At Children’s Performing Arts, we strive to offer programs for every interest and skill level. Camps, workshops, and productions are listed below by grade level. Scroll to your student’s grade to find our current offerings.
We group students by grade to keep content developmentally appropriate.
K-5th Grade
Saturday Morning Drop-In
Registration Now Open!
Grades: Kindergarten-5th Grade
Dates: Bi-Weekly from September 23rd-May 25th
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center
Cost: $25
Seussical
Grades: Entering 3rd-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 1st-August 17th
Time: Sundays 12:00-3:00, Mondays-Thursdays 6:00-9:00
Performance(s): August 8th-August 17th
Location: White Bear Community Stage
Cost: $325 for 3rd-6th Graders, $370 for 7th-12th Graders
Director: Director: Natalie Dulka
Creative Dramatics: Yes Chef!
Grades: Entering Kindergarten-2nd Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 10th-14th
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:15 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Clare Rolinger
Broadway Bound: Disney Villains
Registration is now full. Please email maddier@childrensperformingartsmn.org to be placed on the waitlist!
Grades: Entering 3rd-5th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 17th-21st
Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:30 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Maddie Ripperger
Yer a Wizard!
Registration is now full. Please email maddier@childrensperformingartsmn.org to be placed on the waitlist!
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 24th-28th
Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $295
Director: Clare Rolinger and Maddie Ripperger
Mini Production Camp: How I Became A Pirate
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 8th - July 25th
Time: Mondays-Thursdays 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Performance(s): July 24th at 6:30 PM and July 25th at 2:00 PM
Location: Forest Lake High School
Cost: $305
Director: TBD
Creative Dramatics: Fun With Fancy Nancy
Grades: Entering Kindergarten-2nd Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 8th-12th
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:15 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Maddie Ripperger
Create a Play: Shipwrecked!
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 15th-19th
Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:30 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Claire Chenoweth
Creative Dramatics: Avengers Assemble!
Grades: Entering Kindergarten-2nd Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 22nd-26th
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:15 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Jeffrey Nolan
Mini Production Camp: Seussical Kids
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 29th-August 15th
Time: Monday-Thursday 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): August 14th at 6:30 PM, August 15th at 2:00 PM
Location: White Bear Community Stage
Cost: $305
Director: TBD
Page to Stage: Camp Halfblood (A Collaboration with White Bear Center for the Arts)
Registration is now full. Please email maddier@childrensperformingartsmn.org to be placed on the waitlist!
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 29th-August 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:15 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $295
Director: Jackson Hoemann
Creative Dramatics: Seuss on the Loose
Grades: Entering Kindergarten-2nd Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: August 5th-9th
Time: 9:30-11:30 AM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:15 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Blast from the Past: Wildwood Amusement Park (Collaboration with the White Bear Historical Society)
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: August 12th-16th
Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:30 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Maddie Ripperger and Rheanna O'Brien
6th-8th Grade
Pizza Performance Pop Ups
Registration Now Open!
Grades: 6th-10th
Dates: Once Monthly on Saturdays Starting September 23rd
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $25
Director: Maddie Ripperger, Clare Rolinger, Sonja Thorson, and Guests
Freaky Friday: The Musical
Grades: Current 6th-12th Graders in the Spring of 2023
Dates: April 13th-June 23rd
Time: Sundays 3:00-6:00, Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays 6:00-9:00
Performance(s): June 19th-23rd
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center
Cost: $325
Director: Amanda Weis
Black Box Play: Little Women
More Info February 5th!
Grades: Entering 7th-12th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: May 18th-July 28th
Time: Monday-Thursday 3:00-6:00 PM
Performance(s): July 25th-28th
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center | Black Box
Cost: $325
Director: Maddie Ripperger
Seussical
Grades: Entering 3rd-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 1st-August 17th
Time: Sundays 12:00-3:00, Mondays-Thursdays 6:00-9:00
Performance(s): August 8th-August 17th
Location: White Bear Community Stage
Cost: $325 for 3rd-6th Graders, $370 for 7th-12th Graders
Director: Director: Natalie Dulka
Broadway Bound: Jukebox Musicals
Grades: Entering 6th-8th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 17th-21st
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Yer a Wizard!
