Summer Youth Theater Program

Where All Directions Face North: Journey to the South Pole

Upstart Crow Theatreworks, ArtHaus, and Vesterheim are planning for the 2012 original theatre workshop and production, which will be July 16-28. Children, ages 9-13, are invited to participate.

Participants will investigate an aspect of one of the museum's exhibtions. Each day of the two-week program will include theatre warm-ups and games designed to build the skills needed for performance. Led by director Kristen Underwood, the group will tour Vesterheim’s collection and use stories, music, and legend as reference material to create an original play to be presented during Nordic Fest.

This is the tenth year that Upstart Crow and Vesterheim have collaborated on a student theater production scheduled to coincide with Nordic Fest, Decorah’s city-wide celebration of Scandinavian heritage.

Underwood is founder of Upstart Crow Theatreworks and co-director of ArtHaus. She has been a theatre professional for over 25 years. As an actor, director, and teacher, Underwood has been involved in well over 100 productions for theatres throughout the country.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Kovarik at Vesterheim: 563-382-9681 or .