PERFORMANCE BLOCK 2026

2025-2026

Performance Block Pre-Requisites

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be in a Civic Mainstage production? Now you can find out! Our Performance Block classes for grades 2+ mimic the experience of a Civic Mainstage process – from audition to performance – in a condensed block of time! A professional staff of directors, stage managers, music director, choreographer, designers and technicians will take students through the entire process, culminating in three public performances for a paying audience on Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s Meijer Majestic Stage.

Performance Block classes are intended to be an opportunity for active students to apply the skills they have been learning in classes and camps to their work as a performer. In order to ensure students are prepared for the rigor of the program, certain prerequisites are required in order for a student to participate in Performance Block productions.

**Previous participation in Performance Block does not count as a prerequisite**

Please see the chart below to determine if your child has met the prerequisite requirements. If you have any questions about their eligibility, please contact grctschool@grct.org. Performance Block Productions fill quickly – so do not wait to register!

    We do NOT make exceptions to these pre-requisites.

      Pre-requisites

      2nd - 5th Grade Play Pre-Requisites

      Performance Block 2-5 Play: TITLE ANNOUNCED SOON

      MUST take any GRCT CORE Acting Class (24/25 or 25/26), PLUS one other choice from below:

      1 Session of Summer Camp (2025)

      Any GRCT CORE Musical Theatre Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      Any GRCT ELECTIVE Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      2nd - 3rd Grade Musical Pre-Requisites

      Performance Block 2-12 Musical: TITLE ANNOUNCED SOON

      MUST take any GRCT CORE Musical Class (24/25 or 25/26), PLUS one other choice from below:

      1 Year of Summer Camp (2025)

      Any GRCT CORE Acting Theatre Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      Any GRCT ELECTIVE Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      6th - 12th Grade Play Pre-Requisites

      Performance Block 6-12 Play: TITLE ANNOUNCED SOON

      MUST take any GRCT CORE Acting Class (24/25 or 25/26), PLUS one other choice from below:

      1 Year of Summer Camp (2025)

      Any GRCT CORE Musical Theatre Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      Any GRCT ELECTIVE Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      4th - 12th Grade Musical Pre-Requisites

      Performance Block 2-12 Musical: TITLE ANNOUNCED SOON

      MUST take any GRCT CORE Musical Class (23/24 OR 24/25), PLUS one other choice from below:

      1 Year of Summer Camp (2025)

      Any GRCT CORE Acting Theatre Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      Any GRCT ELECTIVE Class (24/25 or 25/26)

      **Previous participation in the Performance Block does not qualify as a pre-requisite.

      2025-26 TERM DATES

      FALL TERM: 
      Saturday October 4 -
      Thursday November 13 2025

      WINTER TERM:
      Saturday January 10 - 
      Thursday February 19 2026

      SPRING TERM:
      Saturday April 11 -
      Tuesday May 19 2026

      PERFORMANCE BLOCK:
      February 9 - March 22
      (Performances: March 20-22)

      Contact Us:

      grctschool@grct.org
      616-222-6661

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