Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps

Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps offers circus, movement arts, aerial arts, and ensemble theater activities. The program includes Baby Circus classes as an introduction to circus for the youngest students and their parents, as well as family circus classes and additional mixed-age workshops offered periodically. Faculty and youth performance groups create unique, professional performances that use circus, movement, aerial arts, and ensemble theater traditions.

• Ages: 1–18 years old
• Schedule: Office hours approximately Monday–Friday from 10am–5pm, with some limited hours on weekend mornings
• Price: $5 tickets to many of the best arts & culture events in the region.

Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps hosts circus and theater classes for everyone, ages 1 to 100, with the youngest students starting at 1.5 years old. The program supports two youth performance ensembles, the Tik Toks for ages 9–14 and the Zig Zags for ages 13–18, and a training company at Echo West called Brio for ages 10–18. Adult classes are available for ages 15 and up, and some classes require prerequisites. The program describes itself as a space for play, collaboration, and empowerment through circus and movement arts, and it is committed to the celebration of community using aerial arts and ensemble theater traditions. Echo Theater Company states that it strives to make classes accessible to everyone and to support students with different access needs, and notes that its faculty are teaching artists who are life-long learners and model through performance.

Echo Theater Company assumed management of the historic Echo Theater from DoJump in 2013. The organization’s mission statement says that it encourages physical confidence, freedom, and grace in a creative, non-competitive atmosphere, and that students of all ages and abilities develop their strength and creativity while exploring the intersections of circus, movement, and storytelling in a collaborative setting. The mission also states that the company aims to create space for collaboration, empowerment, and the joyful celebration of community using movement and ensemble theater traditions, imaginative play, and aerial arts to help people of all abilities discover their potential, encourage perseverance, and embrace their humanity.

Echo Theater Company lists a leadership and staff team that includes Wendy Cohen as Executive Director and Aaron Wheeler-Kay as Creative Director. The board and staff roles also include Helen Kalk (President), Emily Harris (Director), Tyne Morrell-Wilson (Vice President), Joe Eichenauer (Treasurer), Brianna Kalk (Secretary), Liv Allison (Director), Hannah Raschke (House Manager and Front Office Coordinator, Echo West), Cyd Wheeler-Kay (Youth Representative), Nelly Pitts (Production Coordinator), Sequoia Allen (Program Manager, Echo West), Destiny Thompson (Program Manager, Echo Theater), Emma Christensen (Human Resources Manager), Sadie Brown (Outreach Manager), Nico Ransdell (Front Office Coordinator, Echo Theater), Dani Peterson (Front Office Coordinator, Echo Theater), and Alex Ziegler (Marketing Coordinator).

In its community involvement statement, Echo Theater Company highlights a focus on ensuring arts and culture are accessible for all and mentions that families can buy $5 tickets to many of the best arts and culture events in the region through the Arts for All program, with specific requirements set by Echo. One testimonial notes that Echo Theater taught a former student to pursue what they love and that this pursuit was met with a warm, enthusiastic community of supporters and mentors who believed in their success. Another testimonial describes Echo as a safe space for exploring new possibilities and ideas through physical movement, collaboration, and ensemble work with others, and says that the person was given the space and guidance needed to find their own voice and to let go of fear of failure.

Last updated July 4, 2026.