Education

2025 Summer Auditions

Summer Arts Intensive Summer Program: $150.00/week (5-week program)

Full Tuition and sliding-scale financial assistance are available for families. Financial Aid accountants will contact you to obtain additional records, such as paystubs and tax returns, to calculate your financial aid assistance amount and create payment options based on your unique family needs.

FAME JR.

UPstage students, Khloe (left), Nia (center), and Riley (right), work on pieces of the set in set construction class.

UPSTAGE Technical Program

This summer, students in grades 8 – 12 can choose to participate in our UPstage technical theatre program. Lessons will include an introduction to technical theatre with hands-on training in carpentry, costuming, and stage management. Students will provide support and work backstage for the summer arts final production.

SUMMER CLASS UPDATES!

This summer, Karamu House is reimagining arts education. In June, the 2025 Summer Arts Program returns for youth grades 6 – 12. Classes resume for all ages this September. Stay tuned for more details!

SUMMER ARTS @ KARAMU
JUNE 2025 – JULY 2025: 5 week arts intensive program with a final production
Monday through Friday; 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Choose a Track	Performance	UPStage Technical Theatre
What Students Will Learn	Drama, dance, vocal music training and performance. Learn technique and performance fundamentals.	Introduction to technical theatre with hands-on training in carpentry, costuming, and stage management. Work backstage on the final production.
For	Grades 6 – 12	Grades 8 – 12
Audition Required	Yes! Auditions held in May 2025	No audition required
Notes	Lunch + snacks included; Scholarships available

Registration opens April 1, 2025!

Karamu Education

Karamu House offers a variety of arts education programming in facilitated and on-demand virtual course offerings. Course offerings include voice, drama, dance, and more. Additionally, Karamu offers online corporate training programs for diversity, racial and equity inclusion programming..

SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS

For decades, Karamu House has created long-lasted partnerships with local school districts from around the Northeast Ohio area to enhance the schools’ arts programming—through field trips to workshops to customized arts education programs.

Karamu House also partners with other arts schools – including private dance academies and schools of music – to create unique partnerships that enhance Karamu’s mission to […]provide arts education, and present programs for all people while honoring the African American experience.

ARTS ACADEMY (PRE-K - ADULT)

CORPORATE TRAINING

SCHOOL TOURS

Hosted on Tuesdays and Thursday schools and organizations receive a tour and workshop on the history of Karamu.

ARTS INTENSIVE

ADULT PROGRAMMING

YOUTH PROGRAMMING