Performance Season Info
SUMMER SEASON REHEARSALS BEGIN THE WEEK OF MONDAY, JUNE 2ND.
ALL SHOWS WILL HAVE PERFORMANCES ON TWO CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS, AUGUST 17th & 24th. THERE WILL NOT BE A MIDSEASON SHOW FOR THE SHORTER SEASON.
IMPORTANT DATES | |
Sign-up Form Due: | Wednesday, April 30th |
Casts Announced: | Week of May 12th |
Rehearsals Start: | Monday, June 2nd |
Show Dates: | August 17th & 24th |
Summer Format and the overarching theme: “REVOLUTIONARY”
This Spring, we did our first season with a mid-season performance. Because the Summer season is only 3 months long, we will not do a mid-season performance, and will continue our festival-style end-of-season shows with all shows performing on both August 17th and 24th. As with previous Summer seasons, the themes this season fit an overarching theme–this year's larger theme is “Revolutionary!” It will be a revolutionary season, indeed!
Senior Show
Sometimes when we have a large number of seniors graduating from high school, we offer the Senior Show for those who wish to be involved. If you are a graduating senior, please check out the description. If you are available for the rehearsal time, and would like to participate in the Senior Show, please select that option on the form. The show date and time will be separate from the rest of the shows and will be discussed as a group once it is cast. See description for more details.
Personal Note from Your Music Director, Brooksy: While I am very excited about all of these themes and hope you are as well, please do not sign up for a theme if you have done it before (or have done a very similar one). The whole point of the wide variety of shows we get to do here is all for the depth and breadth of your education and experience (and tastes!). So if you’ve done one or more of these shows before, please look at all of the other great options before choosing. And remember to have the conversation with your instructor as well! They know where you would be challenged in the right ways! Thank you!
SUMMER 2025 SHOW TIMES
British Invasion
Rehearsals - Mondays 6:45-8:45
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (3-4:15pm) & August 24 (10-11:15am)
Tina Turner vs Whitney Houston
Rehearsals - Mondays 6:45-8:45
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (11:15-12:30pm) & August 24 (1:45-3:00pm)
Prince: Purple Rain
Rehearsals - Wednesdays 4:15-6:15
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (10-11:15am) & August 24 (3-4:15pm)
Brooklyn Indie Revival
Rehearsals - Wednesdays 6:45-8:45
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (1:45-3:00pm) & August 24 (12:30-1:45pm)
Protest Songs
Rehearsals - Wednesdays 6:45-8:45
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (12:30-1:45pm) & August 24 (1:45-3:00pm)
Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
Rehearsals - Thursdays 4:15-6:15
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (10-11:15am) & August 24 (3-4:15pm)
Woodstock
Rehearsals - Thursdays 4:15-6:15
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (1:45-3:00pm) & August 24 (12:30-1:45pm)
Nirvana: Nevermind
Rehearsals - Thursdays 6:45-8:45
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (11:15-12:30pm) & August 24 (11:15-12:30pm)
Disco
Rehearsals - Saturdays 10:15-12:15
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (3-4:15pm) & August 24 (10-11:15am)
Punk (Featured Show*)
Rehearsals - Saturdays 10:15-12:15
Show Dates/Times - August 17 (12:30-1:45pm) & August 24 (11:15-12:30pm)
*What is the Featured Show?
As we did with this Spring’s Arena Rock show, we will again be participating in the larger School of Rock community’s “Featured Show”, which many schools participate in at the same time. The sign-up process for the Featured Show is the same as the other shows. The Featured Show is essentially just a normal Performance Program show, but there will be some additional opportunities for students, such as:
Unique merch, including stickers, customizable T-shirts, and select band/artist T's
Communication / letters / live-streams with a designated “Pen Pal” school doing the same theme
Bonus educational resources, including lead sheets and enhanced Show Collection content in the School of Rock Method App
Special GearSelect packages and exclusive discounts on gear that is relevant to the show theme
An international video contest and end of season celebration
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Senior Show
Rehearsals - Thursdays 6:45-8:45
Show Dates/Times - TBD (see below)
***Date/time of performance will be decided based on a poll of availability of participating Seniors and their potential college departure dates. If you / your student are available for the regular show dates, this show can be done as an add-on to another Performance Program show OR on its own, but you must indicate which you wish to do on the sign-up form.
Songwriting Studio
Rehearsals - Fridays 6:45-8:45
Showcase Date - End-of-season showcase August 22 @ 7:00pm
Our Songwriting Studio course (Ages 12 and up!) is a program designed to get students writing and recording songs in a collaborative workshop environment. You will learn collaborative writing techniques–from cool chord progressions to better lyrics and beyond–and then record songs with other musicians! Learn some tracking, mixing, and pre and post-production basics. These are skills that will get you started in developing and producing your own material. And in what we’re told is the “best addition since sliced bread”, each season now includes a full-day field trip to a brand new, state-of-the-art professional studio in Lemont, IL, where some of the material being worked on in class will be recorded as if it were a truly professional band’s studio day. The group’s finished songs are presented in a listening party and showcase at the end of the season. Can be done as an add-on to another Performance Program show or on its own, but you must indicate which you wish to do on the sign-up form. Limited spots available!