Performance Lab:
The Roaring Twenties, Then and Now

July 20 – August 7 (3 weeks)
Training and rehearsal Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm* (except the day of final showcase)
Final showcase Friday, August 7 at 7pm

This summer’s advanced musical theatre studio will include the opportunity for intensive training under the guidance of inspiring artist-mentors. Participants will meet staff and guest artists, work with professionals, and perform onstage at People’s Light. 

Half of each day will be an advanced conservatory-style program, working with professional artists in classes to fine-tune acting, choreography, and song preparation skills. The other half will be devoted to creating and rehearsing an original cabaret: The Roaring Twenties: Then and Now.

This performance opportunity on our larger Leonard C. Haas Stage is designed to highlight every performer with both solo and ensemble work. The Roaring Twenties will explore techniques that allow students to seamlessly transition across time periods, genres, and styles — a survey of the groundbreaking artists of Tin Pan Alley who shaped Contemporary Broadway as we know it today. You'll emerge from this program with new confidence as an artist, and the tools to help pursue your next dream role.

Throughout the summer, teen artists will meet artistic role models connected to our mainstage summer production of Ain't Misbehavin', through both formal instruction and more casual brown-bag lunches and other intersections. From discussing college and professional expectations, to sharing perspectives on balancing a healthy creative life and illuminating the other roles and collaborators in the theatre ecosystem, Performance Lab participants access diverse viewpoints and are immersed in the daily rhythms of a robust professional theatre.