




Participants will learn the foundations of musical theatre through acting workshops, fun arts activities, and music & choreography rehearsals all while creating a live theatrical production of Aladdin KIDS

Enrich. Educate. Experience.
Get ready for a one-of-a-kind experience this summer with the Arts & Mentoring Project’s Summer Theatre Camp! From July 27th to August 3rd, we’re bringing the magic of theatre to life for young performers in our week-long intensive camp and production of Disney's Aladdin.
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Based on the iconic animated film, with an Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Disney’s Aladdin KIDS is sure to send audiences soaring on a flying carpet ride filled with magic and adventure.
This camp offers something for everyone! Participants will dive into the world of musical theatre as they learn acting techniques, practice choreography, and rehearse songs from the beloved Disney classic, Aladdin KIDS.
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Disney's Aladdin is a beloved, popular story; when the street urchin, Aladdin, vies for the attention of the beautiful princess, Jasmine, he uses a genie's magic power to become a prince in order to marry her. Iago, Jafar, the Genie, and more are here in Disney’s Aladdin KIDS, a musical adventure filled with magic, mayhem and the power of love.
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Camp starts on Sunday, July 27th. Students will be introduced to the story, music and some choreography during their first day, and then audition for various roles in the musical production of Aladdin KIDS. Camp will run from Sunday, July 27th through Saturday, August 2nd at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center in Historic Downtown Pipestone, with each day lasting 4-6 hours in length.
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At the end of the week, campers will showcase their hard work in a live theatrical production for family and friends to enjoy. Public performances of Aladdin will take place at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center on Sunday, August 3rd. There will be a matinee performance at 2:00 p.m., and a tentative 5:00 p.m. performance. Each performance is approximately a half hour in length.
Camp is a fantastic way to build new skills, make lifelong memories, and have a blast along the way! Registration for the camp costs each participant $90; this participation fee includes a camp t-shirt, and a script that students get to keep as a commemorative keepsake. If you have more than one student in your family wanting to participate, the first student is $90, and each child after is $75. Registration fees are due by the end of the first day of camp on Sunday, July 27th. Payment methods accepted are cash or check. Students must be registered by Wednesday, July16th to give leaders time to prepare materials.
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This camp is directed by Jenn Sheldon, and musically led by Samantha Davis. Amy Blom will assist as the production's Stage Manager.
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If you are a local business or organization that would like to sponsor this event, please send your contribution to PO Box 43, Pipestone.
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Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to grow as an artist, build confidence, and make new friends.

The Essentials
July 27th to August 3rd
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For students entering 3rd grade through 18 years old.
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​Camp & public performances held at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center in Historic Downtown Pipestone
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Camp days will be 4-6 hours in length​
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Public performances on Sunday, August 3rd. There will be a matinee performance at 2:00 p.m., and a tentative 5:00 p.m. performance. Each performance is approximately a half hour in length.
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Registration for the camp costs each participant $90
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Deadline to register is Wednesday, July 16th. Payment methods accepted are cash or check.
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This camp is directed by Jenn Sheldon, and musically led by Samantha Davis. Amy Blom will assist as the production's Stage Manager.​

Original Creative Team

Music By
Alan Menken
Theater: God Bless You Mr Rosewater, Little Shop Of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen Of The Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty And The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap Of Faith, Aladdin and Newsies. Film: Little Shop Of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Lincoln, Home On The Range, Noel, Enchanted, Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Rocky V, Home Alone 2 and Captain America. Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden Globes, Tony® (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London's Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Honors: Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Music adapted, arranged and additional lyrics by
Bryan Louiselle
Bryan Louiselle (KIDS music adaptation and arrangement) adapted the scores and wrote additional music and lyrics for Disney’s stage adaptations of High School Musical and High School Musical 2. He wrote the music for The Turn of the Screw (Two Turns Theatre Company); The Jungle Books (Berkeley Playhouse); the documentary films Sacred Space, Saints and Strangers, and Prisoners of Hope; Elaine May’s Adult Entertainment (Off-Broadway); Simon Gray’s The Late Middle Classes (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Red Memories (New York Stage and Film); Radio City Christmas Spectacular; and song cycles A Bestiary, My Night Forest, and Quattro Sonetti.

Lyrics By
Howard Ashman
Best known as a pivotal creative mind behind the renaissance of Disney animation and his work on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast (which is dedicated to, "Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul...") Ashman's first love was theater. Ashman was a founder of off off Broadway's renowned WPA Theater, where he conceived, wrote and directed God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, as well as the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors (both music by Alan Menken). In 1986, he wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980's theater scene, Smile remains popular on High School and College campuses throughout the country. Howard Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. For more information, please visit howardashman.com.

Book By
David Simpatico
David's work has been presented at major theatres around the globe, including London's Hammersmith Apollo, Williamstown Theatre Festival and the New York Shakespeare Festival. Highlights include the stage adaptations of Disney's High School Musical 1 and 2; the full length opera commission, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing with composer Justine Chen (American Lyric Theater); Whida Peru, with a score by Josh Schmidt; and The Screams of Kitty Genovese, a rock-opera with a score by Will Todd. David also wrote the libretto for Pulitzer Prize-winner Aaron J. Kernis' millennium symphony, Garden Of Light, which received its world premiere with the NY Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, conducted by Kurt Masur, in the Fall of 1999.
David is currently working on LIFEafterLIFE, a one-man musical with composer Josh Schmidt. He is also adapting Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with composer Will Todd. David has recently been commissioned to write the original sci-fi rock opera, Rose of Sharon, with composer Heather Christian.

Lyrics By
Tim Rice
Tim Rice has worked in music, theater, and film since 1965, when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim's ambitions to write rock or pop songs, they turned their attention to Andrew's obsession - musical theater. Their first collaboration, The Likes Of Us (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew), was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist. Their next three works together were much more successful: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita. Tim has also worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess). From Here to Eternity, with music by newcomer Stuart Brayson, coproduced with Lee Menzies, directed by Tamara Harvey, and with book by Bill Oakes, premiered in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2013. He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was president of the MCC in 2002. In 2013, he wrote and presented a 52-part series for BBC Radio 2, American Pie, a trawl through the music and musicians of every American State. He has won several awards, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up.
Based on the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.
Disney's Aladdin KIDS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.www.mtishows.com