Acting and Theater Classes

Overview

Learn exciting acting and musical theater skills and explore improv and stage movement in challenging, impactful, and fun acting classes and theater showcases. Mason Community Arts Academy in Fairfax, Virginia offers the perfect blend of university-quality acting teachers and a supportive environment with other community members.

Programs include summer camps, showcase productions, workshops, and adult classes. 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.

Acting for Young People (AFYP), the Academy theater program, provides professional-level training in a supportive and fun environment that empowers actors of all ages with lifelong skills valuable both on stage and off. We create and present plays that harness the power of theater to engage and educate young minds on vital issues. AFYP programs impart life skills, raise awareness, build confidence, encourage creative thinking, build character and above all, nurture an appreciation for live theater in young audiences.

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Fall 2026