Actors gather around a “SOLD OUT” sign. Photo courtesy of Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture

MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - Center Stage Productions, Yuba-Sutter’s premiere youth performing arts program, has announced its next series of theater workshops and plans for its summer musicals.  The next workshop will be all about “Choreography” on Saturday, January 27, from 9-12 p.m. Students from 7-17 years old will learn how to create a dance including the composition and arrangement of movements to support a scene in a musical production to help move the story forward.  

On March 23, Center Stage will hold an Actor’s Workshop focusing on scenes and monologues suitable for young actors. Age appropriate instruction will be given so that students can learn how to develop and create a living, breathing character based on what is in the text, what the character says, and what others say about their character. The cost for the workshops is $10 per child and $5 for additional children from the same family. However, scholarships are readily available so there are no financial barriers to participation. Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture will be hosting the workshops at its Sutter Theater Center for the Arts on Plumas Street in Yuba City. Whether your young person is new to theater or just ready to brush up on some skills, these workshops are designed to help make them better actors.

Workshop attendees receive instruction. Photo courtesy of Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture

Auditions for this summer’s musicals, Newsie’s and Frozen Jr. are coming in April. Cast auditions for both shows will be on April 13 and 14, and callbacks will be on April 20 and 21. Following the sold-out performances of “Seussical” by the Center Stage Productions team this past summer, these shows will be a “must-see” for theater enthusiasts of all ages.

Center Stage Productions was founded in 2022 in cooperation with Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture to provide a performing arts program and performance experience to all area youth without any barriers to participation. Under the direction of founders Corey and Morgan Kersting, along with other theater professionals, the workshops will teach students from 7-17 years of age invaluable skills and provide information and hands-on techniques they can use for any aspect of their work in the theater and that will also help them in everyday life. Most of all, the workshops will be fun!

Please register your student online at yubasutterarts.org or, for more information, contact Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture at 530-742-ARTS, or you can email Center Stage Productions directly at [email protected]. Plenty of free parking is available on the streets and parking lots adjacent to the theater.

Youths stand at-the-ready, waiting to audition. Photo courtesy of Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture