Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hope you are all beginning to settle in with new school routines – the new school year always brings new challenges especially in these trying times. For Upstage we are proud to announce that we are working with Oak Park Education Foundation and Roscomare Road...
Aug 26, 2020 | Featured Posts
Dear Upstage Families, After hearing from a lot of you parents about the complex and stressful beginning to the school year we have decided to push the start dates of (almost*) all of our programs to September 12th and after. So here is the new schedule (if you have...
Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen Is it just me or is everyone experiencing a surprising surge of anxiety? I’ve spent the last few months patting myself (smugly, my wife just added) on the back for the way I’ve handled my stress levels during this crisis. Back...
Jul 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen We are having so much fun this summer as we continue all of our themed online theatre programs. I’ve just had a sneak preview of our second junior High School Musical Camp performance video put together by Upstage parent and professional...
Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen Teachers, parents and officials in every school district in the country have been desperately trying to figure out how we go back to school in August, and the recent explosion of infections just made that a whole lot harder. Debate is raging in...
Jul 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen We’re right in the middle of online summer theatre camps and I’ve been thinking about Willy Wonka which is our third two- week 10-14 yrs camp July 13th-24th. The online version will not have to deal with the one consistent nightmare...
Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The reviews are coming in! Hear from some parents and students about their experience with our Live Online Summer Camp and Classes! Watch this video for more parent experiences! “I just wanted to let you both know how blown away I was this past week watching the...
Jun 29, 2020 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen Hello everyone ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Hamilton’ just kicked off at 9am and 9:30am this morning respectively. And, in case you’re one of the few people still left who don’t know, a full performance from the...
Jun 20, 2020 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen As Upstage Online camp got underway this week, the economic bad news sweeping the world continued, and it is clear that one sector of the economy which is close to home for our community, is on its knees. Theatres all around the U.S. are facing...
Jun 16, 2020 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized
Written by Adrian Cohen What could possibly go wrong? These were my parting words of our final pre-camp meeting this past Sunday. We are now in our second day of summer theatre with Upstage Online camps and I have to say, I’m incredibly proud of the way the...
