Looking for kid-friendly activities in the area? Parkway Playhouse has a full lineup of children’s programming in 2025 that are not only fun to join, but provide educational, social, and community enrichment as well!
Registration for Parkway Power Chords is open now. This teen show choir group meets on Mondays at 5pm and will culminate in a recital in May. Taught by Melanie Veazey. To find out more and register, email mvwellcoach@gmail.com.
On February 3, 2025, registration will open for a series of FREE classes. Playmakers is an acting class for kids ages 9-12 taught by Erika Tyner. It will run for six weeks in March and April 2025. Bugs and Butter-bees will be a creative drama class for kids ages 5-8 taught by Jaquie Campos. It will run for six weeks in March and April 2025. Costume Design will be a costuming class for kids ages 8-12 taught by McKinney Gough. It will run on March 15 and 22, 2025.
Registration for Parkway Playhouse’s summer production camps will also open on February 3, 2025. 101 Dalmations KIDS will be for ages 6-11 and will be taught by Chelsea Thayer and Roberta Whiteside. It will run June 2-13, 2025 from 9am-12pm with performances on June 13, 2025 at 6:30pm and June 14, 2025 at 2:30pm. Disney’s Descendants will be for ages 12-18 and will be taught by Jenny Martin, Melanie Veazey, and Collin Eten. It will run on July 7-18, 2025 from 10am-4pm with performances on July 18-19, 2025 at 6:30pm and July 20, 2025 at 2:30pm.
Registration for Parkway Playhouse’s youth summer camps will open on February 3, 2025 as well. Musical Theatre Intensive will be a musical theater, acting, and dance camp for ages 12-18 taught by Melanie Veazey. It will run on June 2-6, 2025 from 10am-4pm. Enchanted Forest will be a creative play camp for ages 5-10 taught by Christine Henry. It will run on July 21-25, 2024 from 9am-12pm. Lights Up on Literacy will be a literacy theater camp for ages 5-10 taught by Julie Thomas. It will run on July 28-August 1, 2025 from 9am-12pm.
On July 1, 2025, registration will open for Parkway Playhouse’s fall junior productions. Beetlejuice, JR will be for ages 12-18 and will be taught by Jenny Martin, Melanie Veazey, and Colling Eten. The first rehearsal will be on August 24, 2025 and the production will run November 7-15, 2025. Frog and Toad KIDS will be for ages 6-11 and will be taught by Jaquie Campos and Courtney Malone. The first rehearsal will be in early October and the production will run December 5-6, 2025.
Registration for private voice lessons will also open on July 1, 2025. These are for 30 or 60-minute time slots and the schedule is flexible.
To register your child for these upcoming opportunities, visit www.parkwayplayhouse.com/junior or email Jenny Martin at director@parkwayplayhouse.com.
Parkway Playhouse is a professional theater company that has been a cornerstone in the Burnsville, NC community for 77 years. As they enter into their 78th season, however, they need your help. If they meet their $20,000 donation goal this month, an anonymous donor has agreed to match it. Donations made will directly support recouping a loss of income due to Hurricane Helene, making necessary updates to their almost 100-year-old theater, paying artists and staff a fair wage, production costs such as rights, sets, costumes, and props, programming costs for their Junior Program and our Appalachian Playwriting Festival, and contributing to a growing arts community in Burnsville.
