Education Overview
Think of Steel River Playhouse as your creative and performing arts playground! Offering a variety of education programs, Steel River wants you to have a learning experience to develop a greater knowledge and love of the performing arts while enhancing your talents.
Spring Programming
The Wizard of Oz, Youth Edition – Musical Theater Performance Workshop
Directed by Mary Ann Rutkowski
Join Dorothy and her loyal companion Toto as they “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” through the Land of Oz, determined to reach the Emerald City, where the great and powerful Wizard of Oz will help them get home. Of course, along the way, Dorothy encounters witches (both good and bad), Munchkins, talking trees and winged monkeys. But most importantly, she befriends three unique characters: a Scarecrow with no brain, a Tin Man with no heart, and a Lion with no “nerve.” Their journey to happiness – and self-awareness – is a glowing testament to friendship, understanding and hope in a world filled with both beauty and ugliness.
Available for Rising 5th through 12th graders.
Rehearsal Schedule
-Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 – 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25
-Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 – 2/12, 2/19, 2/26 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26
-Sundays 2:00-5:00 2/23, 3/2, 3/16
Tech Week Rehearsal Schedule
Tech Week 5:15-8:00 – 3/31, 4/2, 4/3*
*The only Thursday rehearsal
Public performances are:
– Friday 4/4- 7PM (6PM call)
– Saturday 4/5 – 7PM (6PM call)
– Sunday 4/6 – 2PM (1PM call)
Tuition: $275
Tuition Assistance and Payment Plans Available. Tuition Assistance Form. Email completed form to education@steelriver.org for consideration.
Summer Programming – Ages 3rd to 12th Grades
Summer Camps • Runs June – July • Two 2-week sessions ending with performances!
***Disney’s Newsies, Jr. • Rising 7th grader- rising 12th grader • June 16- June 27 | REGISTER HERE ***
When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys’ expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what’s right. Including the now-classic songs “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “Santa Fe,” Newsies JR. is a timeless story full of spirit and heart.
Director: Lydia Klementisz | Music Director: Joe Smith
Each registered participant will receive TWO (2) tickets to a scheduled performance.
Camp runs Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 4 PM
Performances: Thursday, June 26th @ 6PM and Friday, June 27th @ 1PM
Payment plan available: $100 deposit plus 6 payments of $75.00, paid every two weeks.
*** Beetlejuice, Jr. • Rising 3rd grader-rising 6th grader • June 24th – July 3rd | REGISTER HERE ***
The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.
Director: Jude Adams | Music Director: David Schwartz
Each registered participant will receive TWO (2) tickets to a scheduled performance.
Camp runs Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 4 PM
*This camp will end on Thursday, July 3rd due to the July 4th holiday. The camp tuition is 25.00 fewer dollars than our other two camps.
Performances:Thursday, June 26th @ 6PM and Friday, June 27th @ 1PM
Payment plan available: $100 deposit plus 5 payments of $70.83, paid every two weeks. Final payment of $70.85.
*** Disney’s Finding Nemo, Jr. • Rising 3rd grader-rising 6th grader • July 7th – July 18th | REGISTER HERE ***
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.
Director: TBA | Music Director: David Schwartz
Each registered participant will receive TWO (2) tickets to a scheduled performance.
Camp runs Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 4 PM
Performances:Thursday, July 17th @ 6PM and Friday, July 18th @ 1PM
Payment plan available: $100 deposit plus 6 payments of $64.28, paid every two weeks. Final payment of $64.32.
Teen Summer Intensive for Ages 13 – 18*
Guys and Dolls!
Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Director: Lisa Hendricks • Music Director: John Williams • Choreographer: Brianna Beitler
!!! FREE Audition Workshop: Friday, April 11, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm !!!
Auditions May 2 and May 3, 2025 (Audition Required)
Audition Requirements: Please prepare 32 bars of any song in the style of the show or from the show. Additionally, please prepare a 1 minute monologue from a play or musical.
Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up.
Program runs July 25, 2025 – August 3, 2025
Rehearsals/Weeknights • 6:00 – 9:30 PM
6/16, 6/17, 6/18, 6/19, 6/23, 6/24, 6/25, 6/26, 6/30, 7/1, 7/2, 7/3, 7/7, 7/8, 7/9, 7/10, 7/14, 7/15, 7/16, 7/17
Sunday Rehearsals/Sundays • 1:00 – 5:00 PM on
6/22, 6/29, 7/13
Tech Weekend / Week
Weekend:
7/19, 10 am – 10 pm
7/20, 10 am -10 pm (There will be a full dress rehearsal in the evening)
Tech Week:
7/22, 7/23, 7/24
Performance Dates
Friday, July 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Saturday, July 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Friday, August 1, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Saturday, August 2, 2025 @ 12:00 noon
Sunday. August 3, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Students permitted to have up to 5 conflicts
No conflicts during tech week will be honored.
*All students 18 years of age must have their clearances.