The Creative Theatre Company is . . . Our Philosophy

Acting is an art form that allows a child to grow. With each acting class, the student learns something new about him or herself. Perhaps it is a new skill like speaking with a loud, clear, expressive voice that the young artist has discovered through practice and experimentation in class. It is such a joyful feeling to accomplish new skills. These accomplishments can only lead to better self-esteem, as well as creative and artistic growth.

In The Creative Theatre Company acting classes, students also learn such life skills as working independently and with their peers. We focus on teamwork, sharing, and co-operating. Listening skills, problem solving, focus and concentration, presentation skills, and critical and analytical thinking are some of the other life skills that a CTC student will use in school, during public speaking, or that first job interview.

We believe that each student we teach is unique and special and deserves to be treated that way. It is our goal to strengthen each student's inherent skills and to unearth and polish the skills our students didn't know they had. We strongly believe in each student's ability and enjoy watching them grow and shine artistically.

The Creative Theatre Company is . . . Our Students

Many of our students have appeared in various local theatres, including: Theatre Aquarius, Village Theatre Waterdown, the Player's Guild of Hamilton, Hamilton Theatre Inc., Dundas Little Theatre, Theatre Burlington and Binbrook Little Theatre, as well as in the Hamilton Ballet Youth Ensemble, and many Hamilton and Toronto independent productions.

A number of our students have appeared on television, in numerous commercials and print ads, film roles, music videos, voice-overs and professional theatre.

We are extremely pleased that so many of our students have gone on to George Brown Theatre School, Ryerson University, Theatre Erindale - University of Toronto, York University, McMaster University, Windsor University, Ottawa School of Speech and Drama, Brock Theatre and Drama in Education programs.

The Creative Theatre Company is . . . Claudette Brundage & Jennifer Walton

Claudette Brundage has acted since the age of seven. Her most recent accomplishment is The Heartland Son (Mita), an award winning independent film, shown at film festivals in New York and L.A.

Claudette also co-directed The Oid, a local production with a cast of 120 children from JK through grade 5.

Claudette has her degree in Theatre and has been co-director of the Creative Theatre Company for 16 years. She has taught numerous workshops in the Hamilton area, taught for the Artist in the Classroom program for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, and taught summer schools for Village Theatre and Theatre Aquarius.
email: Claudette

Jennifer Walton has been teaching acting since 1987, having taught numerous workshops in the Hamilton-Wentworth region including those for Theatre Aquarius and Waterdown Montessori School.

She is also currently an Artist in the Classroom drama instructor with the Hamilton-Wentworth RCSSB.

Jennifer has her degree in Theatre and is also a professional actor appearing on stage, print, and TV commercials. She has also served a an adjudicator for the Ontario Sears Drama Festival.
email: Jennifer