Acting and Theater Classes for Kids, Teens & Adults
Mason's Potomac Arts Academy and Acting For Young People (AFYP) have joined forces to bring you the absolute best in acting and theater classes to our community!
Our energizing collaboration allows us to give you a greater opportunity to experience professional level theater and acting training. Look for expanded programs, exciting new offerings, and new class and performance spaces!
The goal at AFYP is to provide actors of all ages with professional-level training in a supportive and fun environment. Through this training, we hope to help our actors develop skills that will serve them in all walks of life, on stage and off. Our faculty is made up of working professionals in the industry – actors, directors and teaching artists who are constantly honing their skills through their creative endeavors and bringing those skills back to share with our students.
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Thanks for your vote! Acting For Young People is pleased to receive this award from Family Magazine. We appreciate our families and endeavor to give them the best possible theater instruction experience. Our collaboration with Potomac will increase our ability to serve you better! |
NOTE: To register for theater classes, please visit the AFYP website.
Semester: Spring 2012 (mid/February to mid/May)
 SHOWCASES: Full performance showcases are presented at the end of each semester! |
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ACTING COACHES: (see AFYP site for full roster)
Mary Lechter, AFYP Founder/President
Mary has been working professionally as an actor in the Metropolitan Washington area, Los Angeles, and New York since 1985. A graduate of University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theater and Speech Communications, she has worked at Washington area theaters including Theater of the First Amendment, Arena Stage, Studio Theatre, and Source Theatre. Television, radio and film credits include ABC’s All My Children, Barry Levinson’s Avalon, Diesel Films’ Dracula’s Mother, the recent MGM/Lionsgate thriller Hit and Run, and several spots for NPR’s Morning Edition. Mary is Founder, President and Director of A Class Act – Acting for Young People & Adults, Inc. (AFYP). Founded in 1997, the program provides professional-level acting training for students of all ages. She is also Artistic Director for AFYP’s new sister organization, AFYP Stages. The new company is dedicated to producing plays for young audiences and their families. She is also a proud member of George Mason University’s faculty, in the Department of Theater and School of Music. Applying acting skills in the business world, Mary’s corporate training clients include D.R. Horton Realtors, The D.C. Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, The D.C. Life Underwriters Foundation, and the Law Firm of Weiner, Rohrstaff & Spivey. Mary is a member of The Screen Actors Guild, The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actor’s Equity Association, The American Association for Theater Educators, Americans for the Arts, and the Educational Theatre Association.
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