Holmes and Watson Program

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Thank you so much for attending our production of Holmes and Watson at Laguna Playhouse!

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From the

MANAGING DIRECTOR

BILL KERLIN

The 2023-2024 season has been full of stellar productions, some that made us laugh, some that made us cry, and some that, like Holmes and Watson, have had us on the edge of our seats in anticipation. All of us at Laguna Playhouse are so proud of everything that we produced on our stage this season, and I am immensely thankful for everyone who was involved in making it all happen.

We are so excited for these great performances to continue on our stage as we head into the upcoming 2024-2025 season. From classic dramas, to lively musicals, the next Mainstage season is sure to delight. We start off strong this summer with the legendary musical, Camelot. Tickets are on sale now for everyone and subscribers should be sure to add-it on to their package, as it is not included in the 7-show packages.

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I hope you enjoy today’s performance of Holmes and Watson.

Bill Kerlin Managing Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CO-CHAIR Lisa Hale

CO-CHAIR Jared K. Mathis

TREASURER Harley Bassman

SECRETARY Jeff Winston

GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS Justin Myers Heather Anne Chalmers Torin J. Cunningham, MD James Hale Joe Hanauer

Dr. Gary Jenkins Barbara MacGillivray Heidi Miller

Xiaohong Rose Ryan Smith Jordy Spiegel Richard Thomas

Emeritus Trustees Glenn E. Gray Otis Healy Ilona Martin Melinda Masson Jim Mellor Artistic Director David Ellenstein

Managing Director Bill Kerlin

presents

Holmes and Watson written by

Jeffrey Hatcher directed by

David Ellenstein starring

Richard Baird, Matt Koenig, Matthew Floyd Miller, Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, Mike Peebler, Alice Sherman, Christopher M. Williams scenic designer

costume designer

properties designer

hair/wig designer

Stephen Gifford

Kevin Williams

casting

Kate Bergh

Peter Herman

Michael Donovan Casting Michael Donovan, CSA Richie Ferris, CSA

lighting designer

Jared A. Sayeg

dialect coach

Matthew Floyd Miller

assistant director

Gia Battista Figueroa

sound/projections designer

Ian Scot

fight choreographer

Christopher M. Williams

production stage manager

Vernon Willet

Holmes and Watson is sponsored by Haskell & White.

The World Premiere of Holmes and Watson was originally commissioned and produced by Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson/Phoenix, Arizona (David Ira Goldstein, Artistic Director).

Holmes and Watson is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc, New York.

Please be considerate to the performers and your fellow audience members by turning off any device that could emit light and/or sound. THE VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

OPENING NIGHT JUNE 2, 2024 • MOULTON THEATRE, LAGUNA BEACH

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A NOTE ON HOLMES & WATSON

FROM DIRECTOR

DAVID ELLENSTEIN

Welcome to Laguna Playhouse and our production of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Holmes and Watson.

The excitement of each production for me is always the new insights or knowledge that I will glean from working on it. It might be an inspired or novel look at the human experience. Perhaps it’s a bit of unexpected humor, or a satiric take on customs and society. Sometimes, it’s the brilliance of artistic expression that had managed to elude me.

Having really only known the Sherlock tales from movies and television, and approaching the second Holmes play I was to direct, I felt it was time to delve into Holmes through its source — the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I asked our playwright Jeffrey Hatcher which books and stories to look at to best understand the context for this particular play. He recommended one book and three short stories: “A Study in Scarlet,” “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Final Problem,” and “The Adventure of the Empty House.”

Though I had never really given much thought to the fascination that so many have with Sherlock Holmes, after reading the recommended pages, I finally understood their admiration of the author’s sheer brilliance. Like with Dickens or Twain, it was easy to simply acknowledge them in the pantheon of great writers. But until I took the time to really read them, I didn’t understand the richness and texture of what they had created. So now Sir Conan Doyle’s Sherlock has forever taken an elevated place in my appreciation. Another triumph for the theatre!

I continue to grow and be enriched by my participation in it.

Mr. Hatcher has drawn heavily from the source to weave this dynamic mystery with these well-known characters. Though it is not necessary to be a Holmes aficionado to fully enjoy this play for its skill, intrigue, and sense of drama, fans of the genre will delight in the bonus of recognizing the inclusion of so many classic Holmes details and nuances. It has been an exciting ride to navigate the twists and turns of this intricate and brilliantly constructed script.

