Summer Theatre Workshops
Camps & Classes for Ages 4 - 17
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
WE LOVE SUMMER!
We fill our summers with more than 40 week-long camps for students ages 4-17. Held across the Twin Cities metro area, there are more than 1,400 openings for kids to get creative and theatrical with us this summer!
WORKSHOP DIRECTORY
QUESTIONS?
For questions about Workshop Curriculum and In-Class Experience, contact
Megan Collins via phone: 952-979-1117 or
For questions about Registration, Friend Placement and Tuition Assistance contact
Matt Ouren via phone: 952-979-1112 or
Matt Ouren via phone: 952-979-1112 or
Workshops for 4 - 6 Year Olds
Discover your actor tool box through creative play. Use your body, voice and imagination to tell a story!
Tuition: $120
per student, per session
Registration: Students must be four years old at the start of the session to register; students must also be potty trained by the start of the session, or an adult will need to stay in the building during workshop hours.
A Really Royal Rumpus
Our favorite royals are throwing a party this summer and you’re invited! Join Elsa and Anna, Belle, Moana, Aladdin, Simba, Mulan, and their royal friends, Olaf, Maui, Hei Hei and many more! They have made a royal decree: Come join a Stages Teaching Artist and celebrate our favorite nobility this summer.
Farmyard Friendship
Friendship can come in all shapes and forms; we want to help our young actors make new friends through wonderful stories of companionship. We’ll take a trip to the farm to visit some of our favorite friends in Little Blue Truck, Click Clack Moo, Peppa Pig, Otis, and The Ugly Duckling to tell a new story that every pair of pals will approve.
BIG IDEAS!
What do you do with YOUR big ideas? We want to find out! Some of our favorite stories are all about celebrating who we are and recognizing differences as strengths. Happy Dreamer, The Day You Begin and What Do You Do With an Idea? will be some of our starting points for creative invention. Your little ones will have a blast acting out their unique awesomeness onstage!
Funny Furry Tales
Animals are up to the craziest things lately and we want to join them. Paw Patrol, Elephant & Piggie, Grumpy Monkey, Pete the Cat and The Wonky Donkey all have something in common: we are hanging out with them this summer! Let’s get goofy with our favorite furry animals friends! Join us!
Unicorn Universe & Other Enchanted Worlds
Magical and sparkling, unicorns are incredibly beloved by our young actors (and by our Teaching Artists too). Inspired by Not Quite Narwhal, How to Catch a Unicorn and Not Your Typical Dragon we’ll make our way through enchanted lands finding dragons, trolls, butterflies, mermaids, fairies and much more along the way!
WORKSHOP LOCATIONS
JUNE 15-JULY 24: Hopkins Center For The Arts-1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
JULY 27- AUGUST 14: *NEW LOCATION! FAIR School - Pilgrim Lane 3725 Pilgrim Lane North Plymouth, MN 55441
More Information for 4 - 6 Year Old Workshops
LUNCH CARE Lunch Care is offered between the morning and afternoon session for your young actors. We do NOT recommend students take both the morning and afternoon sessions in the same week before they have attended a full day of school or daycare.
Current Kindergartners/Fall 2020 1st Graders: Want a FULL day workshop option? See Grades 1-3 below.
A Note on Last Day of Class Sharing
Family and friends are invited to a presentation of skills learned on the last day of each session.
Family and friends are invited to a presentation of skills learned on the last day of each session.
Each student receives one child’s ticket to an upcoming Stages Theatre Company production.
GRADES 1-3
Work together to create and perform an original story using your actor tools!
Tuition: $285
per student, per session
Registration: NOTE: To participate in the Grades 1-3 summer session, students must be enrolled in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grades in Fall 2020.
Broadway Bop (sing and dance)
Want to perform like the next big Broadway star? We are going to give our young actors the confidence to take the stage! In this workshop, we will develop our “star-power” singing and dancing to our favorite musicals like Aladdin, Anastasia, Frozen, and Matilda. Your young actors will learn songs and choreography and create a story inspired by their favorite Broadway shows!
