*Students who have completed these grades
WDI SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2026
WDI SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2025
Summer Workshop
Do you know a child who enjoys theatre and wants to learn more about performance or technical skills? Wheaton Drama workshops will help build confidence by giving the attendees firsthand experience in creating a live production. Your child will learn how teamwork works in building a theatrical presentation…besides having fun and making new friends. The place to be this summer is Wheaton Drama’s Playhouse 111.
Registration will be available online after the beginning of March.
Beetlejuice Jr.
Performance Theatre – June 29 (Auditions), July 6 – 11, 2026
Grades 5-12* full day session 9 am – 4:30 pm (Bring a sack lunch.)
Technical Theatre – June 29 (Intro), July 6 – 11, 2026
Grades 5-12* full day session 9 am – 4:30 pm (Bring a sack lunch.)
Choose area in which you would like to study: stage managing/backstage crew, sound design, costume design or lighting design
Saturday Performance
Grade 5-12: July 11 – 10:30 am
REGISTER FOR ACTING WORKSHOP – Coming Soon
REGISTER FOR TECHNICAL THEATRE – Coming Soon
Olympus: The Greek Rock Musical
Performance Theatre – July 13 – 18, 2026
Grades 1-4*: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Bring a sack lunch.)
July 13 – 18, 2026
Technical Theatre – Performance Theatre
Grades 5-12*: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Bring a sack lunch.)
Choose area in which you would like to study: stage managing/backstage crew, sound design, costume design or lighting design
Saturday Performances
Grades 1-4 (with tech help from grades 5-12): July 18 – 10:30 am
*Please note the grade levels listed refer to the grade the student just completed.
Tuition
$300 for 1st – 4th grades
$300 for Technical Theatre (July 13 – 18)
$375 for 5th – 12th grades (Technical Theatre and Performance Theatre)
Staff: All staff members are certified teachers themselves and thus have gone through anextensive background check. Staff changes each
year and will be announced when registration is open. Registration opens in Early April.
Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment. Registration for each class will be open on or before April 1, 2026. If there are not enough students enrolled in the class, it may be canceled. Notification of a canceled class will be sent out the weekend prior to the start of class and all money will be refunded. All decisions will be made the Friday before the class starts and communicated to families ASAP.
Contact Kim Lambert-Haak for more information at [email protected] or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about summer workshop registration.
REGISTER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGHSCHOOL ACTING WORKSHOP – Coming Soon
REGISTER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL TECH WORKSHOP Coming Soon
We look forward to working with your children!
If you have any questions, contact Kim Lambert-Haak at [email protected]
ANNOUNCING OUR ALL-NEW SUMMER TEEN PRODUCTION!!
Join us for our Summer Teen Workshop Production. This new program replaces our old summer workshop format. Students grades 6 – 12* can participate in a week-long rehearsal and performance workshop of a musical production, this year featuring HONK JR. Students may elect to participate as performers or as technical crew helping to run the performance.
All students grades 6 – 12* are invited to be a part of the fun!! You’ve spent years learning about the process of creating theatre, now put it to use…this year you will be learning an entire show in just a week and and bring it to life in our theatre.
The format will be a little different than previous workshops:
:June 26, 9 am–4:30 pm
- For our Performance Students: We will audition and cast all of the participants that day as well as start some choreography and music. Then we’re sending you home for two weeks to practice on your own. On July 10, we will start full scale rehearsals, and get this show moving!
- For our Technical Theatre Students: You will begin to learn the basics of tech and the different aspects needed for our production so you can choose which aspect of tech to study for the week: Stage Managing/Running Crew, Sound Design, Costume Design, or Light Design.
July 10–14, 9 am –4:30 pm
Full day of rehearsals for Performance Students, and training and rehearsals with director and cast for Technical Theatre Students
July 15 –One Performance at 10:00 AM (Call times for all participants to be announced)
Tuition: $300 per Student
Tickets to Saturday’s performance: $10 each
Registration closes on June 16th. Class sizes limited, so register soon.
Production Team:
Director: Kim Lambert-Haak
Co-Director: Mackenzie Grattan
Music Director: Amy Brockman
Choreographer: Jenny Rickert
Tech Director: Elyse Willis
Rehearsal Accompanist and Parent Contact: Julie Kanturek
If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at [email protected]
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