Calendar of Performances
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Musical Theatre Exploration: SIX: The Musical
August 3-7, 2026 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Grades 9-12
Jane Gowen, Music Director
Jane joins Lakeshore Players as a teaching artist for this youth education camp. Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived... and now it's your turn to reign! In this sensational week, young performers will belt out the anthems, own the stage presence, and harness the sheer power of the six queens of SIX: The Musical. A magnificent way to become a history-making pop star!
Musical Theatre Exploration: Heathers
Jane joins Lakeshore Players as a teaching artist for this youth education event. “How very! Spend a wickedly fun week diving deep into the dark comedy and complex characters of Heathers: The Musical. Young performers will explore the iconic songs, intense dialogue, and razor-sharp choreography of Westerberg High. A perfect way to blow up the high school caste system and your performance skills!”
Dear Evan Hansen
The Minnesota High School Premiere of the Tony-Award Winning Musical Dear Evan Hansen! Music Direction by Jane Gowen.
Seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life. But when a tragedy shocks his community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, though, Evan is forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained for.
Spring Break Cabaret Camp
Come sing, dance, and act your break away with Locally Grown Theatre. Learn the skills needed to become a triple threat while performing pieces from some of your favorite musicals! This camp is open to students in grades 6-12. Jane Gowen, music director.
More information here: https://www.locallygrowntheatre.org/spring-break-productions/
Frozen Jr. with Children's Performing Arts
See the magical world of Arendelle come to life in Children’s Performing Arts’ production of Frozen Jr., music directed by Jane Gowen.
More information here: https://childrensperformingartsmn.org/programs/
Iolanthe: Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company
Jane makes her debut with the GSVLOC in Minneapolis, MN! Catch in this thrilling Ensemble role in Gilber & Sullivan’s Iolanthe.
Performances every weekend in November.
Ticket information can be found here: https://gsvloc.org/on-stage/
“Where Happy Is: A Journey in Song” Masters Recital
The title of this program, Where Happy Is, comes from a lyric in Ingrid Michaelson’s 2024 musical The Notebook:
“Where am I? Where am I going?
Is it somewhere that I want to go?
And when I get there… is that where happy is?
Or is it somewhere I already know?”
The pursuit of happiness is universal. Across cultures, identities, privileges, and traumas, we all seek it. But where does happiness truly live? Perhaps it isn’t found in far-off destinations—but in moments, glimpses, right where we are.
Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate exudes happiness from its very veins. In contrast, Ravel’s haunting setting of the Hebrew Kaddisch finds reverence and peace amid grief. A pair of French works by sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger examine happiness through deeper lenses—through solemnity, sacrifice, and reflection. The program closes with selections from both classic and contemporary musical theatre, where happiness reveals itself in its most familiar forms: love, freedom, and the courage to hope.