num_pages: 256
description: After 12-year-old Anya is cut from her middle school soccer team she decides to pursue her true passion which is theater. With the help of her sister and new friend Austin Anya puts together a kids summer theater troupe (The Random Farms Kids Theater) recruiting area kids as actors and crew members. Acting as director Anya has to navigate the ups and downs of a showbiz life including preparing scripts finding a venue and handling ticket sales not to mention calming the actors insecurities and settling conflicts. Its a lot of responsibility for a 12-year-old. Will their first show ever get off the ground? This series is closely based on the real-life experience of Anya Wallach who began a summer theater camp in her parents basement when she was just sixteen years old. Today Random Farms has launched the careers of many of todays youngest stars on Broadway.
language: None
title: Curtain Up
publisher: Sleeping Bear Press