A five week session where we dive into the fundamentals (and FUN!) of songwriting. Get inspired with writing prompts, inspiration and creativity, while exploring the backbone of every great song: Melody, Harmony, Rhythms and Lyrics. Meet other writers in our area and let your artistic voice shine! Our session will end with a showcase of our work, with the public invited to come listen and celebrate with us.

Bring your instrument. Keyboard provided. Those who don't play an instrument are welcome. Students have opportunity to co-write with other participants or write on their own as well. 

This is a class to develop Demo Reel Marketing Materials for adult actors. Some Scene Study experience is required or must be intermediate level and up at Moonlight.

Every actor needs DEMO REEL to market their work professionally. It can be hard to get PROFESSIONAL looking demo reel at the quality that shows the actor in a PROFESSIONAL light. It's also is an opportunity to experience filming. We will help build your marketing materials through shooting quality demo reels that look like real films. We will shoot two person scenes at Moonlight to get each actor a dramatic and comedic piece that shows them well. If actors are interested in filmmaking they will learn all about that as well during the week. Actors will be involved in writing and creating some of the material. They will also shoot and crew both their pieces and others. Will be a great time. We will also do our best to work with adult schedules during the week.

This class is for ADULTS 18+ / INTERMEDIATE LEVEL and UP at Moonlight. Or similar scene study experience. Feel free to email etarver@mac.com with questions.

Group vocal lessons and studio performance work all rolled into one class! This fun and engaging class teaching vocal techniques and fundamentals for great singing, including ear training, beginning harmony, agility and strength, all while singing our favorite pop, contemporary musical theater songs. Students will all have opportunities to sing solo pieces as well as do group singing with their peers, culminating in a showcase at the end of the season. Runs 12 weeks.

This professional scene study class is designed for actors who have either already had serious training, are working professionally already, have a theatre degree, or have studied with Estes previously and have been admitted. It is for Actors seeking to work professionally in Film, Television, and Theatre or to work at that level.  Class will focus on scene study, building an unbreakable sense of truth, and general fine tuning of acting technique.  This class will also be a good place for working actors to work their chops. We will also touch on dialects, and any requested work by the students. $50.00 Non-refundable deposit to reserve a spot. If you have not trained at Moonlight or with Estes please EMAIL ESTES before signing up to make sure the class is the right fit. Etarver@mac.com

This is an advanced acting class designed for actors who have already studied with Estes or have significant performance experience. Admitance into class will be by interview/audition only or through previous work with Estes. Techniques for Stage, Television, and Film will be addressed as well as skills working towards bold, strong character choices and professional level acting skills. Some current students are already working professionally or auditioning and performing regularly in theatre, film, and television. That is certainly not a requirement but must be committed to learning. $50.00 Non-refundable deposit to hold a spot. To interview email Estes at etarver@mac.com

This class is designed to give young actors a foundational knowledge of acting principles and practice working with comedic and dramatic texts. In an open and comfortable learning environment, students will explore ways to find the fun story of a scene. Class will use games and exercises to help build the reality of the world, create a character’s perspective and motivation, and explore the arc of their relationships. Students will study acting fundamentals including blocking, story arc, character development and also the exploration of audition technique and acting for stage and film. We will learn that there’s no way to do it right, there is the personal way of each actor. and that all the play we explore in class fits right into the world of an audition! The goal of this class is to encourage new and returning actors to go into their Showcase, classes and beyond with a firm, confident foundation under their feet and a hunger to learn and play more. A $50 deposit is required to hold a space in the class.

This will be a scene study class for the advanced actor. Actors must either have the recommendation of the instructor from the intermiediate level class, or have had sufficient training to be admitted. Class will focus on scene study, building an unbreakable sense of truth, and general fine tuning of acting technique. Students will work on performance and character development incorporating the techniques of Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner and Stanislavsky. Script analysis, sense of truth, and personalization will also be vital to developing your scenes and monologues. This will be a fun, safe learning environment culminating in a class showcase at the end for invited guests.

This will be a scene study class for the intermediate actor. Actors must either have at least one year of scene study in Fundamentals, or have the recommendation of the fundamentals instructor, or have had sufficient previous training to be admitted. Class will focus on taking the principals from fundamentals and apply them to help the actor take bigger personal risks and make stronger choices. This will be done primarily through scene study. Actors will continue to work on building a strong sense of truth, acting technique. Students will work on the fundamentals of performance and character development incorporating the techniques of Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner and Constantine Stanislavsky. Script analysis, sense of truth, and personalization will also be incorporated to help develop your scenes and monologues. This will be a fun, safe learning environment culminating in a class showcase at the end for invited guests.