Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps

Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps offers circus arts, movement arts, aerial arts, ensemble theater, circus, theater, and drag and circus arts. 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 include characters such as the ButtEyes costume and character, which originated in a youth company rehearsal in 2012–13 and premiered in a show titled Into Books.

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

Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps includes classes and camps for multiple age groups: ages 4–6, 6–10, 10–13, and 13–17, as well as adult classes for ages 15 and up. The program offers 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. Some classes require prerequisites.

The Echo Theater Company encourages physical confidence, freedom, and grace in a creative, non-competitive atmosphere, and students of all ages and abilities develop their strength and creativity while exploring the intersections of circus, movement, and storytelling in a collaborative setting. Its mission is 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. The organization makes a land acknowledgment recognizing the stolen land of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, Kathlamet, Multnomah, Tualatin, and other Tribal Nations.

In 2013, Echo Theater Company assumed management of the historic Echo Theater from DoJump. The leadership team includes Wendy Cohen (Executive Director), Aaron Wheeler-Kay (Creative Director), 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).

Echo Theater Company Classes and Camps participates in community efforts to ensure arts and culture are accessible for all through $5 tickets to many arts and culture events in the region, as part of Arts for All, with specific requirements set by Echo. One testimonial states that Echo Theater taught a participant to pursue what they love and described a warm, enthusiastic community of supporters and mentors who believed in their success. Another testimonial describes Echo as a safe space to explore new possibilities and ideas through physical movement, collaboration, and ensemble work with others, and notes that letting go of fear of failure there was one of the most freeing experiences in that person’s life.

Last updated April 5, 2026.