For Youth
With classes in Acting, Dancing, Singing, and Improvisation, as well as Spring Break, Winter Break and Summer Theatre Camps, the FST School offers a wide range of opportunities for young artists year-round.
Welcome to the Florida Studio Theatre School. With classes in Acting, Dancing, Singing, Playwriting, and Improvisation, as well as Spring Break, Winter Break and Summer Theatre Camps, the FST School offers a wide range of opportunities year-round.
Whether your interest is to encourage personal creativity and confidence or serious theatrical training, we invite you to discover your child’s artistic home in the Florida Studio Theatre School.
FST’s classes for youth and teens are dedicated to nurturing individual creativity. We see young people not just as individuals, but as creative individuals.
Led by FST’s teaching staff of professional resident artists, students gain an understanding of theatre, acting method, stage technique, and literary skills. Students will also have access to performance opportunities throughout the year.
The skill and openness of the instructors, the creativity, and the charm of the theatre itself - we felt we had found the right place for our son at the FST School.
Ages 3-5
Ages 5-6
Ages 7-12
Ages 9-12
Ages 9-13
Ages 13-17
Spring Break Camps
Summer Camps
Partial and full scholarships are available
My daughter has always had a knack for performing, but has had a hard time overcoming her shyness. Ever since she started taking classes at FST, I have noticed an immense improvement in her confidence. We are truly ecstatic to see the change in her demeanor and self-esteem. The FST School has made it possible.
Meet Your Instructors
Rachel Moulton
Kacy Jones
Sarah Durham
David Stein
RACHEL MOULTON is in her 5th Season as an FST Associate Artist and welcomes 2024 assuming a new role as FST’s Director of Education. She has overseen FST School for Adults since the 2023 Season and serves as the lead acting instructor for adults. Since 2012, she has performed in 14 productions (including 5 world premieres) at FST. Notably: Ugly Lies the Bone, Paralyzed, Grounded, Maytag Virgin, Heisenberg, Honor Killing, Alabama Story, and Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Select Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, and Florida Rep. Off-Broadway: The Mint, Theatre 777, and Zelda Fitzgerald in the World Premiere of This Side of Paradise (Theatre at St. Clement’s). Training: Syracuse University, B.F.A. and Interlochen Arts Academy. Proud union member of AEA (18 yrs). RachelMoulton.com
KACY JONES recently graduated from Vanderbilt University where she studied Educational Studies and Theatre. Before becoming a Literary Apprentice at FST, Kacy taught theatre at Stagedoor Manor and served as the dramaturg for the 15th anniversary season of Dramafest. She has also served as the dramaturg on several student-run and regional productions in Nashville and South Carolina, where she grew up. Her favorite credit to date was as director/dramaturg for Vanderbilt Off-Broadway’s production of Dogfight. In her free time, Kacy likes to tell people her 14-point plan for how to make the Hallmark Channel more profitable.
SARAH DURHAM is a comedian and writer from Campbellsville, Kentucky, raised on Mel Brooks and Billy Graham. She is the Head Writer for FST Sketch and is the Improv Associate for FST Improv. At FST, Sarah is the Executive and Artistic Assistant to the Managing Director and is a writer for the Cabaret Stage and Children’s Theatre. Some of her recent credits include Cinderella, Laughing Matters, A Place in the Sun, and Deck the Halls. She hopes to continue to write joy into people’s lives.
DAVID STEIN is so excited to join the team at Florida Studio Theatre. He’s been working professionally in theater since he first started acting as a child at First Stage in Milwaukee. With his BFA in Acting from UW-Milwaukee, some of David’s favorite acting roles include Barrel in URINETOWN (UW-Milwaukee), Mr. Harari in RUINED (UW-Milwaukee) Igor in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Theatre Tallahassee) and Duncan in THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT (Bay Area Children’s Theatre) After school, David went to work with The Bay Area Children’s Theater in San Francisco where he was an apprentice, teaching classes and acting in their shows. From California, David went back to Milwaukee to enter the world of radio and was the on air Morning Show producer for the award winning Elizabeth & Radar show at 99.1 The Mix! While working there he also was the theater correspondent, interviewing cast members of the touring Broadway shows. David and his partner Hannah wrote and produced an original farce NOT TODAY in Milwaukee, unfortunately COVID cut the run short (but you can watch the play on YouTube!). In his free time, David loves to bake and make funny videos, from food tastings to comedy sketches. Theater runs through his veins, and he is ecstatic to be a part of the team at FST.