Auditions - Dakota Players / Theater 605 FREE KIDS WORKSHOP - 🚀🏴☠️ Space Pirates! 🏴☠️🚀
Schedule
Mon Mar 16 2026 at 04:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
700 N Main St, Mitchell, SD, United States, South Dakota 57301 | Mitchell, SD
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🚀🏴☠️ Space Pirates! – A New Children’s Musical 🏴☠️🚀Mitchell Area Community Theater welcomes aspiring youth performers to learn, grow, and shine on stage in this exciting, fast-paced theatrical experience!
Space Pirates! is designed with suitable parts for every age, skill, and experience level, making it the perfect opportunity for students in grades K–12 to explore theater in a fun, supportive environment.
🎭 Auditions
📅 Monday, March 16, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM
➡️ The first rehearsal will immediately follow auditions
🎶 Rehearsals
🗓️ Intensive FREE rehearsals throughout the week
⏰ 4:00–8:30 PM
Participants will learn lines, staging, songs, and choreography, all leading up to two exciting performances!
🌟 Performances
🎟️ Friday, March 20
🎟️ Saturday, March 21
Auditions allow directors to see all students and determine where they best fit in the process—everyone has a role to play! In addition to on-stage roles, older students are invited to assist backstage, learning sound and lighting while gaining hands-on theater experience.
👩🎤🎬 About the Program
This week-long residency brings professional Actor/Directors to Mitchell to work with 20–55 students, creating a fully staged musical complete with costumes, sets, lights, and sound, performed by the participants at the end of the week.
The program is led by Theatre 605 Tours, which has provided exceptional theater education to communities across the region for over 25 years. We are dedicated to fostering creativity, confidence, and imagination in a safe, inspiring environment—guided by professional artists from across the country who meet the highest artistic and safety standards.
✨ Synopsis
Join Casey on an unforgettable journey from a quiet museum tour to the chaotic world of alien spaceships and space pirates! When pirates attack the Zooglebotz spaceship, Casey and friends hatch a clever plan inspired by the Trojan Horse to save their alien allies. Packed with pirate shanties and alien ballads, Space Pirates! celebrates friendship, curiosity, teamwork, and being uniquely you.
🎼 Creative Team
Book, Music & Lyrics: Denver Casado, Betina Hershey & Gwynne Watkins
Adaptation & Director: Deb Workman
Set: Erin I. Wegleitner
Costumes: Sarah Larson
Props: Caitlyn Nordeen
Graphic Design: Kari Powell & Deb Workman
🎉 Made possible by Area Community Theater, with support from the South Dakota Arts Council, funded by the State of South Dakota, the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
🌌 Come be part of the magic—on stage or behind the scenes!
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Where is it happening?
700 N Main St, Mitchell, SD, United States, South Dakota 57301Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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