Muskegon Civic Theater Performing Arts School

We're Hiring!

Paid and Volunteer Positions Available!

Interested in working with us this summer? Students 13 and up can apply to become volunteer interns for our 2025 Footlights Fun Camp! Interns help ensure that camp is organized, safe, and FUN! We are looking for high-energy, responsible, and kind interns who will assist our group leaders, help with our backstage needs, lead games, and make camp a memorable experience! Sound good? Fill out our Volunteer Intern Application before May 30th!

We are also looking to fill some of our PAID positions. To apply you must be 16 years or older before May 30.

Paid positions include:

- Group Leaders - You will be in charge of leading a small group of campers through their day! 5 positions available!

- Assistant Director - Help the director create the show

- Program Coordinator - You will be in charge of all activities throughout camp.

Those interested in a paid position MUST be available 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM for ALL sessions of camp!

Send a resume, cover letter, and a letter of recommendation to Erin Sharpe at esharpe@muskegoncivictheatre.org before May 30th!

Our Teen Summer Intensive is BACK for another summer! Students 13 - 19 years of age can register to participate in our production! This year we will be doing performances of Matt Cox's parody play, Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic!

"A hit off-Broadway play enjoyed by people all over the world.

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to Wizard School. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs… who just happened to be there too. A play for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. “An alternative narrative for the underdog” (Wall Street Journal).

Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic is a Potter-inspired comedy for anyone who has ever felt like a secondary character in someone else’s story. The play that “never goes more than a minute without a laugh” (Nerdist) gives you a new look at a familiar adventure from the perspective of three new heroes just trying to make it through magic school. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal rejects with a thing for badgers "who are so lovable and relatable, you’ll leave the theater wishing they were in the stories all along” (Hollywood Life). Their “hilariously heartfelt!” (Metro) and epic journey takes the classic story to new places and reimagines what a boy wizard hero can be."

This FREE opportunity means that ALL students that register will be a part of this production and auditions will serve as only a way to assign roles!

Take a look at our condensed rehearsal schedule...

Monday, June 23 - Thursday, June 26 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Monday, June 30 - Thursday, July 3 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

TECH Monday July 7 - July 10 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Performances July 11 (7:00), July 12 (3:00/7:00), and July 13 (3:00)

Can't make it to an audition date? Send us a short video of you reading two of the selected monologues. Please send your dramatic reading to esharpe@muskegoncivictheatre.org before Monday, May 19th.

Classes are open to students currently enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Payment for classes must be made, in full, before the start of each semester.

No financial credit can be given for missed days.

MCT reserves the right to cancel or combine classes that do not meet the required enrollment.

Partial scholarships are available by contacting the MCT office.

There are no refunds available once classes have begun.

Registrations will end after the first class of each session.

Share Days will take place on the final class day of each session. Families are welcome to attend a short presentation by each class.

Novice Acting
Grades K–1
9:00 am–10:00 am $75

Jump in to the magical world of theater! Novice Acting will focus on the very basics of theater through fun lessons, games, and activities. Curriculum is centered around helping students in Kindergarten and first grade find their voice and using it to tell a story.

Apprentice Acting
Grades 2–3
10:00 am–11:00 am $75

Students in Second and Third grade will have the opportunity to build on their acting skills. Lessons and activities will focus on blocking, reading with feeling, and projection.

Journeyman Acting
Grades 4–6
11:00 am–12:00 pm $75

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth grade students will work to master memorization skills, creating a character, and making stage appropriate choices.

Virtuoso Acting
Grades 7–12
11:00 am–12:00 pm $75

Both beginner and returning students in seventh through twelfth grade will discover exciting ways to bring characters to life! Students will be able to create characters, blocking, and scene choices with the supervision of the instructor.

Introduction To Musical Theatre

Dive in to the magical world of musical theatre in this new class! Students will add to their basic dance, acting, and vocal skills while exploring more advanced techniques.

Grades 4 - 8 10:00 am–11:00 am

Performance Lab

Continue developing your performance skills in this performance-based class! Build on what you know and take your talent to the next level! This class has additional rehearsals and performances outside of the normal Saturday class time. Please check your calendar before committing to participation.

Tech Week - May 12 - 15

Performances - May 16 (7:00 PM) & May 17 (3:00 PM)

Grades 6 - 12 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm