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2022 – 2023

Iron Street Dance Company

Captains – Camille Morris* and Audrey Jagodzinske

Brynn Shaft
Mari Brown-Mereles
Andrew Graber
Jocelyn Bailey

*indicates graduating senior

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2022 – 2023

Stage Door 1 Music Theatre Company

Captains – Carley Pierce

Junior Captain – Addilyn Jagodzinske

Jaspter Carter
Erin Dolezal
Gabriel Freeland
Kaitlyn Geist
Camille Graber
Sloan Homelvig
Mara Mondt
Hollis Murdock
Mac Sheforgen
Oscar Sheforgen
Kinsleigh Showman

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October 4 – 8, 2022

Kephart Theatre

The Big Bad Musical

A HOWLING COURTROOM COMEDY

By Alec Strum
Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur

A courtroom has never been more lively and fun than in The Big Bad Musical!  This smart and wickedly funny musical is great for actors and audiences of any age.  The jury — your audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy-tale world!  The notorious Big Bad Wolf is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by storybooks of quirky characters who want to get even:  Little Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs, and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.  With Sydney Grimm as the commentator on live Court TV, the two greatest legal minds in the Enchanted Forest — the Evil Stepmother and the Fairy Godmother — clash in a trial that will be remembered forever after.  As our wronged fairy tale characters testify, the wolf seems deserving of all that’s coming.  Yet, even though the infamous Evil Stepmother resents doing pro-bono work on such an obviously futile defense, Mr. Wolf makes a good case for himself.  Was he born a criminal, or made one?  This musical has it all — audience participation, minimal set and costume requirements, a good balance of stage time for each character, multiple endings to make every performance unique, and Bill Francoeur’s toe-tapping tunes!

Narrative by Pioneer Drama

Photo Credit: Heartland Photography LLC

School Performances: February 28 – March 3, 2023
Public Performance: March 4, 2023

Kephart Theatre

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

The Musical

By Mo Willems and Mr. Warburton
Lyrics by Mo Willems
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma

Whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling, Caldecott Honor award-winning “Pigeon” picture books, and featuring music by Deborah Wicks La Puma (Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play!), Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is even more fun than staying up late and having a hot dog party!

It’s not easy being the Pigeon-you never get to do ANYTHING! But when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her passengers (gasp!) late, maybe that wily bird CAN do something.

Featuring an innovative mix of songs, and feathers, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is sure to get everyone’s wings flapping.

Narrative by Music Theatre International

Photo Credit: Heartland Photography LLC

May 4 – 6, 2023

Kephart Stage

CenterStage

Center for Theatre Art’s annual spring recital.

This three to four day event features performances from all of our music theatre and dance classes. It is a cumulation of all the work the students have put in through out the year and a way for us to celebrate theatre and dance education.

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SummerStage Camp: June 12 – July 6, 2023

SummerStage Performances: July 7 – 9, 2023

Kephart

Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr.

CTA’s 2023 SummerStage  

Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.

Featuring memorable songs such as “Just Keep Swimming,” “Fish Are Friends Not Food,” and “Go With the Flow,” Finding Nemo JR. brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure.

Narrative by MTI

Director – Bradyn Houltberg
Music Director – Gin Hoffman
Choreographer – Shelby Memmott

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July 20 -23, 2023

Kephart

Head over Heels The Musical

A CTA SecondStage production.

Songs by The Go-Go’s
Based upon the Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney
Adapted by James Magruder
Conceived & Original book by Jeff Whitty

HEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.”

A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, HEAD OVER HEELS follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts.

Narrative by BroadwayLicensing.com

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August 4 – 6, 2023

Sunflower Financial Theatre

(R)evlolve

Center for Theatre Art’s Annual Contemporary Dance Show

This year are focusing on natural occurrences within the year/seasons and the expansion being how it affects humans. Choreographic themes will include the exploration of summer rain, falling leaves, snow, and monsoon season, and so much more. Fourteen choreographers will come together to create a diverse experience of story telling through dance.