Upside Arts Theatre Productions & Workshops for Ages 7 – Adult!
Upside Arts is a theatrical production company for Seacoast area youth and teens that aims to build confidence, sense of self, and empathy through thoughtful, original, and creative storytelling.
Founded in October 2018 by Miles Burns, Seraphina Caligiure, and Alden Caple, and with help from Joshua Goldberg and many parents and friends, we are thrilled to be working with the incredibly talented kids on the Seacoast.
2025 Auditions
THE END OF THE RAINBOW
Chroma County is a happy, busy, and colorful place full of happy, busy, and colorful people. Or at least it was… until unlucky local leprechaun Devlin O’Doherty’s pot of gold was stolen, and the rainbow along with it! Now it’s a sad, gloomy, and grey place with sad, gloomy, and grey people. What’s a leprechaun to do? Put together a ragtag team of adventurous locals and restore the town to its former glory one color at a time… that’s what!
OPEN TO AGES: 7-18
This is a workshop process, with a focus on collaboration and the creative process. All actors will be cast!
Fee: There is a $355 production fee to participate. Limited scholarships are available.
AUDITIONS: Week of 3/17 (5 minute time slots, 4-6pm)
REHEARSALS: M/W/F 4-6pm, starting week of 3/24
PERFORMANCES: May 10-18 at The Players’ Ring, Sat & Sun at 10am
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Please prepare part of a song to sing a cappella (no music) and a short poem or monologue to recite (something that shows character).
Written and Directed by Joshua Goldberg
CHICAGO (TEEN EDITION)
In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap…until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess,” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune, and acquittal.
OPEN TO AGES: 13-19
Fee: There is a $395 production fee to participate. Need based scholarships are available.
AUDITIONS: Week of 5/26
REHEARSALS: Weekdays 5-9pm
PERFORMANCES: July 18–27
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: TBA
Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Script adaptation by David Thompson
Directed by Seraphina Caligiure
CHICAGO: TEEN EDITION is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
SUMMER 2025
Upside Arts offers local Day Camps (open to ages 7-17) and an Overnight Camp (open to ages 8-17) on the beautiful Worthley Pond at Camp North Star in Poland, ME! Registration is open for summer 2025. Learn more and sign up today!
Upside Arts
Portsmouth, NH
info@theupsideartscompany.org