Descendants Disney Dreams (sing and dance)
With the final journey to Auradon done, it’s time for us to keep adding to the legend. We’ll develop our singing & dancing skills while chillin’ like villains as we create a new story featuring the next generation of Descendants! Which Disney favorites will join the story next?
Pokémon Party (acting)
Gotta Catch ‘em All! People have been following the amazing world of Pokémon for decades. They visit exotic destinations, meet interesting new people and have exciting adventures. Join us on the adventure and, along the way, learn about teamwork, compassion, friendship, and fair play as our actors discover what it takes to be a Pokémon Master.
Superheroes, Assemble! (acting)
Superheroes save the world, but some of our favorites create some serious chaos before saving the day. To name a few: Princess in Black, Captain Underpants, Batgirl, Dog Man and Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot. We’ll combine first-person narratives to make plays of real-life adventure, dramatic disaster and zany comedy, all before saving the day!
Radio Rock Out (sing and dance)
We love singing & dancing along to the radio, how about you? We are taking it a step further by adding a story to our favorite radio hits. Can’t stop bopping to “High Hopes”, “A Million Dreams”, “ME!” and “Old Town Road”? Join Stages Theatre Company Teaching Artists and adapt [age appropriate] songs from popular musicians as we create original musical stories for the stage!
WORKSHOP LOCATION
FAIR School, Crystal Campus- 3915 Adair Ave North, Crystal, MN 55422
More Information for Grades 1-3 Workshops
Current Kindergartners/Fall 2020 1st Graders: Want a HALF day workshop option? See Ages 4-6 above.
EXTENDED CARE
Extended Care is available BEFORE and AFTER class.
Morning Care Hours:
8:00-9:00am Monday-Friday
Afternoon Care Hours:
3:30-4:30pm Monday-Thursday
EXTENDED CARE COST
Morning Care: $45/child
Afternoon Care: $40/child
Morning & Afternoon Care: $75/child
A Note on Last Day of Class Sharing
Family and friends are invited to a presentation of skills learned on the last day of each session in the theatre at FAIR School, Crystal.
Sharing times will be staggered beginning no earlier than 2:30 PM.
Details will be available on the first day of workshop.
Morning Care: $45/child
Afternoon Care: $40/child
Morning & Afternoon Care: $75/child
A Note on Last Day of Class Sharing
Family and friends are invited to a presentation of skills learned on the last day of each session in the theatre at FAIR School, Crystal.
Sharing times will be staggered beginning no earlier than 2:30 PM.
Details will be available on the first day of workshop.
Sharing times will be staggered beginning no earlier than 2:30 PM.
Details will be available on the first day of workshop.
GRADES 4-6
Develop performance confidence as you create characters and scenes as an ensemble.
Tuition: $285
per student, per session
Registration: NOTE: To participate in the Grades 4-6 summer session, students must be enrolled in the 4th, 5th or 6th grades in Fall 2020.
WORKSHOP LOCATION
FAIR School, Crystal Campus -3915 Adair Ave North, Crystal, MN 55422
Hidden within Hogwarts (acting)
There is a mystery hidden within the walls of Hogwarts...and we have to solve it or face the Dark Arts taking over our school! With the release of the Harry Potter Illustrated series, it’s time to dig into the magical world with more gusto than ever. Combining our acting skills with the legends of this blockbuster franchise, your developing actor will choose a path to explore adventure, intrigue, and the origin stories of this beloved world.
The Rise of the Heroes (acting)
Notice how kids seem to be saving the world in an awful lot of shows and books lately? Inspired by the best-selling series, The Last Kids on Earth, and the final chapter in the Star Wars Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, we are going to create the perfect workshop for anyone who’s ever dreamed of starring in his or her own comic book, video game, or epic adventure. Gear up and help us save the world this summer!
