SUMMER STUDIO CLASSES

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Technical Theater Track

In this program, students will spend their mornings working with members of the Hartford Stage technical staff learning about various elements of backstage craft, including sets, props, costumes, lighting and sound. Afternoons are spent exploring elective classes of their choice. Students will have the opportunity to assist with crew for various performances throughout summer. Students will also take a field trip to New York to see a Broadway show.

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For Ages 12-18

July 7 – August 1, 2025

(With some performances taking place outside of regular hours. Crew positions determine schedules.)

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

$1,420

One-Act Play

Young actors will hone their skills with training in the basics of acting and improvisation, working toward a non-musical production.

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Ages 9-15

Session 1: July 7 – 18, 2025

Session 2: July 21 – August 1, 2025

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

$735 per session
$1,420 for both sessions

Page to Stage Players

Spend the week with us creating a performance based on books selected from current summer reading lists. Students will use stories, music and fun theatre activities to create a final share performance.

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Ages 8-11

July 28 – August 1, 2024

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

$380
$355 when combined with Junior Troupe

Children’s Cast

Students will take classes in story theater, creative movement, music, puppetry, and arts and crafts. Each session ends in a mini-production that the cast creates based on favorite stories and characters.

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Ages 5-8 *

Please Note: to be eligible for the Children’s Cast, students must have completed Kindergarten. Students will be split into groups based on age – generally 5-6 and 7-8.

Session 1: July 7 – 18, 2025

Session 2: July 21 – August 1, 2025

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

$735 per session (2 weeks)
$1,420 for both (4 weeks)

Day Dreamers

Our youngest artists will enjoy a half-day of creative movement, music, story theater, and puppet play!

To receive your multi-session savings, please add both sessions to your cart and the discount will be automatically applied.

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Ages 3-5 *

Please Note: our Day Dreamers program is for Pre K students only. To be eligible, students must be potty trained.

Session 1: July 7 – 11, 2025

Session 2: July 14 – 18, 2025

Session 3: July 21 – 25, 2025 SOLD OUT!

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

$205 per session (1 week)
$350 for 2 sessions (2 weeks)

Teen Musical featuring The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want, and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him. Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed mythical adventure “worthy of the gods” (Time Out New York).

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Ages 14-18

July 7 – August 8, 2025
Performances on August 8 & 9 at 7 pm

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Please note the earlier start time for this summer!

$1,550

Youth Ensemble featuring Something Rotten, Jr.

Travel back to the Renaissance for an hour of musical comedy gold in Something Rotten! JR. Adapted from the Broadway hit that Time Out New York hailed as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years,” Something Rotten! JR. celebrates one undeniable truth: “nothing’s as amazing as a musical!” In the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.

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Ages 10-15

July 7 – August 1, 2025
Performances on August 1 at 7 pm and August 2 at 2 pm

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

$1,420

Junior Troupe featuring Seussical Kids

Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical KIDS, a fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once on This Island, Ragtime). Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat, our narrator, tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child, who gets in trouble for thinking too many “thinks.” Horton’s challenge is twofold — not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must also guard an abandoned egg that’s been left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!

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Ages 8-11

July 7 – 25, 2025
Performances on July 25 at 7 pm and July 26 at 2 pm

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

$1,100
$1,065 when combined with Page to Stage Players