Riverdale Performing Arts Center

"The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does."- David Rubenstein

Riverdale Performing Arts Center

"If you can dream it, you can do it."- Walt Disney

Riverdale Performing Arts Center

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."- George Eliot

Theater

Home of the Award wining Riverdale Rising Stars

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Dance

Ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip hop, and more, taught by working professionals.

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Music

The Rhoda Grundman Music School

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Camp

A summer spent preparing and performing a full-scale musical production.

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The arts have the power to transform people and communities. There has never been a better time in our country to have an outlet for discovery of your own self-expression. The Riverdale Performing Arts Center is home to vibrant performances and professional training. We nurture passion for theater, music and dance in people of all ages and skill levels.

Building upon the strength of our thriving programs, we have added some incredible theater arts professionals who are not only working Actors, Directors, Dancers and Musicians, but a faculty committed to bringing professional training to those who want to keenly develop their performing skills or to provide an atmosphere of joy and camaraderie to those who simply want to have fun!

Our Award-Winning Riverdale Rising Stars teen theater company is the cornerstone of all of our popular community theater programs. We serve hundreds of youth, teens & adults from the Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester each year.

Often referred to as our “little corner of the world”, RRS is celebrating 21 years of professional quality productions, where countless teens have spent their formative years.

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Following the success of our teen company, we formed Jr Rising Stars theater company (ages 7-11).

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Not to be out done by our youth, we formed Riverdale Rep, our adult theater company.

By popular demand, we have revived our Little Rising Stars program for our littlest budding stars, ages 5-7. Starting in October, for the first time, we will be offering two sessions for this age group. One on Sundays and one on Thursday afternoons.

We have an exciting season ahead.

Stay tuned for show details and auditions

We remain dedicated to bringing quality performances to the Bronx. We are tremendously excited about the season ahead and what these new enrichment opportunities will bring to our community. This array of Performing Arts classes for children of all ages AND adults promises to raise our award-winning program to another level.

Laurie Walton

Director, Performing Arts

(347) 913-4430

LWalton@RiverdaleY.org

Laurie Walton is the founder of the Riverdale Rising Stars, the Y’s renowned teen theater group, and the Riverdale Repertory Company, The Y’s adult theater program. Under Laurie’s guidance, the…

A place like home

I can not really express what you and this program mean to me. Besides being a wonderful place to grow – both personally and as an actor -it’s been a safe place to be when school was sucky or I just needed to feel at home. Thank you so much for doing what you do.

Participant theater

Gabriela’s Piano Lessons

My daughter (almost 9) has been taking piano, at Riverdale Y, since she was 4 1/2 years old. She’s learned so much, so quickly and she really enjoys it. I can’t imagine her going anyplace else. I think with Svitlana, it all starts with the sweet sound to her classically trained voice.

Kelvin (the proud dad)

New in Riverdale

…the kids had to start over their learning of instruments with new music teachers…Thanks to the Y, we met a great piano and violin teacher in the person of Beulah Cox, a two-in-one musician, a real professional and educator, as I am sure are the rest of the musicians of the Rhoda Grundman Music School.

Nathalie