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Des Moines Community Playhouse



Creative Drama

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SUM26 Sticky Situations

$195

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Jul 6, 2026 at 9:30 am, runs for 1 week

Kindergarten 2026-Grade 1, 9:30-11:30 AM, July 6-10
$185 Subscribers/$195 Non-Subscribers

Explore “sticky” stories inspired by books like On Account of the Gum, Stuck, and others. Through imaginative play, movement, and theatre games, create characters, act out silly problems, and work together to find creative solutions. Family and friends are invited to an end-of-week sharing filled with laughter and big imaginations!

Full Course

SUM26 FBI: Fantastic Bureau of Imagination

$195

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Jul 13, 2026 at 1:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Kindergarten 2026-Grade 1, 1:30-3:30 PM, July 13-17
$185 Subscribers/$195 Non-Subscribers

The Cave of Untold Stories is overflowing with big ideas, and the FBI needs your help! Become special agents and share songs, stories, and dreams through acting, games, and make-believe missions. Parents will see their imagination in action in a sharing on the final day.

Full Course

F26 Creative Drama I: Picture Perfect

$195

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Sep 12, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 10 weeks

4-5 year old Pre-K and Kindergarten (must be at least 4 by 9/15/26) • Saturdays, 9:00-9:55 AM • Sept. 12-Nov. 14 $185 Subscribers/$195 Non-Subscribers

Picture books are the introduction to the magic of storytelling for children. We’ll dramatize some of our favorites each week, and bring favorite characters and stories to life, in fun, creative atmosphere. We’ll introduce basic theatre concepts, while reinforcing literacy and cooperation skills.

Will run

F26 Creative Drama II: Page to Stage Session A

$195

with Robin Fulton

Calendar Sep 12, 2026 at 10:30 am, runs for 10 weeks

Grades 1-2 • Saturdays, 10:30 – 11:30 AM • Sept. 12-Nov. 14 • $185 Subscribers/$195 Non-Subscribers

Children will bring favorite books to life and become the characters they love! We’ll act out stores, play theatre games and sing songs, all while introducing basic theatre and acting concepts while reinforcing literacy and cooperation skills.

WB26 Silly Superheroes

$120
Calendar Dec 21, 2026 at 9:30 am

WB26 Silly Superheroes

Grades K-1 • Dec. 21, 22, 23 • 9:30 AM-11:30 AM • $110 Subscribers/$120 Non-subscribers

Create your own original superhero, complete with special powers and a silly weakness. Act out scenes where you can save the day, such as catching a falling star or saving a lost puppy, and design your own superhero costume and superhero symbol! Sharing for parents on the last day.

WB26 Mini Masterminds

$120
Calendar Dec 28, 2026 at 9:30 am

WB26

Grades K-1 • Dec. 28, 29, 30 • 9:30 AM-11:30 AM • $110 Subscribers/$120 Non-subscribers

Calling all masterminds! Create your own supervillain character, complete with a special silly superpower. Build an imaginary secret lair, practice dramatic whispers and big booming laughs and navigate "laser" mazes made of yarn. Parent sharing on the final day!

W26 Creative Drama I: Imagination Station

$195
Calendar Jan 9, 2027 at 9 am, runs for 9 weeks

W27 Creative Drama I: Imagination Station

Preschool-Kindergarten (must have turned 4 by 9/15/2025) • Saturdays, 9:00-9:55 AM, Jan. 9 – Mar. 6, 2027 • $185 Subscribers/$195 Non-subscribers

Each week we'll choose a different book to dramatize, along with other special items that we can use to tell the story. Is it a pencil or a giant’s toothpick? What else could it be? The sky’s the limit when we use our imaginations in this creative drama class. 

*Sharing time for parents on the final day

SB27 The Stories of Drew Daywalt

$195
Calendar Mar 15, 2027 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 1-2 • March 15-19, 2027 • 9:00 AM-12:00 PM • $185 Subscribers/$195 Non-Subscribers

Unleash your inner artist and step into the hilarious world of Drew Daywalt’s books. Bring colorful characters to life, from the dramatic crayons of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, to the legendary warriors of Rock Paper Scissors. Play theatre games, act out favorite stories, and create colorful props and backdrops. We'll have a  "share-formance" on the final day for family and friends!





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