Spring 2018

Elementary/Intermediate/HighSchool

Casting Day: December 9 at 10:00 am

Rehearsals: Saturdays Noon to 5:00 pm
January 6, 2018 to February 24, 2018
Dress Rehearsals: Mon 2-27 and Wed 3-1 at 5 pm

Performances: March 2 - 9, 2018

All Ages: 6 and up

A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?

Featuring songs:

"Circle of Life"
"I Just Can't Wait to Be King"
"Hakuna Matata"
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
And many more...

Tuition: $350

Bring A Friend: Bring a new to Upstage Arts Friend and you and your friend will receive $50 off your tuition. Unlimited new friends.

Homeschooled

Director:  Tabitha VanBuren

Casting Day:  Saturday, December 14

Rehearsals: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30-4

Dress Rehearsals:  Tuesday, February 21 and Thursday, March 22

Performances: March 23-24 Additional day performance Friday March 23

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Tuition: $300

Bring A Friend: Bring a new to Upstage Arts Friend and you and your friend will receive $50 off your tuition.  Unlimited new friends.

Family Homeschool Tuition: $1200 per year. (Includes both homeschool shows. Dear Edwina and Lion King)

Bring a Family:  Bring a new to Upstage Arts Family and your family and theirs will receive $150 off their year long tuition.

Conflicts are allowed, but must be stated upfront on Casting Day.

Intermediate/Advanced

Director:  Tabitha VanBuren

Casting Day:  Saturday, March 3 (Call backs as needed March 4)

Rehearsals:  Sundays from 12-5 beginning March 11

Dress Rehearsals:  Tuesday, May 15 and Thursday May 17 from 5-8:30

Performances: May 18-20

This girl loves boy (or ghoul) rock and roll Off Broadway musical is set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where the law is laid down by a zany, tyrannical principal. Pretty senior Toffee has fallen for the handsome Jonny, who is known to be a bad boy for taking the H out of his name.When family pressure forces her to end the romance, Jonny charges off on his motorcycle to the nuclear waste dump. He returns glowing and determined to reclaim Toffee's heart. He still wants to graduate, but most of all he wants to take Toffee to the prom. The principal orders him to drop dead while a scandal reporter seizes on him as the freak du jour. History comes to his rescue while a tuneful selection of original songs in the style of 50s hits keeps the action rocking across the stage, fun for the whole family.

PG

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​ This Includes some solos as well as lines.​

​Links to Watch 

Full Show

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0kKCYBdzpo

Short Film Starring Ru Paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dECttRgbWW0&t=604s

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Tuition: $350

Bring A Friend: Bring a new to Upstage Arts Friend and you and your friend will receive $50 off your tuition.  Unlimited new friends.

Conflicts are allowed, but must be stated upfront on Casting Day.

Elementary/Intermediate

Director: Suzi Ruege

Casting Day:  Saturday,  March 3 (Call backs as needed March 4)

Rehearsals:  Saturdays from 12-5 beginning March 10

Dress Rehearsals:  Tuesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 3 from 5-8:30

Performances: May 4-6 and 11-12

Tuition: $350

Bring A Friend: Bring a new to Upstage Arts Friend and you and your friend will receive $50 off your tuition.  Unlimited new friends.

Conflicts are allowed, but must be stated upfront on Casting Day.

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Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach is now a Theatre for Young Audiences musical for the whole family to enjoy! Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the Tony Award-nominated team of Pasek and Paul (Dogfight and A Christmas Story the Musical) and a curiously quirky book by Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley), critics rave: James and the Giant Peach is a "masterpeach!"

When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities – but, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.

Adults

The Spring 2018 show will be Avenue Q.

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Director:  Tabitha VanBuren

Auditions:  Sunday, March 4 (Call backs as needed March 5)

Rehearsals: Costume Fee: $75

Rehearsals:  Sundays, Mondays and Fridays from 5-9pm beginning Sunday, March 11

Tech week:  Monday, May 21 and Thursday, May 24

Performances: May 25-27 and June 1-3

It is expected that cast members will help with set construction, painting and costume creation.

Pre-school/Kindergarten

Pre-school/Kindergarten ages 3 thru 6

Students will participate in creating an age appropriate musical.  They will learn the introductory basics of music, dance and theatre.

Director: Tabitha Van Buren

Classes- 9 week series- once per week 

Mondays, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Tuition: $144

Costume fee: $20

Performance: April 23 during class time

Parents should stay during rehearsals.  Students must be potty trained.

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Intermediate/High School

We will attend the Texas Nonprofit Theater (TNT) Youth Conference this year and bring a piece for presentation. 

Director: Shelley Brownfield

Rehearsals: Wednesdays from 5-9 starting April 18

Additional tech days will be added based on TNT conference schedule

Parent Information meeting: March 17

Tuition $250. 

(waived if participating in a Spring Show individual tuition or Pre-pro full show package)

Additional entrance fees and meal plan fees will apply.  If the location of the event is outside of Houston, travel and hotel fees will apply.