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FALL & WINTER CLASSES ANNOUNCED
MAINSTAGE: Auditions for 59th Season
* Auditions dates announced!
WORKSHOPS & CAMPS
* Check out our special MIME workshop & our Spring Break Performing Arts Camp 2011
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As an introduction to Davenport Junior Theatre, check out our PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
Listen to our new Podcast Radio Show.
* To keep permanently, click SAVE instead of OPEN, this will allow you to save the Podcast in a file (create a new file or save to "My Music") and download the episode to your I-Pod.
Episode 1 : Interview with Artistic Director, Daniel DP Sheridan
Episode 2 : A Review of Our 57th Season
Episode 3 : Interview with Bonnie Guenther, Former Porgram Coordinator
Episode 4 : Learn About Our Classes & Meet Our Teachers
Episode 5 : Meet Some of Our Mainstage Actors
Episode 6 : Interview with Kristin Meyer, Former JT Student & Volunteer
* Check back soon for more great podcast episodes!
 Update from the Artistic Director
Daniel DP Sheridan
This update begins in gratitude; Overwhelming gratitude for all those who have supported Davenport Junior Theatre so well over my brief two year tenure.
Thank you to Davenport Parks and Recreation Staff and Management, particularly Seve Ghose (Parks Director) and Theresa Hauman (Recreation Manager). Through their continued efforts and support, our facility has seen and will continue to see great improvements. The most exciting is our new parking lot that will be installed right in front of our theatre! For the parking lot, we also thank our aldermen and the Historical Preservation Committee for their diligent efforts. In addition to the parking lot, we will be getting a new roof, new windows, a caste of Showtime Pal out front, and revamping the interior of our cottages. You will see many new changes here over the next 12 months!
Thank you to Junior Theatre Incorporated and all the volunteers who keep our Mainstage Acting Company alive. Each year we produce four fully realized, professionally developed productions on our stage. We use professional directors and designers to work alongside our students. This season I have the pleasure of welcoming Aaron Randolph III on board as our new Managing/Producer. He will be leading the Mainstage Company. Aaron is a wonderful teacher, great performer, and an awesome Dad! Welcome Aaron!
Thank you to my staff. Many people come together to make programming possible, from Teaching Artists to Junior Staff to Front Desk to volunteers. Due to their vigilant efforts and professionalism, we can boast that we have had a 400% increase in our programming over the last two years. We hope to continue this success in the fall and take Junior Theatre to new heights, offering all new classes and workshops!
And a big special thanks to the parents. Without their constant love, support, and commitment to their children (driving them to and from, back and forth), Junior Theatre would not be possible. As they continue to invest in their children, we will do our best to bring all students the skills that allow them to communicate clearly, confidently, and creatively. No matter where life may take them.
Lastly, thank you to my own family. It may only be me, my wife, my cat, and my bird, but they support me through the long hours I work and encourage the passions I have. Not everyone is so lucky. I am more grateful than they will ever know.
So thanks to all! Please continue to support Davenport Junior Theatre in any way you can. In particular, help us spread the word to as many people as possible that we are still here, still growing, and still a place where theatre happens “for kids, by kids.”
Daniel DP Sheridan
Artistic Director
Davenport Junior Theatre
Performing Arts Supervisor
Davenport Parks and Recreation
PS – Click on this link to view a video to understand even more about the mission of Junior Theatre. For alumni, it will be nostalgia.
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FALL & WINTER CLASSES
Online Registration is now available! After you select the link below, you will be taken to the homepage of Davenport Parks and Recreation. There you will select ONLINE REGISTRATION, Junior Theatre Classes and Workshops are located under PERFORMING ARTS. Our camps are found in CAMPS. Here is the link: www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/parks.
To register in person or inquire further, visit Davenport Parks and Recreation's Main Office located at the RIVER'S EDGE (formerly Quad City Sports Center) next to Modern Woodmen Park.
Main Office Info: 563-326-7812 / 700 W. River Drive / Davenport, IA 52802.
Contact Us
Davenport Junior Theatre
2822 Eastern Avenue
Davenport, Iowa 52803
563/326-7862
Located on the Annie Wittenmyer Complex in Cottage 15 and the Nighswander Theatre
Daniel DP Sheridan
Artistic Director
563/888-2216
Dsheridan@ci.davenport.ia.us
Volunteer
Organizations like Junior Theatre are only able to exist thanks to the support of volunteers. Learn more on how you can get involved.
Our Digital Future
This is just the first iteration of a much bigger web project. Learn how (and why) we plan to use technology in the future,
Our Show History
Revisit the names of every Mainstage production that has happened over the last 58 years. Visit our Mainstage Production List. It is this body of work that makes us the second oldest children's theatre in America. Can you find shows you were in as a child?
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