Frederick
Maryland
Free Range Humans
Mission
Free Range Humans redefines the limits of theatrical experience by immersing audiences and participants in stories and locations that fire the imagination, celebrate the human search for meaning, and awaken our sense of communal storytelling through exhilarating productions and inspirational creator-based performing arts education accessible to all.
Values
The Free Range Kids & Teens educational programs:
- Grounds itself in storytelling, empathy, and humanizing others
- Welcomes all racial and cultural backgrounds, practices color conscious casting, and provides students with equal opportunity
- Honors all gender identities and chooses class material that allows for a range of expression
- Respects personal and religious boundaries when choosing costumes
- Includes historical context for all disciplines
- Offers opportunities for students to create and share their unique voices using what they’ve learned
- Encourages students to explore, experiment, and contribute to the full picture of what it means to make performing arts happen.
Recent News
Our Winter Family Programming Starts January 28, 2023
Family Programming Starts January 28, 2023! Our Winter Family Series starts today! Laugh, dance, sing, and marvel at these extraordinary performers. All ages welcome! Theatricks, A Circus Experience, January 28 Mr Jon & Friends, February…
Read More »Free Range Humans - Restarting After the Holidays
Happy New Year! The website is finally working again! I still have work to do to make it flow, but all classes and events are there, ready for registration, and accurate in the calendar. If you have trouble finding anything, please let me know and…
Read More »Free Range Humans : Try It Free Week - Help Us Spread The Word
Try Something New & Help Us Spread the Word We believe in the transformative power of creativity and collaboration. We have seen the programs we are offering get kids off their screens and present in the room with others, exercising their…
Read More »Free Range Humans - Fall Classes Start This Week
Activating Creativity in 3...2... Welcome back from the summer and I hope your school year is off to a great start! I confess I've been lax on communicating. I've opened two professional productions out of town in the last month. The best part…
Read More »Free Range Humans - Classes And Events For The 2022-2023 School Year Are Up
The 2022-2023 School Year Schedule is Posted! We’ve got some great new programs, some next level versions of last year’s programs, and a lot of shows. Time to sign up! Free Range Kids Free Range Teens Pre-Professional Media &…
Read More »Free Range Humans - Summer Showcase, Fall Musical, and Four More Weeks of Summer!
Summer Halftime Summary So far this summer we've made two short films, put on a circus and two plays, created shadow puppets and marionettes, journeyed into Dungeons & Dragons adventures, sewn creatures into being, and written a…
Read More »Coming Up This Week at Free Range Kids - July 5, 2022
Coming Up This Week We hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. Coming up this week... Puppetry Crafting & Performances - Wed-Fri, Jul 5-8, 10:00a-1:00p - Ages 7-11 We’ll make puppets and learn to tell stories with them. Each session…
Read More »Free Range Humans - Audition Notice: Ordinary Days
Audition Notice for Ordinary Days Free Range Humans is casting both a Professional and a Pre-Professional cast for the musical ORDINARY DAYS. STORY: ORDINARY DAYS follows four New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they each search for love,…
Read More »Free Range Humans Two Weeks From Summer Break
Summer's Almost Here! 10% Off Thru May 31st with code Purplesummer Summer Overview Look for Classes by Age Look for Classes by Interest Performing Not Performing Neurodiversity Filmmaking Circus Arts Design & Crafting…
Read More »Free Range Humans - Summer Camps, Classes, And Weekly Activities
The end of school is less than a month away! Register now for our fun, social, and creative summer classes. 10% Off Thru May 31st with code PURPLESUMMER This view lists available full day experiences by age. Register for blocks of classes for…
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