World Upside Down Arts Studio is proud to offer a robust and growing theater program. The only paid staff member in our theater program is the director; all other workers are volunteers (including the studio owners!). So we thank you in advance for your support via volunteer hours, paid sponsorship, 501(c)(3) charitable contributions, set supplies, costumes, and materials which continue to allow us to put on fabulous shows!
Theater Program
World Upside Down Theater Program
2024 Spring Season
Musical Theater Director Tim St. Clair II
Musical Theater Track
Spring 2024: Seussical Jr. the Musical
World Upside Down is producing the musical Seussical Jr. directed by Tim St. Clair II.
Audition and Rehearsal Schedule
Weekly rehearsals are held at World Upside Down Arts Studio.
- Most rehearsals are held once a week on Tuesdays from 5:00PM-8:00PM. All rehearsals are required.
- Rehearsals start on Tuesday, January 9, 5:00PM-8:00PM with Audition Training.
- Mandatory parent meeting: Tuesday, January 9, 7:30PM before pick up (all parents/guardians should be present for this meeting)
- Auditions are Saturday, January 13, from 9:00AM-3:00PM with call backs that same afternoon or evening. We will confirm details at the audition.
- Saturday workshop in January: Turning the World Upside Down as an Artist (date and details coming soon)
- We will take the third week of January to assign and announce cast roles.
- Weekly rehearsals start Tuesday, January 23.
*If we have enough students, we may create a second cast of homeschool families with a morning or early afternoon rehearsal option. Both casts will perform at the Younts Center but on different dates. There’s more information on the audition form.*
Performances
The show will be performed at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn, SC, on May 3-4 and May 10-11. There will be tech rehearsals at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn every night the week before the first show. We do not plan to have rehearsals the second week before the second show unless we have two casts, in which case each cast would have one week of tech rehearsals before their weekend show.
Policies & Pricing
The theater program costs $120/month per student. Payments for the Spring 2024 season are due January 1, 2024. Then monthly on the first of the month through May 1, 2024. Parents can take advantage of a sibling discount. See the Policies & Pricing page for details on payment dates, pricing, discounts, and scholarship applications.
Ages
Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
2024 Spring Season
Seussical Jr. the Musical
Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical JR., a fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos. Horton must protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, and he must also guard an abandoned egg that’s been left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant!
Performances will be at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn, SC, on May 3-4 and 10-11, 2023.
Theater Program
Seasons
Our theater program currently runs a musical theater track and is ready to start stage play track if we have enough interest! Both tracks 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 will be performed at the World Upside Down Arts Studio in a black box theater style.
Auditions
Every student in our program participates in the show. We train students for auditions and then hold auditions in order to determine cast roles: main role, a minor role, or ensemble role.
Duration and Schedule
Each training session or rehearsal lasts 3 hours a week for a total of 12 training hours a month and every night the week of the performance before the first show. Typically we do not continue weekly rehearsals for the week of the second weekend of the show if there are two show weekends.
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. We may offer an alternative payment structure for the stage play track depending
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
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.
Stage Play Track
Theater Director Caleb Woo
2024 Spring Season
Spring 2024: TBD
We’re more than eager to launch our stage play theater track program with director Caleb Woo. Help us start, and we can pick the show together!
Audition and Rehearsal Schedule
Weekly rehearsals will be held at World Upside Down Arts Studio on Thursdays from 5:00PM-8:00PM. We can consider other evenings, but that’s our top pick.
Performances
As our stage play track grows, we can perform shows at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn, SC, but in the meantime, we’ll turn World Upside Down Arts Studio into a black box theater wonderland! We’re shooting for performance dates in May.
Policies & Pricing
We can do a tuition-based payment plan of $120/month per student or we can do a membership fee where members pay monthly dues to cover the cost of paying the director, building sets, props, costumes, etc. To avoid paying tuition, members can also assist with fundraising, grant-writing, sponsorships, or 501(c)(3) charitable donation requests in order to cover production costs.
Ages
Middle Schoolers, High School Students, and Adults
