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Xclaim! Performance Academy

Xclaim! Performance Academy develops professional theatre performance skills with once per week semester classes that exhibit their work for families and guests.

Nurturing Youth Artists

Xclaim! believes in the value of youth artists and their artistic works.  Xclaim! engages quality artists as instructors and directors.

Academy Benefits

Xclaim! offers special discounts, preferred casting and other exclusive opportunities for Performance Academy students!  

Registration for 2025 FALL performance Academy

2025 Xclaim! FALL PERFORMANCE ACADEMY CLASSES

Be an Xclaimer! - where EVERY child is a STAR!

Open House! 502 College st. 42101 on 11th 2p-4p


Xclaim! Performance Academy provides pre-professional experience and training to youth and adults in a variety of performance genres meant to provide skills for stage performers.  Classes meet once per week for one hour each (WEE Theatre meets 45 minutes) for the entire semester - August 11 - November 22.

 

ACTING - Ages 7-Adult.  

Course focuses primarily on building skills for stage performance with emphasis on deep understanding of character, physical control, mental focus, and building intensity of emotion onstage.

YOUTH ACTING - Ages 7-10  Mondays 5:30p-6:30p

TWEEN ACTING - Ages 10-13  Tuesdays 5:30p-6:30p

TEEN/ADULT ACTING - Ages 13 - Adults  Wednesdays 5:30p-6:30p

Students must obtain instructor approval to register for a class time outside their age group.


DANCE - Ages 7-18.  Tuesdays 6:30p-7:30p

Group exercises in strength, flexibility, rhythm & musicality prepare students for floor exercises and drills meant to teach dance steps & combinations used most frequently in musical theatre and Broadway productions.  Basic technique and vocabulary will be taught through short combinations and class choreography.  This unique mix of dance styles, tumbling and acrobatics prepares musical theatre performers.  Students in dance class need proper jazz dance shoes, tap dance shoes and should keep their hair pulled back out of their face and secured.


VOICE - Ages 7-Adult.  Wednesdays 4:30p-5:30p

Group exercises and vocal drills teach blending, vocal control, tone purity and breath control.  Focus on proper vocal technique to ensure healthy singing! Individual vocal assignments will challenge personal growth and teach solo techniques used by professional vocalists & Broadway musical theatre performers.


WEE Theatre - Ages 4-6.  Tuesdays 4:45p-5:30p

Games & activities featuring children’s songs, rhymes & fairy tales will teach motor control, listening, following instructions and teamwork. Stage concepts include facing the audience and speaking loudly and clearly.


THEATRE TECHNOLOGY - Ages 11-Adult.  Mondays 4:30p-5:30p

Course will include concepts behind the use of sound and lighting in theatrical productions.  Core content features a hands-on approach to the preparation, design, programming, and maintenance of various sound and lighting equipment.  Assignments will include assisting creation and implementation of sound and lighting designs for 2025 Fall Xclaim! Productions.


Scroll down to view the 2025 Fall Performance Academy Policies and Procedures for details and expectations for camp.  Also find the following forms:

Registration Information - Important dates and needs for class

Registration Form - Must be submitted for each student

Student Confirmation - contains details for each student to take home

Registration BEGINS Soon!

To register with check, scroll down to download and print forms:

  Registration Form

  Parental Consent Form


Send these forms and check payable to Xclaim, Inc. to:

  Xclaim, Inc.

  502 College St.

  Bowling Green, KY 42101


To pay with credit card online, click the button below:

(Online fees apply.  Online registrants must submit Parental Consent Form to info@xclaiminc.com before class to attend)


Scroll down to see paperwork!

2025 Xclaim! Fall Performance Academy paperwork and forms

COMING SOON!

Policies and Procedures contains detailed explanation of logistics and rules.

Registration Information contains important dates and supplies needed.

Registration Form is required to register.

Parental Consent Form is required for all campers.

Parental Consent and Medical Release Form (pdf)Download

registering more than one Student?

    Registration for 2026 SUMMER performance CAMPS

    2026 Xclaim! SUMMER PERFORMANCE CAMPS

    2026 SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION AVAILABLE MARCH 2026.


    Be an Xclaimer! - where EVERY child is a STAR!


    Xclaim! Summer Performance Camps meet the first three weeks of June, offering a different focus each week.  All camps require attendance each day for the full camp time.  Please see 2025 Summer Camp Policies and Procedures below for details.


