There’s a youth movement going on this Sequim stage.

Seeking to include more children from the community in its arts program and bolster the future of its children’s theater program, Olympic Theatre Arts has launched the “Road Show” class series.

The “Road Show” class series will “explore a compilation of scenes from original student work, popular characters from shows OTA’s children’s program has produced, as well as larger than life characters created during creative drama workshops,” OTA members said last week.

This spring’s “Road Show” is a 10-week after-school class series featuring acting opportunities from “The Phantom Tollbooth,” “The Dot and the Line,” “Inspiration through Time,” “The Lemon Sisters” and the witches from “Macbeth.”

“Fresh & Salty,” an original script that was made into a film and entered into the River and Ocean Film Festival this winter, also will debut several new tide pool characters.

“With the ‘Road Show’ series we can get on stages that have larger audiences for our showcase work,” program director Bonne Smith said. “The showcases are presentations of work at the end of each class or workshop session.”

This summer, the community will get a chance to see the Children’s Theatre program’s popular characters at the Sequim Farmers Market, June 15-Aug. 17. Program members also are participating in the Irrigation Festival Parade on May 11.

A recent spring workshop featured creating superhero characters. With use of a 20-pound dictionary, student actors defined their behavior and characteristics as lists of adjectives that were debated, incorporated or shown the door as the youths learned how to express thoughts into actions.

Student actor Isabella Loftin, who participating in the spring drama workshop, said, “I want to release my fear, make new friends and have fun.”

Thanks to a grant from the Seattle Foundation and annual support from Kitsap Bank, actors with the Children’s Theatre program have performed three times. A troupe performed an original scene written in the spring drama workshop called “The Return of Saving the Day Before Tomorrow” — written by Loftin, Lillian Anderson, Roland Mabrey and Indi Mixon — at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club to more than 90 children.

Performing as Video Game Man, Mabrey’s character was quite popular, OTA officials said — especially when delivering his favorite line, “Game on,” to a cheering audience of his peers.

“Our show was a success,” Mabrey said.

The second foray was an original scene from the fall 2018 after-school class series called “Inspiration Through Time.” The presentation, part of the Grand Olympics Chorus of Sweet Adelines International’s Harvest of Harmony last October, inspired hope that a “Road Show” series could be successful, OTA members said.

For more information about OTA, see olympictheatrearts.org or call 360-683-7326.