What is good sound? Answer: Just a single word can be inserted here. Work with Stages’ microphone and sound equipment to produce results that answer that question. We’ll cover wireless things, live sound and other topics that deserve good defining.

• What: Audio Reinforcement and Mixing Workshop
• Who: For students in Grades 7 - 12
• Instructor: Tom Pembrook
• When: Monday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 p.m. & Wednesday, October 4, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
• Where: A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Auditorium Center 3rd Floor, 875 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14605
• Tuition: $105

If you have any questions, please contact Production Manager Lisa Shearer by email or call 585-935-7173 (leave a message and someone will return your call).

Grease School Version - 2023 - A Magical Journey Thru Stage

Interested in gaining practical experience in directing, choreography, music direction, costume design, lighting design, sound design, or even non-profit administration? Stages offers students the opportunity to apply their skills and build their resumes assisting with Grease School Version!

 Assistantship Positions vary in their time commitment requirement for this show. We understand many families have busy lives. The success of this show depends on team players making the time commitment a priority.

• Student Assistant Directors, Choreographers and Music Directors will be needed throughout the rehearsal process. Schedule will be coordinated together with the artistic team and production manager.
• Student Assistant Lighting & Sound Designers and Assistant Stage Managers will likely be needed on various dates in the weeks leading up to tech in addition to tech week and shows. Those dates will be coordinated with the tech director.
• Crew will be needed throughout tech week and shows.

THE SHOW: 
Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

ARTISTIC TEAM:

• Artistic Director: Greg Maddock
• Music Director: Taylor Day
• Choreographer: Francesca Genovese
• Production Manager: Carolyn Curran

QUESTIONS:

585-935-7173 (leave a message and your call will be returned) or email Carolyn@MJTStages.com

Grease School Version - 2023 - A Magical Journey Thru Stages

This registration is only for those who have been cast in the show – Congratulations!

We look forward to seeing CAST Tuesday, August 22, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Readthru and first rehearsal.  

** NOTE this is different timing than usual – PARENTS are invited to come at 6:00pm for a meet and greet with other Stages parents in the Shearer Studio.  Then join with the students and staff for the 6:30pm Orientation for Cast and Parents.  During the orientation meeting, you’ll meet the production team and learn important information about the rehearsal and performance process. Please make every effort to attend.

Volunteer signups will be available online.

REHEARSALS: 
See Commitment Calendar Dates vary (you may not be called for all rehearsals and may only be called for a portion of a rehearsal).

PERFORMANCES: 

• 10/13/23 @ 7:30pm
• 10/14/23 @ 7:30pm
• 10/15/23 @ 2:00pm
• 10/20/23 @ 7:30pm
• 10/21/23 @ 7:30pm
• 10/22/23 @ 2:00pm

COMMITMENT:

• $415 Commitment Fee for musical theater training to develop your talent in singing, movement, and character development in a supportive, nurturing environment culminating in full performances.  Includes a costuming fee.  A limited amount of partial tuition assistance available.
• Attend all rehearsals to which you are called. See the Commitment Calendar.
• Families are asked to contribute volunteer hours in a variety of production areas to help make the show a success. 

THE SHOW: 
 

ARTISTIC TEAM:

• Artistic Director - Greg Maddock
• Music Director - Taylor Day
• Choreographer - Francesca Genovese
• Production Manager - Carolyn Curran

LOCATION:  
Auditions, rehearsals and performances are held at:  
STAGES
Auditorium Center, Third Floor
875 E. Main Street, Suite 380
Rochester, NY 14605

Parking located behind the building (enter from College Ave).  Tell the attendant you are  attending a Stages’ audition.

QUESTIONS:

585-935-7173 (leave a message and your call will be returned) or email Carolyn@MJTStages.org

Jekyll & Hyde - 2023 - A Magical Journey Thru Stage

Interested in gaining practical experience in directing, choreography, music direction, costume design, lighting design, sound design, or even non-profit administration? Stages offers students the opportunity to apply their skills and build their resumes assisting with Grease School Version!

