Musical Theatre Production Summer Program for High School Students
Why Take Musical Theatre Production
Experience every step of a musical theatre production, from auditions to the curtain's final fall. Here, you’ll immerse yourself in the world of musical theatre, while honing your performance skills. You long to be a complete performer – a phenomenal singer, dancer, and actor: Interlochen can help you fulfill your potential.
What You'll Learn
Interlochen Arts Camp is the top-rated musical theatre summer camp for young thespians. Our selective, audition-based program will give you the opportunity to work with a professional creative team to rehearse and perform a full-scale musical theatre production.
You'll be surrounded by students who are just as passionate and committed to developing their craft as you are. Our accomplished faculty bring real-life expertise to the individualized attention they will give you to propel you to the next level of your talent.
As a musical theatre production student, you will participate in:
- Daily musical theatre production rehearsals where you will work closely with the creative team to bring your production to life
- Private voice lessons
- Acting technique class
- Dance class
High School Musical Theatre Production to perform Ragtime for Camp 2023
Based on E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel of the same name, Ragtime follows three different social groups—an upper-class white family, a group of Black Harlem residents, and Eastern European immigrants—as they navigate life in turn-of-the-century New York. Other Camp 2023 productions include The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Alice and the Jabberwocky, and As You Like It.
Guest Artists
In past summers, musical theatre production students have learned and collaborated with the following artists:
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Caroline Aaron, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Sleepless in Seattle, Edward Scissorhands
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Barrett Foa, NCIS:LA, Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia!
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Rhys Coiro, Entourage, Straw Dogs, The Unborn
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Robert Davis, University of Hartford
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Quin Gordon, University of North Carolina School for the Arts
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Ken Ludwig, playwright and theatre director
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Brent Wagner, Chair of Musical Theatre at University of Michigan
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Richard Winkler, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and lighting designer
Program Highlights
Fully Staged Performances
The summer program ends with a performance in the 952-seat Corson Auditorium. The production enjoys full design and technical support throughout, making it a truly professional experience from start-to-finish.
Recent Productions
- 9 to 5
- The Music Man
- Evita
- Catch Me If You Can
- Crazy for You
- Les Misérables
- Oklahoma!
- Children of Eden
- Carousel
Theatre Venues & Facilities
Our campus boasts several state-of-the-art performance venues and facilities. The Harvey Theatre Complex contains classrooms, rehearsal spaces, and a 173-seat theatre. We also have two additional performance spaces, the 952-seat Corson Auditorium and the 170-seat black box Phoenix Theatre. The Mallory Costume Shop and our professional scene shop are state-of-the-art spaces also dedicated to our theatre program. Learn more about all of our facilities and venues.
Additional Opportunities
Interlochen also offers a Musical Theatre program, and a one-week Musical Theatre Audition Intensive. If you're interested in scenery, costumes, lighting, or stage management, you can apply for the Theatre Design & Production program. Interlochen is also home to the Arts Academy boarding high school, which offers theatre programs in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Theatre Design & Production for grades 9-12, as well as a post-graduate year.
I first came here when I was 11 years old, and I immediately fell in love. Interlochen prepares you for life in the arts, but it also prepares you for all the kinds of life and social skills you need. I've learned how to go after what I want. I've learned how to take initiative. I've learned how to be fierce, how to be strong. I've learned how to form my own opinions. I've also learned how to be a good person.
Josie, Musical Theatre Production
Studying Theatre at Interlochen
Students come to Interlochen to study theatre because they want to develop their craft so they can express themselves and tell stories as clearly and powerfully as possible.
