Fall Classes 2025
REGISTRATION OPENS AUGUST 1st!!!!
If you can dream it, you can do it!
Classes begin September 14th through December 16th
(Shows from November 16-18th)
Musical Theatre Academy Classes Run 9/7-12/21
Tech/Dress Rehearsals/Performances TBA
Showcase Classes have final performances At the end of the session to show off their hard work
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY is a Full Production and will end in a weekend of shows separate from the showcases. CLASSES end in a 1 or 2 showcases at the end of the session for friends and family to attend.
Some program spaces and times are TBD. We are waiting on a couple of responses to solidify program space for the fall. It will be in the general area of Citadel Theatre. Thank you for your patience!
Students may register for multiple programs. If you are unsure of what the best fit is for your child, please contact Erin at erina@citadeltheatre.org or call 847-735-8554 x2 to discuss options. Our number one priority is to create a safe and fun environment for our students to be their best selves!
Showcase Classes
Broadway Minis
Intro to Theatre, Beginning Level (3-6Y)
Class Day and Time: Sundays, 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Start Date: September 14th
End Date: November 16
Performance: Week of November 16-18
Fee: $225
Through song, dance and story telling students will learn the very beginning basics of theatre. Theatre helps build confidence, encourages and explores creativity and teaches lessons that helps with skills our students will use throughout their lives whether it is on stage or off the stage.
Through this program students will learn songs, dances and beginning acting techniques that will result in a final performance for family and friends to enjoy! This is a drop off class.
Type: Showcase
Beginning Musical Theatre: Roar and Shine!
Beginning Level (6-10 years old)
Class Day and Time: Sundays, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Start Date: September 14th
End Date: November 16
Tech Rehearsal: TBA
Performance: Shows the Week of November 16-18
Fee: $375
Do you have a child that loves to sing, dance and act and has very little experience doing so? Then this is the class for them! Throughout this session students will learn some basics of Musical Theatre through singing, dancing and acting while having fun and learning a lot about the basics of Musical Theatre. This class is a showcase class and will conclude in a weekend of performances for friends and families to enjoy!
Type: Showcase
Musical Theatre Academy
Improv!
All Levels Ages 8-14
Class Day and Time: Sundays, 1pm-3pm
Start Date: September 14th
End Date: November 16th
Tech Rehearsal: TBA
Performance: Shows the Week of November 16-18
Fee: $375
Learn or polish improv skills through games and exercises that help guide the young actor through this specific artform of theatre. Ask yourself are you ready for this challenge, then come laugh with us!
Make Your Own Movie
All Levels Ages 8-18
Class Day and Time: Sundays, 11am-1pm
Start Date: September 14th
End Date: November 16th
Movie Previews the Week of November 16-18
Fee: $400
Learn or polish improv skills through games and exercises that help guide the young actor through this specific artform of theatre. Ask yourself are you ready for this challenge, then come laugh with us!
MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY
Days: 3 days a week Rehearsal Schedule
(Rehearsal Schedule based on conflicts, last week before tech and tech week will be all students)
September 7th thru December 21st Ride the Cyclone High School Edition
September 14th-December 21st Seussical Jr
Cost: Seussical Jr: $695 Ride the Cyclone: $700
New students are eligible based on an audition submission and meeting pre- qualifications for the program. Otherwise current students will be invited into the program.
Pre-qualifications: Based on experience, students must be able to read from a script. Students must have either been part of our Summer Camp, taken 2 showcase classes from us or been part of 3 productions outside of our program. Enrollment is based on director’s discretion. All students will audition within program and be placed in the best role for them to shine in and create the best ensemble for their show.
Students asked to audition need to submit a video audition to erina@citadeltheatre.org with a 30 second monologue and 16 bar contemporary song. Submissions will be viewed by the directing staff and applicants will be notified on final decisions.
This is a full production class. Students will work on their production with theatre professionals through singing, dancing and acting. Students should be able to read at a first grade level. The conclusion of the class is a weekend of a full scale show at our theater.
AUDITION ONLY PROGRAM
Students will audition to be in the selected show for our Audition Only Program.
Students will do auditions and callbacks with the directing team of the show who will determine if they will be in this show or not, if they are not cast in this show, we encourage them to participate in our other Musical Theatre Academy Show.
Once parts are sent out, you have 3 days to make payment and register the student, if not registered by the third day, their part will be offered to someone else.
Rehearsal Schedules will be made once cast, typically 3 day a week schedules Sundays thru Wednesdays (unless space and conflicts prove us to try and do other days).
Auditons for our Fall 2025 Show will be held on August 15th, rehearsals will start the week of September 7th. We will have audition sign ups posted on July 25th.
Seussical JR
Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical JR., a fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos. Horton must protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, and he must also guard an abandoned egg that's been left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!
Ride the Cyclone: High School Edition AUDITION ONLY!
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, movinglook at what makes a life well-lived!
For Questions on any of our programs, please feel free to ask!
Contact Erin at erina@citadeltheatre.org
There is a $50 non-refundable deposit on all showcase classes.
There is a $100 non-refundable deposit on all Muscial Theatre Academy Shows
We cannot wait for you to be part of the Citadel Family!