APPLE ENSEMBLE (AGES 10-14):
AWARD WINNING MUSICAL THEATER TRAINING
About our Ensemble Program: Our Apple Ensemble Program (Ages 10 - 14) is an audition only production experience that challenges actors in skill, dedication, and artistry of musical theater performance. This troupe will participate in the Junior Theater Festival Atlanta in the winter, as well as mount a fully designed and produced theatrical production at Lesher Center for the Arts in the Fall prior to traveling for the festival.
Fall 2025: Beetlejuice JR
JTF Atlanta 2026
please note that this is a highly competitive program.
participation is never guaranteed.
all actors 10-14 are encouraged to audition.
About the Show: It's our show now, kid. The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.
Participation Fees:
Show Participation Fee $850 + JTF Fee: $2700
Director: Emily Hills
Music Director: Caleb Phair
Choreographer: Adrian Plascencia
Stage Manager: Katie Sonas
Rehearsal Days + Time: beginning August 24
Sundays, 2:00-6:00 pm and Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm.
Extended Rehearsals:
Monday, November 10 and Monday, November 17 5:00-9:00 pm
Mandatory Tech Days:
Sunday, November 23 2:00-6:00 pm at Poison Apple
Monday, November 24 3:00-10:00 pm (possibility of earlier) pm at Lesher
Tuesday, November 25 3:00-10:00 pm (possibility of earlier) pm at Lesher
Wednesday, November 26 3:00-10:00 pm (possibility of earlier) pm at Lesher
Mandatory Performances: at the Lesher Center for the Arts
Friday, November 28 7:15 pm
Saturday, November 29 2:15 and 7:15 pm
Sunday, November 30 2:15 pmJTF Rehearsals:
December:
Sunday, December 7 2:00-6:00 pm
Monday, December 8 6:00-9:00 pm
Sunday, December 14 2:00-6:00 pm
Monday, December 15 6:00-9:00 pm
January:
Sunday, January 4 2:00-6:00 pm (Mandatory JTF Parent Meeting)
Monday, January 5 6:00-9:00 pm
Tuesday, January 6 6:00-9:00 pm
Sunday, January 11 2:00-6:00 pm
Monday, January 12 6:00-9:00 pm
Tuesday, January 13 6:00-9:00 pmJTF ATLANTA:
Thursday, January 15 (travel day)
Friday, January 16
Saturday, January 17
Sunday, January 18
Monday, January 19 (travel day)