Student Theatre Guild
Join us for this two-week summer intensive program for high school and college students.
About Student Theatre Guild
Who is it for?
Theatre Charlotte's Student Theatre Guild provides an outstanding theatre opportunity to high school and college students selected through an audition process.
What is the STG program?
The summer intensive provides a professional-level summer stock experience. During this two-week program, participants will work with professional directors, designers, and choreographers and gain valuable knowledge and experience while rehearsing and performing a full-scale musical production to be presented on the Theatre Charlotte stage.
About the 2026 Summer Intensive
The Show: Big Fish
BIG FISH
Music and Lyrics by Andrew | Lippa Book by John August
A fantastical, heartwarming musical that follows the life of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman whose larger-than-life stories captivate everyone around him.
The Director: Emily Klingman
We are thrilled to welcome Emily Klingman back to our Student Theatre Guild as director. Emily teaches theatre at Mooresville High School and has performed in many Theatre Charlotte productions in addition to directing STG’s 2024 production of Alice by Heart and 2025 production of Catch Me If You Can. Emily will be joined by choreographer Sharlie Duncan and music director Matt Primm.
Program Dates: June 29 - July 10, 2026
June 29 - July 3 from 9:00AM - 5:00PM
July 6 - July 10 from 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Performance Dates: July 10-12 + 16-18
Friday, July 10, 2026 at 7:30PM
Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 7:30PM
Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 2:30PM
Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 7:30PM
Friday, July 17, 2026 at 7:30PM
Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 2:30PM
Tuition: $450*
Tuition for the two-week program is $450 and includes two complimentary tickets to the show and professional production photos.
Auditions: Saturday, January 31st beginning at 10:00am
Students MUST audition to be accepted into this program. Please fill out an audition form and schedule your audition time here.
Auditions between 10AM and 12PM will be held at Theatre Charlotte (501 Queens Road) and auditions from 2PM until 4PM will be held at St Marks Lutheran Church (1001 Queens Road).
Video auditions may also be submitted through the application process. Video auditions are accepted through January 30th.
Please have 16 bars of a song prepared to sing and bring sheet music in the right key for the accompanist. You may be asked to stay to learn some choreography during your audition time.
*Theatre Charlotte believes that theatre is for everyone. If you are experiencing financial difficulty, ask us how you can apply for a partial or full tuition waiver. There is never a fee to audition for any of our programs.
LOOK BACK AT THE 2025 STUDENT THEATRE GUILD PRODUCTION
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Theatre Charlotte’s education programs exist to provide young people with high-quality theatre experiences led by theatre professionals committed to fulfilling Theatre Charlotte’s mission, vision, and core values.
In addition to creating programs in line with Theatre Charlotte’s core values, our education programs exist to:
Provide a safe place where youth can freely create and be themselves. A place that is inclusive and free from bias and discrimination.
Highlight the human experience through theatre. We believe that the arts are essential and an indispensable part of the human experience.
Learn from each other. Everyone we work with knows something we don’t. We ask questions to further our understanding. The more we share, the better outcome for us all.
Lift up one another. People need to be cared for and supported in order to do their best work. Everyone we encounter through our programs is worthy of being treated with respect and dignity.
Grow and change. We believe that the current way of doing things can be reimagined and improved. We can grow not just as artists, but as human beings. We can make a difference, especially when given the space to take creative risks.