piknik in the schools
When the amphitheater goes quiet for the winter, our work moves indoors. Piknik teaching artists work alongside students across the Steamboat Springs School District, bringing professional theatre practice to young performers on their own stages.
This year our school partnerships are growing:
Strawberry Park Elementary. We’re partnering with the music department to support its winter choral concert.
Steamboat Montessori. Piknik teaching artists lead performing arts classes for children during the school day.
Steamboat Springs Middle and High Schools. We help bring the fall musicals to the stage. Read about this season’s shows below.
The Lion King Jr.
Many familiar faces from Piknik’s Children’s Theatre programs will also take the stage in the production, creating a wonderful bridge between their experiences with Piknik and the theatre happening in their own school.
It’s exactly the kind of connection our Children’s Theatre Division was created to support: giving young artists more opportunities to learn, perform, and grow throughout the year.
Steamboat Springs Middle School · October 22-25
Piknik Theatre is proud to partner with the local middle school on its production of Disney’s The Lion King Jr. Piknik’s Celine Taylor will be serving as co-director to support Director Kendra Lovins and Music Director Jim Knapp in guiding a fabulously talented group of more than 50 middle school students in their production of Lion King Jr. Together, the team is guiding Steamboat’s next generation of performers.
Isla, Dylan, and Avy… back when they were just Primary school stars…
9 to 5: The Musical
November 6-8th
Coming in November to SSHS
Piknik Theatre is proud to support the high school’s fall production of 9 to 5: The Musical, directed by Piknik’s own, Abbey Iberg.
This production puts the incredible talent and creativity of our local students front and center as performers, musicians, designers, and technicians. Along the way, they’re bringing to life the music and spirit of Dolly Parton, a groundbreaking songwriter, performer, and businesswoman who helped open doors for generations of female artists.
Supporting school productions like this is an important part of Piknik’s work. By sharing professional resources and mentorship with our schools, we can help young artists take creative risks, build their skills, and discover just how much they are capable of.