Mill Mountain Theatre Conservatory is offering eleven classes for students in Kindergarten through Adult. Courses include Musical Theatre Dance, Middle & High School Acting & Improv, Foundations of Design, Tap Dance, Elementary Music Theatre & more! Select classes will be held in-person while others will be completely virtual.
We are so excited to welcome three incredible teaching artists to our Spring Class roster this upcoming semester.
Alexia Buckner | Community Engagement Coordinator & Teaching Artist
Alexia Buckner is so happy to be joining the Mill Mountain family! As a Memphis native, she understands the power of good food, good music, and live entertainment. She is a recent graduate of the Dobbins Conservatory at Southeast Missouri State University. During her time in school, she was given many opportunities to star in shows as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act, Beneatha Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, and the ferocious Dragon in Shrek the Musical. She was last seen on the Mill Mountain stage as Lily Polkadots in Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical! When she is not on stage, she loves to spend her time in aerial gyms, traveling, hosting workshops with Theatrical Intimacy Education, and watching baking competition shows. Follow her @thealexiabuckner to see what else she’s working on!
Join Alexia In:
- Elementary Music Theatre (In-person) | Register here
- Middle & High School Music Theatre (In-person) | Register here
- Middle & High School Acting & Improv (In-person) | Register here
Claire Wittman | Teaching Artist
Claire Wittman is a playwright presently employed by the Jug Broke Theatre Company at Colonial Williamsburg, where she spends her days writing and performing plays based on 18th-century history and literature. She attended the Hollins University MFA Playwright’s Lab, where she was delighted to work with young performers from Mill Mountain and all over the country on her latest play, a TYA adaptation of Charlotte Lennox’s highly underrated 1752 novel The Female Quixote! Claire loves her cat Juliet, her fiancé Ryan, and Jane Austen. To learn more about her work, please visit clairewittman.com.
Join Claire in:
- Playwriting (Virtual) | Register here
Josie Wiegandt | Teaching Artist
Josie Wiegandt is a Roanoke native who grew up in the Mill Mountain Theater family. She is currently finishing her theater degree at The New School, where she has concentrated on directing and education. Josie has also taught for the I Have a Dream Foundation in New York, bringing theater education to under-resourced communities. She is thrilled to be on board at Mill Mountain and to collaborate with the Science Museum of Southwestern Virginia.
Join Josie in:
- K-5th Grade Acting & Creative Movement (Virtual) | Register here
Register for Spring Classes at Mill Mountain Theatre Conservatory here: millmountain.org/class
