In addition, the festival offers two musical plays for children ages 5 - 12 and musical theatre and dance training workshops for teenagers. Since 1981, the festival has presented critically-acclaimed productions of Kiss Me Kate, Carousel, The Pirates of Penzance, Gypsy, Of Thee I Sing, Evita, Into the Woods, and My Fair Lady among many others. The Festival Company is made up of professional Equity guest artists, opera singers, Muhlenberg students and alumni, theatre students from other colleges, high school interns, and community members under the direction of skilled professional staff. All company members are paid and free housing is provided. Entering freshman are encouraged to audition for the summer theatre as actors or to join the production staff in the high school internship program.
Interns are also eligible for scholarships to the summer training classes.
The box office for the summer season opens on May 15th in the Trexler Pavilion for Theater and Dance adjacent to the Baker Center for the Arts on the Muhlenberg campus, and season subscriptions and selected performance tickets are available. To request a full season subscription brochure or additional information about the summer performing arts programs, please e-mail Ken Butler . The Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre is a major employer of artists and musicians each summer season. Roles on stage are selected by audition and are open to the community and students as well as college and community performers. Auditions are held on campus the first week of February each season and all roles are generally open.