Theatre Denton Theatre School

We are pleased to announce that this summer our program will be producing Hadestown Teen Edition - join us in 2025 as we dive "Into the Deep"!

Director: Mandy Rausch, Music Director: Haleigh Martin, Choreographer: Somar Khamis

Camp begins Tuesday, May 27 and concludes with our show weekend June 20, 21 & 22 at the Historic Campus Theatre. Camp hours are 10am - 5pm, Monday - Friday. For the first 2 weeks students will meet at the Theatre Denton Annex located inside Golden Triangle Mall. Beginning Monday June 9, students and staff move into the Campus Theatre located off the downtown square in Denton. Please take a look at our detailed calendar for more information!

AUDITIONS ARE PRIOR TO CAMP! Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949AEAB2FA2F8C25-55544999-hadestown

This musical intensive camp mounts a full length musical in just 4 weeks and will require students to learn fast, focus and dig into a deeper part of themselves as both actors and technicians. All aspects are produced by the students and staff, from acting to costumes and makeup design to light and sound design to social media and marketing and beyond there is something for every student interested in theatre and how we create that magic. While we can accommodate absences if needed please know that ALL students must be present for ALL of Tech Week (the last week of camp) leading into our performances and strike following our closing show is mandatory.

Hadestown: Teen Edition is a full-length adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, modified for performance by teen actors for family audiences. The Teen Edition is only available for school and youth groups with performers 19 years old and younger.

Changes made for the Teen Edition include:

• Adjusted vocal arrangements to better accommodate teen voices, including modified FATES features and transposed keys.
• Original five-member WORKER chorus converted into a flexible and expandable SATB WORKER chorus.
• Removal of stage action and language related to substance abuse and sexual references.
• Suggested dialogue and music adjustments for productions utilizing performance tracks.

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.

Tuition for camp is $500 per student and we do have tuition assistance available. Please fill out an application here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclc12u93XBFEaFOQ8QA8INOL5pW1DS0OiSIfzQSwJYBgslyQ/viewform

A parent/guardian is required to be in attendance for a short orientation the 1st 20 minutes of the 1st day of camp. We appreciate you marking this on your calendars.

Students are required to provide all undergarments and shoes for the production.

Questions? Please contact Amanda Carson Green - education@theatredenton.com