402 Acting Academy Update: FALL 2021

The 402 Acting Academy continues to blossom into a program the 402 Arts Collective, and it’s supportive community, can be proud of. Over the past three months, a great deal of effort was conducted to create and launch our instructional services. With a sharp focus on our mission, to provide guidance for the journey of stage, screen, and life, as well as a commitment to ingraining our core values (Affirm, Trust, Listen, Create) into who we are, the 402 Acting Academy is excited to share these important updates:

• A successful launch and completion of the first Young Actors Tool Belt course

• New enrollment for private instruction, including from current student referrals

• New enrollment in our group acting class, including an out of state enrollee

• Further progress in partnering with two Omaha Metro schools (OPS and MPS) to bring our unique Improv Academy curriculum into their classrooms

•  The return of Nicole Callahan, as Acting Instructor, with her skills and abilities to provide

  screen acting instruction

• An agreement with the CAP (Citylight Art Project) to begin offering group classes and group courses on the stage in their space, which is only five blocks East of the 402’s Benson building.

• We continue to be encouraged by the conversations and feedback from our students. Most importantly, we are experiencing the results of being positive influencers, as we are called to be.