My good fortune has been an exceptional cast that jumped in with both feet and brought their talent and sharp minds to each day of rehearsal, and a wonderful design team that grabbed hold of the period and style with relish. It has been a highly satisfying process, filled with imagination, hard work and lots of laughs.

Here’s hoping you enjoy the ride with Holmes and Watson as much as we have enjoyed creating it.

David Ellenstein

A Plumber’s Smoke Rocket — During the Victorian era, a smoke bomb was used by plumbers to detect leaks in pipes.

THE COMPANY Watson................................................................................................................................................. Richard Baird Holmes #2...............................................................................................................................................Matt Koenig Holmes #1................................................................................................................................Matthew Floyd Miller Dr. Evans.....................................................................................................................Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper Orderly/Moriarty/Inspector................................................................................................................Mike Peebler The Matron/The Woman..................................................................................................................Alice Sherman Holmes #3......................................................................................................................... Christopher M. Williams

RICHARD BAIRD

MATT KOENIG

MIKE PEEBLER

MATTHEW FLOYD MILLER

ALICE SHERMAN

NICHOLAS

MONGIARDOCOOPER

CHRISTOPHER M. WILLIAMS

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association.

RUNNING TIME

The show is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

WHO’S WHO

RICHARD BAIRD (Watson) is an award winning actor, director and producer. Laguna Playhouse: Noah Curry in The Rainmaker and director of Tartuffe. Select credits include: 35 productions at North Coast Repertory including An Iliad which he also performed internationally at the KotorArt Festival in Montenegro; The Old Globe; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Arizona Theatre Company; Portland Center Stage; San Diego Repertory Theatre; Kingsmen Shakespeare Theatre; Backyard Renaissance; Southwest Shakespeare Company; Diversionary Theatre and many more. Richard is the founding Artistic Director of New Fortune Theatre Company. In memory of J. Todd Adams.

MATT KOENIG (Holmes #2) is happy to be making his Laguna Playhouse debut. Other regional credits include Utah, Idaho, Lake Tahoe, New Swan Shakespeare Festivals, Great Lakes Theater, Florida Studio Theatre, LA Philharmonic, Garry Marshall Theater, La Mirada, PCPA, Ensemble Theatre Company, and others. He has done over 60 commercials/industrials including spots for Nintendo, Sony PlayStation, Purple Mattress, Craftsman/ Troy-Bilt, Sophos, Skyscanner, etc. Matt is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio and is a certified teacher in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework (well…in a couple of months). MFA: UC Irvine.

MATTHEW FLOYD MILLER (Holmes #1, Dialect Coach) Laguna Playhouse: Private Lives; Around The World in 80 Days. Broadway: The Cottage starring Eric McCormack; Not About Nightingales, directed by Trevor Nunn, and The Invention of Love. L.A. / regional includes: Stupid Fucking Bird - Boston Court (L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award); Designing Women - Theatre Squared; Macbeth - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, co-director; Teller of Penn & Teller; Sleuth - Ensemble Theatre Co.; The Pillowman - ACT, Seattle; Desire Under The Elms - San Jose Rep. (Dean Goodman Choice Award). Film / T.V. includes: Vince Foster in Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story: Impeachment” (FX / Hulu); “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu); “Barry” (HBO); “Law & Order” (NBC).

NICHOLAS MONGIARDO-COOPER (Dr. Evans) Off-Broadway: Rothschild & Sons, Lonesome Traveler, Julius Caesar. Regional: A Wicked Soul In Cherry Hill (Geffen), A Christmas Carol (Northern Stage), The Tempest (ASF), The Play That Goes Wrong (Portland Stage), Once (Geva), Rounding Third (FST), House of Dreams (SDRep), Oliver!, Matilda (5Star) Sweeney Todd, Once, Shakespeare In Love (SCR), King Lear (Rubicon), Harvey, End Of The Rainbow (Laguna Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SBCCLO), Side Show (La Jolla), Of Mice And Men, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Words By (NCRT). TV: “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC) “Dying For Sex” (F/X) “Ghosts” (CBS) “The Connors” (ABC) “Fairly Oddparents” (Paramount+) “Danger Force” (nickelodeon) “Fuller House”(Netflix) “Superstore” (NBCUniversal) “Casual” (Hulu).

