MadCAP Theatre for Young Audiences
Inspiring and Nurturing Talents in the Performing Arts
MadCAP's Theatre for Young Audiences caters to southern Wisconsin's youngest theatre-goers by bringing quality performances of well-known children's literature to life on the stage. TYA productions are designed and directed by talented professional artists and performed by adult actors and young people working together. Performances take place on the Drury stage at the historic Bartell Theatre. The theatre provides an intimate space allowing for memorable theatre experiences.
MadCAP's School of the Arts provides opportunities for people of all ages to work with professional teaching artists in creatively challenging programs that encourage young people to realize their highest level of artistic potential.
MadCAP's Studio is centrally located in downtown Madison so that young people from throughout Madison and the surrounding communities can develop their artistic talents within the context of a community of supportive and caring teaching artists.
This Season
- Winnie the Pooh - November 7-16, 2008
Current Class Listings
Performance Ensembles - Ongoing
MadCAP is currently accepting enrollments for their School of the Arts Performance Ensembles. There are spots available in each of the k-12 Musical Theatre Ensembles as well as the Opera Ensemble and Originality Works. Each ensemble is directed by professional and experienced musicians, actors, directors, and performers.
The performance ensembles meet once a week and work on quarterly projects. In the first and fourth quarter performers will prepare fully staged selections from popular Musical Theatre. These projects will be presented in MadCAP’s new venue: Promenade Hall of the Overture Center. During the 2nd quarter the performers will prepare and be involved in a benefit concert in the Wisconsin Dells, and during the 3rd quarter students in the Performance Ensembles will serve as the chorus for MadCAP’s March production of "Willy Wonka" (directed by Paul Milisch). Students enrolled in Performance Ensembles are also eligible to audition for lead roles in "Willy Wonka", which would involve additional rehearsal commitments.
Please visit www.madcap.org for more information or to download an enrollment brochure.
Paul Milisch, Teaching Artist
251-1879
Private and Semi-private Acting Lessons - starts 9/1/08
MadCAP is pleased to offer private and semi-private Acting classes starting this fall. The lessons are taught by Paul Milisch and the curriculum is tailored to each individual performer. The classes may be taken individually, or in groups of 2-4.
The overall focus of the program is to provide performers technical skills to be successful on stage while developing a stage persona by which the actor can let go into their artistic expression. The program is also designed to help musicians by developing improvisational skills as well as a stage persona. The lessons are open to all ages.
For more information and the teaching artist’s bio, please refer to the flyer posted on www.madcap.org, or contact Paul Milisch at 251-1879 or paul@madcap.org.
Past Productions
- Wonderland - July 25-26, 2008
- Macbeth - July 18-19, 2008
- Sleeping Beauty - July 18-19, 2008
- The Aristocats - June 27-28, 2008
- Ducktails and Bobbysocks - June 27-29, 2008
- Disney's Mulan Junior - May 8-10, 2008
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - May 1-10, 2008
- The Quiltmaker's Gift - February 21 - March 1, 2008
- Madeline's Christmas - November 30 - December 15, 2007
- Hansel & Gretel ~ a Puppet Operetta - November 29 - December 13, 2007
- Seussical - July 27-28, 2007
- A Year with Frog and Toad - February 8-17, 2007
- A Winnie the Pooh Birthday Tail - December 7 - 16, 2006
- Wisconsin Women Legacies - November 2006
2006 Season
- MadCAP Festival of the Arts - March 8-11, 2006
- Into the Woods Jr - March 10-11, 2006
- The Tempest - June 29, 2006
- Give My Regards to Broadway - June 30, 2006
- Rats! The Story of the Pied Piper - 7 PM on July 20, 2 PM on July 21, 2006
- Beauty of the Dreaming Wood - 7 PM on July 21, 2 PM on July 22, 2006
- Bugsy Malone Junior - July 28 & 29, 2006
2005 Season
- Stuart Little - March 4-12, 2005
- As You Like It - June 30, 2005
- Tom Sawyer - July 1, 2005
- Narnia - July 14-30, 2005
- The Hobbit - July 22-23, 2005
2004 Season
- A Village Fable - January 16-24, 2004
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses - Friday, June 25, 2004
- Macbeth - Thursday, July 1, 2004
- Rock Around the Block - Friday, July 2, 2004
- Little Women - Friday, July 23, 2004
- Magnetic Theatre - Friday, July 30, 2004
2002-03 Season
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - May 9-11, 2002
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - June 27, 2002
- Everything's Groovy - June 28, 2002
- Crazy for You - July 18 & 19, 2002
- The Adventures of Beatrix Potter and Her Friends - Aug 1 & 2, 2002
- Winter Solstice - January 16-23, 2003
- The Ice Wolf - January 17-25, 2003
- The Little Prince - May 1-10, 2003
2000-01 Season
- Boo Scary Stories - October, 2000
- Mother Hicks - January, 2001
- Alice's Adventures into Wonderland, April 2001
- Charleston, June 2001
- Love's Labours Lost, June 2001
- The Wiz - July 26-27, 2001
1999-2000 Season
- Jungalbook - November 18-19, 1999
- The Rememberer - January 13-15, 2000
- Anastasia - March 30-April 2, 2000
- Dragonsong - May 6, 2000
- Twelfth Night - June 2000
- 45 Minutes from Broadway - June 2000
- Tom Sawyer - July 2000
1998-99 Season
- The Phantom
Tollbooth
Tales of Trickery - October 29-31, 1998 - The Orphan
Train
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , and
The Honorable Urashima Taro - January 22-23, 1999 - The Witch of Blackbird
Pond
Merlin's Tale of Arthur's Magic Sword - March 18-20, 1999 - Dragonsong - May 29-31, 1999
- Ducktails & BobbySox - June 1999
- The Tempest - June 1999
- Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, July 1999
1997-98 Season
- Ramona Quimby, May 8-10, 1997
- Antigone - January 10-17, 1998
- Festival of Plays and Music - January 17, 1998
- A Little Princess - April 16-18, 1998
- The Hobbit - July 22-23, 1998
