Joyful Drama is the creative home of Terry LeCompte, founder of Community Stages and your joyful drama lady! She is the heart of a growing movement that brings the transformative power of theatre into classrooms, workplaces, and everyday life.
Rooted in decades of experience in professional theatre and arts education, Joyful Drama
uses play, performance, and purposeful storytelling to build real-world communication skills & real-life connections!
Sparked by Terry. Powered by joy. Growing everywhere.
Whatever your arena…
You can command the stage.
Hi, I’m Terry LeCompte—performer,
director, educator, and founder of
Community Stages. I’m building Joyful Drama to be a creative home: a space where I share the tools, training, and joyful experiences
that help us all grow in confidence, communication, and connection.
Whether we’re working with kids in a library, speaking from a podium, performing for a crowd, or energizing a workplace —
good drama belongs everywhere.
Play is the thing.
Skills for All Life's Stages
Play isn’t just for kids. If you believe better communication, stronger connection, and a little laughter can change the world—you’re in the right place. From conferences to classrooms, boardrooms to retreats, we help people of all ages grow expressive, confident, and joyful.
Work can be playand play can be powerful.
Theatre skills are life skills.
Seussical Jr./Ocala Civic Theatre
Columbia University
The Cornerstone School
ArtiFacts/Community Stages
Confidence
From taking the stage to speaking in meetings, we help people show up fully and believe in
their voice.
Communication
Through vocal work, storytelling, and movement, learners of all ages develop
tools to express themselves
with clarity
and purpose.
Collaboration
Joyful Drama builds ensemble thinking—skills for working together, listening deeply, and building creative solutions in real time.
Community
Whether in a classroom, a park, or a team retreat, theatre brings people together. We create spaces where everyone belongs and contributes.
Joy in Action
Life’s a stage. Let’s make it joyful.
Posts from Terry LeCompte—your joyful drama lady—
sharing real scenes of joy, play, and creative
connection on Facebook.
Prefer to reach
out directly?
(352) 707-8243
(Our phones don't just light up on cue! They ring!)
Let’s stay connected—onstage and online.
Joyful Drama – Work can be play. Play can be powerful. Theatre arts for all the stages of life
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