Year three will bring the premiere student performances for “Rose Red and Lily White”. This production will involve a three-week long day camp culminating in performances open to the public. Our professional team of directors and a stage manager will partner with high school and college age counselors to teach young performers their singing, dancing, and acting parts during this fun and creative day camp. We’re still on the lookout for the perfect venue, so if you want to bring this opportunity to your community, please reach out! If there’s enough interest we could even have more than one production, possibly in different locations, over the summer.

After “Rose Red and Lily White” closes, our next show, “Puss in Boots” will head into the workshop phase. Again, we’ll hire advanced theatre makers (college and high schoolers) to workshop the musical, find sticky points, and prepare materials for the full camp production the following year. That workshop will also culminate in sharing the work with the community.

Then late that summer we’ll start writing our next show!

As you can see, the plan for Meadowlark Performing Arts fills a valuable role in the Mid-Willamette Valley Theatre Community by bringing opportunities for children, teens, college students, and new teachers/directors to learn and develop their skills in musical theatre and beyond, while creating and performing fun and engaging productions for their communities to enjoy. The ongoing developmental nature of this program will give young performers a structured program that allows them to find their place and look forward to advancing to increasingly more challenging roles as they grow and develop new skills. It will also give performing arts teachers and directors a professional opportunity in which to develop and share their valuable skills and experience.