Explore drama in the east bay
Learn about the communties we serve in the East Bay Area region, our class curriculum, and how your family can get involved with our classes this year!
Piedmont Drama Classes
Explore our drama class opportunities open to the greater Piedmont community
FLEXIBLE PRICING PROGRAM AVAILABLE: please email sandcastletheaterco@gmail.com for financial aid instructions (open to all)
Work together to put on an original play! Join 1 or more sessions in Sandcastle’s 3-part series - when kids develop their creative voice, self-confidence, and collaboration skills.
Students will learn how improvisation helps build stories and characters, how playwrights write an original play, and actors prepare to perform in front of an audience, incorporating production design elements, as they work toward their unique final show.
Winter/Spring 2026: Session I (Improv)
Mondays 01/12/26 - 02/09/263:30 PM-5:30 PM
2nd-5th grade
Improv (I): Say “yes, and” to a fun session of improvisation and drama games. Curriculum introduces students to the fundamentals of storytelling and character, while strengthening key social-emotional skills and creativity that helps kids thrive on and off stage.
spring 2026 drama classes
Storytelling & Character (II): Students learn about ensemble and storytelling to write a NEW script. Students dig into acting and rehearsal techniques to embody unique characters onstage (culminates in staged reading)
Winter/Spring 2026: Session II
(storytelling & character)
Mondays 02/23/26 - 03/30/263:30 PM-5:30 PM
2nd-5th grade
Design & Production (III): Learn about putting on a final show! Students rehearse an original script, create unique designs (costumes, props, scenery, sound), focus on memorization, and put it all together for a fully produced final show.
Winter/Spring 2026: Session III
(Design & production)
Mondays 04/13/26 - 05/18/263:30 PM-5:30 PM
2nd-5th grade
Summer 2026 classes
Class Description
Work together to write, create and perform an original short play, based on a popular Fairy Tale! Through drama games and activities kids develop their creative voice, self-confidence, and collaboration skills.
Kids will get hands-on instruction in story-creation, character-development, acting, design, and production. This unique program guides kids through the theater-making process and provides Drama education in an accessible, fun, and supportive way.
The session culminates with an invited staged reading of the new play.
Registration now open for Summer 2026! Dive into the world of theater this Summer with Sandcastle’s week long camps
Students in 1st-6th grade learn what it takes to create an original performance while building confidence, creativity, and collaborative skills.
Session Dates + Themes
When: Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm
June 15th-19th— make-your-own-play! Theme: The Princess & the Pea
June 22nd-26th— make-your-own-play! Theme: Puss in Boots
July 13th-July 17th-make-your-own-play! Theme: Alice in Wonderland
August 3rd-7th-make your own play! Theme: Greek Mythology
Location
Veterans' Memorial Building
401 Highland Avenu, Piedmont, CA 94611
OR*
801 Magnolia Building
801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611
*-Location depending on session week