Story Players

A playful, drop-off theater class for kindergarten–2nd grade students.

Story Players : Summer Studio

Story Players is a playful, drop-off theater class for kindergarten–2nd grade students who love stories, imagination, and creative play.

In our summer session, we open up into a more expansive studio experience — where children build worlds, invent characters, and bring their ideas to life through movement, improvisation, and collaborative storytelling. Each week invites new inspiration while staying rooted in a familiar class rhythm, so kids feel confident, supported, and excited to participate.

Through theater games, movement, and guided play, students explore how stories are built — and how to express them using their voices, bodies, and big ideas.

This class focuses on creativity, confidence, listening, and teamwork rather than memorization or pressure to perform. Together, students will co-create original scenes and share their work in a light, informal way at the end of the session.

Preregistration is now open for currently enrolled families!

Registration opens for everybody on May 1st.

Ages: Kindergarten–2nd Grade

  • Day: Mondays

  • Time: 4:30–5:30 pm

  • Session Dates: June 8 - Aug. 3rd

    • (No class 7/6)

  • Length: 8 weeks

  • Tuition: $300 1st child, $200 sibling

  • Drop-off

  • Small Class Size

  • Location: Tenn Little Birds, East Nashville

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You can join us anytime! Come play, imagine, and create with us by trying a class during our current session.

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Let’s Make Stories Together

At EAST Collective, we believe theater should feel accessible, playful, and rooted in imagination. Story Players offers a warm, supportive space for young performers to explore storytelling through movement, games, and collaboration.

If you’re wondering whether this class is the right fit, we’re happy to help — reach out with any questions about readiness or scheduling.

What we’ll explore:

Four children standing in a line on stage, looking at scripts during a performance or rehearsal, with stage decorations including stars in the background.

  • Theater games that build confidence and collaboration

  • Creative movement and expressive voice

  • Characters, settings, and story structure

  • Improvisation and simple scene work

  • Being part of an ensemble (working as a group)

  • What happens at the beginning, middle, and end

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