This autumn is a great time to be a West Michigan child growing up in the arts at The Playhouse at White Lake. Preschool Dance begins with a free demo class Sept. 15, along with Shelby Mason Voice Studio's fall term at The Playhouse at White Lake.
Students head into spooky season with Musical Theatre Dance guided by Sam Farrar Saturday, Sept. 26 from 1-3 p.m. This two-hour 'learn and perform' workshop will be taught to the theme song from Ghostbusters. The class price is $20, and it is open to students ages 8-16, or those 7 and up with prior experience in the Musical Theatre Dance workshops at The Playhouse.
White Lake Youth Theatre will then present a Puppetry Education Weekend with My Air Productions Oct. 17-18, including a limited spacing Friday night "Bird Marionette Puppet Creation" workshop priced at $25 for make-and-take puppets for kids or families, followed the next afternoon with professional puppetry from local puppetry artist, Joey Emory, in the presentation of The Frog Prince: Puppetry for all ages. Tickets for that production are set at the family entertainment rates for the Playhouse, $10 for students and $15 for adults.
Closing out October is the first ever Youth Songwriting Workshop with Shelby Mason, musical arts teacher for White Lake Youth Theatre and the educator behind Shelby Mason Voice Studio, where private and group lessons are taught on fall and winter terms at The Playhouse. The Youth Songwriting Workshop will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, 1-3 p.m., and will be limited to 20 students. The cost is $20, and the workshop is open to ages 7-18, with all materials supplied. There are scholarship funds available for this workshop as part of a grant from the Youth Advisory Council of the Community foundation for Muskegon County. Simply reach out to learn more.