MIKE PEEBLER (Orderly/Moriarty/Inspector) is thrilled to be making his debut with the Laguna Playhouse. Mike studied acting at Northwestern University and has an MFA in acting from UCLA. Since then he has performed on stages around Southern California and beyond, including serving as Associate Artistic Director at Shakespeare Orange County. He’s appeared in numerous television shows including “1923”, “Hacks”, “Chicago Med”, “Chicago PD”, and “Mad Men”. He would like to thank his wonderful, loving wife Laurie and daughter Sabrina for all their support.

ALICE SHERMAN (The Matron/The Woman) is delighted to be making her Laguna Playhouse debut. Favorite roles: Annette, God Of Carnage (Theatre Aspen), Mary Poppins, Disney’s Mary Poppins, Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gwendolen Fairfax, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cordelia, King Lear, and Jordan Baker, The Great Gatsby all as a company member at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Other Regional credits include: The Mousetrap (Cape Playhouse), Merry Wives of Windsor, David Ives’ The Liar and Measure for Measure (Texas Shakespeare Festival), Amadeus, Holmes and Watson (North Coast Rep), Three Musketeers, Masterclass, and King Arthur (Will Geer Theatre), Pride and Prejudice (A Noise Within), Everyman in His Humor (Oval House Theatre, UK). TV/Film: “Young and the Restless,” “The Chainsaw Gang,” “The Cabining,” “Literally Dysfunctional.”

Training: BA in Theatre, Columbia University (Magna Cum Laude), Opera Studies at Manhattan School of Music.

CHRISTOPHER M. WILLIAMS (Holmes #3, Fight Choreographer & Captain) is an actor, director, producer, stage manager, teacher and fight choreographer. Select acting credits include: Off-Broadway: Rothschild and Sons (The York). Regional: Tartuffe (Laguna Playhouse); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Tartuffe, Dancing Lessons, The Outsider, How the Other Half Loves, Holmes and Watson, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Tempest, Don’t Dress for Dinner (North Coast Rep); A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Drawer Boy (AZ Theatre Co); Noises Off!, Comedy of Errors (Phoenix Theatre); Noises Off! (Idaho Shakes); Angels in America: Part 1 & 2, Lobby Hero (Actors Theatre); Beau Jest, Jest a Second (AZ Jewish Theatre); Hamlet, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Oliver!, Julius Caesar, Othello, Henry V (SW Shakespeare). On screen credits include: “Terriers,” “The Incredible Adventures of JoJo,” “Island of Lost Girls.” He also played Jacob and was a producer of the WWII feature film, “Walking with the Enemy,” starring Ben Kingsley and Jonas Armstrong. For J Todd Adams.

DAVID ELLENSTEIN (Director, Artistic Director) Born into a theatrical family, David has been working in professional theatre for the better part of five decades - from San Diego to Portland, Maine and from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska - and most places in between. Now, he serves as the Artistic Director for both Laguna Playhouse and North Coast Rep. At Laguna Playhouse, credits include directing The Angel Next Door, Chapatti, Alexandros and playing “Einstein” in Picasso at The Lapin Agile. Other directorial credits include The Chosen at Paper Mill Playhouse; Halpern and Johnson and Sonia Flew at Coconut Grove Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie, Rocket City and Honky Tonk Angels at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; His Royal Hipness at 59E59 in NYC; and Long Day’s Journey into Night at Renaissance Theatre. As Artistic Director at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach since 2003, over 60 directorial credits including Way Down River, The Tempest, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Outsider and The Homecoming. David’s career includes acting credits of playing the title roles in Hamlet at LA Theatre Center and LA Rep; Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight Stage; Jonathan in Sight Unseen, Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Matt in Talley’s Folly at North Coast Rep as well as over three dozen film and television episodes.

JEFFREY HATCHER (Author) Broadway credits include: Never Gonna Dance (book). Off-Broadway credits include: Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; The Government Inspector at Red Bull Theater; Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages; Lucky Duck (book w/ Bill Russell) at the New Victory Theater; Tuesdays With Morrie (w/ Mitch Albom) at the Minetta Lane Theatre; Murder By Poe, The Turn of the Screw, and A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur’s Court at the Acting Company; Ten Chimneys at Peccadillo Theater Company; Neddy at American Place; and Fellow Travelers at Manhattan Punchline. Other theatre credits include: Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy Of A Storm, Smash, Armadale, Korczak’s Children, Work Song (w/ Eric Simonson), To Fool The Eye, Sherlock Holmes And The Suicide Club, Jeffrey Hatcher’s Hamlet, The Scarecrow And His Servant, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Critic, Holmes And Watson, and others at the Guthrie, the Old Globe, Yale Rep, the Geffen, Seattle Rep, Huntington Theatre Company, the Shakespeare Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, San Jose Rep, the Empty Space, Indiana Rep, Children’s Theatre Company, History Theatre, Madison Rep, Intiman Theatre, Illusion Theater, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre, City Theater, Studio Arena, and dozens more in the US and abroad. FILM/TV: “Stage Beauty,” “Casanova,” “The Duchess,” “Mr. Holmes,” “The Good Liar,” “Columbo,” “Murder at the Cannes Film Festival,” and “The Mentalist.” GRANTS/AWARDS: NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award (Best New Play), and the 2013 Ivey Lifetime Achievement Award.

