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 2025
Winter/Spring Season

 
 

Drag Workshop: The Art of Transformation with Kelindah Bee

Thanks to generous donors we are now able to offer this workshop for $100/$125/$150!

The workshop will begin with a focus on community-building, trust exercises and introductions. As the group acclimates to each other, we will create a shared understanding about what drag means to us, what our associations are with it and why it matters in the world. This dialogue will highlight one definition of drag: as an art form of transformation. We will discuss what we want to transform within ourselves, in our communities and in the world at large. Through movement exercises, games, and dramatic character explorations, we’ll practice many different ways of transforming. We will explore the skills of lip syncing and costume and make-up design as tools of character creation. Eventually, the workshop will culminate by sharing our budding drag personas-in-progress in a playful and joyous celebration.

Sliding Scale Tuition:
$100/$125/$150
Financial Aid is Available!

Ages 12-18

One Day Only
Saturday, May 3rd
11am-5pm

 


 
 

Summer Classic
Twelfth Night

Ages 13-19

AUDITION SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 5th

Please review the Audition Materials

Rehearsals are June 23 - July 11

Directed by Rebecca Waxman with Keely Eastley
Assistant Director
Amy Majer
3 Weeks
No Camp July 4th
Monday - Friday:
9am-4pm
3 Performances: Friday, July 11th, 7pm, Saturday, July 12th, 2pm & 7pm

This program offers a more intensive and rigorous theatre experience for our senior company students. This is a three-week immersion program exploring a literary classic. Participants ages 13-19 are given the support they need to develop their skill with language, voice, and physical story-telling as they rehearse a fully produced play. This is a challenging and fun experience under the guidance of professional practitioners. Everyone gets a role!

Twelfth Night

A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. Join us for a high-spirited romp, set among a bright world of yachts, disguises, 80’s radio, flip-flops, extended pranks and fruity drinks!

 

 
 

Musical Theater Intensive
Chicago: Teen Edition

Ages 13-19

Audition Dates: May 7th, Wednesday, from 4-6pm and May 10th, Saturday, from 10am-12pm

Please review the Audition Materials.

Rehearsals are July 17th - August 8th

Directed by Gavy Kessler 
Music Director
Graham Christian

3.5 Weeks
Monday - Friday: 9am-4pm
6 Performances:
Friday, August 8th, 7pm, Saturday, August 9th, 2pm & 7pm, Friday, August 15th, 7pm, Saturday, August 16th, 2pm & 7pm

This program offers a more intensive and rigorous musical theatre experience for our senior company students. This summer, participants will learn, rehearsal, and perform a complete musical, with the support needed to develop vocal, dance, and acting skills. Students of all abilities are welcome. Everyone gets a role!

Chicago Teen Edition

It's the 1920s in the Windy City, and two would-be jazz starlets Velma and Roxie vie for fame, fortune and notoriety-- all while on trial for killing their husbands. Can legendary lawyer Billy Flynn keep these "merry murderesses" out of the hangman's noose by controlling the narrative around their crimes?

 

 

2025 Summer Camps

 
 

Brave Young Vaudevillians
Ages 6-8

Looking for a summer program that is fun, educational, and exciting while also incorporating outdoor activities, unstructured play, and theatre arts training? This is the one! We’ll play our way through the summer - singing, dancing, acting, dressing up and frolicking. Includes a performance on the final day for families and loved ones.

On Stage Programs
Ages 8-19

Students learn various acting skills. Most programs offer a family share or full scale production for the public. From Improv to Shakespeare, there’s something here for everyone! With our professional instructors, students learn valuable lessons to use on stage and off

Tech/Design Programs
Ages 10-19

For kids that prefer to learn about behind-the-scenes, there are opportunities to learn about costuming, stage lighting and sound, and creating scenic elements for the stage! These camps fill up fast, so sign up today!

 

2025 Season Sponsors

 
Leap, and the net will appear.
— John Burroughs
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