Current Education
Season
2024/2025
Summer Company Production: Grease
Directed and Choreographed by Emily Elliott
Music Directed by David Speechley
July 26 - August 3, 2024
Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'," "It's Raining on Prom Night," "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.
Junior Company Production: Alice in Wonderland
Directed by Kris Sage
Music Directed by Miss Alexandria
Choreographed by Katie Bowlin
November 8-17, 2024
Fall down the rabbit hole with Alice as she navigates the curious world of Wonderland on a journey of self-discovery. This 60-minute stage adaptation of the classic Disney animated film and the Lewis Carroll stories makes a triumphant return to the Broadway Junior® catalogue, with an updated script and score made specifically for today’s young performers.
When young Alice finds herself in a strange world where everything seems upside down, she must find her way home…and find herself along the way. As she travels through Wonderland, she encounters all of the iconic characters that audiences have come to love: including the ever-tardy White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, a cool Caterpillar, the wacky Mad Hatter, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts.
Welcoming students in grades 6-8
Rehearsals: Wednesdays 4:30pm-6:30pm
Audition Workshops: August 14/15 4:30-6:30 pm
Auditions: August 21, 5:30pm-6:30pm
Tuition: $600 (Partial need-based scholarships available)
Senior Company Production: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Directed by Kelly McAllister
December 6-14, 2024
Grab your tap shoes!
Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including “Blue Skies,” “I Love A Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean” and the perennial title song, White Christmas is an uplifting, wholesome musical that will delight audiences of all ages.
Welcoming students in grades 9-12
Rehearsals: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Auditions :August 26/27/28 5:30pm-8:30pm
Tuition: $750 (Partial need-based scholarships available)
Premiere Company Production:
Disney's Frozen Kids
Directed by Miss Alexandria
March 7-9, 2025
Do you want to build a snowman? Designed for elementary school students, Frozen KIDS is a 30-minute adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical. The production features all of the songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by the creators of the film score, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and EGOT-winner Robert Lopez.
You’ll love this fanciful and heartwarming stage adaptation of the celebrated animated film. Join Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven, and all of your favorite characters as they embark on an epic, ice-filled journey of self-discovery, camaraderie, and the real meaning of true love. Adapted for young performers, this musical includes favorite Frozen songs such as “Love Is an Open Door,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” and “Let It Go,” as well as wonderful new songs from the Broadway production. This production of Frozen KIDS is sure to prove that “some people are worth melting for."
Welcoming students in grades 2-5
Rehearsals Start: September 9
Rehearsals: Mondays 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Auditions: TBD
Tuition: $550 (Partial need-based scholarships available)
Junior Company Production:
Music Man Jr.
Directed by Kris Sage
April 4-13, 2025
Based on Meredith Willson's six-time-Tony-Award-winning musical comedy, The Music Man JR. features some of musical theatre’s most iconic songs and a story filled with wit, warmth and good old-fashioned romance. The Music Man JR. is family entertainment at its best — a bold, brassy show that will have the whole town atwitter!
Master showman Harold Hill is in town and he’s got “seventy-six trombones” in tow. Can upright, uptight Marian, the town librarian, resist his powerful allure? The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, whose belief in Harold’s power just might help him succeed in the end in spite of himself.
Welcoming students in grades 6-8
Rehearsals: Wednesdays 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Auditions: January 2025 (TBD)
Tuition: $600 (Partial need-based scholarships available)
Super Secret Senior Company: Spring Show
Directed by Kelly McAllister
May 2-10, 2025
To Be Announced Halloween 2024
Welcoming students in grades 9-12
Rehearsals: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Auditions :January 2025 (TBD)
Tuition: $750 (Partial need-based scholarships available)