Acting Out!

Acting Out! is a partnership with Sheridan County School District 2, which features an after-school residency at each of the 5 elementary schools in Sheridan. At the culmination of the residency, students perform a play for their families and other after school students.

In the 2026-27 School Year, Acting Out students will work with a teaching artist over the course of 6 weeks to practice acting skills and prepare for a showcase performance. During the program, students will develop their theater literacy and creativity; build social and emotional skills such as empathy, awareness of cause and effect and self-management; and practice physical movement and expression. Plus, the Acting Out students will get to take a field trip for a Backstage Tour at the WYO Theater.

Families interested in getting their 3rd-5th Graders involved should contact their After School Coordinator. The planned schedule for Acting Out coming to each school is: Highland Park from Sept-Oct 2025; Henry A. Coffeen from Nov-Dec, 2025; Woodland Park and Sagebrush from Jan-Feb, 2026; and Meadowlark from Feb-Apr, 2026.

In previous years, students devised their own original plays over the course of a 9-week residency.

Production History of Original Plays: Three Merry Mice Meek (Henry A. Coffeen Elementary, 2022); Once Upon a Friendship (Sagebrush Elementary, 2023); Ella and the Three Trolls (Woodland Park Elementary, 2023); The Littlest Porcupine (Meadowlark Elementary, 2023); The Roommates (Highland Park Elementary, 2024); The Baker and the Loompa Oompas (Sagebrush Elementary, 2024); The Not-so-Normal Emu (Henry A. Coffeen Elementary, 2024); The Boy Who Cried Taylor Swift (WoodlandPark Elementary; 2024); A Tail of Two Doggies (Meadowlark Elementary, 2024); The Giving Gown (Henry A. Coffeen Elementary, 2025); A Gal Who Cried Ghost (Highland Park, 2025); City Cat, Country Cat (Sagebrush, 2025).