Catamount Arts

Tuesdays, October 14 - November 18, 2025

6:30-8:30pm

Catamount Arts Center, 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury

Instructor: William York Hyde

Would you like to have the poise and confidence that professional performers do?  By utilizing fun improv games, gentle acting exercises and a cross-over model of character development, this 6-week course will help participants to develop new life skills, gain more confidence and reveal, or improve, their latent acting abilities. The final class (hooray!) is an actual Vaudevillian stage revue of short plays and fun skits.  Several former students of this class are now active members of the St. J Players and the comedy troupe "You've Got To Be Kidding." If you’re a local performer or someone who just wants to gain a bit more confidence in public speaking, please come play with us.

Class fee: $150 (10% discount from Catamount Arts members and high school students). Catamount Arts is committed to offering quality arts experiences for all students, regardless of ability to pay; please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109 for information about scholarship funds.

William York Hyde, SAG-AFTRA member, has performed in movies, TV shows, radio broadcasts, commercials, voice-overs, and more than 130 stage productions.  Since settling in St. Johnsbury, William has taught acting classes for Catamount Arts, coached local high school actors, and founded a Vaudevillian comedy troupe, which performed at St. J Sparkles and First Night North, and is now booking future shows.  From coast to coast, from the Avant-garde to Shakespeare, from Renaissance Fairs to Broadway, William is keen to share his experiences and insights with curious, creative, and adventurous New Englanders.