1. Drama Studio: 

Drama Studio Inc. is a tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.  Please contact us if you need our tax number.

2. Mission:

Our mission is to enrich and validate the adolescent experience in our diverse community via excellence in a conservatory-style acting training program.  The Drama Studio is one of a handful of after-school acting conservatories in the United States where a young actor can intensively study and advance through a theatre curriculum before he or she is 18.

3. History:

The Drama Studio was founded in 1987 by Steve Hays and a group of educators and parents who envisioned an institution where youth could study acting as seriously as they could study music, supported by a carefully designed curriculum, productions of quality scripts, and a strong scholarship program to ensure opportunity for all.  The term “conservatory-style” was used to describe a two-part process:  first, a series of acting classes, offered sequentially from introductory to advanced levels, that would permit acting students to grow in their craft over a period of years, and second, a series of production opportunities that would allow students to audition, rehearse and perform at the same level of quality operating in the classroom.  We have now added a third part to our approach: community and educational outreach.  This outreach is vital to our mission because it makes our program even more accessible to at-risk youth.

The Drama Studio Board of Directors

Annual Community and Corporator Board Meeting