YOUTH THEATRE, DANCE, VOCAL & VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS AT KELSEY THEATRE

TOMATO PATCH JR.

Tomato Patch Jr. 2024-2025

Sessions for Fall and Winter
for 2024-25 School Year

New Section Open this year for 13 and 14 Year Old Students!

 

Fall Session: 
September 21 to November 23
$285
 

Winter Session: 

January 4 to March 8
$285
 

*Spring Session: 
March 15 to April 24
*$385

SPRING SESSION NOT YET AVAILABLE.
SAVE THE DATES!  OPENING SOON!


Please read before registering:

A third-party vendors owns the portal that you register through.  The company name is Active Works.  Before registering, please be aware of the following:

  • Active Works offers insurance on your registration.  Before purchasing the insurance, be aware that our refund policy is 100% of tuition less a $25 administrative fee if you withdraw before the session starts.  If you withdraw on the first day of class, we will refund 50% of the tuition fee.  After the first day. there is no refund for withdrawing.

  • Active Works offers an Active Works membership with a free 30-day trial period.  If your only connection to Active Works is Tomato Patch Jr., there is no benefit to your taking this offer.  You will not receive a discount for Tomato Patch Jr.

  • Your payment for registration will appear on your credit card as Active Works (or something similar with the word Active in it) and may not say Kelsey Theatre or Tomato Patch.

  • You will receive emails from Tomato Patch Jr. through Active Works.  Please be careful not to delete any emails that say Active Works, Kelsey Theatre, or Tomato Patch without checking to see what it is.  The email also may show up in your Spam/Junk folder.  If so, please mark it safe so you will receive all communications from us.

 

The Fall and Winter Sessions will feature regular classes as in the descriptions below. Classes are on Saturdays for one hour for ten weeks.

Tomato Patch Jr.
9:00 to 10:00: Seedlings, Ages 4 to 6--We will inspire the imagination and develop confidence through acting out guided stories, improv games, and more. Each week will also feature some aspect of theater including props, costumes, set pieces, music, sound effects, and prop crafts. Students will also be given instruction on developing their voice for the stage.
TOMATO PATCH JR.
10:00 to 11:00--Sprouts, Ages 7 to 9--Through improvisational games, acting exercises and scene work, the students in these classes will develop the fundamentals of becoming strong, young actors. Students will have vocal/physical training and explore working with a variety of theater materials. Students will acquire improved communication skills, as well as bettered self-confidence for performance. We will be breaking up the classes into smaller groups based on age and experience.
TOMATO PATCH JR.
11:00 to 12:00--Green Tomatoes, Ages 10 to 12--Through improvisational games, acting exercises and scene work, the students in these classes will develop the fundamentals of becoming strong, young actors. Students will have vocal/physical training and explore working with a variety of theater materials. Students will acquire improved communication skills, as well as bettered self-confidence for performance. We will be breaking up the classes into smaller groups based on age and experience.
TOMATO PATCH JR.
NEW! 11:00 to 12:00--Red Tomatoes. Ages 13 to 14 --Through improvisational games, acting exercises and scene work, the students in these classes will develop the fundamentals of becoming strong, young actors. Students will have vocal/physical training and explore working with a variety of theater materials. Students will acquire improved communication skills, as well as bettered self-confidence for performance. We will be breaking up the classes into smaller groups based on age and experience. Students 13 and 14 years old will be in group separate from the 10 to 12 year old age group.

 

 

Classes are held at Kelsey Theatre and the adjacent Communications Building on the Mercer County Community College Campus in West Windsor, NJ.

Any questions should be submitted to  projects@mccc.edu.