arts Association
Offers in-person, hybrid and fully-virtual classes in art, music and creative arts therapies for a variety of ages. For information, go to fineartsassociation.org
Great Lakes Theatre
Offers “Artist in (Your) Residence” at-home educational programming. A series of online video modules bring its artists into your residence and provides similar lessons found in Great Lakes Theatre’s educational programming. Click here for more info and to view videos.
Karamu House
All education classes are virtual at this time. A variety of theater, music and dance classes are offered for ages pre-K to adult. For information, go to karamuhouse.org
Lake Erie Ink
Virtual spring programming for teens includes the Weekly Ink series of evening workshops, In It for the Long haul monthly workshops, college essay workshops and more. For information, go to lakeerieink.org
Magical Theatre Company
Offers online programming and special events. Click here to view a series of video performances available on MTC’s website. For more information, go to magicaltheatre.org
The Music Settlement
Offering virtual lessons and distance programming, as well as in-person options. Click here to view the course catalog. For more information, go to themusicsettlement.org
Playhouse Square
Offers several streaming events as well as educational streaming performances adapted for asynchronous learning. The latter includes the show, segmented into videos approximately 20 minutes long, educational resources created by the performers, pre- and post-show workshops, and a teacher resource guide. The first live performance, “The Choir of Man,” is scheduled to open June 11 in the Mimi Ohio Theatre. Playhouse Square will announce the lineup of KeyBank Broadway Series shows, to begin Fall 2021, on April 7. For more information, go to playhousesquare.org
School of Rock
Offers virtual one-on-one music lessons in guitar, piano, drums, singing and bass guitar. Also offers in-person classes. For information, go to schoolofrock.com
Talespinner Children’s Theatre
The new Digital Mini Season features all-virtual performances for the first half of 2021. Current Production: The Girl Who Swallowed the Cactus (in Your Home) — Live Performance. For information, go to talespinnercle.org
Weathervane Playhouse
Currently offering a selection of recently produced shows on its website and via YouTube subscription. Also offers Spring Virtual Academy and virtual school programs. For more information, go to weathervaneplayhouse.com