STEPHEN GIFFORD (Scenic Designer) Designs for Laguna Playhouse include: Twelve Angry Men, End of the Rainbow, The Seafarer, Barefoot in the Park, Love Among The Ruins, Staged and A Shayna Maidel. Designs have been featured nationally and internationally at The Grand Ole Opry, The Chicago Theatre, Madison Square Garden, The El Sett & Abdel Halim Theaters (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), The Walnut Street Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Juneau Lyric Opera, La Mirada Performing Arts Center/McCoy Rigby, 3D Theatricals, Ensemble Theatre Company Santa Barbara, and many more. He has garnered many awards and nominations for his work including The Bob Z Award for career achievement in set design by the LADCC. www.stephengifforddesign.com KATE BERGH (Costume Designer) is an award-winning designer whose work has been seen at The Laguna Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, The Geffen Playhouse, Ensemble Theatre, Rogue Machine, Boston Court, Road Theatre, Skylight Theatre , Broadway at Sacramento and Reprise. Her credits include the recent Pasadena Playhouse production of A Little Night Music,(LADCC Award, LA Theatre Bites Nomination), Ragtime (Ovation Nomination), Casa Valentina (LADCC Award, Ovation Nomination), It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Art, Sleepless in Seattle, Amahl and the Night Visitors. Other productions include Barefoot in the Park, Harvey, The Graduate, Six Dance Lessons, Transistion (NAACP Award), The Secret Garden, Beautiful, School for Lies, Selling Kabul, City of Conversation, Metamorphosis, Woyzeck, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Hopscotch: A Mobile Opera with Ann Closs-Farley for The Industry, Don Giovanni, On The Other Hand We’re Happy, Death of Walt Disney and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival presentation of Lottie Patchet takes a Hatchet.

JARED A. SAYEG (Lighting Designer) A recipient of the Ovation & LADCC Kinetic Lighting Award, his designs for theatre, opera, musicals, ballet, themed attractions, exhibits and architectural installations have been seen throughout the world. Jared designed The Illusionists on Broadway and National Tours. Regionally he’s designed for Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, International City Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, 5-Star Theatricals, 3D Theatricals, Reprise, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, 5th Avenue Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. On the WestEnd he designed Rolling with Laughter at Her Majesty’s Theatre and was on the design teams for the Broadway productions of Primo, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White, The Radio City Christmas Spectactular and

the national tour of Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury. Notable projects include four seasons lighting LA Opera, lighting Pope Benedict XVI in NYC and the USA International Ballet Competitions. Jared became the youngest member of the United Scenic Artist-Local 829 and serves as Vice Chair to the executive board. www. jaslighting.com IAN SCOT (Sound Designer, Projections Designer) is a composer and sound designer specializing in the development of new works and installations. His music and designs have been heard at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Actors Shakespeare Project, Dorset Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, Heartbeat Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Space Wing. In addition to his artistic endeavors, Ian has made an extensive career as an A1 for productions with Audible Theatre, The New Group, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick Theatre, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Classic Stage Company, Theatre for the New City, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and others. Ian received his MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama.

KEVIN WILLIAMS (Properties Designer) Recovering actor and L.A. native, Kevin has spent over two decades working as a designer, art director, fabricator and consultant for clients such as Walt Disney Imagineering, HUB Network, Red 5 Studios, Buena Vista Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox among many others. Notably, he was the Resident Production Designer for interactive theatre company, Delusion, for seven years: Lies Within (2014), His Crimson Queen (2016), Lies Within VR (2017), The Blue Blade (2018) and Reaper’s Remorse (2021). Kevin is the Prop Department Supervisor for UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television and lives in Orange County with his incredible family. Proud member of S.P.A.M. PETER HERMAN (Hair/Wig Designer) is honored to be part of the creative team for Holmes and Watson. He has designed wigs for past productions of Tartuffe, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, and Murder on the Links. Peter has designed wigs for many theatres across southern California as well as some design works for theme parks, television and film. Peter currently teaches wig and makeup design at San Diego State.

