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Tuesday January 6, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Depot Theater Grades 4-7: Art Thieves Conservatory - Depot Theater Grades 4-7: Art Thieves Conservatory Art Thieves ConservatoryDates: Tuesday 1/6-3/17 3:30-5. No class 2/17Performances: Tuesday 3/17 at 5pm and Sunday 3/22 at 2pmLocation: The Philipstown Depot TheaterAge: 4-8 gradeInstructor: Bill CoeliusCost: $395Class size: Max of 15Art Thieves Conservatory is a hands-on, fully immersive theatrical experience for the brilliant and sneaky. Improv, singing, dancing, monologues, writing, YouTube videos and smeared clown make-up all wait within the walls of the ATC. (Previous experience and/or actual skill at singing and dancing not required, and if bad at it, must be really bad.)Each year, the Art Thieves Conservatory chooses to steal a regular theater production and create their own version. The regular actors are cast aside, the programs are torn up, and the audience is locked in. Details to follow. (Keep this to yourselves for now, as we don't want to give it away!) Each Art Thieves Conservatory student must follow a modest but strict manifesto:1. No original props. You cannot use the original props of the stolen production. You must make your own with duct tape, newspaper, tin foil, and any recyclable material you can fit into your backpack. 2. No original lighting. You cannot use the lighting grid of the captured theater. You must use flashlights and scoop lights and anything else you can fit into your backpack. 3. We must write our own script. This stolen version is completely up to us. What does this play mean to you? You can keep what you want and toss the rest out the door. You can introduce new characters, monologues, dance numbers, or songs. Every production is stolen but original. Oh -- and performed in under 37 minutes (the average police department response time). The Dean of the Art Thieves Conservatory is professional actor Bill Coelius, a resident of Cold Spring, TV/Film teacher at T. Schreiber Studio in NYC, has over 20 years of arts in education experience and is wanted in over 43 states, 32 countries and counting. www.billcoelius.com

Thursday January 8, 2026
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Depot Theater Grades 1-3: Intro to Storytelling - Depot Theater Grades 1-3: Intro to Storytelling Myths and Tall Tales: Intro to StorytellingDates: Thursdays 1/8- 3/19 3:30-4:30 (No class 2/19)Performance: Thursday 3/19 at 5pmLocation: The Philipstown Depot TheaterAge: 1-3 GradeInstructor: Kira OnoderaCost: $350Class size: Max of 15In this class, our youngest performers will be guided through an exploration into the art of storytelling. Through theater games, collaborative storytelling and sensory work, each class we will delve into a new myth or tall tale. We will hear stories from ancient Greece, learn about American folklore heroes like John Henry and stir up trouble with the Monkey King. This class will touch on ideas of the structure and elements of a good story and the many ways we can use our imaginations to tell an exciting tale. We will be on our feet, using our bodies and simple materials to create masks and props. Our work together will culminate as we envision, stage and perform our own stories in front of friends and family.Kira OnoderaKira Onodera-Harrow has been acting since the age of 10. She performed in the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival twice before moving to New York to attend SUNY Purchase's Acting Conservatory. Kira has also performed as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as many downtown NYC theater productions at Theater For A New City and Three Legged Dog. She also has worked as a teaching artist with The 52nd Street Project and Living Voices Theater Company. She loves sharing her love of theater with children and storytellers of all ages!

Tuesday January 13, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Depot Theater Grades 4-7: Art Thieves Conservatory - Depot Theater Grades 4-7: Art Thieves Conservatory Art Thieves ConservatoryDates: Tuesday 1/6-3/17 3:30-5. No class 2/17Performances: Tuesday 3/17 at 5pm and Sunday 3/22 at 2pmLocation: The Philipstown Depot TheaterAge: 4-8 gradeInstructor: Bill CoeliusCost: $395Class size: Max of 15Art Thieves Conservatory is a hands-on, fully immersive theatrical experience for the brilliant and sneaky. Improv, singing, dancing, monologues, writing, YouTube videos and smeared clown make-up all wait within the walls of the ATC. (Previous experience and/or actual skill at singing and dancing not required, and if bad at it, must be really bad.)Each year, the Art Thieves Conservatory chooses to steal a regular theater production and create their own version. The regular actors are cast aside, the programs are torn up, and the audience is locked in. Details to follow. (Keep this to yourselves for now, as we don't want to give it away!) Each Art Thieves Conservatory student must follow a modest but strict manifesto:1. No original props. You cannot use the original props of the stolen production. You must make your own with duct tape, newspaper, tin foil, and any recyclable material you can fit into your backpack. 2. No original lighting. You cannot use the lighting grid of the captured theater. You must use flashlights and scoop lights and anything else you can fit into your backpack. 3. We must write our own script. This stolen version is completely up to us. What does this play mean to you? You can keep what you want and toss the rest out the door. You can introduce new characters, monologues, dance numbers, or songs. Every production is stolen but original. Oh -- and performed in under 37 minutes (the average police department response time). The Dean of the Art Thieves Conservatory is professional actor Bill Coelius, a resident of Cold Spring, TV/Film teacher at T. Schreiber Studio in NYC, has over 20 years of arts in education experience and is wanted in over 43 states, 32 countries and counting. www.billcoelius.com

Thursday January 15, 2026
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Depot Theater Grades 1-3: Intro to Storytelling - Depot Theater Grades 1-3: Intro to Storytelling Myths and Tall Tales: Intro to StorytellingDates: Thursdays 1/8- 3/19 3:30-4:30 (No class 2/19)Performance: Thursday 3/19 at 5pmLocation: The Philipstown Depot TheaterAge: 1-3 GradeInstructor: Kira OnoderaCost: $350Class size: Max of 15In this class, our youngest performers will be guided through an exploration into the art of storytelling. Through theater games, collaborative storytelling and sensory work, each class we will delve into a new myth or tall tale. We will hear stories from ancient Greece, learn about American folklore heroes like John Henry and stir up trouble with the Monkey King. This class will touch on ideas of the structure and elements of a good story and the many ways we can use our imaginations to tell an exciting tale. We will be on our feet, using our bodies and simple materials to create masks and props. Our work together will culminate as we envision, stage and perform our own stories in front of friends and family.Kira OnoderaKira Onodera-Harrow has been acting since the age of 10. She performed in the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival twice before moving to New York to attend SUNY Purchase's Acting Conservatory. Kira has also performed as part of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as many downtown NYC theater productions at Theater For A New City and Three Legged Dog. She also has worked as a teaching artist with The 52nd Street Project and Living Voices Theater Company. She loves sharing her love of theater with children and storytellers of all ages!