Author: Michael Andrzejewski
When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce.
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Join us This Summer for a Trip! Camps will run 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM except for the Circus Adventure Dinner Theatre Camp, which will meet in the evenings from 4:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Camper's should bring their own sack lunch everyday with no nuts of any kind. All Camps total cost is $200 of which $50 is due at the time of registration, with the remainder due two weeks prior to the start of the camp. After paying the registration fee you should receive a link to in your receipt to pay the remainder.
Intensive Auditions and Callbacks Workshop featuring an Auditions Showcase with feedback from Guest Industry Professionals. This is an opportunity to build an acting portfolio. Actors will learn Monologues, 1 minute music cuts, headshots and more. This camp will feature an Artist’s Showcase where students will perform in front of a live audience and industry professionals.
This day camp experience features Disney Style Music and Acting from American Stories like Princess and the Frog, Pocahontas, Dumbo, Cars and more. Camp features workshops in music, acting and choreography, crafts, and games. There will be a showcase at the end of the week.
Register NowTake a trip on Route 66, this camp features music and script excerpts from musicals set along this historic roadway including selections from Meet Me in St. Louis, Oklahoma, Chicago, Newsies and more. Students will attend workshop sessions in acting, music and choreography.
Register NowA Remix of our Original Under the Big Top Dinner Theater, featuring music from Barnum, Greatest Showman and more. This camp will conclude with two dinner theater performances on Saturday Afternoon and Evening. Students will work with a script, have opportunities to learn improvisation and music. This is an intensive theater immersion experience with a full production at the conclusion of the week.
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Saturday, March 5th, Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy will be having its annual fund raising gala for 2022: A Night on Broadway: Field of Dreams. The Sycamore at Mallow Run will again be hosting the event with Smokehouse Catering Company Providing the meal for the evening. Enjoy as our hosts Terry Waggoner and Todd Ferris take us on a night of stories, performances, love and dreams as we help Creative Grounds celebrate another year. Attire is business formal: black-tie optional.
Ticket price includes program, appetizers, and dinner. Beverages are available for purchase. Table Sponsorships are availible contact Mark Landis for more information. Reservations are required and non-refundable.
Seating is round tables of seven-ten people at each table. If you have a seating request (i.e. “we would like to be seated with the Miller Party”), please add that request in the “Additional Information/Order Notes” section
Our online auction is a great way to support the Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy. You can bid using the website or the Auctria Mobile App. Unable to attend the gala? No problem! You can still participate in the online auction.
The online auction will begin on Feburary 25th, 2022 (two weeks before the gala) and will end during the gala on March 5, 2022. You can pre-register as a bidder soon and see some of the items up for auction.
Winning bidders can pick up their items at the gala. If not attending, arrangements will be made with the winning bidder to receive their items. Items will NOT be shipped by Creative Grounds. Any costs related to shipping will be the responsibility of the winning bidder.
Join Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy for an hour and a half of song and romance. For our 2022 Valentine's Day Show, All You Need is Love, a team of our talented directors and staff alongside members from our Student Leadership Team will be preforming modern love songs in Studio One. For this performance Creative Grounds be rolling out the red carpet with our more intimate seating arrangements.
Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on your stage in Disney’s High School Musical JR. Now updated to the convenient binder version! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extra curricular activities. The show’s infectious, danceable songs are sure to engage performers and audiences alike.
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Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy classes are for students of all ages and all skill levels. Our instructors pride themselves on solid professional technique yet meet each student where they are. We believe the most important thing our students will learn is confidence.
Just as this past Fall, each of Creative Grounds' Classes will be offered in 2 sessions. The first of the two sessions will meet from January through March, and the second March through May. Creative Grounds would also like to encourage you to take a look at participating in one of our productions and our offering of musical lessons as you consider your child's spring schedule.
Our instructor Christa Zook has been dancing for 35 years and has been teaching for 20. She prides herself in teaching professional technique at any skill level or capability. The only requirement is proper shoes should the style require them. Students will learn stretching and specific dance style technique. They will also learn a short piece they will perform at a showcase at the end of each session. You will find CGFAA classes a little different from your typical studio. Expensive costumes will not be required to purchase. We keep things simple and focus on students growth and having FUN!
Katie Landis, who teaches our Actor's Classes, is a Co-founder of Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy and currently serves as Youth Development Director. Katie has a B.A. in Communications with a Major in Worship Arts and Youth Ministry from Judson University. Katie has worked with kids in a variety of camp, school and church settings.
Imagination Station is our class for ages 4 through 8. This class focuses on using the imagination while learning the basics of theater. Musical theater comes to life through a series of engaging scenes. This is a highly supportive environment for youngsters to develop their courage to act, sing and dance. The level of challenge fits the needs of the group so that this introduction to musical theater is a positive experience for all. An excellent choice to build self-confidence, discover talent, and learn if your child would enjoy musical theater. Each class will include acting, improvisational games, creative movement, singing and rehearsals with costumes and props. This class will have a presentation of their mini-show with scenes and songs at the studio showcase.
Students work on monologues, group scenes, and improvisation, all while honing acting technique, diction, projection, body awareness and building self-confidence.The level of challenge fits the needs of the group so that this is a positive experience for all. An excellent choice to build self-confidence, discover new skills and continue to grow as an actor. Students will Participate in the Semester Showcase with a Monologue and group piece.
Based on the beloved Disney animated film, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS is a non-stop thrill ride of feline fun, complete with unbelievable twists and turns. In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat, and her three little kittens. Laughs and adventure ensue as the greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.
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The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for 709 performances. The story is set in the early years of the 20th century.[n 1] Mary Lennox, a young English girl born and raised in the British Raj, is orphaned by a cholera outbreak when she is ten years old. She is sent away from India to Yorkshire, England, to live in the manor of a brooding uncle she has never met. There, her personality blossoms among the other residents of the manor and the moor as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden.
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Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy is proud to announce our 2021 Holiday Programming. This year we are starting what we hope to be several new traditions, in addition to carrying on from previous years.
Our living windows will be returning this year. Starting on Black Friday and continuing on weekends through the 19th.We're giving our students the ability to practice their improvisation skills while providing entertainment to shoppers entering the mall.
While shopping for Christmas this year, be sure to stop by and interact with our young actors.
Join us on December 5th from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM for our Celebration of Arts Vendor and Craft Fair at Studio One. We will be hosting local vendors, enjoying music, showcasing our Living Windows(other character visits possible).
No door admission for patrons shoppers and guests and a low table rate for vendors(limited booth space still available).
Need to get some surprise Christmas Shopping in? Want to see a show at Gutty's? Need an adult's night out? Have your child age 4 through 12 to our polar express hang out with us on December 11th from 6pm to 9pm.
Kids will enjoy snacks, crafts and a movie! The Cost $15/child with a $50/Family Maximum. Space is limited and pre-registration is encouraged. Walk-ins on a space permitting first-come, first served basis.
Join a few of the Creative Grounds Directors & Friends for a night of music in celebration of Christmas.
The show starts at 6:30 PM in Studio One on December 18th and 19th.