SummerStage 2024
JUNE 24 – JULY 12, 2024
No program on July 4th
Pre-K 4 – K (as of September 2024)
This half-day program is a great way to introduce younger children to the performing arts in a gentle and fun environment. Small classes, with two instructors per class, ensures a thoughtful, caring, and focused environment to experience dance, art, voice, and theater games. There is a a mini performance at the end of each week.
Students bring their own snacks. Child MUST be 4 by the start of the session.
Register for one, two, or all three weeks. Each week will be new and exciting!
- Week 1
June 24, 2024 - June 28, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Week 2
July 1, 2024 - July 5, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
No SummerStage on Thursday, July 4 - Week 3
July 8, 2024 - July 12, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Grades 1–3 (as of September 2024)
This group will rehearse and perform a fully realized production for family & friends. Each day, students will have classes in Theater Games and Acting, Art, Voice, and Dance with trained professionals and working artists. There will be opportunities to work on costumes, props, and set pieces.
Students bring their own snack, lunch, and dance shoes.
Director: Anastasia Beliakova, Choreographer: Mikaela Papasodero
- 3 weeks
June 24, 2024 - July 12, 2024
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
No SummerStage on Thursday, July 4.
Pet owners, Roger and Anita, live happily in London with their Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, stalwart dogs devoted to raising their puppies. Everything is quiet until Anita's former classmate, the monstrous Cruella De Vil, plots to steal the puppies for her new fur coat. The Dalmatians rally all the dogs of London for a daring rescue of the puppies from Cruella and her bumbling henchmen.
Grades 4–6 (as of September 2024)
This group will rehearse and perform a fully realized production for family & friends. Students will learn blocking, direction, acting technique, and choreography. Each day they will have classes in Voice and Music Theory, Acting and Improv, Dance, and Art with trained professionals and working artists.
Students bring their own snack, lunch, and dance shoes.
Director: Samantha Alicandri, Musical Director: Cristina Wager
- 3 weeks
June 24, 2024 - July 12, 2024
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
No SummerStage on Thursday, July 4.
The Grunch tells the story of Rudy Grunch, a grumpy 6th grader who always feels like an outsider. When the entire school gets excited about the annual school musical, Rudy comes up with a perfect plan to ruin it for everyone; steal the sets, costumes and lights the night before it opens. But will the spirit of theatre prevail?
Grades 7–9 (as of September 2024)
This group will rehearse and perform, a fully realized production. Each day, they will have classes in Voice and Music Theory, Acting, and Dance with trained professionals and working artists.
Students bring their own snack, lunch, and dance shoes. They have the option of leaving for lunch.
Director: Jessica McCuiston, Musical Director: Evan Swanson
- 3 weeks
June 24, 2024 - July 12, 2024
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
No SummerStage on Thursday, July 4.
Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast-paced, preteen New York City life and plopped into a sleepy Indiana town following his parents divorce. Surrounded by an array of simpleminded middle school students, he needs to establish his place in the popularity pecking order. Can he situate himself on a comfortable link of the food chain... or will he dangle at the end with the outcasts?!?
Grades 10-College Freshman (as of September 2024)
This group will rehearse and perform a fully realized production. Each day, they will have classes in Voice and Music Theory, Acting, and Dance with trained professionals and working artists.
College audition and application information is available to this group upon request.
Students bring their own snack, lunch, and dance shoes. They have the option of leaving for lunch.
- 3 weeks
June 24, 2024 - July 12, 2024
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
No SummerStage on Thursday, July 4.
Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about "The Squip," a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most: a date with Christine, an invite to the raddest party of the year and a chance to survive life in his suburban New Jersey high school.
Policies
SUMMER
Full Day program: $400 deposit to hold your spot.
Half Day Mini Program: $100 deposit to hold your spot.
Balance due by June 1.
ACCEPTED PAYMENTS
We accept the following payment methods:
— VENMO: Send Venmo payment to @hobokenchildrenstheater — Please make sure “Paying for a good or service?” is UNchecked—or else Venmo charges a fee! — Include student’s name and class name in Venmo notes.
— ZELLE: Send Zelle payment to 646-339-8485 or admin@hobokenchildrenstheater.com
— CHECK or MONEY ORDER: Make checks payable to Hoboken Children’s Theater, and mail to: Hoboken Children’s Theater, 55 Sterling Avenue, Weehawken, NJ 07086
REFUNDS
— Students who withdraw on or before June 15 receive a full refund. Students who withdraw between June 16 and June 23 receive a 50% refund. No refunds are given on or after June 24, regardless of attendance.