The Drama department takes part in every single stage performance at CAPA. Young students are trained to use lights and cameras and other special equipment to make the show spectacular.

Courses

Method Acting
• Students learn how to get in touch with and become the character they are portraying.

Children's Theatre
• This course teaches how to do acting for threatre for children, and the students even do the 'CAPA Caravan' - a traveling show that visits the elementary schools of Philadelphia. To find out more about 'CAPA Caravan', click here.

Film and TV
• Film and TV is a course that teaches acting for the media.

Plays
• The Drama department gives us a little taste of their talent several times a year by performing musicals such as "Once Upon a Mattress," "The Wiz", and Shakespearean plays like "Julius Caesar."

Performances
• Even if it isn't an exclusive Drama performance, (Dance or Instrumental, for example) the department still makes it their business. Looking for ways to help out, the CAPA stage crew is trained to professionally put on the show with sound, lighting and video.

The drama department does not teach their classes in just any class room. The classes are held in either our new, advanced theater or one of three special "black boxes." CAPA also boasts a state of the art film studio and television technology center.