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3rd-Over
This program is a prep class for our main stage Academy. These younger students learn acting techniques such as stage placement, body placement, articulation and physical awareness, through the use of theatre games and imaginary play. The students put these skills to use as they work on a scripted piece to perform in a studio theatre presentation for their families. Every student receives a speaking role.
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Winter Session – Fame!
Staying home for Winter Break this year? Join the staff at The Wishing Star for this 5 day workshop and have an “all encompassing” break learning excerpts from the Broadway musical, Fame! Learn choreography, voice, and scripted dialogue to put on a showcase for family and friends on the last day of camp. Each day we will provide a different workshop on stage lighting, make up and more. Participants are asked to bring a lunch each day! Parents, if you’re working this week check out the extended hours schedule!!
Dates: Dec 26, 27, 28 & Jan 2 & 3rd
Day: Monday-Friday
Time: 10:00-3:00
Code: WBWF
Ages: 3rd-Over
Fee: $245.00
Extended Workshop Hours
For Parents who work, we will open our studios at 9:00 am and will stay open until 5:00 pm providing a safe environment with additional activities for students to stay and “hang out” with us!
Fee: $120.00
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Spring Break Workshop – “A Chorus Line”
Staying home for the Spring Break this year? Join the staff at The Wishing Star for this 5 day workshop and have an “all encompassing” break learning excerpts from the Broadway musical, A Chorus Line. Learn choreography, voice, and scripted dialogue to put on a showcase for family and friends on the last day of camp. Each day we will provide a different workshop on stage lighting, make up and more. Participants are asked to bring a lunch each day! Parents, if you’re working this week check out the extended hours schedule!!
Dates: March 24-28
Days: Mon-Fri
Time: 10:00-3:00
Code: SBW
Ages: 3rd-Over
Fee: $235.00
Extended Workshop Hours:
For Parents who work, we will open our studios at 9:00 am and will stay open until 5:00 pm providing a safe environment with additional activities for students to stay and “hang out” with us!
Code: SBW2
Fee: $120.00 |
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Young actors learn everything needed to perform this production. From turning on the very first stage light, right through to the very last bow. This theatrical training experience gives students a chance to journey through all aspects of theatre. During rehearsals we work on basic acting techniques, starting off with warm ups using theatre games and improv and then moving into blocking for the show and other “show specific” criteria needed for the production. Additionally, students choose to use their time working on lighting, costuming, house management or back stage. Each students enrolled receives an on stage role and performs in our final production open to the public.
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The Snow Queen
Book and Music By Cheryl Kemeny based on the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
“The Snow Queen” opens with Hans Christian Andersen in a pin-spot on a darkened stage. He speaks of the cold-hearted Snow Queen and her arch enemy, an evil sorcerer who has invented a mirror that makes “all good disappear”. This mirror explodes into a million tiny fragments, each one retaining its evil power. “There are still many fragments of this mirror floating around in the air and soon you will see what happened with one of them...”The pure friendship of Kai and Gerda is broken when a mote strikes kai in the eye. He falls under the Snow Queen's spell of cold, hard reason, and everyone thinks he's dead. Armed only with the power of true friendship, Gerda pursues him to the far north. Into the River of Life, through the Garden of Narcissism, to the realm of the Snow Queen, she travels to find Kai and the secrets of Eternity as well.
This adaptation of a Hans Christian Andersen classic will provide challenging characters and intricate music for our advanced students. Actors MUST have been in at least 2 full length Academy shows to be considered for this cast.
Rehearsals Begin: January 7, 2008
Director: Linda Klepac
Days: Mon & Tuesday
Age: instructor approval required
Time: 5-7:30
Performances: February 29 @ 7:00 pm,
March 1 @ 7:00 pm
March 2 @ 1:00 & 5:00 pm
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Godspell Junior
Conceived and Originally Directed by John-Michael Tebelak, with Music and New Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
This is one of the best loved musicals by three-time Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz. Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, Godspell Junior is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love. Featuring the international hit "Day By Day,"
Rehearsals Begin: March 3, 2008
Director: Linda Klepac
Days: Mon & Tuesday
Age: instructor approval required
Time: 5-7:30
Performances: April 25 & 26 @ 7:00 pm
April 27 @ 1:00 and 5:00 pm
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The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast
Book by Vera Morris. Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur.
A powerful witch is rejected by a selfish prince. After a curse is placed on him, he is destined to be a "beast" until he learns to love. Years later, a poor widow plucks a forbidden rose. Though he sentences the woman to death, Beast allows her to say good-bye to her family. At the widow's farm, we meet her two distasteful daughters and greedy sons-in-law. The four of them hear her "insane" story and don't believe her. But her third daughter, Beauty, goes to the Beast and promises to stay if her mother's life is spared. Beast falls in love with Beauty. She is like a princess to him. Unfortunately, the two sons-in-law slink into the eerie castle hoping to filch a treasure. In a hilarious and thrilling scene, not only is there a battle with the Beast, but with the furniture, too! But could Beauty ever love Beast?
