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Des Moines Community Playhouse



Stagecraft and Stories

in Class Type

SB26 Making a Play

$290

with Josie Gillette

Calendar Mar 16, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 3-4 • March 16-20, 2026 • 9:00 AM-4:00 PM • $280 Subscribers/$290 Non-subscribers

Audition for roles, rehearse and polish your scenes, design and create backdrops and props, all in five days! Perform for family and friends on the final day.

Will run

SUM26 Stagecraft and Stories: Impossible Creatures

$300
Calendar Jun 15, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, June 15-19
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

When Christopher rescues a baby griffin, he’s drawn into the Archipelago—a hidden world of magical islands and creatures in danger. Act out the scenes, create fantastical characters, and design backdrops and visual elements to bring this world to life. The week ends with a final performance for friends and family.

Will run

SUM26 Stagecraft & Stories: The Babysitters Club

$300
Calendar Jul 27, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-6, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 27-31
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

Back by popular demand! Recreate and reimagine stories from the popular graphic novels. The members of The Babysitter’s Club deal with cranky toddlers, scary dogs, and nosy neighbors, all while trying to navigate parents and school drama. Along the way, they discover friendship is the most important thing of all. Rehearse scenes and perform for parents on the final day!

Full Course

SUM26 Stagecraft & Stories: The Bad Guys

$300
Calendar Jul 27, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 27-31
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

The Bad Guys are scary, dangerous, and well…just bad. Or so everyone thinks! Secretly, they want to be heroes. Design and create backdrops and props inspired by Aaron Blabey’s super-fun Bad Guys books, then rehearse scenes full of humor and heart. The class wraps up with a Friday afternoon showcase for family and friends.

SUM26 Stagecraft & Stories: The Last Resort

$300
Calendar Jul 27, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 6-7, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, July 27-31
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

Twelve-year-old Lila has developed a reputation for being “too dramatic”. So when she discovers the inn her family has inherited is haunted, she--the girl who's vowed to be less dramatic -- must uncover her grandfather's killer AND stop the evil spirits desperate to make their way back into the human world. Design and create backdrops and props based on the book by Erin Entrada Kelly. Rehearse and invite family and friends to the showcase on Friday afternoon!

SUM26 Stagecraft and Stories: Dogman and Catkid

$300
Calendar Aug 10, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 2-3, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, August 10-14
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

The heroic hound with a real nose for justice and his furry feline sidekick have a mystery to sniff out! Help solve the mystery of the missing starlet while staying one step ahead of Petey, the world’s most evil cat. Share a showcase of favorite scenes with parents on the final day.

Full Course

SUM26 Stagecraft and Stories: I Survived

$300
Calendar Aug 10, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Grades 4-5, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, August 10-14
$290 Subscribers/$300 Non-Subscribers

Based on the best-selling series of the same name, create the scenery and tell the harrowing true stories of survival, from the perspective of kids-just like you-in life or death situations. Perform a collection of scenes for family and friends on the final day!

Will run





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