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StageForge
Interactive theater arts studio where students write scripts, design sets, direct scenes, and perform -- building creative confidence through the dramatic arts. Covers the full production pipeline from script to stage.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
Mentored by Curtain
#E91E63 StageForge is a theater arts and drama academy where you write scripts, design sets, direct actors on stage, and watch your scenes come to life. You will learn the fundamentals of theater production -- from playwriting and blocking to set design and costume selection -- building creative confidence through the dramatic arts. Your AI mentor guides you through dramatic techniques and celebrates your creative choices.
Characters who teach
Meet the cast
StageForge's characters each teach one part of putting on a play. Face acts with voice and body, Pen writes the script, Block moves actors around the stage, Rig runs the technical side, and Riff improvises. Rafter, Yearn, Undertow, Freeze, and Hitch cover projecting your voice, what a character wants, what's meant under the words, frozen stage pictures, and timing. Curtain is the mentor, and the cast treats nerves as normal and never shames a missed line.
Face
Acting — character work through voice, body, and emotional life
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Pen
Playwriting — turning ideas into scripts with character, conflict, structure
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Block
Blocking — directing actors through stage geography
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Rig
Stagecraft — the technical-theater craft that makes the visible-stage possible
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Riff
Improvisation — the live-performance craft of Yes, and...
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Rafter
Projection — making your voice reach the back row without shouting, by supporting it with breath so even a quiet line lands in the last seat
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Yearn
The objective — what a character wants in a scene, badly enough to drive every line and move; the engine under a performance
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Undertow
Subtext — the real meaning running under the spoken line; what a character truly means beneath the words they actually say
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Freeze
Tableau — a frozen stage picture the whole cast holds so the audience can read the moment like a painting
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Hitch
Pacing and timing — the rhythm of a scene and the deliberate pause that makes a line land, the held beat before the joke or the truth
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Opening Night
The whole company on stage together — how acting, objective, subtext, tableau, and timing combine so one live scene truly comes alive
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What's inside
Script Writing
Write your own scripts with structured acts, scenes, and dialogue. The script editor guides you through formatting with character tags and stage directions. Sta
Stage Blocking
Direct actors on a stage grid by placing marks and planning movement paths. Drag characters to their positions, set entrances and exits, and time movements to d
Set Design
Build stage environments from a palette of set pieces, backdrops, and props. Choose from different stage types -- proscenium, thrust, arena, or black box. Arran
Costume & Character Design
Define characters with personality traits, voice notes, and period-appropriate costumes. Browse costumes organized by era and genre -- from ancient Greek to mod
Mentored by Curtain — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How StageForge handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages
StageForge runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
StageForge is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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