The Academy Theatre provides the youth of our community an affordable after school arts education in dance, music, vocals, literature and theatre alongside valuable life, social, ethics, leadership and management skills. The Academy Theatre bolsters traditional values while enhancing and promoting positive reinforcement in coping with peer pressure with chemical dependencies and civil infractions. The organization is curriculum driven but production and art centered. Every member receives skills in dance, music, vocals, literature and theatre and technical skills in backstage, lighting, sound, make-up and set construction. Members of the Academy Theatre receive instruction in literature and writing, focusing on character, dialogue, scenes and plots using protocol methods from a dramatists point of view. The Academy Theatre runs as a membership peer-led organization and promotes many leadership, management and life skills.