Introducing: The Connecting Card For Tuesday Morning Activities!
Starting October 2025, there will be a fee for weekly classes and we introduce the Connecting Card for Tuesday morning programming. Purchase the card that works for you!
It’s easy to join us once, twice or for all 32 weeks of Tuesday mornings with Connecting
Through Theatre weekly classes.
Weekly Activities Fee structure:
Drop-in single class = $20.00
Five-class card = $90.00
Ten-class card = $170.00
Fifteen-class card = $250.00
Additional specialty workshops and Audience 101 excursions will be offered individually with
their own payment options.
We accept cash, credit card…and volunteer hours!
We recognize that for some, paying cash is not always a viable option. In the spirit of
accessibility and strengthening connections, we’re introducing a Connecting Through
Volunteerism Exchange option for those who wish to redeem Theatre on the Ridge volunteer
service hours for a portion of their program activities.
Purchase Your Connecting Card Here
CTT Single Class $20.00 – Purchase Here
CTT 5 Card Class $90.00 – Purchase Here
CTT 10 Card Class $170.00 – Purchase Here
CTT 15 Card Class $250.00 – Purchase Here
Attend a play, try an acting class, sit with the actors and be part of a staged reading,
learn a new skill. It’s all possible with Connecting Through Theatre. This popular
program of theatre and theatre-related activities welcomes adults of all ages, with no
previous experience or knowledge of theatre required or long-term commitment to
participate.
The perfect way to meet new friends and feed a love of all things theatre!
Please read the program descriptions below and purchase your Connecting Card.
If you are new to the program, please fill out the registration form at the bottom of the
page to be added to our program newsletter list.
Whitby Courthouse Theatre Presents: Peter and the Starcatcher
As part of our Connecting Through Theatre program, we will be attending
Whitby Courthouse Theatre’s production of Peter and the Starcatcher on
Saturday, November 15th at 2pm
Fall 2025 Activities Have Begun!
Scene Study with Michael & Annette
1st and 3rd Tuesday of Every Month
10:30am – Noon:
at Port Perry Church of the Ascension
Let’s Do Lunch
1st Tuesday of the Every Month
Noon – 1pm
at Port Perry Church of the Ascension
First Read Club with Carey
1st Tuesday of the Month
1 – 3 pm:
at Scugog Memorial Public Library
Animated Acting with Carey
2nd Tuesday of Every Month
10:30am – Noon
at Port Perry Church of the Ascension
Wordplay Writing Lab with Carey
4th Tuesday of Every Month
10:30am – Noon
at Port Perry Church of Ascension
Connecting Through Theatre Tuesday Morning Activities
October 2025 – May 2026
Scene Study, First Read Club continue!
NEW – Animated Acting, WordPlay Writing Lab and Pot Luck Lunches!
We are also opening the program to adults of all ages!
Tuesdays, 10:30 am – Noon
Port Perry Anglican Church of the Ascension,
266 North St., Port Perry
Scene Study
Do you marvel at the ability of your favourite actors to create interesting and complex characters, sometimes even from the most unassuming script? Are you curious about the process of how they go from words on a page to characters that seem so genuine and original?
We explore short scenes, and discuss and try out some of the techniques actors employ to present what you ultimately see on stage, in films, and on TV. The classes are free, informal, and don’t require any previous acting experience. You can just come to one, or as many as you please. Come out and meet some new people, learn something new, and have a laugh or two!
1st Read
Read plays, dig into text and gain insight into live theatre creative and production processes.
Our First Read Club invites you to the production table with Theatre on the Ridge artistic staff and artists. Each session will feature a new play to be read aloud followed by creative discussion and conversation.
This Month’s Read: The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion by Stephen Massicotte
Suffering the aftermath of the Great War, and foreseeing the dawning of new ones, the Oxford Roof Climbers, the Benevolent Order of, lay siege to a sleepy university town. The members include Colonel T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) and poet, Captain Robert Graves.
A stand against stands, a dare to end all daring, a doing that protests doings; the two haunted men—armed with a talent for practical jokes—grasp at love and dare to imagine a new world.
Animated Acting
Get your acting off the page and out of your head with some animated acting!
Acting skills are not only good for your brain, they’re good for your physical well-being and, by
engaging your body more, you’ll sharpen your mind, wake up your body and create a stronger
connection between the two. Onstage, you’ll also create a stronger connection with your script
and your scene partners.
Feel good, have fun and refresh your approach to stagecraft with un-intimidating theatre games,
vocal warm ups and acting exercises that lead to discoveries on and off stage. Animated Acting
is the perfect complement to our scene study classes and 1 St Read Club. No previous acting
experience required. Attend when you can.
Word Playwriting Lab
It all begins with the playwright! Spend some time exploring a variety of playwriting and creative exercises designed to flex your own creative voice muscles. Whether you’ve done any kind creative writing before or are just curious about how playwrights create their work, our Wordplay Lab is the opportunity to learn, share and make time to write. The emphasis of Wordplay is on writing, not creating a play.
Writing of any kind is an excellent form of self-expression and can be part of anyone’s well-
being practice. Time and group comfort levels permitting each session, we’ll read personal
works in progress and discuss plays and playwrights. No previous writing or acting experience
required. Attend when you can!
Let’s Do Lunch – 1st Tuesday of the Month
On the first Tuesday of each month, First Read Club sessions will continue at the Scugog
Memorial Public Library. Take both a Scene Study class AND a First Read Club session and join
our new monthly potluck lunch. These lunches are a way for participants to connect on a new
level. Sharing food, traditions, customs and views over a delicious meal, builds friendships and
support. New? Bring your favourite dish to share. Friends already? Bring something new and
fun to share. Note that your own brown bag lunch is okay too.
Connecting Through Volunteer Time Exchange
Every two hours of volunteer time can be redeemed for one weekly Connecting Through Theatre Activity @ only $5.00.
Four hours of volunteer time will offset the cost of specialty workshops by 50% of the workshop
fee.
Volunteering with us can range from weekly behind the scenes collection maintenance,
occasional Front of House assistance or promo/marketing assistance to Connecting Through
Theatre activity set up and one time only event support.
Purchase Your Connecting Card Here
CTT Single Class $20.00 – Purchase Here
CTT 5 Card Class $90.00 – Purchase Here
CTT 10 Card Class $170.00 – Purchase Here
CTT 15 Card Class $250.00 – Purchase Here
Connecting Through Theatre Registration Form
Fill out your name, email, phone number and please indicate the dates and programs you would like to be a part of.