    ACTING CAMP TBA - JUNE 1-5; Ages 7-18; Deadline: May 15

    Campers will present a non-musical stage play TBA on Friday evening.  Campers will be divided into groups based on age.  Daily workshops will include acting, costuming, scenery, props, sound and lighting.  All campers will be assigned speaking roles in the final performance.

    Ages:  7-18 Reading ability and imagination are important to success in this camp.

    Camp Meets: June 1-5, Monday through Friday, 9:30am-3:00pm

    Drop-Off: 9:15am, bring a sack lunch!

    Pick-Up: 3:00pm Be on time. Park at pick up – Don’t block the driveway!

    Camp Capacity: 12 minimum, 26 maximum

    Performance: Friday, June 5 at 6:00pm. Camper call time: 5:30pm. 

    Tickets: $5 each. Performance is 75 minutes.


    MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP TBA - JUNE 8-13; Ages 7-18; Deadline: May 22
    Campers will produce a musical stage play TBA in one week!  All campers will have vocal solos and/or speaking lines in the final performance.

    Ages:  7-18. All campers will sing and dance.

    Camp Meets: Monday through Friday, June 8-12, 9:30am-3:00pm AND Saturday, June 13, 9:30am-12:00pm. 

    Drop-Off: 9:15am, bring a sack lunch!

    Pick-Up: 3:00pm Be on time. Park at pick up – Don’t block the driveway!

    Camp Capacity: 12 minimum, 26 maximum

    Performance:  Saturday, June 13 at 12:00pm. 

    Tickets: $5 each. Performance is 75 minutes.


    WEE THEATRE CAMP TBA- JUNE 15-19; Ages 4-6; Deadline: May 29

    Use your imagination as WEE Campers stage fun songs and scenes TBA!  This camp focuses on introducing children to theatre and performing.  All campers will perform vocal solos and/or speaking lines - parental help with memorizing will be essential.

    Ages: 4-6

    Camp Meets: June 15-19, Monday through Friday, 9:30am-12:00pm

    Drop-Off: 9:15am Pick-Up: 12:00pm Be on time. Park at pick up – Don’t block the driveway!

    Camp Capacity: 6 minimum, 12 maximum

    Performance: Friday, June 19 at 12:00pm. Tickets are free. Performance is 10 minutes.


    Scroll down to view the 2026 Summer Camp Policies and Procedures for details and expectations for camp.  Also complete the following forms:

    2026 Summer Camp Registration Form - Must be submitted for each camper

    Parental Consent and Medical Release Form - Must be submitted for each camper

    Registration DeadlineS may 15!

    To register with check, scroll down to download and print forms:

      2025 Summer Camp Registration Form

      Parental Consent Form


    Send these forms and check payable to Xclaim, Inc. to:

      Xclaim, Inc.

      502 College St.

      Bowling Green, KY 42101


    To pay with credit card online, click the button below:

    (Online fees apply.  Online registrants must submit Parental Consent Form to info@xclaiminc.com before camp to attend)


    Scroll down to see paperwork!

    2026 Xclaim! SUMMER Performance CAMPS paperwork and forms

    2026 SUMMER CAMP FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MARCH 2026.  Check back then!

    Policies and Procedures contains detailed explanation of logistics and rules.

    Registration Form is required to register.

    Parental Consent Form is required for all campers.

    Parental Consent and Medical Release Form (pdf)Download

    executive director

         Christopher H. Cherry  is founding Executive Director of Xclaim, Inc., a non-profit performance arts organization providing unique performance opportunities for youth.     This Bowling Green, KY native is no stranger to local arts and youth programs.  He graduated Western Kentucky University, Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Performing Arts with concentrations in Musical Theatre & Directing.  Cherry directed the Sunburst Youth Theatre as Director of Education for Public Theatre of Kentucky for 5 years and then founded the Capitol Arts Youth Theatre, for which he served as Artistic Director for more than 3 years.  He served 2-year positions as Theatre-Artist-in-Residence for Kaleidoscope, a positive youth development program, and as an ambassador for the Youth Alliance, both in Bowling Green.  Cherry also served on the board of directors for Fountain Square Players, Bowling Green's community theatre, for 3 years.

         Christopher has worked on more than 500 productions as director, choreographer, stage manager & actor for professional theatre companies in Philadelphia, Louisville, Nashville and Atlanta.  He has taught youth classes, workshops and private lessons in acting, auditioning, movement, musical theatre, technical theatre, and voice & diction for stage for 25 years.

         Many of his students are seeking professional degrees or working theatre  professionals, commercial actors or models for runway and print.  Christopher strongly believes that young people should be valued as artists and given support, training and encouragement for their artistic aspirations.

    Christopher Cherry

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