KidStage® is an after-school drama program that will give children ages 5-12 some experience on stage! KidStage® kids will work on developing self-confidence and building stage presence through a variety of acting exercises and drama activities with the goal of getting each participant to be loud and proud in a KidStage® Showcase.
At the end of the classes, KidStage® kids have the opportunity to perform in a production. Kids have the opportunity to do it all on stage and off—we’ve had kids as actors, singers, dancers, stage managers, lighting and sound technicians, prop masters and costume designers. Everyone has the opportunity to participate—no one will be left out of the performance!
Participants will be divided into groups based on age and skill level. At the end of each session a showcase is held at St. Mary Catholic High School Fine Arts Educational Center*. Showcases are held on the weekend following the end date of the session. Dress rehearsals will be held on an alternate date of normal class time. Details of the dress rehearsals and showcase times will be provided by week 5 of the session.
*Location may change depending on availability
KidStage® Teachers
All classes are taught by trained, experienced instructors whose goal it is to teach your child about the excitement of theatre, and to provide a safe, interesting environment for each student.
Those kids who have the opportunity to participate in the Arts perform better in school and in social environments. You can support your child’s development by supporting their involvement in the Arts!
Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hip Hip Hippo, and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound on to stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
SHOWCASE at St. Mary Catholic High School January 18 or 19 (Times TBD after week two)
AGES: 5-13
DATES: September 23 – January 18/19
DAY: Mondays
CLASS TIME: 6:00-7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Huntley Elementary School
FEE: $187
CLASS 1 #: 412322-01
Annie JR. is based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin. Annie JR. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who, years ago, abandoned her on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
SHOWCASE at St. Mary Catholic High School May 31/June 1 (Times TBD after week two)
AGES: 5-13
DATES: February 24-May 31/June 1
DAY: Mondays
CLASS TIME 1: 6:00-7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Huntley Elementary School
FEE: $187
CLASS 1 #: 112322-01
