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Fall Acting Classes, Improv Class, and Workshop

Acting Classes for grades 2-4, 5-7, and 8-12.
Improv Class for grades 6-12.

Workshop for grades 9-12

We are currently running Fall 2020 Acting Classes, an Improv Class, and a Workshop, in lieu of a Fall production this year. Please check back in the coming months for an update on our next activity.

Tuck Production Canceled

9th Annual FUNraiser - CANCELED

Due to the coronovirus pandemic and the many social distancing challenges it presents (including unavailability of performance venues, even if social distancing could be reasonably managed), our production of Tuck Everlasting has been canceled.

We enjoyed rehearsing with you for nearly 3 months, and loved watching you each grow as actors and performers. We hope that you enjoyed your experience, despite the fact that we didn't get to share the final product with an audience. We also want to thank the parents, and countless volunteers, who worked tirelessly to help us get this show ready for the stage. We are devastated that, this time, the show simply can't go on! : (

Cast and crew, please see the May 23rd email from the Production Team and accompanying video from your Director, for additional information.

Stay healthy.

Due to the recent mandates issued by the Governor of Ohio to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, and to accommodate rescheduling of our production of Tuck Everlasting, our FUNraiser for 2020 has been canceled.

14+ Years of Productions

Acting Up was established in 2005. We have produced over 28 musicals since then, with casts of 80-120 young performers ages 6-18. Below are just a few highlights from those musicals.

Please visit our About Us page for more information on our mission and goals.

Fire at our Set/Build Facility

UPDATE: Thank you for all of the support we received from the community during our rebuilding efforts after the fire. Rebuilding is a long and continuous process. We have since moved into a temporary facility on 108 E. Church Street, in downtown Mason, OH. However, we still need help replacing many of the items lost to the smoke damage. As a non-profit, we are always happy to receive donations. We are currently looking for:

Item Donations

Professional grade sound equipment, such as microphones and backstage walkie talkies.
Costumes, such as vintage clothing, hats and shoes.
Boys dress clothes (e.g., blazers, vests, and dress pants)
Heavy duty plastic storage tubs.
Vintage props and stage decor.
Gift card donations to places such as Home Depot, Menards, Target, Walmart, etc.

If you have an item to donate, please email or call us at:

ActingUp@ActingUp.com
(513) 494-6062

Alternate Facility Resources

We are also still in search of alternate facility ideas. Our wonderful location in downtown Mason, OH is temporary. We are always looking for building and storage facilities.

If you have access, or connections, to a building that could be used by Acting Up for temporary or permanent storage or build space, please let us know at:

ActingUp@ActingUp.com
(513) 494-6062

Monetary Donations

You can make a tax deductible donation to Acting Up, via your Venmo app to

@Acting-Up-1

or clicking the Paypal button below:

Acting Up's set/build shop and storage near Lebanon, Ohio was affected by a large fire at that location on Friday, June 14, 2019. The fire occurred in a building that is attached to our shop. We have severe smoke damage to everything in our 4500 square foot space.

We have used this space for 12 years, and therefore have 12 years worth of costumes, props, set pieces, stage pieces, and scenery in the facility. The amount of items that are unsalvageable is devastating.

Help Support Acting Up
Acting Up is a volunteer young performers community theater group based in Mason, Ohio. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our operational costs are supported only in part by ticket sales; the balance of our support comes from financial donations. In addition to (or in lieu of) volunteering your time to Acting Up, there are lots of ways, large and small, that you can make a financial donation:

Keep in Touch
We always like to know what other area productions our Acting Up alumni may be involved in. If you have been a member of any Acting Up production, and are currently in another production, drop us a note (with the subject "WATN? Update")with the details and we'll post it on our Where Are They Now? (WATN?) page. Who knows, you may see several familiar faces in the audience!

So Many Lines, So Little Time
Just cast in a new production, and now trying to figure out how you'll possibly learn all those lines in time? Never fear, we have some tips to make this process just a bit easier, and your acting better for it. Click here for more info. And yes, there is an app for that!

Recommended Reading
This is an excellent book for both those new to acting as well as advanced actors. It is a relatively short read, full of succinct and simply set forth principles and activities. Experimenting with these principles will enable you to give a better performance. An Actor's Companion, Tools for the Working Actor.

Thanks Hula Frog!
Thanks for voting Acting Up the "Most Loved Acting Studio" for 2018!

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