This workshop provides participants with the basics for audition preparation for Community Theatre productions.

Monday, March 10: guides participants through activities, exercises, and expectations to help performers prepare for auditioning generally; including choosing an audition piece, creating a character, and day of preparation.

Thursday, March 13: builds on the learning in session 1, with a focus on activities, exercises, and expectations when auditioning for a musical production; including choosing a song, preparing for the audition itself (including movement and dance), and day of preparation.

Instructor: Charles “Chip” Massie

Cost: $35

Students will audition on Monday for the performance on Saturday.  Following auditions, all students will begin rehearsals each day for the performance.  Camp time will be spent rehearsing as well as learning acting fundamentals, participating in drama and art activities and more.  They will rehearse on stage & in the Cultural Center.  MCT will provide costumes, props and staging.  In one week, a full production will be produced.  A jam packed week, full of fun and learning!  Be sure to check out the available workshops to help add to your learning!

About the show: Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland, an original adaptation based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The story begins with Alice and her older sister Margaret reading together. Margaret becomes frustrated, as Alice is curious about absolutely everything. Suddenly, a White Rabbit appears from nowhere. After a quick and nonsensical conversation, Alice follows the rabbit to a strange and wonderful place. In the course of her adventures, Alice meets a band of Flowers, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Knave and the rest of the suit of Cards, a giant Caterpillar, a Fish, a Frog, the Duchess, the Cook, the Cheshire Cat, the Gryphon, the Mock Turtle, a group of singing Lobsters, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and Humpty Dumpty. Through it all, Alice grows “curiouser and curiouser” as to where she is and even who she is. In the end, the answers she seeks are unimportant. Wonderland is all nonsense, anyway. As the White Rabbit explains, “Nonsense is fun!”

Thanks to our sponsor: Squibb Counseling Services, LLC

Actors have very important jobs to do to tell a story, but there are so many people who make theatre magic happen before the curtain even rises! This workshop explores the world of Costume Design, Set Design, and Makeup Design to give students a taste of the many artforms involved in making a performance great.

For Students: Grades 7-12

One day workshop from 1:30-2pm

Thursday, March 27, 2025