The Arts Academy at St. Mary’s

10/02/2026

Classes have officially begun at the Arts Academy! It’s not too late to join the fun, register today!
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10/01/2026

Check out one of our directors and teachers Ben Rowley at the The Strand Theatre Hudson Falls tomorrow night at 7 PM! He’ll be performing with New York singer SDÉ and an excellent line up of local musicains and guest artists.

Don’t miss it!

Link to Tickets and event page: https://www.mystrandtheater.org/events/2026/10/2/ben-rowley-sde

Here’s a clip from Ben’s “Birdsong Overture” performed at the Coopers Cave Composers Consortium concert in 2025.

Video credit: Justin Lightfoote

09/22/2026

🍂🎭 Fall Registration is NOW OPEN at The Arts Academy at Saint Mary’s! 🎶💃

Get ready for a season filled with creativity, confidence, and fun! Whether your child loves to sing, dance, act, play an instrument, or explore the performing arts, we have exciting opportunities waiting this fall.

✨ Dance & Theater Classes Begin September 26
✨ Classes for a variety of ages and experience levels
✨ Supportive, engaging instruction from experienced arts educators
✨ A welcoming community where students can create, collaborate, and perform

At The Arts Academy, students build skills, make friends, and discover their artistic potential in a positive and encouraging environment.

📅 Registration is now open, and classes are filling quickly!

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Visit our website or contact us today to reserve your spot. We can’t wait to welcome new and returning students for another inspiring season of the arts!

08/23/2026

One more chance to see this fabulous show!!!
2:00PM at The Wood Theater. Tickets are available at the door!!! 🎶🎭💃

08/01/2026

Week 1 of our Musical Theater Intensive: complete!

Our performers dug into using their whole body to act, sing, and dance, wrote their own monologues, explored hero vs. villain movement and motivation, and built confidence and audition-day tools along the way.

✨ Week two, here we come! Want to join us for the final week? Click the link below to register:

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07/22/2026

Do you have a middle school or high school student who is planning on auditioning for a production this year? Sharpen their skill set and get a leg up on the competition!!!

Join us at The Arts Academy at St. Mary’s with our new summer Musical Theater Intensive- The Hero’s and Villains of Broadway!!!

Students will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the areas most reputable directors, producers, choreographers, and musical directors for one or two weeks beginning this Monday. Register today or visit our website https://theartsacademy.com for further details.

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07/21/2026

Introducing our final lead instructor for our new Musical Theater Intensive- Hero’s and Villains of Broadway- Kayla Toney!!!

Kayla has enjoyed working with local theater groups for more than 20 years. Favorite gigs include directing at GFCT, SLOC, and stage managing for GFHS theater ensemble. Onstage you may have seen her in Always Patsy Cline (Patsy) at the Wood or TSOM (Elsa) at HMT.

07/20/2026

The Arts Academy is excited to announce our second lead instructor for this summer’s Musical Theater Intensive — Lucy Reid!

Lucy Reid has been dancing for as long as she can remember, beginning her training at Glens Falls Ballet and Dance Center and performing with Youththeatre and other local theater groups throughout her childhood. While attending Ithaca College, she danced and choreographed with two campus dance teams, further developing her passion for teaching and performance.
After college, Lucy taught dance at The Body Barre in Queensbury, where she led weekly classes for children ages 2–18 as well as adult dance classes. Lucy also is a part of the Body Barre adult dance team. She has also choreographed The Addams Family and Mean Girls for Lake George High School's musical productions.
Lucy later worked as an occupational therapist before moving to Massachusetts, where she taught at a one-room, arts-integrated school. There, she incorporated music, theater, dance, and visual arts into daily learning while teaching preschool and elementary students and choreographing numerous performances and musicals. During her time in Massachusetts, she also performed and competed with an accomplished adult dance team.
Now back in the Glens Falls area, Lucy is thrilled to continue teaching dance and musical theater. Fresh off running a wonderful two-week music theater camp alongside her mom, Catherine Reid, she is excited to reunite with her for the Heroes & Villains camp at Saint Mary's Arts Academy. Lucy can't wait to meet this year's performers!

07/18/2026

The Arts Academy at St. Mary's is THRILLED to introduce the first of our lead instructors for this years MUSICAL THEATER INTENSIVE- HERO'S AND VILLIANS. Catherine Reid!!!

Catherine Reid’s compositions include operas, musicals, oratorios, cabarets, instrumental and choral and dance pieces. Her music has been
performed throughout the USA. She has music directed over 100 musicals, many included children, as well as orchestrated/arranged
music in all styles. She has composed for the Glens Falls Symphony and the Hyde Collection and collaborated/worked with David Ives, Phyllis
Nagy, JK Simmons, Carly Simon, John Turturro, David Lang, Elizabeth Swados, Anthime Miller, Laura Roth and many others. Nearby Faraway,
her musical about Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe with libretto by Neal Herr, was produced in Lake George to sold out audiences. Her
opera Yellow Wallpaper (librettist Judith Lane) was produced at Peabody Conservatory. She was a music teacher at Lake George junior- senior high for 20 years. She is co-founder of the Coopers Cave Composer Consortium.

www.reidmusic.org

06/30/2026

We at The Arts Academy are devastated to hear of the passing of Mickey Luce. Most recently, he designed the set for Xanadu Jr. and even came in a few days before production to work out a tricky technical issue. All our prayers are with the Luce family and friends at this time. Rest in Peace Mickey. 💔

It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Mickey Luce. Many know him from Lake George Youtheatre where he built a community of young artists and creators that remain connected and working through GFCT projects even today. We were grateful to share his talents as a director on our stage and support the talented teams he led nearby at St. Mary's and LGHS. His reach and inspiration follows paths to professional musicians, Broadway performers, educators, and local arts advocates.

We share our deepest condolences with the Luce family during this time. 💙