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Youth Stage

New name, same programs you love!

Join us in 2024-2025 for classes and productions that will stretch your imagination, your skills, and what it means to be a family.

Watch this page as we add our skill-based classes later this year!

What’s new?
Weekend performances
Youth Stage programs now feature performances in prime weekend spots, allowing for more flexibility for friends and families to come see your students perform!

More Program Divisions by Age
Now we can better serve our students to help them grow the skills they have through more age divisions. This means students will have more opportunities for larger roles, individualized instruction time, and program specific learning.

  • Multi-Program Discount

    Enroll one student for Fall and Spring Youth Stage programs and receive 10% off both programs!

    Payment Plans and Tuition Assistance

    We offer payment plans and tuition assistance to any interested registering family. No student is turned away for financial reasons. Email Education@TownHallTheatre.com to apply for the Correll Family Tuition Assistance Fund.

  • Youth Stage Programs
    Our Youth Stage production programs are perfect for students who want to put their skills to practice on the stage. These programs blend skill building exercises into the rehearsal process of learning and putting on a performance. Students in these programs grow in confidence on stage, memorization, and team building. No previous theatre experience needed, but previous experience recommended for rising grades 6 and up.

    Check back later for our remaining 24/25 Educational programming!

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1st Grade

Of Mice and Mozart

FALL

By Michael and Jill Gallina

Classes: Thursdays 4-6pm, August 22nd-October 24th
Technical Rehearsals: October 29th 12-3pm AND October 30th 12-3pm
Performances: November 2nd at 2pm and 6pm

1st grade students in this program will learn theatre and performance basics and then build upon their new skills to put on a musical!

About the Show
Of Mice and Mozart tells the story of Mozart's life from the perspective of the imaginary descendants of the mice who lived in the woodwork of his house. This show pairs Mozart melodies with humorous lyrics; from the opening theme based on Symphony #40, to the comic Musicians Will Always Be Baroque, and the touch of rap of Mozart, We Sing to You infused in the familiar Piano Sonata, these characters and songs will bring the world of Mozart back to life!

Single Program Tuition: $633 | Total Class Hours: 30 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

Switchermoo!
A Cosmic Cow Caper

SPRING

By Timothy Stammeyer

Classes: Thursdays 4-6pm, January 30th-April 10th (No class 4/3)
Technical Rehearsals: April 17th 4-7pm AND and April 18th 4-7pm
Performances: April 19th at 2pm and 6pm

1st grade students in this program will learn theatre and performance basics and then build upon their new skills to put on a play!

About the Show
In this delightfully silly ensemble comedy, aliens intercept a signal from Earth about the most prestigious prize on the planet — a county fair blue ribbon. They decide to enter their cow in the fair’s Best Cow contest so they can be the talk of the solar system. After landing on Earth on the Oxen Rutabaga Farm, they are discovered by a young girl named Maisy. In the hysterical confusion of meeting a human, the aliens accidentally switch their cow for Maisy’s cow, Daisy Belle. With the fast-approaching contest, the aliens and humans both plot to switch back the bovines. Complicating matters is a simple-minded detective, Lt. Applebottom, and his team of alien catchers — who are really the police station custodians. Will the cows get switched back in time? Will Lt. Applebottom catch the aliens? And how do grilled cheese sandwiches become a peace offering?

Single Program Tuition: $633 | Total Class Hours: 30 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

2nd and 3rd Grade

Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Al Rinker and Floyd Huddleston, Terry Giklyson
Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music by Bryan Louiselle
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Michael Bernard
Based on the 1970 Disney film “The Aristocats”

Aristocats KIDS

FALL

  • Classes: Tuesday 4-6pm, August 20th-October 29th
    Technical Rehearsals: November 4th 4-7pm AND November 6th 4-7pm
    Performances: November 9th at 2pm and 6pm

  • Classes: Wednesdays 4-6pm, August 21st-October 30th
    Technical Rehearsals: November 5th 4-7pm AND November 7th 4-7pm
    Performances: November 10th at 2pm and 6pm

2nd and 3rd grade students in this program will build on theatre and performance basics and then use their new skills to put on a musical!

About the Show
Based on the beloved Disney animated film, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with unbelievable twists and turns. In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat, and her three little kittens. Laughs and adventure ensue as the greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.

Single Program Tuition: $680 | Total Class Hours: 32 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

Stone Dragon Stew

SPRING

By Brian Cox

  • Classes: Tuesdays 4-6pm, January 28th-Apri 15th (No Class 4/1)
    Technical Rehearsals: April 21st 4-7pm AND April 23rd 4-7pm
    Performances: April 24th at 6pm, April 25th at 2pm

  • Classes: Wednesdays 4-6pm, January 29th-April 16th (No class 4/2)
    Technical Rehearsals: April 22nd 4-7pm AND April 24th 4-7pm
    Performances: April 25th at 6pm, April 26th at 2pm

2nd and 3rd grade students in this program will build on theatre and performance basics and then use their new skills to put on a play!

About the Show
Villagers of Nearhere are fed up with living under siege of the Stone Dragon, who keeps dropping rocks from the sky! Residents are forced to stay inside, wear a helmet, or suffer the consequences. Smart villager Bookseller offers up a plan: find a brave knight to defeat the Stone Dragon and restore peace to Nearhere. The only problem is nobody in the village knows any knights, so four brave villagers set out to find knights willing to fight the ferocious dragon. After the knights prove to be no help and hope seems lost, a renowned chef shows up and shares the perfect recipe for successfully dealing with the Stone Dragon.

