Registration now open for Green Room Gang season

CHRUCH HILL - Registration for Church Hill Theatre's 20th consecutive year of the Green Room Gang youth theater program is officially open.

The enrollment period runs from April 3 through June 1, but spots do fill up quickly. For more information, call the Church Hill Theatre business office at 410-556-6003, or email office@churchhilltheatre.org.

The GRG program has provided opportunities for young people of the Eastern Shore to experience true live theater, from auditions to curtain call, for two decades.

The Green Room Gang Senior Program, for students entering grades six through 12, begins on Monday, June 18 and runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.

Students will take a journey through the world of a play by means of dance, music, improvisation, theater games, acting, staging and artistic interpretation. This year's show is "Shrek the Musical Jr."

Kyle Lindenberger, who served as a Green Room Gang intern for two years and is a graduate of Washington College planning to attend graduate school for education this fall, will instruct the senior camp. Full tuition for the five-week GRG Sr. program is $550, with a 10 percent discount for CHT members.

Green Room Gang Junior participants, students entering grades one through five, will do theater games, learn basic acting skills and explore singing and dancing while they create a musical especially written for young performers. This year's play is "Winnie the Pooh, Kids!"

GRG Jr. begins on Wednesday, June 20, and runs from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Thursdays.

Becca Van Aken returns for her 13th year as GRG Junior instructor. Full tuition for the four-week GRG Jr. program is $330, with a 10 percent discount for CHT members. Scholarships are available for both senior and junior camps. Previous GRG Intern Iz Clemens will assist both instructors.

Performances for GRG are Thursday and Friday, July 19 and 20, at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, July 21, at 2 p.m.