Dearing Acting Studio
Kid script class in Phoenix · Ages 5 to 11 · Mondays
Kid Script
A writer’s job is to write the words. An actor’s job is to bring those words to life.
Month to month. About a minute to sign up.
Great script should look, sound and feel like improv.
Dramatic scenes, commercials, film and TV sides and comedy.
What’s included
- Three classes a month, 80 minutes each
- Every class recorded to their private actor portal, to watch their own progress
- A showcase every quarter, with a one-on-one evaluation
- Month to month. New students start the first class of the month
- An approved use of Arizona ESA funds
The why
Why there are no levels.
Mastery-level training means the perspective of never-ending growth. A kid in their first month and a kid in their fifth year can be in the same class, and both leave better. Nobody gets the same note.
Why we teach listening.
Acting is reacting. The skill under every scene is listening at a high level. The same skill is under every conversation a kid will ever have, with a teacher, a friend, a parent.
Why every class is on camera.
We believe in the game tape. The teaching is recorded, the class is recorded, and the recording lives in their private actor portal.
The curriculum
We hold ourselves to the same standard we ask of our students: constant and never‑ending growth.
As we grow, the curriculum grows with us. If there is a better way to teach it, that is the way we will teach it.
What Script covers over a year
- Dramatic scenes and monologues
- Commercials and cold reads
- Film and TV sides, blocking for camera
- Comedic scenes and sketch
- Audition technique, on camera and in person
“In order to grow, you need scripts to score, you need to make choices about characters, and you need the pressure of an audition.”
This season’s dates
Three Mondays a month. New students begin on the first class of the month.
Mondays4:15 to 5:35 PM
- October 5, 12, 19
- November 2, 9, 16
- December Nov 30, 7, 14
- January 4, 11, 18, 25
Intensives
Kids and teens · One week in June
Valleywood Movie Camp
An original movie. Kids and teens audition, film and premiere it, all in one week.
Why we train the way we do
We are the club sports of acting.
Rec league is fun, and it has a purpose. Club is fun too, but the focus is different. Club is where you go to get better.
So the class is built like a set and a stage. Costumes and props come in, scenes get staged, and everyone gets the coaching, lead or not.
The showcase is when the lights come on and you see where you really are. In Improv the group puts up the improvised play, the form the highest level improvisers strive for, and we teach it to everybody.
4.9 stars · 234 Google reviews
“My twins have attended the Monday scripted youth class since June. They love the staff and the positive energy in every class!!!”
Aisha Overholt · parent, Google review
“It also has helped my daughter with public speaking and confidence.”
“My daughter loves it! She says, “everyone is so supportive and friendly. I always love going there and i learn a lot!””
Dearing
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Who teaches it
Matthew Dearing wrote the curriculum. He and Brian Sweeney teach it.
“You have to earn the critique.”
Matthew Dearing · founder
Mondays at 4:15. Start this month.
About a minute to sign up. The first class is the first Monday of the month. Taking Script and Improv? $230 a month for both.
Questions first? Call or text 480-313-9901 · All kid classes
Arizona ESA family? This class is an approved use of Empowerment Scholarship funds. Pay through ClassWallet, with the ESA debit card, or by reimbursement. How it works
