Theater Program

Theater Program

Seasons

Our theater program runs a musical theater track and a stage play track that provide training in the fundamentals of acting, choreography, voice, stage performance, stage design, costume design, music composition for shows, and more. The spring season runs from January – May, and the fall season runs from August – November.

Shows

Each student in the program participates in the end-of-season show. Musical theater productions are performed at The Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain, Inn. Theater productions are performed at the World Upside Down Arts Studio in a black box theater style.

Auditions

Students must audition to participate in the show. Auditions will be finalized before rehearsals start.

Duration and Schedule

Each training session lasts 3 hours a week for a total of 12 training hours a month and 3 hours a night the week of the performance.

Policies & Pricing

The theater program costs $120/month per student. Parents can take advantage of a sibling discount. See the Policies & Pricing page for details on payment dates, pricing, discounts, and scholarship applications.

Student Ages

Elementary, middle, and high school students are invited to participate in our musical theater track. Middle, high school students, and adults are invited to participate in our stage play track.

2023 Fall Season

Musical Theater Track

Fall Season

For the Fall 2023 season, World Upside Down will be producing the musical Beauty and the Beast Jr. directed by Tim St. Clair II.

Auditions

Auditions for the show will be held in person at World Upside Down Arts Studio on Tuesday, August 8, at 6:00PM. Click the button below to register. If you cannot make it in person, you can submit your video audition in the form. Students must audition to participate in the show. Auditions will be finalized before rehearsals start.

Schedule

If we have enough students to do two full casts, we will have one cast rehearse in the morning and the other in the evening. If we don’t, we will just have rehearsals on Tuesday nights.

Weekly Rehearsals: Tuesday 5:00PM-8:00PM or Tuesday 9:00AM-12:00PM. Rehearsals will start on August 15, 2023.

Show: The show will be performed at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn, SC, on November 10-11 and 17-18. There will be three-hour rehearsals at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn every night the week before the show. 

Ages: Elementary – High School Students

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Musical Theater Director Tim St. Clair II
Synopsis

Beauty and the Beast Jr.

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. This “tale as old as time” is filled with spectacular costume and set opportunities or, even more simply staged, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast offers a great opportunity to bring your entire community together for family theatre at its best.

Performances on at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn, SC, on November 10-11 and 17-18, 2023.
2023 Fall Season

Stage Play Track

Fall Season

For the Fall 2023 season, World Upside Down will be producing the stage play Oliver Twist directed by Caleb Woo.

Auditions

Auditions for the play will be held in person at World Upside Down Arts Studio on Monday, July 24, at 6:00PM. Students must audition to participate in the show. Auditions will be finalized before rehearsals start. Click the button below to register. If you cannot make it in person, you can submit your video audition in the form. You can use an excerpt from the Oliver Twist script or your own monologue.

Schedule

Weekly Rehearsals: Thursdays 4:30PM – 7:30PM (we can push the start time back based on feedback from students). Rehearsals will start on August 3, 2023.

Show: The show will be performed at the World Upside Down Arts Studio on November 3-4. There will be three-hour rehearsals every night the week before the show. 

Ages: Middle Schoolers through Adults

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Theater Director Caleb Woo
Synopsis

Oliver Twist

Play by Robert Thomas Noll. Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens.
In 1838 the English literary magazine Bentley’s Miscellany, of which Charles Dickens was the editor, published Oliver Twist. This novel not only captured the attention of nineteenth-century Britain, but also heavily influenced the modern conception of the British Poor Laws and the workhouse system in the Victorian era. Oliver Twist has been made into a number of films and a television miniseries, as well as being converted into a musical stage show by Lionel Bart in 1960.
This faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens’ second novel is an exciting, fast-moving melodrama about the adventures of an orphan redeemed from a life of cruel poverty and crime by an act of unselfish courage. Filled with an atmosphere of mystery, its major characters—Fagin, Bill Sikes, Mr. Bumble, Nancy, and the Artful Dodger—are some of the most theatrically realized characters in all of literature. 
Performances on November 3-4, 2023, at World Upside Down Arts Studio.