 Assistantship Positions vary in their time commitment requirement for this show. We understand many families have busy lives. The success of this show depends on team players making the time commitment a priority.

• Student Assistant Directors, Choreographers and Music Directors will be needed throughout the rehearsal process. Schedule will be coordinated together with the artistic team and production manager.
• Student Assistant Lighting & Sound Designers and Assistant Stage Managers will likely be needed on various dates in the weeks leading up to tech in addition to tech week and shows. Those dates will be coordinated with the tech director.
• Crew will be needed throughout tech week and shows.

THE SHOW: 
The epic struggle between good and evil comes to life on stage in the musical phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde. Based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson and featuring a thrilling score of pop rock hits from multi-Grammy- and Tony-nominated Frank Wildhorn and double-Oscar- and Grammy-winning Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll & Hyde has mesmerized audiences the world over.

An evocative tale of two men – one, a doctor, passionate and romantic; the other, a terrifying madman – and two women – one, beautiful and trusting; the other, beautiful and trusting only herself– both women in love with the same man and both unaware of his dark secret. A devoted man of science, Dr. Henry Jekyll is driven to find a chemical breakthrough that can solve some of mankind's most challenging medical dilemmas. Rebuffed by the powers that be, he decides to make himself the subject of his own experimental treatments, accidentally unleashing his inner demons along with the man that the world would come to know as Mr. Hyde.

ARTISTIC TEAM:

• Directed by Erin McKenna Arvizzigno
• Choreographed by Katya Lyubomirsky
• Music Direction by Joseph Janover
• Production Manager: Lisa Shearer

QUESTIONS:

585-935-7173 (leave a message and your call will be returned) or email Lisa@MJTStages.org

Jekyll & Hyde CAST REGISTRATION

Congratulations on being cast for A Magical Journey Thru Stages’ production of Jekyll & Hyde!

PRODUCTION TEAM:

• Director: Erin McKenna Arvizzigno
• Choreographer: Katya Lyubomirsky
• Music Director: Joseph Janover
• Production Manager: Lisa Shearer

REHEARSALS:

• Rehearsals begin Tuesday, October 17, 2023, with a Parent Orientation from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. and Cast Read-Thru from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
• Rehearsals will generally be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays with two Mondays  sprinkled in. Dates vary — see Commitment Calendar (you may not be called for all rehearsals and may only be called for a portion of a rehearsal).

COMMITMENT:

• $415 Commitment Fee for musical theatre training to develop your talent in singing, movement, and character development in a supportive, nurturing environment culminating in full performances. Includes a costuming fee. A limited amount of partial tuition assistance available.
• Attend all rehearsals to which you are called.
• Families are asked to contribute volunteer hours in a variety of production areas to help make the show a success.

QUESTIONS:

Call 585-935-7173 (leave a message and your call will be returned) or email Lisa@MJTStages.org

A fun opportunity to compose lighting scenes! Work live with the Stages lights, creating dramatic effects including installing and focusing to enhance a show. Students will share their creative ideas and receive expert guidance. Your results will be a composition that you create!

• What: Lighting Experience Workshop
• Who: For students in Grades 7 - 12
• Instructor: Tom Pembrook
• When: Monday, October 16, 4:00-6:00 p.m. & Wednesday, October 18, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
• Where: A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Auditorium Center 3rd Floor, 875 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14605
• Tuition: $105

If you have any questions, please contact Production Manager Lisa Shearer by email or call 585-935-7173 (leave a message and someone will return your call).

THE SHOW: 

Registration for My Son Pinocchio JR. is FULL and we are already in production. Click here to buy tickets.

Disney's My Son Pinocchio JR. In this show the classic tale of toymaker, Geppetto’s, little wooden puppet is given new life. This new musical, which retells the classic Disney story from Geppetto’s perspective, features the beloved classic songs, “When You Wish upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings.” The show is filled with a magical mix of unique roles for all types of performers — from blue Fairies, to Roustabouts and, of course, Geppetto and Pinocchio.

