Storybook ages 12-18 Skills classes
Skills Classes will return in the Spring semester!
Storybook Teen Performance Classes
Storybook Teen Classes are for ages 12-18.
If student's 12th birthday falls during the current semester, they are eligible to participate;
however, if they are a first-time student, we recommend starting with the age 7-12 group first.
Students may still participate during the summer after high school graduation if they choose.
Each performance class runs approximately 10-12 weeks.
Details for each production can be found below!
Please read full schedule of rehearsals and performances before registering.
Each student who registers will receive a speaking role in the production unless they specifically request otherwise.
Registration will close when the maximum number of participants has been reached.
Auditions on the first day of class will determine part distribution.
No previous acting experience required to participate.
Students may participate in both a play and a musical if desired (when available).
Performance day call time is 2.5 hours prior to performance.
Parents will be asked to help during tech week by running ticket/concession sales, providing supplies, and assisting as needed. It is MANDATORY to help with strike (cleanup) after the close of each performance.
The Miracle Worker
Ages 12-18
Storybook Teen Intensive Production
Intensive Productions are NEW to the Storybook lineup. This will function as an opportunity for students to grow their acting abilities further. This show will NOT be filled first-come, first-serve, but rather will be open for any student age 12+ to audition. The show will be cast from the pool of auditioning students, and not everyone will receive a role.
The production fee for this show is $325. There is NO CHARGE to sign up for an audition time. If cast in the Intensive Production, the full fee of $325 (or a payment plan option of $109) will be due NO LATER than November 1, 2026. If this is not paid by November 1, your student's role in the Intensive Production will be dropped. If you audition for the production and are cast in a role that is not your first choice, we encourage you to STILL PARTICIPATE and not drop out of the show. Students who repeatedly drop out of Intensive Productions after casting and before payment has been made will not be considered for future Intensive Production roles. We believe STRONGLY at Storybook that the entire cast matters, and discourage any attitudes that encourage quitting when casting does not meet expectations.
We highly encourage your student to select a second-choice show if they wish to participate in a different production in the event they are NOT cast in this show. Secondary choice show options are listed on the registration form; to guarantee a spot in a different prouction, please select the "Add-on" option for your second choice. This will secure your student's place on the class list. If they are cast in the Intensive Production, the registration fee paid toward the second-choice show will automatically be applied to the production fee for the Intensive Production. If they are not cast in the Intensive Production, you will not have to worry about joining another class that may have already reached capacity in the meantime.
Rehearsal Schedule:
Tuesday, October 27 - AUDITIONS, 6-8pm
Auditions will be in 10-minute timeslots
Thursday, October 29 - CALLBACKS, 6-8:30pm
Thursday, November 12 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, November 19 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, December 7 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, December 10 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, December 14 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, December 17 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, January 4 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, January 7 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, January 11 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, January 14 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, January 18 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, January 25 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, January 28 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, February 1 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, February 4 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, February 8 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, February 11 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, February 15 - 6-8:30pm
Thursday, February 18 - 6-8:30pm
Monday, February 22 - TECH, 5-9pm
Tuesday, February 23 - TECH, 5-9pm
Thursday, February 25 - TECH, 5-9pm
Friday, February 26 - 4:30pm Call Time, 7:00pm Show
Saturday, February 27 - 12:30pm Call Time, 2:00pm Show + 7:00pm Show
Monday rehearsals will be full cast.
Thursday rehearsals (especially near the beginning of production) will have specific characters called to certain rehearsals; not everyone will be required at every Thursday. A full schedule will be sent after Auditions and Casting have taken place.
Directed by
Carolyn Wasson
Costume Day:
January 9
(Signup sent after registration; you choose a date+timeslot)
Performances:
February 26 - 7:00pm
February 27 - 2:00pm, 7:00pm
Time Period: Historical, 1890
Spaces in Class: 12
Tuition: $325
(Payment plans available if needed; please just contact us)
Class & Performance Location:
The City House
14300 US Highway 40
Kansas City, MO 64136
Show Description:
This Tony Award-winning play is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. With compassion, humor and dramatic tension, The Miracle Worker explores the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher and her headstrong charge.
Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, young Helen is violent and spoiled, treated by her family as subhuman. Only Annie sees a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from Helen's dark, tortured silence. After scenes of intense physical and emotional struggle, Helen's breakthrough finally arrives with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water."
The Princess and The Princess
Ages 12-18
Storybook Teen Production
Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm
And Tech Week:
(tech is mandatory unless conflicts listed at registration - events for school that don't have dates yet can be exceptions; just keep us posted):
February 1 - TBD evening
February 2 - TBD evening
February 4 - TBD evening
February 5 - 4:30pm Call (Arrival) Time
Classes begin:
November 17
No Class:
November 24, December 22, December 29
Directed by
Jessica Luke
Costume Day:
January 9
(Signup sent after registration; you choose a date+timeslot)
Performances:
February 5 - 7pm
February 6 - 4pm, 7pm
Time Period: Fantasy
Spaces in Class: 15
Tuition: $245
Class & Performance Location:
The City House
14300 US Highway 40
Kansas City, MO 64136
Show Description:
The Princess and The Princess tells the story of Popplepea, a poor polite princess, and Twinkleberry, a rich rude princess, who meet on a narrow mountain path and neither will move to let the other one pass. Everyone who tries to help gets stuck up there on the mountain with them. After a riddle provided by the Royal Wise Person proves both princesses are "real", it is Popplepea who graciously steps aside - not because she has to, but because she so chooses.
Murder by Membership Only
Ages 12-18
Storybook Teen Production
*This show features all female roles*
Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm
PLUS:
Saturday, November 14 - BLOCKING (Mandatory), 12-4pm
Saturday, January 16 - FULL RUN (Mandatory) - 12-4pm
And Tech Week:
(tech is mandatory unless conflicts listed at registration - events for school that don't have dates yet can be exceptions; just keep us posted):
January 19 - 5:00-9:00pm
January 21 - 5:00-9:00pm
January 22 - 4:30pm Call (Arrival) Time
Classes begin:
November 10
No Class:
December 22, December 29
Directed by
Carolyn Wasson
Costume Day:
January 9
(Signup sent after registration; you choose a date+timeslot)
Performances:
January 22 - 7:00pm
January 23 - 2:00pm, 7:00pm
Time Period: Modern
Spaces in Class: 9
Tuition: $365
(Payment plans available if needed; please just contact us)
Class & Performance Location:
The City House
14300 US Highway 40
Kansas City, MO 64136
THIS SHOW IS CURRENTLY FULL. Spaces may become available after The Miracle Worker is cast the last week of October. Please feel free to join the wait list here and we will notify you if a spot becomes available.
Show Description:
This murder mystery-comedy occurs in the exclusive Orczy Club, an "inner sanctum" for women mystery writers in London. Most of them hate the arrogant Octavia Sturges, the most successful mystery writer of the day, so it is no surprise when she is found dead—poisoned by one of the poisons she was so fond of using in her stories. But what happens now? Should these specialists in murder try to solve the case themselves—at the risk of their own lives, since obviously the murderer is one of them—or should they call Scotland Yard? "How would it look if a roomful of mystery writers had to go to the police to solve a murder that took place under their very noses?" one of the characters in this play asks. The group decides to solve the murder themselves. Those present are the owner of the club, (a "big name" herself some years ago), two other writers, a critic, a journalist, a visitor from America who has just had her first mystery novel published, the cook (whose food Sturges hates), and Sturges' long-suffering secretary. It is no surprise when Sturges turns up murdered. But there are many other surprises in this intriguing mystery play filled with humor, suspense, frightening moments and fun for the audience in trying to guess "whodunit?" Each of the remaining eight have an untold secret which causes suspicion to rise until another writer, Clarice Furgusson, is found strangled. The plot thickens and the audience will be on the edge of their seats waiting for the conclusion of this mystery!
Storybook Intern Program
Interested in joining the Storybook teen intern program?
We are looking for more teens to assist our various productions this way.
Interns receive tuition discounts, free t-shirts, and valuable leadership experience.
To find out more, contact us!