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FALL CLASSES AT PYTMI
Keep performing, learning, and growing this fall with PYTMI! Our 10-week fall class session offers opportunities for young performers of all experience levels to build their skills, gain confidence, and have fun through musical theatre and dance.
📅 10-Week Session: September 21–November 17, 2026
⏰ Class Length: 1 hour
💵 Tuition: $200 per participant
📍 Location: PYTMI, 328 Harriet St., Ypsilanti, MI
Ages: 8–13
Mondays | 4:30–5:30 PM
Instructor: Aimée
Think fast, get creative, and learn to live in the moment! Actor’s Toolbox: Improv Games introduces young actors to improvisation—an essential skill for performers in everything from musical theatre to Shakespeare.
Through fun, traditional theatre games and improvisation exercises, students will strengthen their imaginations, build confidence onstage, and learn to make bold creative choices without overthinking. Along the way, performers will practice using their voices, connecting and collaborating with scene partners, responding to the unexpected, and thinking quickly on their feet.
Whether you're preparing for your next audition, looking to strengthen your acting skills, or simply want to have fun creating characters and scenes, improv is a great addition to every actor’s toolbox!
Experience Level: No previous theatre or improv experience required. All experience levels are welcome.
What to Wear: Comfortable clothing and shoes that allow for movement.
Ages: 7–17
Mondays | 5:00–6:00 PM
Instructor: Jeanette
Get ready to take the musical theatre stage with confidence! Musical Theatre Dance is designed for young performers who want to strengthen their dance skills, become more comfortable learning choreography, and prepare for their next audition or production.
Each class combines dance technique with musical theatre choreography, giving students the opportunity to build strength, coordination, form, musicality, and confidence while putting those skills into practice.
Throughout the session, students will explore a variety of dance styles commonly encountered in musical theatre, including jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, and more. Students will work on picking up choreography more quickly, performing with confidence, and developing the versatility needed to tackle different styles of shows and auditions.
Whether dance is already your strength or the part of an audition that makes you nervous, this class meets performers where they are and gives them the tools to continue growing. Students of different ages and experience levels will be challenged appropriately while learning together in a supportive environment.
Build your technique, expand your dance vocabulary, and feel more confident the next time someone says, “5, 6, 7, 8!”
What to Wear:
Girls: Workout top and leggings
Boys: T-shirt and athletic pants
Jazz shoes and tap shoes are required.
Ages: 4–6
Fridays | 4:00 PM-5:00PM
Instructor: Sierra
Let your Little Star shine! ⭐ Little Starrs is a fun and imaginative introduction to the world of theatre designed especially for our youngest performers.
Each week, students will explore acting, singing, movement, storytelling, and creative play through theatre games, favorite songs, imaginative activities, and plenty of opportunities to express themselves. Young performers will practice using their voices, bodies, and imaginations while building confidence, creativity, and skills for working together as an ensemble.
No previous theatre experience is needed, just a big imagination and a willingness to play! Little Starrs is the perfect first step for young performers who are ready to discover the magic of being onstage.
What to Wear: Comfortable clothing and shoes that allow for plenty of movement.
Ages: 10–18
Sundays | 2:00–3:00 PM
Instructor: Sierra
Ready to take your tap skills to the next level? Intermediate Tap is designed for dancers who already have a foundation in tap and are ready to build speed, precision, musicality, and confidence.
Throughout the 10-week session, students will strengthen their technique while working on more complex steps, combinations, rhythms, and musical theatre-style choreography. Dancers will focus on clean sounds, weight shifts, timing, picking up combinations quickly, and using tap as both dance and percussion.
This class is a great fit for performers looking to strengthen their tap skills for musical theatre auditions and productions while challenging themselves in a supportive environment.
Experience Level: Previous tap experience required. Students should be comfortable with basic tap vocabulary and combinations.
What to Wear: Comfortable, movement-friendly clothing and tap shoes are required.