2024-2025 Full Season
The SpongeBob Musical
Dive on into Bikini Bottom and prove to the world that you can do hard things just like SpongeBob! In this season's musical theater production, actors will get to work on developing their character voices and impersonations as beloved SpongeBob characters, acting, singing and dancing in this fun, high energy and silly musical theater experience!
STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN THIS EXPERIENCE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ONE OF TWO CASTS.
1."Team Pineapple"
Rehearses from 11am-1pm on Mondays
Dress Rehearsal = Thursday, May 29 - 9:30am-4:30pm
Performance = May 31 @ 2pm (call time 12pm)
2. "Team Crabby Patty"
Rehearses from 1:30pm-3:30pm on Mondays
Dress Rehearsal = Friday, May 30 - 9:30am-4:30pm
Performance = June 1 @ 2pm (call time 12pm)
Mandatory Theater Preview Day = Friday, May 23 (there will be no rehearsal on Monday, May 26 due to Memorial Day)
Dress Rehearsals & Performances will be at Christ Presbyterian Academy's Soli Deo Center
***If your student needs to be in a particular cast due to time conflicts, please note this in your registration, otherwise, you will be notified of your cast assignment on September 1***
Dive on into Bikini Bottom and prove to the world that you can do hard things just like SpongeBob! In this season's musical theater production, actors will get to work on developing their character voices and impersonations as beloved SpongeBob characters, acting, singing and dancing in this fun, high energy and silly musical theater experience!
STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN THIS EXPERIENCE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ONE OF TWO CASTS.
1."Team Pineapple"
Rehearses from 11am-1pm on Mondays
Dress Rehearsal = Thursday, May 29 - 9:30am-4:30pm
Performance = May 31 @ 2pm (call time 12pm)
2. "Team Crabby Patty"
Rehearses from 1:30pm-3:30pm on Mondays
Dress Rehearsal = Friday, May 30 - 9:30am-4:30pm
Performance = June 1 @ 2pm (call time 12pm)
Mandatory Theater Preview Day = Friday, May 23 (there will be no rehearsal on Monday, May 26 due to Memorial Day)
Dress Rehearsals & Performances will be at Christ Presbyterian Academy's Soli Deo Center
***If your student needs to be in a particular cast due to time conflicts, please note this in your registration, otherwise, you will be notified of your cast assignment on September 1***
Monday
11:00 AM to 3:30 PM
11:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Backlight Studios
Dance Team
Join the Backlight Productions competitive dance team as they train for their annual competition at Encore DCS in Chattanooga. Backlight Dancers focus on skills and technique that improve coordination and balance and are used in choreographed dances that are performed in the competition set. The Backlight Dance Team is suited for experienced dancers and caters routines to meet every dancer where they are at.
*Students enrolling in Dance Team must communicate in their registration whether they would like to take part in the Encore DCS dance competition in Chattanooga on April 26 & 27. Participating will require student's families to make the trip and arrange their own lodging for the weekend. Participating in the competition is not a requirement but must be stated up front so instructors can plan their choreography accordingly.
Join the Backlight Productions competitive dance team as they train for their annual competition at Encore DCS in Chattanooga. Backlight Dancers focus on skills and technique that improve coordination and balance and are used in choreographed dances that are performed in the competition set. The Backlight Dance Team is suited for experienced dancers and caters routines to meet every dancer where they are at.
*Students enrolling in Dance Team must communicate in their registration whether they would like to take part in the Encore DCS dance competition in Chattanooga on April 26 & 27. Participating will require student's families to make the trip and arrange their own lodging for the weekend. Participating in the competition is not a requirement but must be stated up front so instructors can plan their choreography accordingly.
Wednesday
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Backlight Studios
Kids (Ages 11-17)
Backlight Kids gives kids with IDD the opportunity to be introduced to theater, music and dance in a safe and supportive environment where they can build community and grow and never age out! Backlight Kids will be participating this season as Nymphs and Fairies in our production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the winter as well as sea creatures in our production of "The SpongeBob Musical" in the late spring as they learn small lines, songs and dances to be part of the shows!
A Midsummer Night's Dream performance week schedule:
Dress Rehearsal=February 28 (times TBD)
Performances=March 1 @ 2pm & March 2 @ 2pm
*Dress Rehearsal & Performances at Williamson County Performing Arts Center
SpongeBob performance week schedule:
Dress Rehearsals=May 29 or May 30 (times TBD)
Performances=May 31 @ 2pm & June 1 @ 2pm
*SpongeBob participation dates may be split depending on student enrollment. Please reserve all dates in the meantime
*Dress Rehearsal & Performances at Christ Presbyterian Academy's Soli Deo Center
Backlight Kids gives kids with IDD the opportunity to be introduced to theater, music and dance in a safe and supportive environment where they can build community and grow and never age out! Backlight Kids will be participating this season as Nymphs and Fairies in our production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the winter as well as sea creatures in our production of "The SpongeBob Musical" in the late spring as they learn small lines, songs and dances to be part of the shows!
A Midsummer Night's Dream performance week schedule:
Dress Rehearsal=February 28 (times TBD)
Performances=March 1 @ 2pm & March 2 @ 2pm
*Dress Rehearsal & Performances at Williamson County Performing Arts Center
SpongeBob performance week schedule:
Dress Rehearsals=May 29 or May 30 (times TBD)
Performances=May 31 @ 2pm & June 1 @ 2pm
*SpongeBob participation dates may be split depending on student enrollment. Please reserve all dates in the meantime
*Dress Rehearsal & Performances at Christ Presbyterian Academy's Soli Deo Center
Thursday
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Backlight Studios
2024-2025 Season - 2nd Semester
Music & Songwriting
Learn the basics of how to write original music together as a songwriting team! In this class students will learn: song format, rhyming and rhyme schemes, music genres along with their instrumentation & history, as well as basic music theory, accompaniment, and vocal technique. Students will work together under the facilitation of our Backlight instructors and local guest songwriters to write songs in varying genres. At the end of the experience, the students will record their songs in a real professional recording session at Inciite Studios on May 14. No experience necessary - just bring your ideas!
Learn the basics of how to write original music together as a songwriting team! In this class students will learn: song format, rhyming and rhyme schemes, music genres along with their instrumentation & history, as well as basic music theory, accompaniment, and vocal technique. Students will work together under the facilitation of our Backlight instructors and local guest songwriters to write songs in varying genres. At the end of the experience, the students will record their songs in a real professional recording session at Inciite Studios on May 14. No experience necessary - just bring your ideas!
Wednesday
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Backlight Studios
New Works Writer's Lab
Exercise your playwriting skills as this season our New Works Writer's Lab students each take on the challenge of writing a 10-minute play that utilizes some surprise key ingredients (could be anything from "a mysterious disappearance" to "a can of Diet Coke"). These plays will be performed by professional actors before a live audience as we get to see how each playwright comes up with their own unique way of including these essential items in a completely original work of their own!
Exercise your playwriting skills as this season our New Works Writer's Lab students each take on the challenge of writing a 10-minute play that utilizes some surprise key ingredients (could be anything from "a mysterious disappearance" to "a can of Diet Coke"). These plays will be performed by professional actors before a live audience as we get to see how each playwright comes up with their own unique way of including these essential items in a completely original work of their own!
Thursday
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Backlight Studios