Youth Theatre

Spring Break camp: Disney's Moana Jr

Join us during Spring Break at the Academy for a week long musical theatre camp! During the week, students will participate in rehearsals and musical theatre classes, all ending in two public performances! Everyone who participates in the camp will have a role but there will be auditions for specific parts. This camp will be rehearsing and performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. *Please note there will be an additional rehearsal on Saturday, April 11 from 9am - noon. ___________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: Disney’s Moana JR. is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film, bringing the adventures of Moana and her village of Motunui to life onstage. Moana JR. features all the beloved songs from the film, written by Tony®, GRAMMY, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, and Mark Mancina, including “How Far I’ll Go,” “Shiny,” and “You’re Welcome.” This thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story follows the strong-willed Moana as she sets sail across the Pacific to save her village and discover the truth about her heritage. Moana and the legendary demigod Maui embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and camaraderie as both learn to harness the power that lies within. With empowering messages of bravery and selflessness, Moana JR. is sure to bring out the hero within each of us. Celebrating the rich stories of Oceania and based on the beliefs and cultures of the people of the Pacific Islands, Moana was developed in collaboration with an Oceanic Trust – a group of anthropologists, cultural practitioners, historians, linguists, and choreographers from the Pacific Islands. The same respect and attention to detail used to develop the film was carried forward in the creation of this stage adaptation. ____________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: 9 - 16
Auditions: April 6 from 5:30-8:30pm.
Director(s): Brooke Spencer
Dates: Monday - Friday, April 13 - 17
Time: 9:00 - 4:00pm
Cost: $225 before February 24. After February 24, $250
Shows: Friday, April 17 at 7pm and Saturday, April 18 at 2pm
Tickets: $10-17 depending on location, Reserved seating

Chicago

Click the Register button to sign up for an audition slot! _________________________________________________ We are thrilled to offer a performance opportunity for students previously in the Academy's youth programs who are now in college and/or are young adults. This cast will be performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. Students will need to sign up to audition for this show using the register button. If cast they will be given the registration link for payment. _________________________________________________ Audition information: Students will only need to attend one of the audition dates. April 24 from 6-9pm or April 25 from 10am-1pm. All students need to prepare 32 bars from a jazz song. If auditioning in person, you will have a choreography portion at auditions. Students who are out of town will have the opportunity to submit an audition video singing 32 bars of a jazz song as well as 60 seconds of a jazz or hip hop dance number. Those students still need to sign up using the SignUp Genius link under 'video submission sign-up' and email the video prior to April 24 to kposenauer@academycenter.org. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal. This sharp-edged satire features a dazzling score that sparked immortal staging by Bob Fosse. _________________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: College Freshman - 25
Auditions: April 24 from 6-9pm, April 25 from 10am-1pm
Director(s): Melora Kordos
Dates: Monday - Friday, May 18 - June 5
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $200
Shows: June 5 at 7pm, June 6 at 7pm, June 7 at 2pm
Tickets: $10-20 depending on location, Reserved seating

The Addams Family

This camp for high schoolers features a four week comprehensive program for rising 9th graders - 18, designed to help youth learn the art and craft of theatre in a challenging and collaborative atmosphere. Students will participate in musical theatre classes in addition to rehearsing the show. This camp will be rehearsing and performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. _________________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: rising 9th grade - 18
Auditions: May 12 from 5:30-8:30pm, Callbacks May 13 from 5:30-8:30pm
Director(s): Brooke Spencer
Dates: Monday - Friday, June 1 - 26
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $450 before April 6. After April 6, $475
Shows: June 26 at 7pm, June 27 at 7pm, June 28 at 2pm
Tickets: $10-31 depending on location, Reserved seating

James and the Giant Peach Jr.

This is a two week theater program for middle schoolers! At the end of 2 weeks, students present performances of a popular family musical. Everyone who participates in the camp will have a role but there will be auditions will be held for specific parts. This camp will be rehearsing and performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach, rolls into the ocean and launches a journey of enormous proportions. James befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit across the ocean, facing hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements along the way. _________________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: rising 6th grade - 14
Auditions: June 18 from 5:30-8:30pm
Director(s): Brooke Spencer
Dates: Monday - Friday, June 29 - July 10
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $300 before April 6. After April 6, $325
Shows: July 10 at 7pm, July 11 at 2pm
Tickets: $10-20 depending on location, Reserved seating

Honk Jr.

This is a two-week long children's theatre camp that begins with an open group audition and culminates in two public performances. Students ages 8 - 12 are cast in a popular family musical that you will love! Everyone who participates in the camp will have a role but there will be auditions will be held for specific parts. This camp will be rehearsing and performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point this out, despite his mother’s protective flapping. Feeling rather foul about himself, the little fowl finds himself on an adventure of self-discovery, all the while unknowingly outwitting a very hungry Cat. Along the way, Ugly meets a whole flock of unique characters and finds out being different is not a bad thing to be. _________________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: 8 - 12
Auditions: TBD
Director(s): Angie Kraje and Emily Brisson
Dates: Monday - Friday, July 13 - 24
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $275 before April 6. After April 6, $300
Shows: July 24 at 7pm, July 25 at 2pm
Tickets: $10-20 depending on location, Reserved seating

Peter and the Starcatcher

This camp is for theatre lovers! Middle and High School students will learn and perform a play (non-musical) after two weeks of rehearsals along with participating in various theatre classes. This camp will be performing in our Historic Academy of Music Theatre. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure. _________________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: 12 - 18
Auditions: July 20 from 5:30-8:30pm
Director(s): Brooke Spencer
Dates: Monday - Friday, July 27 - Aug 8
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $250 before April 6. After April 6, $275
Shows: August 7 at 7pm, August 8 at 2pm
Tickets: $10 – 12, Reserved seating

Compass Creative Dramatics: Wizard of Oz

Students will go from auditions to performance in just five days with Compass Creative Dramatics, a Chicago-based touring theatre who will be hosting a week-long theatre residency at the Academy. Students in grades 1 – 12 will stretch their creativity and bravery muscles through daily rehearsals. Students also perform alongside two professional actors during the week and will participate in acting classes from those directors in the afternoon! No acting experience necessary – just come ready to be silly and have fun! This camp will be rehearsing and performing in our Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre. Students participating in this camp must be available the entire week and for both performances. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE SHOW: After a terrible twister roars across the dusty fields of her beloved Kansas, accidental traveler Dorothy Gale finds herself immersed in an unlikely tangle of friends and foes on her way to meet the mysterious Wizard in the Emerald City. As Dorothy and her ever-growing roster of travel companions follow the Yellow Brick Road, she discovers that sometimes it’s not about the journey itself, but the friends you make along the way. _________________________________________________ Payment plans are available. Contact Kelly Posenauer at kposenauer@academycenter.org or (434) 528-3256 ext 304 for more information or payment plan options. Each student registered will receive a total of 2 free comp tickets (subject to availability).

Ages: rising 1st grade - 18
Auditions: 1st day of camp
Director(s): Compass Creative Directors
Dates: Monday - Friday, August 3-8
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Cost: $200 before April 6. After April 6, $225
Shows: August 8 at 10:30am and 1:30pm
Tickets: $9, Reserved Seating