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SUM25 Performance Academy: William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future

$295

with Nate Jorgensen

Calendar Jul 7, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Performance Academy: William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!
Grades 8-12, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 7-11
$285 Subscribers/$295 Non-Subscribers

Marty McFly travels back in time from the 1980s to the 1950s, changing the path of his parents’ destiny, as well as his own. Each scene and line of dialogue from the hit movie is re-created with authentic Shakespearean rhyme, meter, and stage directions, including the inner thoughts of Einstein (the dog).

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Full Course

SUM25 Performance Academy: Disney's Frozen Kids

$300

with Katie Dorrell

Calendar Jul 14, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Performance Academy: Disney’s Frozen Kids
Grades 5-8 · 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 14-18
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

Join us for this stage adaptation of the animated film and Broadway musical. Bring your favorite characters to life and embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and the real meaning of true love. Adapted for young performers, this musical includes favorite Frozen songs such as “Love Is an Open Door,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” and “Let It Go,” as well as songs from the Broadway production. This production is sure to prove that “some people are worth melting for.” 

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Full Course

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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Full Course

SUM25 Live at the Improv!

$185

with Nate Jorgensen

Calendar Aug 4, 2025 at 6 pm

Live at the Improv!
Grades 8-12, 6:00-9:00 PM, August 4-8
$175 Subscribers/$185 Non-Subscribers

Watch out because ideas fly by with lightning speed. Participants have been known to bust a gut. Open to newcomers and returning students. Whatever your skills, this class will take them to the next level. Improv showcase, complete with audience participation, on the final night!

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