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SP24 Kids Invent Theatre: Keep Playing

$205

with Jenna Darsee

Calendar Mar 23, 2024 at 10 am, runs for 8 weeks

KIDS INVENT THEATRE: Keep Playing!

Grades 4-6 • Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 AM, Mar. 23-May 11, 2024 • $195 Subscribers/$205 Non-subscribers

Rehearse and perform an original short play, while continuing to work on diction, character development, body awareness, and ensemble building. We’ll even throw in a song or two! Perform on the final day of class for your family. Returning students who have taken this class before are always welcome, as scripts are new each session. This class builds on the fall and winter sessions of Kids Invent Theatre however new students may sign up if they wish.

Full Course

SUM24 Performance Academy: Alice in Wonderland Grades 5-8

$285
Calendar Jun 3, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 5-8 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 3-7 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Audition, rehearse, and perform in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Go down the rabbit hole with Alice, attend an "unbirthday" party, and drink tea with the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit. Enrollment guarantees a part in the play. 

Full Course

SUM24 Making a Scene Grades 4-5

$175

with Maren Grant

Calendar Jun 5, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 5-7 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Use scripts from popular plays to select scenes made for honing acting skills: voice, movement, memorization, character choices, and diction.

Full Course

SUM24 Page to Stage: Hansel and Gretel

$285

with Catie Miller

Calendar Jun 10, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-7, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 10-14  · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

One fairy tale. Five days. Needed: Young actors to bring this timeless story about cleverness, courage, and creativity to life. Help make the set, choose costumes, rehearse, then take the stage!

Full Course

SUM24 Performance Academy: Alice in Wonderland Grades 4-6

$285

with Kim Van Haecke

Calendar Jun 17, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 17-21 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Audition, rehearse, and perform in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Go down the rabbit hole with Alice, attend an "unbirthday" party, and drink tea with the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit. Enrollment guarantees a part in the play. 

Full Course

SUM24 Red: The (Fairly) True Tale of Red Riding Hood

$285

with Molly Thorsen

Calendar Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 24-28 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Red is not afraid of anything, even the big bad wolf. But when her granny falls ill, fearless Red is forced to confront her one weakness-magic. With the help of a blond, porridge-sampling nuisance called Goldie, Red goes on a quest to cure Granny. Audition for roles, learn your lines, practice your blocking, and get ready to take the stage!

Full Course

SUM24 Audition Workshop

$175
Calendar Jul 1, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 5-8, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 1-3 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

The 2024-25 Season will be announced soon, and includes great titles with roles for young people. Work with Playhouse directors to get the experience necessary to be comfortable and successful in auditions. Participation in the course does not guarantee a role but will acquaint students with scenes from the shows, available roles and audition procedures used at The Playhouse. We’ll also learn how to navigate a dance audition and how to pick an audition song.

*Due to the unique structure of this camp, there will not be a parent sharing at the end of the class session.

Full Course

SUM24 Playhouse Players: The Name of This Book is Secret

$175
Calendar Jul 1, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 1-3 · $165 Subscribers/$175 Non-Subscribers

Based on the books by Pseudononymous Bosch. Join Cass and Max-Ernest on the trail of a magician who has vanished under strange circumstances, with the adventures and villains they encounter along the way. Not only is the name of this book secret, the story inside is, too. A. Big. Secret.

Full Course




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