On Broadway (sing and dance)
The shows that light up Broadway are at the center of this workshop, putting your actor right in the heart of NYC this summer. Newsies, Shrek, Beetlejuice, Waitress, The Lion King and more will come to life on our stage. With a strong focus on developing triple threats (singing, dancing, acting), we are going to bring (appropriate) musical numbers and scenes straight from New York City to Stages!
Playlist Pandemonium (sing and dance)
Your most epic playlist is about to come to life, as we dive into Spotify and hone our skills in performing with stage presence and musicianship. If you love singing, want to expand your song collection, and connect choreography to those smash hits, then this is the week for you. Creating and perfecting a playlist is an awesome way to bring new meaning and style to music. Are you ready to get creative and go for it?
More Information for Grades 4-6 Workshops
EXTENDED CARE
Extended Care is available BEFORE and AFTER class.
Morning Care Hours:
8:00-9:00am Monday-Friday
Afternoon Care Hours:
3:30-4:30pm Monday-Thursday
EXTENDED CARE COST
Morning Care: $45/child
Afternoon Care: $40/child
Morning & Afternoon Care: $75/child
A Note on Last Day of Class Sharing
Family and friends are invited to a presentation of skills learned on the last day of each session in the theatre at FAIR School, Crystal.
Sharing times will be staggered beginning no earlier than 2:30 PM.
Details will be available on the first day of workshop.
Morning Care: $45/child
Afternoon Care: $40/child
Morning & Afternoon Care: $75/child
A Note on Last Day of Class Sharing
Family and friends are invited to a presentation of skills learned on the last day of each session in the theatre at FAIR School, Crystal.
Sharing times will be staggered beginning no earlier than 2:30 PM.
Details will be available on the first day of workshop.
Sharing times will be staggered beginning no earlier than 2:30 PM.
Details will be available on the first day of workshop.
GRADES 7-12
Deepen your skill set and focus your training with like-minded performers.
Tuition: $285
per student, per session
NEW WORKSHOP LOCATION
Chesterton Academy -1320 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Musical Theatre: Contemporary Broadway Squads
Where do you belong…on Broadway right now? From Queens to mathletes, and even ghosts, we’re joining the Mean Girls, Beetlejuice, Six and The Prom squads this summer to hone your triple threat skills (singing, dancing and acting). Using (appropriate) material from these musicals and led by top Twin Cities professionals, this fast-paced, rigorous, and oh so fetch workshop will push your musical theatre performance to the next level.
What’s Your Story? Genre Mash-up
What stories catch your attention? Comedy? Realistic drama? Horror? Mystery? Fantasy? Sci-Fi? Or is it a mash-up of all of the above? This summer, we are diving into the genres that most excite us and the stories we want to tell. Led by students’ interests and inspirations, we will create brand-new plays guided by Stages Teaching Artists. We will work throughout the week in small group ensembles to write, act, design and perform world premiere productions for our audience.
TikTok Theatre
Whether you love it or you hate it, TikTok provides endless creative opportunity – and no one knows that better than teens! This summer, we’re going to discover what it really takes to go viral in the world of TikTok and create our own one-minute (or less) masterpieces. With sessions on acting for the camera, character creation, sketch writing and physical comedy, this workshop will be one for the screens.
CAST Summer Showtime (Ages 10-17)
3 WEEK EXPERIENCE
Tuition: $300
per student, per session
WORKSHOP LOCATION
JULY 27 - AUGUST 14: Hopkins Center For The Arts-1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
A Note on Last Day of Class Sharing
Performance: Friday, August 14th, 2:00 PM at Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Students will have extended camp hours (9:30 AM to 3:00 PM) to include the performance.
