Upcoming Events Events

Please join us at Celebrate Stages 2025, our annual entertaining, family-friendly fundraising event, to celebrate who we are and what we do, on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.!

• Enjoy performances by artistic staff and students.
• Celebrate our Stages Seniors.
• Cheer for the announcement of our 2025-2026 Season.
• Congratulate our Standing Ovation Award and Classic Michael Lynch Award honorees.
• Enjoy refreshments at intermission.
• Join together with your friends and colleagues as we raise needed funds for Stages.

This year, the event will be held upstairs at the Cathedral Hall on the 4th floor of the West Herr Performing Arts Center to be able to accommodate more Stages supporters (we've outgrown our space!).

Tickets
All seating is General Admission. Click on Get Tickets below.

Program Ads
Give a shoutout to your favorite staff members or students or promote your business or organization with an ad in the Celebrate Stages program. 

• Click on Get Tickets below, select the ad size in the Add-ons section, and proceed through payment.
• All ads must be paid and content sent to Carolyn@mjtstages.org by April 10 to be recognized in print at Celebrate Stages 2025. Ads will appear in black and white. 

Sponsorship Opportunities
Gain visibility for your business or cause, celebrate achievements, help defray costs, and gain a charitable tax deduction by becoming a sponsor for Celebrate Stages, the annual fundraising event of A Magical Journey Thru Stages, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 

• All sponsorships must be paid and content received by April 10 to be recognized in print at Celebrate Stages 2025. 
• For more information, see our Sponsorship Opportunities page, or contact Carolyn Curran at Carolyn@MJTStages.org.
• To sign up as a sponsor now, click here, and choose your level under the Corporate tab (even if you are sponsoring as an individual of family).

Volunteer Opportunities
You can help make Celebrate Stages successful by volunteering before, during, or after the show! Many hands make light work. 

• To sign up, click on Get Tickets below and see the options under Add-ons.
• For more information, see our Volunteer Opportunities page, or contact Carolyn Curran at carolyn@mjtstages.org or Jamie Piotrowski at jamie@mjtstages.org.​

Based on the true story of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, who became stars during the Depression, Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love. Told almost entirely in song, the show follows Violet and Daisy's progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit, and to Hollywood on the eve of their appearance in the 1932 movie Freaks.

Performed by talented students in grades 8-12 from all over the Rochester area.

• Director: Matt Mayne
• Music Director: Lauralynne Davis
• Choreographer: Francesca Genovese
• Production Manager: Lisa Shearer

When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!

Performed by talented students in grades 4-8 from all over the Rochester area.

Suitable for all ages.

• Director: Chris Martin
• Music Director: Christian Drew
• Choreographer: Raelynn Bovenzi
• Production Manager: Sherry Vile

The Big One-Oh!  Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties – that would require friends, which he doesn’t have. Well, unless you count his monster friends, but they’re only imaginary. But now that he’s turning ten—the big one-oh—he decides to throw a birthday party for himself, complete with a “House of Horrors” theme. Of course, things don’t work out as he plans. Will Charley be able to pull it together before the big one-oh . . . becomes the big OH-NO!?

Performed by talented students in grades 1-5 from all over the Rochester area.

Suitable for all ages.

• Artistic Director: Chris Martin
• Music Director:  Lyndsey Lord
• Choreographer:  Mandy Hassett
• Production Manager: Sherry Vile