Rehearsals Begin: January 9, 2008
Director: Bob Silton
Days: Wed & Thursday
Age: 9 –14
Time: 5-7:30
Tuition: $375
No rehearsal: February 27 & 28
Performances: March 14, @ 7:00 pm
March 15 @ 7:00 pm
March 16 @ 1:00 & 5:00 pm
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A Pirate's Life for Me!
Book by Craig Sodaro. Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur.
Aristocrat Roger Goodman has his heart set on a conventional life married to the wealthy Sarah Huffington and living happily ever after. That is, until he finds out she thinks he’s boring and would rather marry a brave and adventurous pirate! Determined to prove himself to his beloved, Roger hires Long John Sliver to tutor him and his newly recruited motley crew in the field of piracy. In exchange for his total pirate makeover (which includes the fearsome new name, Captain Blood!), Roger and his crew sail to Treasure Island seeking the chests of gold doubloons Long John buried there long ago. Treasure Island is soon swimming with retired pirates, lady pirates and other pirate wannabes, including one character who thinks he’s a parrot. It’s not a pirate convention, it’s a game of hide-and-seek! A swashbuckling comedy adventure with waves of laughter and musical pirate shannanigans!
Rehearsals Begin: March 19
Director: Bob Silton
Days: Wed & Thursday
Ages: 9 –14
Time: 5:00-7:30
Tuition: $375
No Rehearsal: March 26 & 27, April 23 & 24
Performances: May 9 & 10 @ 7:00 pm
May 11 @ 1:00 and 5:00 pm
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A Year with Frog & Toad Kids
Book by Willie Reale. Lyrics by Willie Reale. Music by Robert Reale Based on the books by Arnold Lobel
Arnold Lobel's well-loved characters hop from the page to the stage in Robert and Willie Reale's musical, A Year With Frog and Toad. A Year With Frog and Toad remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special.
Rehearsals Begin: January 11, 2008
Director: Erin Ormond
Days & Times: Fridays 4:00-6:00 AND Saturdays 12:00-2:00
Ages: 7-9 yrs
Tuition: $320.00
Performances: February 16 @ 7:00 pm & February 17 @ 3:00 pm
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The Jungle Book
The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz in this exciting Disney classic! Join Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie, and the gang as they swing their way through madcap adventures and thwart the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan. Specially adapted from the beloved film, this musical includes all your favorite Disney tunes, like “The Bare Necessities,” and “I Wanna Be Like You.” With colorful characters and that toe-tapping jungle rhythm, The Jungle Book KIDS is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for audiences of all ages.
Rehearsals Begin: February 23, 2008
Director: Erin Ormond
Days & Times: Fridays 4:00-6:00 AND Saturdays 12:00-2:00
Ages: 7-9 yrs
Tuition: $320.00
Performances: May 3 @ 7:00 pm and May 4 @ 3:00 pm
No Class: Feb 29 or Mar 1, 14, 15, 21, 22
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Entering 3rd grade through 8th grade
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Session 1– Cinderella
Music by Book and Lyrics by RICHARD RODGERS OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II. Adaptation by TOM BRIGGS. Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. Adapted for this edition by John Higgins.
Impossible things are happening every day!" sings the Godmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical fairy tale CINDERELLA, and impossible things will happen when young performers bring this timeless tale to life. First seen as a television spectacular in 1957, and remade for television in 1965 and 1997, Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA spins its own version of the traditional story, woven through with such beloved songs as "In My Own Little Corner," "Ten Minutes Ago" and "Impossible." With the script and score lovingly adapted for elementary and middle school performers, this classic seems as fresh as today. After all, even if we know the story by heart, we still hold our breath until we are sure that the slipper fits.
Rehearsals Begin: June 16, 2008
No Class: July 4th
Performances: July 11 & 12 @ 7:00 pm and July 13 @ 1:00 & 5:00 pm |
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Session 2– Bugsy Malone Jr.
Book by Alan Parker. Lyrics by Paul Williams. Music by Paul Williams.
A cast of youngsters play all the parts in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to the 1920s gangster flick. It seems Fat Sam, who runs one of the most popular clubs in town, is in danger of being closed down by his "business rival" Dandy Dan. Enter baby-faced Bugsy Malone, a killer with the ladies and a definite asset to Fat Sam. Unfortunately, Bugsy has also caught the eye of Sam’s girlfriend Tallulah -though he's set his designs on showgirl Blousey Brown...
Like the film, this wild and wacky musical includes a child's dream come true: a non-violent gang war fought with "splurge blasters" which spew forth silly string! It's a thoroughly charming concept resulting in delightfully messy fun. The cast includes a chorus which may be expanded to include as many performers as desired. Originally written for children, Bugsy Malone Junior is a wonderful showcase for talented young performers, with a catchy, swinging score by the composer of The Muppet Movie.
Rehearsals Begin: July 21
Performances: August 15 & 16 @ 7:00 pm
Aug 17 @ 1:00 & 5:00 pm |
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