OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION

THE OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE ARTS ACADEMY HELD ALL PROGRAMS ON THE PLAYHOUSE GROUNDS AND INCLUDED TUITION BASED COURSES FOR AGES 5-18 AND PUBLIC TICKETS SALES FOR OUR CHILDREN'S THEATRE SHOWS HELD ON THE MAIN STAGE. ALL CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS WERE STAFFED BY PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS BOTH LOCALLY AND FROM THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY. OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR OVERSAW ALL PROGRAMMING. SUMMER 2024 HAD 10 WEEKS OF PROGRAMMING WITH DISTINCT AND UNIQUE ONE, TWO-, AND THREE-WEEK PROGRAMS. OUR POPULAR MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE CAMPS INCLUDED STUDENTS AGED 7-18 AND INCLUDED THE MUSICALS "SEUSSICAL TYA", AND "DISNEY'S CAMP ROCK". THESE TWO SHOWS WERE PERFORMED ON OUR MAIN STAGE IN THE PLAYHOUSE. THESE PERFORMANCES WERE ADVERTISED AND SOLD TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUR BOX OFFICE. OVER 3,040 PEOPLE ATTENDED THESE PERFORMANCES. A TOTAL OF 6 PERFORMANCES WERE PRESENTED (THREE OF EACH TITLE), ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. STUDENTS AGED 5-7 PERFORMED WITH OUR RISING STARS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDED THE MUSICALS "A BARNYARD MOOSICAL", AND "HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROOVE". OUR 8-11 YEAR OLDS PERFORMED WITH OUR CENTER STAGE PROGRAM, WHICH PRESENTED THE MUSICAL "DISNEY'S THE MOVIES, THE MUSIC". AND "BROADWAY BEAT." OUR RISING STARS AND CENTER STAGE PROGRAMS ARE HELD IN OUR COLONY REHEARSAL SPACE. TICKETS ARE NOT SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. PARENTS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY ATTEND THE FINAL PRESENTATION FOR FREE. FOR SUMMER 2024, A NEW TECHNICAL THEATRE PROGRAM WAS INTRODUCED. STUDENTS PARTICIPATED AS CREW FOR OUR MAIN STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AND ATTENDED EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL STAFF. DURING 4 WEEKS IN EARLY FALL, WE RAN ONE OF OUR POPULAR PROGRAMS THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR MAIN STAGE. THIS YEAR FOR OUR PRODUCTION OF "FROZEN." THIS WAS AN AUDITION WORKSHOP TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLES OF YOUNG ANNA AND YOUNG ELSA AND THE YOUTH ENSEMBLE. THE EIGHT CHILDREN CAST ALL HAVE ATTENDED OUR AUDITION WORKSHOPS. TWO STUDENTS WERE ALSO CAST AS FREDERICKA, A PRINCIPAL CHARACTER AND THE UNDERESTDUY IN OUR MAIN STAGE PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION OF "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSC." THEY TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY FOR REHEARSALS WITH THE CAST, WHICH FEATURED BROADWAY PERFORMERS. THREE OF OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS, AGED 4-6, SHARED THE ROLE OF LULU AND WERE FEATURED IN OUR MAIN STAGE PRODUCTION OF WAITRESS. THE ACADEMY HAD OVER 160 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE DURING THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER AND FALL. STUDENTS PARTICIPATING TRAVELED FROM OUR IMMEDIATE REGION AS WELL AS STUDENTS WHO TRAVELED FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUCHETSS, VERMONT, CONNETICUT, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, ARIZONA, TEXAS, AND NEW YORK TO PARTICIPATE. THE ACADEMY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED AS SOLOISTS IN AN OGUNQUIT COMMUNITY EVENT SPONSORED BY THE OGUNQUIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BON AIRE. OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR PRESENTED WORKSHOPS TO SCHOOLS IN THE AREA ABOUT WORKING IN THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE, SHE ALSO WAS AN AJUDICATOR FOR THE NAMT HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL CHALLENGE AND THE MAINE THESPIAN FESTIVAL. OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR TRAVELED TO ATTEND VARIOUS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS IN THE SURROUNDING REGION, SPEAK WITH THEIR THEATRE DIRECTORS AND MEET POTENTIAL NEW STUDENTS. ONE OF OUR DONORS SPONSORED AND EVENT DURING OUR PRODUCTION OF LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, STUDENTS ATTENDED A MATINEE AT NO COST TO THEM FOLLOWED BY A WORKSHOP THAT INCLUDED A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION AFTER THE PERFORMANCE.

IN 2024, THE OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE HAD OVER 100,000 VISITORS TO THE PLAYHOUSE. THE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTED 5 SHOWS. THE SEASON BEGAN WITH WAITRESS FROM MAY 9 JUNE 8; CRAZY FOR YOU FROM JUNE 13 JULY 13; A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC FROM JULY 18 AUGUST 17; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS FROM AUGUST 22-SEPTEMBER 21; AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING FROM SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 27.