theatre production workshop 2025
july 7 - august 9
directors: Lisa Knight & Taylor Bond
choreographer: Rachel Tassile
stage manager: Caroline Harold
This theatre opportunity is open to all students ages 9 - 18! Your performers will audition, rehearse, and perform an entire musical production with lights, sets, and costumes on the historic Canton Palace Theatre stage! This opportunity is perfect for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. Under the guidance of seasoned directors, students will learn valuable theatre arts skills in acting, singing, and movement, all while rehearsing a full-scale theatrical production.
ABOUT BEETLEJUICE JR.​
It's our show now, kid. The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.
With music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Eddie Perfect and a book by Tony Award-nominated pair Anthony King and Scott Brown, Beetlejuice was nominated for eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical. A viral success on social media, this musical struck a chord with young theatre lovers who adored its unabashed humor and emotional honesty. Created for the generation that made it a hit, Beetlejuice JR. is a wacky theatrical party for all!
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ABOUT CANTON THEATRE KIDS
The mission of Canton Theatre Kids is to create theatre experiences that inspire, encourage, and uplift. We strive to be a light in the lives of our students. Our theatre program is a place to learn, grow in curiosity, empathy, and imagination, where everyone is important. Our success is not what happens on the stage -- it can be found in the process, the journey of making friendships, building confidence, supporting one another, and our young people taking pride in their work and who they are.