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Published 8:51 am Tuesday, December 23, 2025<\/p>\n
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Ten Fifteen Productions will begin offering free theater education classes, beginning January.<\/p>\n
Danyelle Tinker, executive artistic director said the idea has been a year in the making.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past few years, we have noticed a sharp increase in enrollment on the occasions we\u2019ve been able to offer a class for free, while we often struggle to fill classes where any tuition is charged,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has indicated to us that many people are interested in learning theater arts, but cost is a barrier to those in our community. I\u2019m thrilled to have found a path toward making the arts more accessible to those in the Astoria area.<\/p>\n
The new program will be led by Sam Dinkowitz, whose background includes teaching theater to adults and children. A director and designer at the Ten Fifteen, Dinkowitz\u2019s goal is to offer courses in performance and technical facets of theater.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy striving to ritualize creativity, we will foster the spark of artistic expression in our community,\u201d he said. \u201cThe goal is to have participants think of these classes in the same way one considers their regular yoga class \u2013 they\u2019re training a muscle, it becomes part of who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n
The program is sponsored, in part, by a gift from the Kinsman Foundation. Classes will take place at the theater\u2019s newly acquired space located at 322 10th St., in Astoria. This is in the Odd Fellows building where the theater is located.<\/p>\n
The first quarter classes are all geared toward adults, and include acting fundamentals, improv, and sketch comedy writing. Classes begin the second week of January. Registration is open at www.thetenfifteentheater.com\/classes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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