​Spring 2025 Season
Standing out from the crowd can be daunting. This season, we’ll explore stories that teach us about the importance of embracing who we are and celebrating our own individuality and uniqueness. Along the way, we’ll meet many characters who feel great pressure to “fit in” and to be the person everyone else wants them to be. Others are determined, from the get go, to live life on their own terms and to change the views of those around them. But at their core, all of our characters long for the same thing; to be understood, accepted and loved.

Growing up in a world that’s not ready for you can feel impossible at times, but together as music makers and dreamers of dreams we will hold our heads up high and choose individuality over conformity. Friendship, community and the love shared between a parent and child will prevail above all else. In the end, the journey to self love and self acceptance will be worth it because we choose to believe…

“Out there someone’s gonna love ya warts and all.” 
- Honk Jr. 

Trevor

April 24 to 27, 2025
It’s 1981 in America, and Trevor Nelson is busy navigating adolescence in suburbia while dreaming of a life in show business. When an embarrassing incident at school suddenly puts him in the wrong spotlight, Trevor must summon the courage to forge his own path. A deeply moving and funny story of self-discovery and the power of acceptance, Trevor is about living your best life with a ton of passion… and a touch of pizzazz
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This show contains mature content and is recommended for ages 14 +​

the Mysterious case of the missing ring with Stone Dragon Stew

May 2 - 4, 2025
The royal ring is missing, and the queen won’t sleep until the royal detectives (all 13 of them!)  find it.  Y As they scour the Queendom in search of the royal ring, the chatty maids follow the harried queen around while the devious butler spouts suspiciously evil laughs every time a clue goes awry.  In this fast-paced, madcap mystery, you’ll find delightful comedy for all ages in every quirky character...  and a surprise ending that rings true!

Villagers of Nearhere are fed up with living under siege of the Stone Dragon, who keeps dropping rocks from the sky!  Residents are forced to stay inside, wear a helmet, or suffer the consequences!  Smart villager Bookseller offers up a plan:  find a brave knight to defeat the Stone Dragon and restore peace to Nearhere.  The only problem is nobody in the village knows any knights, so four brave villagers set out to find knights willing to fight the ferocious dragon.  After the knights prove to be no help and hope seems lost, a renowned chef shows up and shares the perfect recipe for successfully dealing with the Stone Dragon.

Do you Wanna Dance?

​​May 8 - 11, 2025

Singing and dancing is what draws everyone to the town of SnapHappy, Ohio, in May of 1995 to meet Mayor Pete’s new wife, Mona Lightfoot. But after she literally pulls the plug on the May Day celebration, the politics of dancing start to take the snap out of happy. Delaney, Chad, Lucas, Emma and all of the SnapHappy kids are shocked when they hear that a new “dance tax” has been levied on anyone who dances in town. While their “boogie down” parents try to cope with the new tax, all of the kids come together and take a stand.

may we all

May 22 - May 25 , 2025
Harmony, Tennessee used to be called "the town that sings", but music and joy are seldom heard on its streets these days. Singer Jenna Coates left Harmony years ago to chase fame in Nashville - only to return disillusioned and discouraged. Now Jenna will need to face the music, reconnect with the people she left behind, and make peace with her past to save herself and the small town she loves.
Relaxed Performance - Sunday, May 25th at 3:00pm
​What is a Relaxed Performance? Relaxed performances aim to meet the needs of people with disabilities and neurodiverse people, while being suitable for families and all audiences. Sensory elements such as light and sound are reduced and the audience has the opportunity to meet the cast briefly prior to the show. Patrons may exit and enter the theatre as needed.
​Tickets and/or Accessible Seating: Please contact rosalie@originalkids.ca for pricing or to arrange accessible seating

The Audition and the rehearsal

May 30 - June 1, 2024
​A new theater teacher is bringing a production of A Chorus Line to the high school. Though the hopefuls range from shy to outrageous, and from diva-like to determined, everyone has a chance to step into the spotlight. A hilarious and heartbreaking look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part.

​A young teacher tries to pull off a production of Guys and Dolls, but putting a musical together is never easy, especially with a megalomaniacal stage manager, a lead who's convinced that Wicked is a much better show, and a girl who is clinically incapable of following directions (she has a doctor's note to prove it). And to make matters worse, there aren't nearly enough guys to be the Guys. A hilarious and poignant look behind the scenes of a drama club production filled with -- what else? -- lots of drama.

Beetlejuice jr. 

June 5 - 8, 2025
​The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.

This show contains mature content and is recommended for ages 13+

30 Reasons not to be in a play

July 11 - 13, 2025
Stage kisses, pinkeye, inciting World War III -- these are only a few of the many things that can go wrong during the production of a play. In a series of hilarious examples, this play proves that drama can be a very dangerous thing and it must be avoided at all costs. 

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Charlie and the chocolate factory

July 17 - 21, 2025
The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a life-changing journey through Wonka’s world of pure imagination including chocolate waterfalls, nutty squirrels and the great glass elevator, all to be revealed by Wonka's army of curious Oompa-Loompas.