MICHAEL DONOVAN, CSA (Casting) Michael Donovan is the recipient of 9 Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. Richie Ferris has 3 Artios awards. The company’s credits include shows produced at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the Hollywood Bowl, the Wallis Annenberg, Pasadena Playhouse, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Geffen Playhouse, the Getty Villa, the Soraya, La Jolla Playhouse, the Garry Marshall Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Symphony, Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Rep, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, the Totem Pole Playhouse, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Other credits include numerous films, TV shows and commercials.

Michael is President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals, and serves on the Board for Camp Bravo.

GIA BATTISTA FIGUEROA (Assistant Director) is a director, performer, and arts administrator. She is a founding co-artistic director of Davis Shakespeare Festival, where she directed many shows including She Loves Me, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and On the Twentieth Century. Most recently Gia assistant directed La Havana Madrid at South Coast Repertory. She began her theatre career at the North Coast Rep theatre school and is grateful to have reconnected with David on this fantastic show with this fabulous team.

VERNON WILLET (Production Stage Manager) has had the privilege of working with the Laguna Playhouse for many years. Vernon’s work encompasses many of the Southern California Theatres: North Coast Repertory Theatre, McCoy/Rigby Entertainment, Musical Theatre West, 3D Theatricals, the Rubicon Theatre, San Diego Musical Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Maltz Jupiter Theatre and a myriad of others. He shares his life with director/ choreographer/champion ballroom dancer Cate Caplin. Actors’ Equity Association member since 1983.

BILL KERLIN (Managing Director) Originally from Valparaiso, Indiana, Mr. Kerlin brings over 30 years of finance, marketing, and sales experience to the Laguna Playhouse, including 12 years as Managing Director for North Coast Repertory Theatre and 16 seasons as the Director of Administration at the legendary Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami. During the time that Bill served at Coconut Grove, it was the largest professional not-forprofit producing theatre in the State of Florida. Mr. Kerlin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1984. While he completed his Master of Science from Florida International University, he concurrently taught classes at Miami-Dade College. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for Professionals’ Retirement Strategy, a national insurance and retirement planning service firm in Irvine, CA. He has also served as a Board Member for Camposition, a performing arts company whose mission was to push the boundary between contemporary performance and activism through live performance, interactive outreach programs, and professional development trainings.

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David Ellenstein Artistic Director

Bill Kerlin Managing Director

MANAGEMENT General Manager........................................................................ Denys Baker Assistant General Manager/Company Manager......... Rachel Garlington

FINANCE & TICKETING Chief Financial Officer/Chief Technology Officer..............Veltria Roman Accounting, Payroll, and HR Manager.......................................Larry Stotz Associate Director of Ticketing and Customer Service.. Chelsea Morgan Assistant Ticketing Services Manager......................................Morgan Leal Ticketing Services Lead.......................................................... Nikki Johnson Ticketing Services Representatives............................. Marlon Gomez-Smith, Peter Knick, Robert Phipps Website Consultant...........................................................Andrew Lombardi IT Services...................................................................Method Technologies

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YOUTH THEATRE & EDUCATION LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE SUMMER CAMPS BEGIN JUNE 24 Laguna Playhouse is proud to offer exciting musical and non-musical summer camps for ages 4-19.

During camp, students will learn to work as an ensemble, build self-confidence, and have a great time while engaging in the performing arts. It is important for children to develop their creativity, empathy, and focus: skills they can use no matter what path they take as they grow into adulthood. Each session will focus on a theme and culminate in a showcase for friends and family! Some themes include Movie Musicals, Rock Musicals, Acting for Laughs, and 90’s Animated Musical Favorites.

Register for a single or multiple weeks. 1-week and 2-week options available.

VISIT LAGUNAPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT

for more information on Conservatory Classes, Young Adult Workshops and more!

THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who have established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.

This designated gift to the theatre’s permanent Endowment will help provide scholarship assistance to talented young people seeking to expand their knowledge and skills though our youth conservatory.

For more information call 949.497.2787 x202.

Exciting musical and non-musical summer camps for all ages! During camp, students will learn to work as an ensemble, build self-confidence, and have a great time while engaging in the performing arts. Each session will culminate in a showcase for friends and family!

Camps available for kids from ages 4-19!

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