REGISTRATION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-5:

• Register your child for Disney’s My Son Pinocchio JR. and they are in the show. 
• Forward a headshot of your student to auditions@mjtstages.org before August 17. Please put your child’s name on the picture and in the document title.

ORIENTATION & CASTING (for CAST and PARENTS): 

• Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
• If unavailable, please send an email to sherry@mjtstages.org  for video instructions.

REHEARSALS:

• Rehearsals Wednesday evening 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday morning 9:30 a.m. - noon.
• For all other Mandatory Tech Rehearsals see the Commitment Calendar (you may not be called for all rehearsals and may only be called for a portion of a rehearsal).

PERFORMANCES: 

• Friday, 11/10/23 @ 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, 11/11/23 @ 2:00 p.m.
• Sunday, 11/12/23 @ 2:00 p.m.

ARTISTIC TEAM:

• Artistic Director: Matt Mayne
• Music Director:   Lyndsey Lord
• Choreographer:  Raelynn Bovenzi
• Production Manager: Sherry Vile

COMMITMENT:

• $390 Commitment Fee for musical theater training to develop your talent in singing, movement, and character development in a supportive, nurturing environment culminating in full performances. Includes a costuming fee. A limited amount of partial tuition assistance available.

LOCATION:

• Auditions, rehearsals and performances are held at:  
  STAGES
  Auditorium Center, Third Floor
  875 E. Main Street, Suite 380
  Rochester, NY 14605

Interested in gaining practical experience in directing, choreography, music direction, costume design, lighting design, sound design, or even non-profit administration? Stages offers students the opportunity to apply their skills and build their resumes assisting with My Son Pinocchio JR! 

Assistantship Positions vary in their time commitment requirement for this show. We understand many families have busy lives. The success of this show depends on team players making the time commitment a priority.

• Student Assistants will be needed throughout the rehearsal process. Schedule will be coordinated together with the artistic team and production manager.
• Student Assistant Lighting & Sound Designers and Assistant Stage Managers will likely be needed on various dates in the weeks leading up to tech in addition to tech week and shows. Those dates will be coordinated with the tech director.
• Crew will be needed throughout tech week and shows.

THE SHOW:

Disney's My Son Pinocchio JR. In this show the classic tale of toymaker, Geppetto’s, little wooden puppet is given new life. This new musical, which retells the classic Disney story from Geppetto’s perspective, features the beloved classic songs, “When You Wish upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings.” The show is filled with a magical mix of unique roles for all types of performers — from blue Fairies, to Roustabouts and, of course, Geppetto and Pinocchio.

ARTISTIC TEAM:

• Artistic Director: Matt Mayne
• Music Director:   Lyndsey Lord
• Choreographer:  Raelynn Bovenzi
• Production Manager: Sherry Vile

REHEARSALS:

• Rehearsals Wednesday evening 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday morning 9:30 a.m. - noon.
• For all other Mandatory Tech Rehearsals see the Commitment Calendar (you may not be called for all rehearsals and may only be called for a portion of a rehearsal).

PERFORMANCES:

• Friday, 11/10/23 @ 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, 11/11/23 @ 2:00 p.m.
• Sunday, 11/12/23 @ 2:00 p.m.

QUESTIONS:

585-935-7173 (leave a message and your call will be returned) or email Stages@MJTStages.com

We hope to see you for My Son Pinocchio JR.

Enjoy creating two different styles of wall treatment while learning basic scenic painting techniques. Properties of color and paint will be explored as we cultivate artistry, embrace mistakes and get a little messy! 

• What: Scenic Painting Workshop
• Who: For students in Grade 7 - Adult
• Instructor: Chris Martin
• When: Sunday, September 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m. & Monday, September 25, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Where: A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Auditorium Center 3rd Floor, 875 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14605
• Tuition: $60

If you have any questions, please contact Production Manager Lisa Shearer by email or call 585-935-7173 (leave a message and someone will return your call).