Registration is now full. Please email maddier@childrensperformingartsmn.org to be placed on the waitlist!
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 24th-28th
Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $295
Director: Clare Rolinger and Maddie Ripperger
Behind the Scenes: Design Studio
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 24th-28th
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Mini Production Camp: How I Became A Pirate
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 8th - July 25th
Time: Mondays-Thursdays 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Performance(s): July 24th at 6:30 PM and July 25th at 2:00 PM
Location: Forest Lake High School
Cost: $305
Director: TBD
Create a Play: Shipwrecked!
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 15th-19th
Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:30 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Claire Chenoweth
Put Your Story Center Stage: CPA Variety Show
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 15th-19th
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:15 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Clare Rolinger
Mini Production Camp: Seussical Kids
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 29th-August 15th
Time: Monday-Thursday 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): August 14th at 6:30 PM, August 15th at 2:00 PM
Location: White Bear Community Stage
Cost: $305
Director: TBD
Page to Stage: Camp Halfblood (A Collaboration with White Bear Center for the Arts)
Registration is now full. Please email maddier@childrensperformingartsmn.org to be placed on the waitlist!
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 29th-August 2nd
Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:15 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $295
Director: Jackson Hoemann
One Act Play: Hamlet Abridged (And Possibly Improved?)
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 29th-August 2nd
Time: 12:30-4:30 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $275
Director: Claire Chenoweth
Blast from the Past: Wildwood Amusement Park (Collaboration with the White Bear Historical Society)
Grades: Entering 3rd-6th Grade in the Fall of 2024
Dates: August 12th-16th
Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 11:30 AM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Maddie Ripperger and Rheanna O'Brien
YES AND! Intro to Improv
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: August 12th-16th
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Clare Rolinger
9th-12th Grade
Pizza Performance Pop Ups
Registration Now Open!
Grades: 6th-10th
Dates: Once Monthly on Saturdays Starting September 23rd
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $25
Director: Maddie Ripperger, Clare Rolinger, Sonja Thorson, and Guests
Freaky Friday: The Musical
Grades: Current 6th-12th Graders in the Spring of 2023
Dates: April 13th-June 23rd
Time: Sundays 3:00-6:00, Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays 6:00-9:00
Performance(s): June 19th-23rd
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center
Cost: $325
Director: Amanda Weis
Seussical
Grades: Entering 3rd-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 1st-August 17th
Time: Sundays 12:00-3:00, Mondays-Thursdays 6:00-9:00
Performance(s): August 8th-August 17th
Location: White Bear Community Stage
Cost: $325 for 3rd-6th Graders, $370 for 7th-12th Graders
Director: Director: Natalie Dulka
Legally Blonde: The Musical
More information on February 5th!
Grades: Entering 11th Grade in the Fall of 2024-Age 22
Dates: June 10th-August 4th
Time: Sundays 5:00-8:00, Monday-Thursday 6:00-9:00
Performance(s): August 1st-August 4th
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center
Cost: TBA
Director: Director: Kivan Kirk
Behind the Scenes: Design Studio
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: June 24th-28th
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center, 4941 Long Ave, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Put Your Story Center Stage: CPA Variety Show
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 15th-19th
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:15 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Clare Rolinger
One Act Play: Hamlet Abridged (And Possibly Improved?)
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: July 29th-August 2nd
Time: 12:30-4:30 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $275
Director: Claire Chenoweth
YES AND! Intro to Improv
Grades: Entering 7th-12th in the Fall of 2024
Dates: August 12th-16th
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Performance(s): Showcase on the Final Day at 3:30 PM
Location: Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Ave White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Cost: $205
Director: Clare Rolinger