Trinity Academy of Irish Dance is a prestigious dance school and training program with locations based around Illinois and Wisconsin, including one located in Elmhurst. For more than 30 years, the academy has provided students and audiences with inspiring performances and special programs. The academy offers a wide range of class options for students, including solo and extracurricular classes such as the river program, county program and province program, as well as the Trinity Performance Troupe.
Teachers offer students professional lessons in dance as well as sportsmanship, and also provides community outreach services and summer programs. Over the years, dancers from Trinity have earned 32 world titles and have been featured on shows including “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Good Morning America” and “The Martha Stewart Show.” Students are welcome to try a free class to see if the academy is right for them.
Improv Playhouse is a professional theatre company and performing arts training center. The organization runs an acting school that offers comprehensive courses in acting and improvisational comedy. Classes are offered for both youth and adult actors. Improv Playhouse also offers corporate programming, talent management services, day camps and model training. This location is the studio office, and does not typically hold performances. Instead, its performances are held at the theater at 735 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville.