December 6 , 2023 - May 12, 2024
CALLING ALL KIDS!
CALLING ALL KIDS!
Join us and become a member of the Annir JR. cast!
Annie Jr.
With catchy music, fun costumes and eye-popping dance numbers, this year’s production looks to be our best yet!
With catchy music, fun costumes and eye-popping dance numbers, this year’s production looks to be our best yet!
- Ages: 8-16
- 5 Month,Weekly Program,
- Learn Acting, Singing, and Dancing
- 5 Live Performances, All Kids Participate
- Includes Costumes and Props
- Your Child Learns Teamwork, Self-Confidence and Makes New Friends
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DETAILS
Annie Jr.
Weekly Rehearsal Days/Dates/Times- Wednesdays, December 6, 2023 - May 8, 2024, 4-6pm
Rehearsal/Performance Location - Family Life Center 3713 Udall St., Point Loma, 92107
Performance Dates/Times - Fri, May 10, 7-8pm, Sat, May 11, 2-3pm, 7-8pm, Sun, May 12, 2-3pm, 7-8pm
Ages - 8-16 years old
Membership - $995 + service fee
Annie Jr.
Weekly Rehearsal Days/Dates/Times- Wednesdays, December 6, 2023 - May 8, 2024, 4-6pm
Rehearsal/Performance Location - Family Life Center 3713 Udall St., Point Loma, 92107
Performance Dates/Times - Fri, May 10, 7-8pm, Sat, May 11, 2-3pm, 7-8pm, Sun, May 12, 2-3pm, 7-8pm
Ages - 8-16 years old
Membership - $995 + service fee
***Registration is at full capacity, click button for Waitlist.***
The ActLiveNow Jr. Theater Program exists for one reason only: our firm belief that theater provides unique benefits to children, including enhanced self-confidence, teamwork, and a sense of belonging. We believe that children learn best when they are given opportunities, which is why in our productions, every child has a substantive part, for meaningful exploration and growth of their new skills. Our outstanding creative team has years of experience helping each child to reach their full potential, and our low-impact format -- one class a week, one show a year— won't take over your life like some theater programs do. We invite you to join us and give your child his or her chance to shine!
- Robert Nickel - Executive Director
Erica Kahn - Director, Choreographer
Erica is a San Diego-based director and choreographer with a passion for musical theatre. She holds a double bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Dance from the University of California San Diego with a minor in Education Studies. Erica believes strongly in advocating for the importance of the arts and hopes to increase awareness and appreciation for the arts throughout her career. She also runs a volunteer youth theatre group she co-founded, called Scripps Onstage, that aims to educate and provide opportunities for students to get involved in the arts and produce original works. She has been working with youth since she started directing and choreographing and currently choreographs for Scripps Theatre Arts, a youth theatre in Scripps Ranch. Recent credits include Big Fish (Choreographer, Coronado Playhouse), American Idiot (Co-Director/Co-Choreographer, Muir Musical), Newsies (Choreographer, Scripps Theatre Arts), and Dracula: the Journal of Jonathan Harker (Director, Trinity Theatre Company)
Erica is a San Diego-based director and choreographer with a passion for musical theatre. She holds a double bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Dance from the University of California San Diego with a minor in Education Studies. Erica believes strongly in advocating for the importance of the arts and hopes to increase awareness and appreciation for the arts throughout her career. She also runs a volunteer youth theatre group she co-founded, called Scripps Onstage, that aims to educate and provide opportunities for students to get involved in the arts and produce original works. She has been working with youth since she started directing and choreographing and currently choreographs for Scripps Theatre Arts, a youth theatre in Scripps Ranch. Recent credits include Big Fish (Choreographer, Coronado Playhouse), American Idiot (Co-Director/Co-Choreographer, Muir Musical), Newsies (Choreographer, Scripps Theatre Arts), and Dracula: the Journal of Jonathan Harker (Director, Trinity Theatre Company)
Nancy Ross - Music Director
It all began at one of San Diego’s most loved children’s music schools: Nightingale Music. It was there, in 2016, that Nancy began developing her childhood education philosophy which would later be know as Movers & Groovers. (Shaking & Peace-Making are still implied, but lost the battle against the laws of effective branding.)
Nancy graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. Since then, she has performed in musicals and plays across the country, and has taught music, theatre, and dance since 2012
It all began at one of San Diego’s most loved children’s music schools: Nightingale Music. It was there, in 2016, that Nancy began developing her childhood education philosophy which would later be know as Movers & Groovers. (Shaking & Peace-Making are still implied, but lost the battle against the laws of effective branding.)
Nancy graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. Since then, she has performed in musicals and plays across the country, and has taught music, theatre, and dance since 2012
Lindsay Bates - Co-Music Director
Lindsay Bates was born in New York City and began her career and passion for theatre and the performing arts earlier than she can remember (though somewhere there’s a VHS tape of her at age three 'screlting' Annie at the top of her lungs)! Over the course of the last two decades, she has spent her fair share of time both on the stage, on camera, and behind the scenes – both on artistic teams and in the crew, and teaching the next generation what she’s learned so far from her years in the industry in programs such as San Diego Junior Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse’s Young Performers’ Workshop, and working as a Teaching Artist throughout SoCal. Some of her favorite roles she's played include Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, The Cat in The Hat in Seussical, Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and both Sandy AND Marty in two separate productions of Grease! Her next project includes Co-Music Directing for Point Loma Playhouse's ActLiveNow production of Annie Jr.! She is just absolutely over the moon to have the honor of getting to play Suzy in this production of The Marvelous Wonderettes and hopes you enjoy the show!
Lindsay Bates was born in New York City and began her career and passion for theatre and the performing arts earlier than she can remember (though somewhere there’s a VHS tape of her at age three 'screlting' Annie at the top of her lungs)! Over the course of the last two decades, she has spent her fair share of time both on the stage, on camera, and behind the scenes – both on artistic teams and in the crew, and teaching the next generation what she’s learned so far from her years in the industry in programs such as San Diego Junior Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse’s Young Performers’ Workshop, and working as a Teaching Artist throughout SoCal. Some of her favorite roles she's played include Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, The Cat in The Hat in Seussical, Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and both Sandy AND Marty in two separate productions of Grease! Her next project includes Co-Music Directing for Point Loma Playhouse's ActLiveNow production of Annie Jr.! She is just absolutely over the moon to have the honor of getting to play Suzy in this production of The Marvelous Wonderettes and hopes you enjoy the show!
Gaby LeBaron - Co-Choreographer
Gaby is a recent UCSD graduate and she majored in Theatre and Dance. She has been dancing since she was 4 years old, and began doing musicals when she was 15. She was on her highschool dance team, Maroon Magic, and has always loved performing. Some of her favorites musicals she has been in are Bring It On The Musical, Legally Blonde, and Mamma Mia. She found a passion for teaching when she started giving ballet classes at a local dance studio a few years ago, and is excited for her first role as choreographer in this production of Seussical!
Gaby is a recent UCSD graduate and she majored in Theatre and Dance. She has been dancing since she was 4 years old, and began doing musicals when she was 15. She was on her highschool dance team, Maroon Magic, and has always loved performing. Some of her favorites musicals she has been in are Bring It On The Musical, Legally Blonde, and Mamma Mia. She found a passion for teaching when she started giving ballet classes at a local dance studio a few years ago, and is excited for her first role as choreographer in this production of Seussical!
Jennifer Hedayat - Stage Manager, Teaching Artist
Jennifer has directed, produced, and choreographed over thirty plays and musicals during her tenure as a Drama and English teacher. She loves to add her unique spin to productions,once turning Carlo Gozzi’s commedia, The Love of Three Oranges, into a modern musical, and staging Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window with film sequences to interact with live actors. Her love of improv flourished during
fifteen years coaching Comedy Sportz, a competitive high school league inspired by the methods of Viola Spolin, the mother of improvisation. Jennifer writes, produces, and co-hosts a senior-care-themed podcast called Sandwiched. Newly relocated from Los Angeles, she, her husband and two dogs enjoy empty nesting in charming Point Loma.
Jennifer has directed, produced, and choreographed over thirty plays and musicals during her tenure as a Drama and English teacher. She loves to add her unique spin to productions,once turning Carlo Gozzi’s commedia, The Love of Three Oranges, into a modern musical, and staging Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window with film sequences to interact with live actors. Her love of improv flourished during
fifteen years coaching Comedy Sportz, a competitive high school league inspired by the methods of Viola Spolin, the mother of improvisation. Jennifer writes, produces, and co-hosts a senior-care-themed podcast called Sandwiched. Newly relocated from Los Angeles, she, her husband and two dogs enjoy empty nesting in charming Point Loma.
