SPRING SESSION

There is still more to come at BAAY this school year! Most of BAAY’s winter shows and classes (see below) run up until spring break. In January, we will open registration for another round of programs that will run from spring break to the end of the school year.

Spring session programs will include CHOIR, DANCE, COMEDY, IMPROV, as well as PLAYS and/or STAGED READINGS for middle and high schoolers. Stay tuned for more details! Click here to subscribe to BAAY’s email newsletter and receive future registration announcements.

WINTER SESSION

Winter program registration is open now! View links below for upcoming courses.

Pre-K & Homeschool

For Ages 5-6

For Ages 7-8

For Ages 9-10

For Ages 11-12

For Ages 13-14

For Ages 15-17*

*Open to students age 18 if still in high school

We are excited to partner with Music Together Fairhaven to bring mixed-age family music classes to our community!

Weekly classes on Wednesdays at BAAY. Click here to learn more and register.

Each week in the Mixed-Age Classes at Music Together Fairhaven, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grownups who love them® gather for 45 minutes of fun-filled family music time. Ms. Audrey leads you and the other families in music activities ranging from lullabies to full-on jam sessions (with child-friendly instruments, of course). It’s so much fun you won’t realize how much learning is taking place! We teach musical concepts through an immersive, playful, non-performance oriented class experience. Every semester includes 25 songs and chants with digital downloads and a fully illustrated songbook. We hope you join our musical community!

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available to families in need. Please visit our Financial Aid page for more information about the partial and full tuition support we offer, as well as barter and payment plan options.

Special Promotions

See our Specials page for discounts on multiple-course registrations, sibling discounts, and special promotions!

Policies and Protocols

See our Policies page for our policies around COVID-19 protocols, Code of Conduct, our teaching philosophies, and more.

FAQ

How do your age groups work?

Students should be the minimum age for their chosen program by the final class date or performance. If a student ages out of the program during the session (i.e. a student in a show for 9-10 year olds turns 11 before the performances), that is okay.

Students age 18 can participate in our older teen (15-17) programs if they are still in high school or, in the case of summer State Street Theatre Company (SSTC) programs, just graduated from high school.

What if I need financial assistance or a payment plan?

Visit our Financial Aid page, or contact us directly to ask about tuition support or payment plans. Everyone belongs at BAAY! We are a nonprofit organization and rely on donor funding, and we are committed to creating equity so that we can continue our work to be inclusive and diverse. Since its founding in 2006, BAAY has never turned a child away from its Theatre or EduArts programs for financial reasons.

How does casting work?

All students will receive a part in BAAY productions and no one is cut after auditions. Our team does their best to make sure all kids have an opportunity to shine in a role in which they can feel both supported and challenged.

Since its founding in 2006, BAAY has never turned a child away from its Theatre or EduArts programs for financial reasons.

What are your COVID-19 protocols?

See our COVID-19 protocols here.

Do you offer discounts for siblings or multiple-course registrations?

While we are a 501(c)(3)nonprofit theatre reliant on donations, we also value equity and accessibility, and we love serving families and getting to know students in multiple classes, and we know that can add up.

See our Specials page for special promotions and discounts. See our Financial Aid page for financial assistance.

What if I prefer not to pay online?

Complete the online registration form for your chosen program and select “pay later” at checkout. This will reserve your child a spot in the course. Tuition checks (made out to “BAAY”) can be dropped in the payment box outside our office or mailed to: 1059 N State St Bellingham, WA 98225.

Please email us with any questions or to discuss alternative payment options.

Thank you for voting for BAAY as the Silver winner of Best Live Theater in Best of the Northwest 2021!

ABOUT BAAY THEATRE

At our downtown campus theatre, we provide children with a safe and supportive community in which to learn acting, vocal performance, costuming, theatre tech, dance, and theatre devising. Through these classes, we foster respect, cooperation, decision-making, team-building, self-discipline, and self-confidence in young people.

BAAY offers performing arts classes to children ages 5-17 at our theater in downtown Bellingham. We offer over two dozen programs a year. Almost all of those programs culminate in performances, including plays, dance performances, and full musicals like Matilda, Oliver, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Bye Bye Birdie, The Outsiders, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, and many others. Approximately 5500 children and adults attend productions at our theatre each year to enjoy the arts and celebrate the students’ work. Since 2006, we have staged approximately 200 musicals and plays.

Mentoring happens informally through older students encouraging and helping younger students, and formally through programs like our costume design team where students learn beginning and advanced costuming skills, eventually with the knowledge and ability to run things from start to finish of a production.

Theatre devising allows groups of students to collaborate and create original productions. For example, the 2020 performance of “Something in the Stars” was a fully scored original musical, written and performed by students, including period costumes designed by students.

Because of the generosity of our community of donors and sponsors, BAAY has never turned away a child for financial reasons from our Theatre or EduArts programs. We want all children to have equal access to the arts, and we can offer this financial aid because of our amazing donors. Give your gift here today and be a champion of the arts for youth!