The CAST (Creative, Accepting, Sensory-Friendly Theatre) Program for youth with Autism, or other Sensory sensitivities, is taking over the stage again this summer! Directed by CAST Lead Teacher and professional Theatre Artist, Peter Morrow, and assisted by a team of AuSM-trained Teaching Artists, CAST students will work together to create a fully realized production. Students will design sets, costumes, puppets and projections, and rehearse their parts for 3-weeks, with the class culminating in a performance for family & friends!
NEXT STAGE:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jr. (Ages 10-15)
3 WEEK EXPERIENCE
Tuition: $530
per student
To participate in Next Stage, students must be enrolled in the 5th through 9th grades in Fall 2020.
WORKSHOP LOCATIONS
July 20-23 and July 27-30 is at Chesterton Academy -1320 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Aug 3-6 is at the Hopkins Center for the Arts 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Ever wonder what it really takes to put together a full musical on stage? The Next Stage program offers a firsthand glimpse into the audition process, rehearsal process, tech process and opening night. Using the same set and stage as our summer production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr., Next Stage will spend three weeks in a performance intensive culminating in a final public performance at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Students will be cast in specific roles, learn songs and choreography, receive costumes, and work as a team to put together a theatrical production.
Monday - Thursdays.
Stages + The Works Museum
(Ages 6-8 & 9-11)
It was so much fun to partner with The Works Museum last summer, that we decided to add a second week of workshops!
Spend half of each day with Works Museum Educators exploring science and engineering, and the other half of the day immersed in theatre activities with Stages Teaching Artists. Celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, and Math this summer with Stages Theatre Company + The Works Museum.
Tuition: $330
General
Tuition: $297
For Member of The Works or Stages Season Subscribers
The Works Registration
Register at www.theworks.org or by calling 952-888-4262
JANUARY 30- Registration opens for Stages Season Subscribers & The Works Members.
FEBRUARY 6 - Public registration opens.
The Works Museum offers extended care and Friday Funday add-ons to make a 5-Day experience.
More information: www.theworks.org
WORKSHOP LOCATION
The Works Museum -9740 Grand Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55420
STEAM Dreams (Ages 6-8 & Ages 9-11)
Using our actor toolbox, and our engineering skills, we will explore stories, experiments and more using the tales of some of our favorite STEAM centered characters as a jumping off point. We have a lot to learn from some of our fictional favorites: in Rosie Revere, Engineer, The Most Magnificent Thing, The Dot and Ish! Join us as we learn, create and play this summer!
Informal Sharing of Skills on Thursday, July 23rd at 3:30pm
The Magic & Mystery Show (Ages 6-8 & Ages 9-11)
Explore the science behind classic magic tricks and illusions, practice the fine art of distraction and re-create the engineering it took to pull off the most impressive of acts. However, since a magician is nothing without strong performance skills, we’ll create, solve, and perform a dramatic mystery filled with zany characters!
Informal Sharing of Skills on Thursday, August 20th at 3:30pm
REGISTRATION
TUITION AND FEES
An additional, non-refundable handling fee of $5 will apply to each workshop. A non-refundable $25 registration fee is included in each price.
* Grades listed are RISING grades for the 2020-2021 School Year
**Additional session student discounts are NOT AVAILABLE online. Please contact the box office directly by phone.
REGISTER
Beginning January 21 for Season Subscribers & January 28 for the general public.
Online via the links above
By Phone: Call the box office at 952-979-1111, option 4 between 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Tuesday thru Saturday.
TUITION ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE
Through our Open Door Program, we offer need-based tuition assistance for our fee-based programs, such as our Winter and Summer Theatre workshops, Creative Play Academy and Acting Conservatory.
For questions about Tuition Assistance contact
Matt Ouren via phone: 952-979-1112 or
Please email filled out form or mail to:
Stages Theatre Company, Attn: Open Door Program, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Matt Ouren via phone: 952-979-1112 or
Please email filled out form or mail to:
Stages Theatre Company, Attn: Open Door Program, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343