Toni Aybar
Theatre Arts

Welcome to Theatre Arts!  My name is Toni Aybar and I am the Theatre Arts teacher and Brighten Broadway Director at Brighten Academy.  This is my 12th year at Brighten, my 9th directing Brighten Broadway, and my 6th year teaching Theatre Arts as an enrichment class.  I'm super excited to be offering Theatre Arts to Elementary School this year in addition to my Middle School classes!

My awesome husband Jeffrey and I have two amazing boys - Alex, who is a sophomore at Indiana University studying Musical Theatre and Film/Television Media, and Evan who is a freshman at Georgia State University studying Game Design and Interdisciplinary Studies in Media.  Our family is very actively involved in church and community theatre.  When I'm not teaching or directing, we love to travel and hike and I love to curl up with a good book (or three)!  I'm looking forward to a fun and productive year!  Please feel free to contact me any time at  taybar@brightenacademy.com.

Welcome to Theatre Arts!


Theatre Arts Elementary Schedule:

1st Grade:
Monday - Civil
Tuesday - Jones
Thursday - Mabe
Friday - Andrade

2nd Grade:
Monday - Petty
Tuesday - Pino
Thursday - Sorrell
Friday - Boatner

4th Grade (1st Semester):
Monday - Holmes
Tuesday - Lowe
Thursday - Savidge
Friday - Estime

6th Grade:
M, T, Th, F 4th Block

7th Grade:
M, T, Th, F 2nd Block


Welcome!

In this class, we will be building life skills such as creativity, confidence, problem-solving, focus, communication and perseverance in fun and innovative ways as we explore the roles and technical aspects of theatre, acting, and improv.  

What We're Doing

1st and 2nd Grade:
We're working on learning Drama vocabulary, Character, Setting, and storytelling.

4th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade:
We've been working on building a Classroom Crew Community and have moved on to Acting Skills, beginning with non-verbal communication.

Brighten Broadway

While the Theatre Arts classes are not directly tied to our production program (Brighten Broadway), we do develop skills that will help students prepare for and be successful in our productions.  For more information on Brighten Broadway, click the link below.