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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 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 Performance Academy: Alice in Wonderland Grades 6-8

$285

with Sarah Schaefer

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

Grades 6-8 · 9:00 AM -4:00 PM, June 24-28 · $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 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

SUM24 Spy School

$285

with Tali Eisenstadt

Calendar Jul 8, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 8-12 · $275 Subscribers/$285 Non-Subscribers

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? Ben Ripley sure hopes so! Unfortunately Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. He’s shocked to discover that his school is actually a junior CIA academy. Could the CIA really want him?

Full Course

SUM24 Performance Academy: Finding Nemo Kids

$300

with Sarah Schaefer

Calendar Jul 15, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Performance Academy: Broadway Stars

Grades 5-8 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 15-19 · $290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

Disney’s Finding Nemo KIDS is a 30-minute musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.

Featuring memorable songs such as “Just Keep Swimming,” “Fish Are Friends Not Food,” and “Go With the Flow,” Finding Nemo KIDS brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure. 

Full Course




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