Youth & Teen Mainstage
Youth Mainstage
Youth Mainstage shows are open to youth and teens, ages 8-17. There is an audition process in which everyone must participate. Regardless of someone’s age or experience, we believe this to be an essential part of a production process. All participants will be cast in that production through the audition process unless a script calls for a specific number of actors. Instruction is provided by a professional production team, and results in a fully realized performance (costumes, set, lights, etc.) on one of our stages! There is a performance fee associated with Youth Mainstage productions – financial assistance is available to anyone who may need support. FIND OUT MORE HERE.
Teen Workshop
Teen Workshop productions are open to teens, ages 12-18. Teen Workshop focuses on turning plays on their head, developing performances based around current events, and finding innovation in performance and playwriting. There is an audition process in which everyone must participate. Regardless of someone’s age or experience, we believe this to be an essential part of a production process. All participants will be cast in their production through the audition process, unless a script calls for a specific number of actors. Instruction is provided by a professional production team, and results in a fully realized performance (costumes, set, lights, etc.) on one of our stages! There is a performance fee associated with Teen Workshop productions – financial assistance is available to anyone who may need support. FIND OUT MORE HERE.
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The Lightning Thief – Youth MainStage
Youth MainStage (Ages 8-17)
Performances: Saturday, March 14 at 1PM, Sunday, March 15 at 2PM, Thursday, March 19 at 7PM, Sunday, March 22 at 2PM, Thursday, March 26 at 7PM
The Lightning Thief, Youth Mainstage production, tells the tale of the teenage half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson, and his newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want, and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him. Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed mythical adventure “worthy of the gods” (Time Out New York).
Auditions will take place on Tuesday, February 10 and Wednesday February 11, both days 3PM to 7PM. Rehearsals begin Saturday, February 14, 2026 – from 10AM to 1PM, and will continue through to performances March 14 through March 26.
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Rochester Opera House
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Rochester Performance & Arts Center
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Rochester, NH 03867
Business: (603) 335-1992
Email: [email protected]
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