Guitar boot camp
It's day two of our second guitar boot camp. Today, instructor Paul Henry teaches a group of third through fifth graders.
Breaking Borders provides cultural and arts exchange
By Hilary Nelson For two days this past spring, the distance between Rogers Park and Arlington Heights didn’t seem so great for young students from two local schools. Why? The [...]
Flourish in the Footlights brings arts to individuals with special needs
By Hilary Nelson Imagine a teenage boy in a wheelchair who can’t join the other kids playing sports, or a young woman with Down syndrome who doesn’t have the confidence [...]
From Metropolis to Kidz Bop
By Bryan Doyle Their commercials flood the television stations, and for good reason. Kidz Bop, created in 2001, has been producing albums compiled of kid-friendly revisions of the latest hit [...]
A fruitful partnership with Whole Foods Market
By Noah Rawitz After becoming an official Metropolis sponsor October, 2010, Whole Foods Market has played an active role in supporting the theatre’s mission to provide quality entertainment to the [...]
Silly day for Little Lights Up
It's silly day for the Little Lights Up campers. So of course that means drinking applesauce with a straw for snack!
Young Playwrights Festival brings student works to the stage
By Hilary Nelson Imagine yourself in 8th grade. You are sitting in English or Drama class and you’ve just written the first scene of a play. It is an accomplished [...]
First day of camp!
It may just be day one, but these campers are already hard at work, learning spacing and choreography for their show.
The Nunsense Car
Nunsense may be opening tomorrow, but during tech week, Stage Manager Carly Franz, Sound Designer Bill Franz and Master Electrician Mike Wagner decided to give the "Flinstone-style" car that's a [...]
Nunsense Fun Fact
Since their costumes aren't quite ready yet, the cast of Nunsense has been rehearing in long skirts to get the feel for moving and dancing (we're talking kick [...]