Kaleidoscope Youth Theater’s Fall Class Session culminated in a wonderful Showcase performance where participants in KYT’s after school program, Club Kaleidoscope, strutted their stuff to show off the skills they have been building over the past eight week session. The Showcase included everything from improv and theater game demos to tap dancing and belting out classic musical theater numbers. The various acting classes wowed the audience with their scene work ­ the 3rd­5th Grade class showed attendees how a well timed spider is a great way to put an end to girl’s primping in the bathroom while the Sparks class (ages 4­2nd Grade) struggled as scarecrows trying to escape their poles in order to stop their fellow scarecrow’s snoring. Instructors discussed Kaleidoscope’s philosophy and applauded their students for helping to maintain a safe and positive learning environment where encouragement is an expected norm and teamwork is forefront. The audience left the Kaleidoscope Playhouse smiling, one member even commenting, “There is no better way I could have started my day.”

Kaleidoscope Youth Theater offers quality after school educational programs with a focus on teaching drama, musicality, improvisation, stagecraft and more to students K­12. "Club Kaleidoscope,” has three sessions of classes running from 8­10 weeks throughout the school year and each session ends with a showcase. Kaleidoscope’s Winter Class Session begins the week of January 5th, 2015 with offerings in various levels of acting, dance for the stage, musical theater combo, all­ages tap, and a combo “Sparks” class for K­2nd Grade aimed at teaching theater basics through theater game activities, puppetry, storytelling, script work, musical theater, and art crafts. Please visit KYT’s website ­ http://www.kytbozeman.org ­ or call the theater at (406) 587­3642 for more info on how you can join the fun.

About Kaleidoscope Youth Theater: Kaleidoscope Youth Theater (KYT) is a 501 (c) 3 organization, imagined by Stacy Hostetter in the spring of 2000. Kaleidoscope works on growing people, not just actors! KYT offers theater and fine arts enrichment opportunities to elementary age children through high school age youth using educational theater skill building classes, summer camps, and large musical productions performed for community audiences. With a strong educational focus, Kaleidoscope teaches the skills needed not only to perform a full theatrical production, but also that will add value to their everyday lives. Since the summer of 2000, KYT has produced over 120 class and Players’ shows for the stage with over 700 pieces of music, performing original plays written by Artistic & Program Director, Stacy Hostetter.