Empowering Youth Through Theater
Finding Nemo, Kids
Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves. Finding Nemo Kids brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure.
June 20th @ 6:00PM
June 21st @ 1:00PM
UAA Fine Arts Building MainStage
Footloose: Youth Edition
Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves. Finding Nemo Kids brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure.
June 18th @ 6:00PM
June 21st @ 3:30PM
UAA Fine Arts Building MainStage
Our Teacher is an Alien
It's the beginning of what seems like just another school year for four students at Reedsville Middle School. Until they discover the arrival of a strange new math teacher. From the first day of class, the students realize that something just isn't right about the beautiful Miss Neila. She makes odd noises in class, takes strange calls from people asking if everything is 'going as planned' and to top it all, her name spelled backwards is ALIEN! The four friends, which include the editor of the school's paper, a jock, a quiet and talented honor student and an avid science fiction nut, go as far as to spy on their teacher at home, where they discover her sitting in her living room swathed in a glowing, green light. The twists will leave audiences wondering: is Miss Neila an alien or just a strange, young teacher?
July 24th @ 6:00PM
July 26th @ 3:30PM
UAA Fine Arts Building MainStage
ShakeSPLOSION: The Comedies and Tragedies!!! is a madcap dash through the comedies and tragedies written by the Bard. From (nearly) every bloody death in the Tragedies to every girl who dressed up as a boy in the Comedies, it's like watching Shakespeare's canon fired out of a cannon—scattering prose, verse and characters across the stage. Forty minutes of sword fights, word fights, witches, ghosts and murder!! Performed by teenagers!!!
July 23rd @ 6:00PM
July 26th @ 6:00PM
UAA Fine Arts Building MainStage
Totally Red
This is a unique and fun retelling of the classic battle of wit and deception as told in the beloved fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We meet Red (who is nobody's fool) and the wolf (who tries to be cool) and granny—well, sometimes she's left in the dark! These lively roles are great for teen and young adult actors. Totally RED! begins with a humorous version in storybook theatre style. The story continues with three to five minute retellings of sections within the tale, told in multiple styles: melodrama (The Perils of Being Miss Red); Elizabethan (Much Ado About Red); '80s hip-hop slang (REDz in the Hood); and avant-garde (Call the Moment RED). There is also an additional scene in American musical style, RED! The Musical!. This play is as much fun for the performers as it is for the audience.
July 25th @ 6:00PM
July 26th @ 1:00PM
UAA Fine Arts Building MainStage
