programs for grades 4-8

Our 3 week performance based programs for students in grades 4 to 8 are designed to challenge students to take the next step in their training. All classes will end in a final performance.

Playmakers

Students will have the chance to be part of the whole production experience from beginning to end! Students will design, produce, and perform a short, one-act play inspired by tales of mythic proportion! Students will spend part of each day developing and rehearsing the one-act while also building individual and ensemble acting skills. In the afternoons, students will receive instruction from visiting theatre design artists and try their hand at technical theatre elements such as prop making, set design, and costume design.

Session I: Pandora’s Socks

Everyone knows the myth of Pandora: she opened up a box and released a ton of evils into the world. What was her motivation? Now we know: her feet were cold, and she was just looking for some socks! While she hunts for something to warm her feet, Pandora meets favorite characters from Greek mythology— including Midas, Icarus, Narcissus, Heracles, Prometheus, and the gods!

Session II: Never Eat a Talking Lobster

When a narrator displeased with her role in the story tries to ruin the happy endings of five Grimm's fairy tales, a talking lobster must save the day. A charming comedy full of enterprising animals and classic storytelling magic.

Musical Theatre Production

Coordinate the instruments of voice and body to create dynamic musical characters. In this 3 week program, students will participate in classes on acting, dancing, singing, and puppetry each morning, while spending each afternoon applying those to the rehearsal of the musical. This program is open to anyone interested in deepening their musical theatre experience.

Session I: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR.

Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR. follows enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insu erable brats, but the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory — or su er the consequences. (MTIshows.com)

Session II: The Spongebob Musical: Youth Edition

The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world! (Concord Theatricals) grades 1-3

Treasure Trunk Theatre: Jurassic Journeys

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Characters Take the Stage: Comic Pirate Adventures (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Mini Musical: Seussical KIDS

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290

Music Movers: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition:

Backstage Adventures: Seuss on the Loose (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480 grades 9-12

Under the Big Top: A High Flying Circus in partnership with Cirque Us

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480 grades k-1 all ages grades 4-6 grades 4-8 grades 6-8 grades 6-12 all ages

Puppet Academy in partnership with Puppet Showplace Theater

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $288

Stage Combat: On Camera Stunts (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Playmakers: Pandora’s Socks (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290

Making a Scene: Devising, Directing, & Acting (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Musical Theatre Production: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290. Final performance on Thursday,

Making a Scene: Devising, Directing, & Acting (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Musical Theatre Bootcamp (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition:

Theatre Design Intensive I (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition $1290

Previous experience suggested but not required

Shakespeare on the Green: As You Like It (12 to 6:30pm) Tuition: $1290. Final performance Friday, July

Musical Theatre Showcase by audition only (12pm to 6:30pm) Tuition: $1290

Final performance on Friday, July 28 at 8PM

$480

July 24-28 Jul 31 - Aug 4 August 7-11 August 14-18

Story Explorers: Stories of Mo Willems

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Sing & Dance a Story: Into the wild (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Treasure Trunk Theatre: Lands of Make Believe (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Characters Take the Stage: Mythical Creatures

(9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Music Movers: Bug Boogie

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Backstage Adventures: Fractured Fairy Tales

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Playmakers Junior: Kid Frankenstein

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290

Musical Theatre

Bootcamp (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Making a Scene: Devising, Directing, Acting (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Musical Theatre Bootcamp (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Playmakers: Never Eat a Talking Lobster (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290

Story Explorers: Stories of Matt de la Peña

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Sing & Dance a Story: Under the Sea

(9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480

Summer 2023

entr ’acte

June 26 through

July 7 act one

July 10 through

July 28

Stage Combat: Famous Fictional Fights (9am to 3:30pm)

Tuition: $480 act two

July 31 through August 18

Musical Theatre Production: The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290. Final Performance on Thursday, Aug 17 at 7pm

Stage Combat: On Camera Stunts (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Musical Theatre Bootcamp (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Stage Combat: Famous Fictional Fights

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480

Theatre Design Intensive II (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290

Previous experience suggested but not required

Theatre on Tour: Dragons Love Tacos by audition only

(9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $1290. Touring the week of August 14-18 at 6:30pm

Advanced Performance Intensive by audition only

(12pm to 6:45pm) Tuition: $1290

Final Performance on Friday, August 18 at 8pm

Making a Scene: Devising, Directing, Acting (9am to 3:30pm) Tuition: $480 registration for summer 2023 classes opens January 3, 2023

All grades refer to the grade students are entering in fall 2023