While working on a degree in theatre arts, C.A.T.S. (Creative Acting Theater School) founder, Roxanne Diesel, fell in love with youth theater which continues to be her focus. When she decided to begin teaching youth classes in 1991, she dreamed of providing safe, non-competitive performance opportunities for young people through live theater. A pilot program conducted in a small community of Western North Carolina was an enormous success and led Roxanne to begin developing programs for all ages. After moving to Southern California in 1994 she began offering classes and camps through local recreation districts.
Today the original dream continues to grow with quality programs being offered all over Ventura County, California and in Austin/Lakeway, Texas. C.A.T.S. has been offering exciting drama and enrichment classes and camps since 1996 in southern California. We believe that positive, safe exposure and experiences for youth through acting, cooking and other enrichment programs is an important component in building confidence and strong self-esteem and gives each child a way to shine! Every camper has the opportunity to become a star in show case performances with C.A.T.S., and our performances are always free to family and friends - we never charge an admission for families to see their stars perform!
In addition to our performing arts camps, C.A.T.S. has developed other enrichment camps such as Kids Can Cook Too! and Wizardry & Literacy camps, based on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
