The Power of Exploring Your Creative Voice Through Poetry
At Downstage Arts, we persevere to provide experiences that align with the specific interests of our students as well as opportunities to...
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Kara Leman
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Audition Series: How to Show Up and Show You
Are you ready to take your audition skills to the next level? Are you ready to feel like a professional performer? We like the way you...
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Kara Leman
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Audition Series: Physical Warm Ups Can Elevate Your Performance
Hello, readers, and welcome to the Downstage Arts blog! We are jumping back into our audition series, which is dedicated to helping...
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Kara Leman
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
A Guide to an Artist’s Reflection
This holiday season, Downstage Arts encourages you to take a look at this past year to celebrate your growth as artists and as human...
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Kara Leman
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Showing Gratitude for Your Community This Holiday Season
As the holiday season quickly approaches, we gear up for a time of the year that is meant to be spent with our loved ones. Before long,...
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Kara Leman
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Audition Series: What Do I Do With My Hands?
Greetings, Downstagers! Another week, another audition tip. Let’s get to it. As our students gear up for auditions, we hear the following...
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Kara Leman
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Audition Series: Turning Acting into Action
Hello, Downstagers! It’s week three of our Audition Series, where we share constructive thoughts and helpful tips to help you put your...
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Kara Leman
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
Audition Series: Tell A Complete Story
Fall has officially begun, and the Teen Cohort of Downstage Arts is chugging along! We recently began a series of blogs devoted to the...
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Kara Leman
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Audition Series: A Note on Overdone Material
Hello, readers and theatre-makers! The fabulous students of the Downstage Arts Teen Cohort are gearing up for their university theatre...
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Kara Leman
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
To BA or not to BA? That is the question.
Hello, readers and theatre-lovers! Downstage Arts has officially launched the 2021-2022 Teen Cohort Program, cue Happy Dance! We are...
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Kara Leman
- Jun 10, 2021
- 1 min
Downstage Arts Launches Summer Program and Apprenticeship
Hear, hear, Downstagers! It is with much delight that Downstage Arts will launch a two-week Pre-Professional Musical Theatre Intensive...
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Kara Leman
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
DSA Reflects On First Year of Teen Cohort
As we close the curtains on Downstage Arts’s first ever Teen Cohort, we take a moment to reflect on the past year’s work and...
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Kara Leman
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
Teen Cohort News and Showcase Details!
Thrilling news, readers! Our Teen Cohort students at Downstage Arts have all determined where they will attend university and which...
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Kara Leman
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Introducing Tanner Bradshaw, Teen Cohort Teacher
This week, Downstage Arts would like to showcase another one of our sensational Teen Cohort instructors. Please give a round of applause...
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Kara Leman
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
Introducing Bella Coelho, Teen Cohort Teacher
Welcome back to the blog, Downstagers! If you’ve been following along, you know our Teen Cohort is a big part of DSA’s existence. We’ve...
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Hannah Kato
- Apr 5, 2021
- 2 min
Guest: Hannah Kato
Preface: When I was asked to write a piece for Downstage Arts, I thought what I would write would come easily. It didn’t. I hit writer’s...
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Kara Leman
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
DSA’s Teen Cohort Pursues Authenticity
In our last blog post, Downstage Arts revealed what the Teen Cohort has been up to, now that college auditions are finished. Our Teen...
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Kara Leman
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Teen Cohort Showcase
It’s time for an exciting update, Downstagers! Our Teen Cohort is both delighted and relieved to have officially completed college...
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Kara Leman
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Benefits of School Diversity
Welcome back, friends! If you have missed out on the past few weeks of the Downstage Arts blog, we have been examining the many ways in...
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Kara Leman
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
A First Look at Private and Charter Schools
Here, at Downstage Arts, we collectively persevere to be an agent of change. In order to do that, we must continue to listen deeply and...
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