Single Program Tuition: $680 | Total Class Hours: 32 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

4th and 5th Grade

Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig
Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
Music by Jeanine Tesoir
Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatrcials and Neal Street Productions
Original Production Directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford
“I’m a Believer” by Neil Diamond

Shrek Jr

FALL

  • Classes: Mondays 4-6:30pm, August 19th-November 4th (No Class 9/2)
    Technical Rehearsals: November 11th 4-7pm AND November 13th 4-7pm
    Performances: November 16th at 2pm and 7pm

  • Classes: Thursdays 4-6:30pm, August 22nd-November 7th (No Class 10/31)
    Technical Rehearsals: November 12th 4-7pm AND November 14th 4-7pm
    Performances: November 17th at 2pm and 7pm

4th and 5th grade students in this program will grow theatre and performance intermediate skills and then use their new skills to put on a musical!

About the Show
Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and fantastic Broadway musical. Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. One day, Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions. When Shrek sets off with a wisecracking donkey to confront Farquaad, he's handed a task — if he rescues feisty princess Fiona, his swamp will be righted. Shrek tries to win Fiona’s love and vanquish Lord Farquaad, but a fairytale wouldn't be complete without a few twists and turns along the way.

Single Program Tuition: $845 | Total Class Hours: 40 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza

By Don Zolidis

SPRING

  • Classes: Mondays 4-6:30pm, January 27th-April 21st (No class 3/31)
    Technical Rehearsals: April 28th 4-7pm AND April 30th 4-7pm
    Performances: May 2nd at 7pm, May 3rd at 2pm

  • Classes: Thursdays 4-6:30pm, January 30th-April 24th (No class 4/3)
    Technical Rehearsals: April 29th 4-7pm AND May 1st 4-7pm
    Performances: May 3rd a 7pm, May 4th at 2pm

4th and 5th grade students in this program will grow theatre and performance intermediate skills and then use their new skills to put on a play!

About the Show
Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation and general theatrical insanity. Creation myths such as Pandora's Box and Cronos and the Titans jostle for space with other famous myths like Jason and the Argonauts (the original Super Friends). Culminating in a heart-pounding, five-minute version of The Iliad, this fast-paced, free-wheeling play is wild, silly, and a complete blast for all ages.

Single Program Tuition: $740 | Total Class Hours: 35 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

6th-12th Grade

Roald Dahl’s
James and the Giant Peach

Words and Music by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
Based on the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

FALL

Classes: Sundays 10:30am-1pm AND Mondays 4-6:30pm
Sundays August 25th-November 10th (No class 9/1)
AND Mondays August 26th-November 11th (No class 9/2)
Technical Rehearsals: November 19th-21st from 4-7pm
Performances: November 22nd at 7pm, November 23rd at 2pm and 7pm

6th-12th grade students in this program will build on intermediate to advanced theatre skills and then use their new skills to put on a musical!

About the Show
Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Pasek and Paul (Dogfight and A Christmas Story the Musical) and a curiously quirky book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley), critics rave: James and the Giant Peach is a "masterpeach!" When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities, but after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.

Single Program Tuition: $1,175 | Total Class Hours: 70.5 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

The Witch’s Princess

SPRING

By Don Zolidis

Classes: Sundays 4-6:30pm AND Mondays 4-6:30pm
Sundays February 23rd-May 4th (No class 3/30)
AND Mondays February 24th-May 5th (No class 3/31)
Technical Rehearsals: May 5th-7th from 4-7pm
Performances: May 9th at 7pm, May 10th at 2pm and 7pm

6th-12th grade students in this program will build on intermediate to advanced theatre skills and then use their new skills to put on a play!

About the Show
The queen is dead. The kingdom is cursed. And the only way to lift the curse is to slay the witch. When Princess Alessandra’s father the king offers her hand in marriage to the knight who can slay the evil bog witch and lift the curse, there’s only one thing for the princess to do: Sneak out of the castle and kill the witch herself to avoid marriage. But she’s not dumb and she’s not going alone, because she’s first assembling a crack crew of the deadliest monsters in myth and legend to help. But she discovers the monsters aren’t what they seem, and neither is the witch, or the curse, or the kingdom. A rollicking and wild quest of magic and adventure.

Single Program Tuition: $1,065 | Total Class Hours: 64 Hours
Enroll in Fall ‘24 and Spring ‘25 Youth Stage programs to receive a 10% discount off both programs!

Advanced Program

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

Classes: Saturdays 10am-12pm AND Sundays 10am-1pm
Saturdays October 26th-January 18th (No class 11/30, 12/21, 12/28)
AND Sundays October 27th-January 19th (No class 12/1, 12/22, 12/29)
Technical Rehearsals: January 25th and 26th 10am-1pm, January 31st 4-7pm
Performances: February 1st at 2pm and 7pm, February 2nd at 2pm

9th-12th grade students are invited to join this program that will build advanced theatre skills, like character work and shakespearean text analysis, and use these skills to put on a play.

About the Show
One of William Shakespeare's towering achievements, King Lear is a work of exceptional mastery, a stark tale that is both intimate and vast. An old and vain king unwisely divides his kingdom between his two fawning older daughters and banishes his third daughter, who truly loves him but speaks more modestly. Thus begins Shakespeare's heart-rending play - a work that questions the passing of power between generations, loyalty to an unyielding kind, and the concept of a harmonious and just universe. The king and his followers, ennobled by suffering, pay dearly for their lapses in judgment. Madness and murder are the consequences of insights and mercy that arrive too late, making King Lear a sweeping tragedy of vanity, evil, and anguish.

Single Program Tuition: $705 | Total Class Hours: 50 Hours

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