Sign up for Our 2025-2026 Workshops — For Free!
Join CPC’s expert workshop leaders for these free sessions. These are great opportunities to learn new things, sharpen your theatre skills, and make new friends in a fun, casual environment.
All workshops will be held at the Players’ Studio, 435 Josiah Bartlett Road, Concord, NH. For directions to the Studio, please CLICK HERE
Registration for the following workshops is now open!
Improv Workshop
with Travis Laughlin — September 27, October 4, 11, and 25 (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm)
Join us for a four-week class in improvisational theater! Both beginning and experienced actors are welcome and will be introduced to improv fundamentals like group agreement, scene building, character heightening, scene editing and object work. The approach will be geared towards the performance of long-form improvisations such as the Harold, but will touch on short-form games as well. In the final class, members will have the opportunity to perform a short improv set for family and friends.
The instructor, Travis Laughlin, will incorporate elements of his training in improv comedy at iO Chicago and at the Meisner Technique school Playhouse West in Los Angeles. Travis has performed professionally for many years, appearing in the Wild West Chronicles and Tall Tales of Jim Bridger on the INSP network, the films Glass Casa, Love’s Playlist, and Do Us Part, and has performed on stage with the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, iO Los Angeles and the Community Players.
Admission to this series is free, but contact Cynthia.Dickinson@communityplayersofconcord.org to register.
Finding, Making, and Running Stage Properties
with Cindy Dickinson — Saturday, November 1 (9 am – 12 noon)
Join the CPC for our Stage Props workshop on Saturday, November 1, from 9am-noon at the Players Studio (435 Josiah Bartlett Rd., Concord).
In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the importance of props (hand props, personal props, practicals, and set dressing) as they contribute to the practical and artistic success of a show.
Participants will:
Explore the role and responsibilities of a Properties Manager
Create a working prop list for a selected scene
Pull a list of props from CPC prop storage
Organize and tape out prop placement and shelving
Create a prop food item using instant mashed potatoes
Draw a rudimentary design for a prop
Explore materials in CPC storage for possible prop construction.
If possible, please bring a laptop and dress in casual clothes.
Workshop leader Cindy Dickinson has been working in professional, community, and educational theatre since 1975. She spent many summers as Properties Manager for The Peterborough Players.
Admission to this workshop is free, but contact Cynthia.Dickinson@communityplayersofconcord.org to register.
Set Building
with Rick Silverberg — February 19, 26, and March 12 (6:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
This is a single workshop with three sessions.
Admission to this series is free, but contact Cynthia.Dickinson@communityplayersofconcord.org to register.
The following workshops are planned, with dates to be announced soon.
- Make-up for the Stage with Greg Stuart and Rachel Sargent
- Diction for the Stage with Wayland Bunnell
- Emotions and Acting 2 with Wayland Bunnell
- Scene Painting with Jazmine Jade
- Players’ History with Jim Webber
- Workshops on Shakespeare and Beginning Dance
To sign up now for the scheduled workshops or to express interest in the to-be-scheduled workshops, please email Workshop Coordinator Cindy Dickinson at Cynthia.Dickinson@communityplayersofconcord.org
Questions? Please contact Cindy Dickinson at Cynthia.Dickinson@communityplayersofconcord.org