Newnan Theatre Company’s Academy of Theatre Arts offers musical theatre classes for elementary, middle and high school students. Classes focus on staging a performance. This performance-based class welcomes all levels of experience. Students will learn many facets of theatre, including stage directions, vocal technique, choreography, character development, set design, costuming, and more. Each student will be able to perform.

The elementary class is called Pioneers.

The middle school and high school class is called Trailblazers.

New this season we are adding a technical class for middle and high school students. The tech class, called Innovators, will learn the backstage part of a show. They will learn how to find (or make!) props, design and build sets, and more! They will also work backstage at the performances.

Elementary class for grades 3-5

Meeting: Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30 pm

Middle school class for grades 6-8

Meeting: Mondays, from 4:30-6:30 pm

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High school class for grades 9-12

Meeting: Mondays, from 4:30-6:30 pm

Tech class for grades 6-12

Meeting: Mondays, from 4:30-6:30 pm

Cost: $450/semester. $25 registration fee due now. You can pay the balance of $425 in full, in two payments, or in four payments.

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Classes Start: We will start the first full week of January.

Monday, January 6, 4:30-6:30 pm - Middle school, High School, and Tech
Tuesday, January 7, 4:30-6:30 pm - Elementary (grades 3-5)

Teaching Staff: Jensen Bush, Loren Castro, Andi Laaker, Mary Caroline Moore, Brittany Moselina

***Spring 2025 Performances* *will be May 2, 3, and 4, at Wadsworth Auditorium, 25 Jefferson Street, Newnan.***

Performed by the Academy of Theatre Arts Pioneers

Saturday, November 2 - two performances - 3:30 and 7:30 pm

Sunday, November 3 - 3:30 pm

Location: Newnan Theatre Company

Wowee wow wow! Junie B. Jones, America’s favorite elementary school student, comes to life onstage in this adaptation of three books in Barbara Park’s popular book series of the same name. Clad with purple glasses and all, Junie B., along with her classmates, parents, and teachers, sings and dances her way through the first grade, and while chronicling her adventures in her “top secret personal beeswax” journal, she learns the importance of facing obstacles head-on and turning bad situations into good ones. Junie B. Jones: The Musical Jr is fun for the entire family and highlights the timeless themes of friendship, acceptance, and humility.

Junie B. Jones: the Musical Jr. - PURCHASE TICKETS

Performed by the Academy of Theatre Arts Trailblazers and Innovators

Friday, November 8 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 9 - 7:30 pm

Sunday, November 10 - 3:30 pm

Location: Wadsworth Auditorium, downtown Newnan

“Be careful what you wish for” seems to be the ongoing theme in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Brothers Grimm-inspired musical, Into the Woods. The story follows The Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to go to the King’s Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give some milk. When the Baker and his wife are visited by the Witch from next door, who reveals to them that she placed a curse on their family, the two set off on a journey “into the woods'' to reverse the curse. There, we meet Little Red Riding Hood, on her way to visit her grandmother, the Wolf who loves tasty little girls, the Witch’s daughter Rapunzel, and two lovelorn Princes. By the end, everyone has gotten their wish and will seemingly live happily ever after.

Into the Woods Jr. - PURCHASE TICKETS

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