Fall Classes

NOVA’s 2025 fall classes will begin The week of September 22 and will end the week of November 17th. Each class will end with a showcase performance.

Scholarships are available. For more information please contact the Youth Conservatory Director at youth@novabillings.org

CORE CLASSES

CORE classes are offered every semester at NOVA.

Tiny Tot Theater

Cost: $120
Age: 3 to 5
Day: Thursdays
Time: 2:45 – 3:45
Taught by: DeLaney Hardy Ray

In this class students will be introduced to the magic of theater and storytelling. Your child will learn how to tell a story through theater games, imagination, focused listening, and exploring.

Creative Drama (Pre-requisite for Musical Theater)

Cost: $180
Age: 6 to 8
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:45 to 4:45
Taught by: DeLaney Hardy Ray

Let’s play! Students will learn how to put on a play using theater games, learning how to follow stage directions, building an ensemble, and focused listening. They will also learn about their Actor’s Toolkit: Body, Voice, and Imagination!

Intro to Theater

Cost: $200
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:30-4:30
Taught by: DeLaney Hardy Ray

In Intro to Theater students will use improv games and theater exercises to learn basic theater etiquette such as working with a script, learning to control their voice and body, and backstage behavior

Acting 1 (Pre-Requisite for Acting 2 in spring)

Cost $200
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 4:00 – 5:00
Taught by: Jae Miller

In Acting 1 students will put on a short play and develop the skills needed to perform a show: reading and comprehending a script, memorizing, listening for cues, taking direction, projecting, and enunciating.

Musical Theater (Need to have completed one semester of Creative Drama)

Cost: $200
Day: Thursdays
Time: 3:45 – 4:45
Taught by: Janie Sutton

Description: Acting, singing, dancing, oh my! In this class students will learn how to become a triple threat! Students will learn the basics of musical theatre while learning music and choreography for a selection of songs. 

Am I ready for this class?

• I can memorize a line of a song
• I can read
• I can control my body
• I can control my voice

ELECTIVES

Storytime Theater

Cost: $120
Day: Mondays
Time: 2:45 – 3:45

Description: In this class students will enter a new story every week and use their Actor’s Toolkit (bodies, voices and imaginations) to make it come to life!

Audition Prep: Monologue Work

Cost: $120
Day: Thursdays 9/25 – 10/16
Time: 5:00 – 6:00

Description: TBD

Audition Prep: Acting the Song

Cost: $120
Day: Thursdays 10/23 – 9/20
Time: 5:00 – 6:00

Description: TBD

Movement for the Stage

Cost: $120
Day: TBD
Time: 5:00 – 6:00

Description: TBD