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Studio Playground fosters individual growth & empowerment for children in our community by using the performing arts. laugh. sing. make a beautiful ruckus.

Our classes explore the benefits of laughter through movement, performance, and playful improvisation. Studio Playground teaches acting classes for all ages based in clowning and physical theatre. We invite students to come as they are, play ferociously, and celebrate themselves! info@studioplayground.org
www.studioplayground.org

Adult Classes: studioplayground.org/clownclass
Youth Classes: studioplayground.org/storytelling
Virtual Classes: studioplayground.org/virtualstorytelling
Intensive for Middle and High School: studioplayground.org/intensive
Summer Camp in Lincoln Woods: studioplayground.org/summercamp

12/18/2025

Studio Playground needs your help! As a nonprofit organization, we rely on support from generous individuals like YOU! If you are in a position to donate, please consider Studio Playground for your end of year giving. Wishing your family a holiday full of connection and a new year full of peace.

12/10/2025

egistration opens January 2nd for our annual Theater Camp in Lincoln Woods State Park! Spaces are limited. We encourage early registration. Take a look at some past performances!

Week 1: August 3-7
Week 2: August 10-14
Week 3: August 17-21

Register: studioplayground.org/summercamp

Each week is offered individually. Students may register for multiple weeks.

laugh. sing. make. beautiful ruckus.

12/07/2025

Our winter session is filling up fast! Classes begin January 26. Join us on Saturdays for Play Creation, Comedy Hour, Dance Party, and Storytelling & Play.

Sign up: studioplayground.org/providence

12/03/2025

Such a pleasure to work with the theater majors at JMW School for the Arts! We are always blown away by the passion, dedication, and playful spontaneity of the actors in this program. Watching them grow as an ensemble and as individuals has been a privilege. Studio Playground works with schools and organizations across Rhode Island. For inquiries, contact our team: info@studioplayground.org. To read about upcoming classes, visit: studioplayground.org/providence

12/01/2025

We had a fabulous day at Moses Brown School! Studio Playground works with schools, camps, and organizations across Rhode Island. For inquiries, email our team at info@studioplayground.org.

11/22/2025

Our summer announcements continue with our Teen Acting Initiative in July! This 3-day program for ages 13-17 introduces students to foundational concepts for scene study, audition techniques, and physical acting. Students explore movement and improvisation in a supportive environment and learn skills for working with a scene partner. The program also includes an introduction to acting for film and television.

Through a combination of group work and individual instruction, teachers work generously with each student. Actors are assigned material and may spend time preparing outside of class. This program is instructed by Artistic Director of Studio Playground, Matthew Bretschneider. Students of all abilities and levels of experience are encouraged to join.

11/21/2025

Announcing the dates for our annual Theater Camp in Lincoln Woods State Park! Since 2021, our summer camp has brought joy to kids ages 5-11 in Northern Rhode Island.

Week 1: August 3-7, 2026

Week 2: August 10-14, 2026

Week 3: August 17-21, 2026

Each weeek is offered separately.

Students may register for multiple weeks.

Registration Opens January 2nd at 9:00am!

Limited spaces are available.

Register at studioplayground.org/summercamp

11/20/2025

Introducing the Studio Theater Camp! Join us in Providence July 13–17. Students perform in an original play entitled My Rocket Ship Crash Landed, which follows a group of explorers in their journey through an unknown place and time. Each day begins with a group warm-up and movement game as students learn skills for collaboration. Students create original characters, learn performance skills, and play movement-based theater games. Registration opens January 2!

More info: studioplayground.org/big-brothers-big-sisters

11/18/2025

Announcing Laughing Club with Christopher Bayes on February 20! Take a workshop with one of the most highly celebrated and influential teachers of clown & commedia.

Laughing Club is a wellness practice created by Christopher Bayes, Head of Physical Acting at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. The workshop is for anyone with a desire to explore the health benefits of laughter. Tickets support our Camp Fund, which provides scholarships and essential resources for our annual theater camp.

Support our scholarship fund by attending this online workshop! Your donation creates access to arts education for children in Rhode Island.

Reserve tickets using the link below!
studioplayground.org/laughing-club

Christopher Bayes is Professor in the Practice of Acting and Head of Physical Acting at & Founder/Director of

Laughing Club was featured on NY1/New Yorker of the Week! Follow the link in our bio to view the episode.

10/27/2025

There is something special about teaching clowning and physical theater for both children and adults. For actors in training, we focus on giving more value to our enthusiasm than our inner critic. That’s often when I see actors experience empowerment. For children (and for adults) empowerment comes from being seen, heard & accepted. If we can bottle that feeling and bring it onstage, hundreds of people won’t stop dreaming about the characters we play.

Boston Center for the Arts

Monologues & Physical Acting
Instructed by Matthew Bretschneider
Boston Center for the Arts
October, 2025

10/03/2025

Our weekend workshop at Boston Center for the Arts is 3 weeks away! This class is for actors and performers seeking to apply concepts in physical acting to monologues and audition techniques. The class is limited to 16 participants. There are still a couple open spots! Our classes for adults occur at Boston Center for the Arts and AS220 in Providence.

This class is instructed by Matthew Bretschneider, artistic director of Studio Playground and adjunct professor for Boston University School of Theatre. Matthew has performed with the Huntington Theatre Company (Tartuffe, Romeo & Juliet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Common Ground: Revisited, the Lehman Brothers), Kitchen Theatre Company (Seminar, Peter and the Starcatcher), and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (Deal Me Out, Beast’s). Television appearances include The Path and Law & Order: SVU.

To register, visit: studioplayground.org/boston

Photo: Matthew Bretschneider & Frank Wood, Common Ground: Revisited, Courtesy of Huntington Theatre Company, Photo by T. Charles Erickson

09/29/2025

Introducing our dance class for ages 11–14 instructed by Alexander Crespo Rosario! Not an experienced dancer? No worries! This class is for everyone, whether it’s their first movement class or they want to expand their acting and movement skills. Students explore multiple styles of dance in a supportive environment. Check out our winter classes! Acting classes for kids between ages 4-8 take place Saturdays. Our dance class for ages 11-14 takes place Mondays after school. Classes begin January 26. To register, visit studioplayground.org.

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2 Manchester Print Works Road
Lincoln, RI
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http://www.studioplayground.org/

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