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The Mission isn’t just theatre—it is a
mixture of performing arts training, studio work, and on-stage experience.
Where once the theatre enjoyed only a cast of older actors, it now hosts a
number of youth performances and is the resident for CAST Academy of
Dance.
CAST (Children’s Acting School & Theater) holds various acting workshops
for children of all ages, including on-camera acting for film and
television. To date, CAST has actors on The George Lopez Show, The
Practice, Touched By An Angel, Judging Amy, The X-Files, That’s So Raven,
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and movies such as Simon Birch and Jack Frost.
CAST is also developing several children’s Show Choirs, which perform at
various community functions and charity events throughout North County as
well as competitions around Southern California. CAST’s performance dance
team “3D” has entertained audiences across the United States and has been
invited to entertain this summer on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
To help facilitate the needs of the Theatre and Dance Academy there is a
Dancewear and Costume shop appropriately called Tu Tu Much Dancewear &
Costumes, which is also on North Main Street.
Summertime Fun for children will include two drama workshops beginning in
July. The first will have a storybook theme, an original adaptation
written and directed by local college students that will give them
firsthand experience working with students—something rare in the college
learning environment.
The second workshop will tie into the BIG stage production of this
summer’s Annie performance. Music Theatre International has made junior
versions available of big Broadway productions…written especially for
children ages 7-17. These children will produce their own version of the
all-time classic, performing on the fabulous set designed and built for
CAST Production’s adult cast of Annie.
All these projects are truly transforming the downtown performing arts to
involve the entire community.
The Mission Theater, located at 231 North Main Street, is also available
for rental by local groups to hold meetings and has all the latest,
state-of-the-art technology that will accommodate most everyone’s needs
for lighting, sound, and video presentations. To catch a CAST act on
stage, log onto www.missiontheater.com or call 731-CAST for theatre
information and the dance store at 7-BALLET to learn more about the dance
academy and children’s acting workshops.
Text originally appeared in
Sourcebook 2004 |
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Erica Thomas as Peter Pan makes threatening moves toward Randall Hickman as Captain Hook, in Peter Pan at The Mission Theater.
Randall Hickman, Carlos Martin, Torre Yunghans, and Steve Kennedy in Forever Plaid at The Mission Theater.
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