Celebrating our 20th year of Music Lessons and Theater Camps in Chicago. Thank you for 2 decades
Summer weekly Workshops
Raise Your Voice - Vocal Workshop
Raise Your Voice - Vocal Workshop
Raise Your Voice - Vocal Workshop
- Rising 4th - 8th Grades
- Mondays 5:30 - 6:30
- June 22 - August 3rd
- Tuition $175
- Directed by Hannah Silverman
Students in this summer workshop will build self-confidence while discovering the joy of singing. Through engaging group activities, age-appropriate vocal exercises, and song practice, participants will strengthen their voices, develop healthy vocal technique, and learn how to perform with expression and ease.
Throughout the session, students will work toward a final performance, giving them the exciting opportunity to sing for family and friends and proudly celebrate their growth on stage.
Play Writer's Workshop
Raise Your Voice - Vocal Workshop
Raise Your Voice - Vocal Workshop
- Rising 4th - 8th grades
- Tuesdays 5:30 - 7:00
- June 23 - August 4th
- Tuition $200
- Directed by Hannah Silverman
In this weekly program, students become the creators from start to finish. Working together, they’ll dream up original stories, write their own scripts, design characters, and rehearse scenes, all while exploring acting, movement, and stagecraft.
With guidance from supportive instructors, each child’s imagination takes center stage as the group collaborates to prepare and perform a one-of-a-kind production they can call their own for family and friends at Borelli's Pizzeria.
Weeklong Day Camps
Improv and Comedy Sketch Week
- Rising 3rd - 6th Grades
- July 13 - 17
- Tuition: $385
- Directed by Alex Rembold and Saoirse O'Coineen
This high-energy comedy and improv summer camp invites kids to discover their inner humor while having a blast on stage. Through fun games, sketch work, and improvisation exercises, students will learn to think on their feet, build confidence, and react creatively in the moment.
Working together in a supportive environment, they’ll develop teamwork skills and spontaneous storytelling, all while laughing, playing, and bringing original comedy to life in a final performance for family and friends.
Mischief Makers Showcase
- Rising 2nd - 5th grades
- August 3 - 7
- Tuition: $385
- Directed by Alex Rembold and Saoirse O'Coineen
Mischief Makers is a playful and imaginative summer camp where kids explore acting and musical skills through creativity and collaboration. Inspired by making mischief, campers will create their own story, characters, songs, and scenes while learning performance fundamentals along the way.
The week culminates in a lively, one-of-a-kind show that brings their mischievous ideas to life on stage for family and friends in the performance space of Borelli's Pizzeria.
About our Camp and Workshop Directors
Hannah Silverman
Hannah Silverman is a Chicago-based voice and piano teacher with over seven years of experience as a teaching artist. Originally from Nashville, TN the daughter of acclaimed electric violinist Tracy Silverman and flutist Thea Suits, Hannah was highly encouraged to find herself with a career in the arts. She was encouraged to play and write music from a young age, and began dancing at 2 years old.
As a teen, Hannah starred in esteemed songwriter Marcus Hummon's new musical, The Piper, during which Marcus wrote a new piece for the show inspired by her voice. She was also featured in Nashville Arts Magazine for her work in Act Like A Grrrl with the Actor's Bridge Ensemble. After falling in love with musical theatre in high school, she supported that passion with classical voice training.
Hannah obtained her Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude in Theater and Dance from Macalester College with a minor in Vocal Performance. While in college, She spent a formative semester at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Moscow, Russia where she honed her acting skills.
Saoirse O'Coineen
Theater, Ukulele, and Piano Saoirse moved from Dublin, Ireland to Chicago in 2023. She is a trained theatre artist and producer, with a Master's degree in Theatre Practice from University College Dublin where she also gained experience in Theater Education.
Saoirse is passionate about learning new things and exploring different forms of expression. She is fluent in Irish and has experience teaching piano, harp and ukulele. She most recently directed the Finding Nemo production for Musical Chairs Studio, assisted with the production of Into the Woods and is the Director of Musical Chairs Theater Company. This Fal, she will be producing Alice in Wonderland at Queen of Angels School.
She loves working with children and contributing to the development of their creative spirit and self-confidence. Her previous experience as assistant director for American Montessori Academy exposed her to working with children of all ages in a creative engagement-based approach which she carries forward today in her teaching.
Alex Rembold
Step the Beat, Drama, Piano, Trumpet, Saxophone, Clarinet Alex is a Seattle born multi instrumentalist, band leader, and theatrical comedian who broke into the Chicago scene in 2018. He has been making music since memories could form, but began his formal education through his band program at 12.
He continued his education through the Gonzaga Jazz program followed by further education through involvement with jazz festivals in Seattle and Chicago. In his theater experience, Alex is an improvisational comedian with over 10 years of experience at the Blue Door Theater, Jet City Improv, the iO theater, and the Second City Musical Conservatory. He has been in several independent stage plays through the Annoyance and Pocket Theater.
Alex’s pedagogy is holistic and community-oriented in nature. He believes that ultimately theater, and performance as a whole, should be for people, by people, and with people. His philosophy fosters a supportive environment for students of all backgrounds to connect and learn from each other to advance the art to new vistas.