FALL 2023

*Shows are subject to change based on registration

Director/Choreographer: Jorie Davis
Music Director: Kathy Chick
Stage Manager: Gianna Piccillo

This production is open to ages 8-12.
All students enrolled will receive a role.

Tuition: $425
(Families using ESA funds need to use their ESA debit card, and upon request, we can send you a detailed receipt.)

Auditions & rehearsals will be held at
DanceUp Performing Arts
1235 S Gilbert Rd #13 Mesa, AZ 85204

Dress rehearsals & performances will be held at
Boulder Mountain Church
9390 E McLellan Rd, Mesa, AZ 85207

To participate, students and parents must read and be in agreement of our policies.

Ages 8-12

ABOUT THE SHOW- Based on the beloved Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz, Snoopy!!! sparkles with wit and warmth as it depicts life as seen through the eyes of Schulz's unforgettable characters. Musical numbers include “Just One Person,” “Poor Sweet Baby” and “Don’t Be Anything Less (Than Everything You Can Be).”

"Snoopy the Musical is as cute as warm puppy." - Lizzie Loveridge, CurtainUp

"Effervescent...Larry Grossman’s melodies and Hal Hackady’s lyrics provide the playful glue that keep things zipping tightly along" - Joel Hirschhorn, Variety

"A delightful two hours spent with adults living out a children’s world." - Sheila Chisholm, Weekend Special

Auditions

Friday, August 4th, 2023 6:00-9:00PM

Please arrive ten minutes early to check-in and have costume measurements taken.

Please prepare 60-90 seconds of a musical theatre song in the style of the show. Choose something that showcases your vocal range and ability. Work with an instrumental track from YouTube that can be pulled up for your audition. Please dress for movement and bring lots of water!

Actors should plan on staying for the duration of auditions. Auditions are closed to anyone not auditioning.

We will read and sing from the script during the audition process, so it is strongly recommended that you are familiar with the show.

Production Schedule

Rehearsals

August 11th, 18th, 25th (4:30-8:30PM)
September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th (4:30-8:30PM)
October 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th (4:30-8:30PM)

*No rehearsals on October 6th for fall break

Dress Rehearsals

October 30th-November 1st (5:00-9:30PM)

Performances

November 2nd, 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 5:00PM)
November 3rd, 7:00PM (Actor Call Time, 5:00PM)
November 4th, 2:00 & 7:00PM (Actor Call Time, 12:00PM)

Director: Jorie Davis
Choreographer: Jutem Lee-McCollum
Music Director: Kathy Chick
Stage Manager: TBD
This production is open to ages 13-18.
All students enrolled will receive a role.

Tuition: $425
(Families using ESA funds need to use their ESA debit card, and upon request, we can send you a detailed receipt.)

Auditions & rehearsals will be held at
DanceUp Performing Arts
1235 S Gilbert Rd #13 Mesa, AZ 85204

Dress rehearsals & performances will be held at Boulder Mountain Church
9390 E McLellan Rd, Mesa, AZ 85207

To participate, students and parents must read and be in agreement of our policies.

Registration

THIS PRODUCTION ONLY HAS SPACES LEFT FOR MALE PARTICIPANTS.

THANK YOU!

Ages 13-18

ABOUT THE SHOW-

The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films (and developed by Disney Theatrical Productions expressly for licensing to theatres), features a book by Bridget Carpenter - the co-executive producer and writer on the beloved TV hits, "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood" - and music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey - the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then.

When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.

NOTE: We will be editing the script and some musical numbers to remove any profanity or suggestive material. This show will be appropriate for all ages.

Auditions

Thursday, August 3rd 6:00-9:00PM

Please arrive ten minutes early to check-in.

Actors should plan on staying for the duration of auditions. Auditions are closed to anyone not auditioning.

We will read and sing from the script during the audition process, so it is strongly recommended that you are familiar with the show.

Production Schedule

Rehearsals

August 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st (4:30-8:30PM)
September 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th (4:30-8:30PM)
October 12th, 19th, 26th (4:30-8:30PM)

*No rehearsal October 5th for fall break

November 2nd, 9th (4:30-8:30PM)

Dress Rehearsals

November 13th-15th (5:00-9:30PM)

Performances

November 16th, 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 5:00PM)
November 17th, 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 5:00PM)
November 18th, 2:00 & 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 12:00PM)

Director: Kathy Chick

This production is open to ages 18+.

Audition and rehearsal location will be sent out to those who register.

Dress rehearsals & performances will be held at Boulder Mountain Church
9390 E McLellan Rd, Mesa, AZ 85207

To participate, you must read and be in agreement of our policies.

Registration

Community Theatre

ABOUT THE SHOW- The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

Auditions

Monday, September 25th 6:00-9:00PM

*Possible callbacks September 27th

Please prepare a one minute monologue that reflects the character you are auditioning for. Auditions will also consist of cold reads from the script.

Actors should plan on staying for the duration of auditions. Auditions are closed to anyone not auditioning.

Production Schedule

Rehearsals

October 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, 25th, 30th (6:00-9:00PM)
November 2nd, 6th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 20th, 27th, 29th (6:00-9:00PM)
December 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th, 18th, 20th (6:00-9:00PM)

*No rehearsal November 22nd for Thanksgiving

*No rehearsal December 25th-January 3rd for Christmas/New Years

January 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th (6:00-9:00PM)

Dress Rehearsals

January 22nd-24th (6:00-10:00PM)

Performances

January 25th, 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 5:30PM)
January 26th, 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 5:30PM)
January 27th, 2:00 & 7:00PM (Actor Call time, 12:30PM)