Treasure Island is the Summer 2024 Missoula Children’s Theatre Production
The Viterbo University Fine Arts Center has hosted Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) for more than 20 years and interest in the program keeps growing. MCT is the nation's largest touring children's theatre, touring extensively for more than 40 years, performing all over the world.
Students in grades 1–12 are welcome to audition for MCT’s production of Treasure Island. To meet the age requirement, students must be entering the 1st grade this fall for the 2024-25 school year.
Auditions: Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 at 4 p.m. (Registration/Check–In: 3:30–4 p.m.)
Registration form must be completed before the auditions start. We encourage preregistration.
Rehearsals: Aug. 19–23 from 4-8:15 p.m.
Performances: Saturday, Aug. 24 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Tickets go on sale Monday, June 17, 2024)
Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will be held at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts in downtown La Crosse. Directions and Parking
Show Synopsis
Treasure Island is an original adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic novel. Young Jim Hawkins, a mischievous lad, lives with his mother and six sisters in a seaside village on the coast of Maine. The year is 1782 and the American War for Revolution is in its last days. Longing for adventure, Jim comes under the hypnotic spell of the legendary pirate, Long John Silver. While waiting tables in the family Inn, Jim finds a treasure map and, with the villainous Silver as his seeming mentor, sails uncharted seas with only the ragged map and a flock of gulls as guides. Always up for adventure, Jim’s ruffian friends say farewell to their mariner parents and serve as cabin boys for Silver and his band of hilarious (although unsavory) pirate types. Once on the island, nights are sleepless as true colors are revealed in our hero’s quest for the proverbial happy ending. Then–at last–the treasure is found and hand in hand we’re homeward bound.
Adapted by Jim Caron
Music and Lyrics by Jim Caron and Michael McGill
Audition Information
Students in grades 1–12 can audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Ages 10 and older will also be considered for assistant director position for the production during auditions.
Monday, Aug. 19, 2024
4–6 p.m.
Weber Center for the Performing Arts
428 Front Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Please arrive by 3:30 p.m. to allow for registration/check-in. Students should plan to stay for the entire session (4-6 p.m.) Students who have been cast will also stay from 6:15-8:15 p.m. for start of rehearsal. There will be a 15-minute break in between. (Bring your own snack.)
Approximately 50-60 local children will be cast to appear in the show with the MCT Tour Actor/Directors. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that everyone who auditions will be cast in the play. There is no charge for participation in this MCT residency.
To speed up the check-in process and help save paper, we ask that you fill out the registration form in advance (the red button above). However, registration forms will be available at auditions.
Rehearsal Schedule
Most students will rehearse approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes each day, Monday through Friday at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts. Rehearsal times will be 4-6 p.m. and 6:15-8:15 p.m. with a 15-minute break in between. (Bring your own snack.)
Although not all cast members will be needed at every rehearsal session, those auditioning must have a clear schedule for the entire week and be able to attend all rehearsals for their role.
Rehearsals are open to parents and teachers who are not disruptive, but it is also fun for students to surprise them at the performance at the end of the week.
If you or your parents have questions about Missoula Children’s Theatre’s La Crosse residency, please contact us at aya@viterbo.edu or 608-796-3737.
Performance Information
Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Weber Center for the Performing Arts
Call time for performers TBA.
Tickets $16 (plus taxes and fees)
Tickets go on sale Monday, June 17.