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SUM25 Performance Academy: The Happiness Shop

$295

with Rusk Dorsett

Calendar Jul 21, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Performance Academy: The Happiness Shop
Grades 7-9, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 21-25
$285 Subscribers/$295 Non-Subscribers

The Happiness Shop is not like any other. It is filled with Roppets:  not quite a robot and not quite a puppet. A Roppet is completely happy all the time. Isn’t that all it takes for a middle school student to be happy? Blake, Melanie and Wally all have pretty big problems. But in the shop they have one question to answer and one question only: What would you do to be completely happy? Performance on final day.

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Will run

SUM25 Stagecraft and Stories: National Park Mysteries

$295
Calendar Jul 28, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Stagecraft and Stories: National Park Mysteries
Grades 6-7, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 28-August 1
$285 Subscribers/$295 Non-Subscribers

Based on the popular series! Amber, Jake, and Wes are trying to solve an ancient mystery, all while navigatinga scavenger hunt through one of America’s beautiful National Parks. The mystery unfolds while they learn about survival skills, solve secret codes, and avoid the shadowy figures that follow them everywhere. Design and create backdrops and props, rehearse the scenes, and perform for parents on the final day!

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Full Course

SUM25 Choose Your Own Adventure: The Oregon Trail

$295
Calendar Aug 4, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Oregon Trail
Grades 5-7, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, August 4-8
$285 Subscribers/$295 Non-Subscribers

In the Oregon Trail book series, readers determine the key elements of the story. In our play, the audience determines what happens as the story unfolds. Comedy or tragedy? Reach Chimney Rock or death by dysentery? Come be a part of the adventure!

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Full Course




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