Little People’s Repertory Theatre
Park Hall, 9525 Mill Street, Ben Lomond, CA 95005
About
Little People’s Repertory Theatre offers summer musical theatre where children and teens take part in theatrical performance, including acting, singing, dancing, and creative dramatics. The Main Cast summer program is an original rock musical production written for a cast of 70 children, in which every child sings, dances, has a spoken part, and helps build props and scenery. The program also includes Jr Players, a creative dramatics program, and a Teen Mentorship program connected to the summer musical theatre production.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price: Little People’s Repertory Theatre (a 501c3 non-profit) provides affordable opportunities for theatrical performance to youth ages 3 to 18. For over 40 years, Little People’s Repertory Theatre has provided a unique, low-cost high quality summer musical theatre Main Cast Program for children 8-14. LPRT is the most affordable children’s theater program in Santa Cruz County.
For over 40 years, Little People’s Repertory Theatre has run a summer musical theatre Main Cast Program for children ages 8–14. Since 1988, the program has offered children the chance to do “non-traditional” theater by taking a traditional fairytale or folktale and rewriting it with a contemporary twist, including parodying classic rock and pop songs and performers. The Main Cast summer program presents an original rock musical written for a cast of 70 children.
The Jr Players program serves about 20 to 25 children each summer as a creative dramatics program for children too young to participate in the summer musical. Youngsters in Jr Players open the show with a few musical numbers, giving them an introduction to the stage, costumes, and a real audience. The Teen Mentorship program serves about 15 to 25 teens each summer and offers paid internships to teens and young adults, who are trained to work with younger children as rehearsal assistants in a camp-counselor style capacity. Teen mentors have taken on roles such as directors, lighting designers, choreographers, assistant musical directors, and musicians in the pit band.
Little People’s Repertory Theatre states that the child-to-adult ratio is usually about 12 to 1. All staff members have had extensive experience working in theater, in music, and with youngsters. The organization operates as a 501c3 non-profit and has a Non-Discrimination Policy covering a wide range of protected characteristics.
LPRT productions are described as collaborative, with strong involvement from parents, community members, and teen alumni cast members in set construction, costuming, technical direction, and videography. A rock band made up of parents and teen alumni accompanies the cast at all performances. Little People’s Repertory Theatre is sponsored by The San Lorenzo Valley Youth Council and has received grants and donations from Santa Cruz County Parks and Open Spaces, The Lillian Simon Foundation, The Carol Anika Memorial Foundation, Los Gatos Morning Rotary, Plantronics, Santa Cruz Medical Foundation, and many individuals and families.
In August 2003, Little People’s Repertory Theatre received a Congressional Award of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to the Community from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The mission of Little People’s Repertory Theatre is to provide affordable opportunities for theatrical performance to youth ages 3 to 18, using original scripts and contemporary themes, with knowledgeable, trained staff facilitating a developmentally appropriate and positive social environment through mentorship, creative collaboration, skill building, and instruction, where children, teens, and community members work together to create original works of art.
Last updated March 12, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price: Little People’s Repertory Theatre (a 501c3 non-profit) provides affordable opportunities for theatrical performance to youth ages 3 to 18. For over 40 years, Little People’s Repertory Theatre has provided a unique, low-cost high quality summer musical theatre Main Cast Program for children 8-14. LPRT is the most affordable children’s theater program in Santa Cruz County.
For over 40 years, Little People’s Repertory Theatre has run a summer musical theatre Main Cast Program for children ages 8–14. Since 1988, the program has offered children the chance to do “non-traditional” theater by taking a traditional fairytale or folktale and rewriting it with a contemporary twist, including parodying classic rock and pop songs and performers. The Main Cast summer program presents an original rock musical written for a cast of 70 children.
The Jr Players program serves about 20 to 25 children each summer as a creative dramatics program for children too young to participate in the summer musical. Youngsters in Jr Players open the show with a few musical numbers, giving them an introduction to the stage, costumes, and a real audience. The Teen Mentorship program serves about 15 to 25 teens each summer and offers paid internships to teens and young adults, who are trained to work with younger children as rehearsal assistants in a camp-counselor style capacity. Teen mentors have taken on roles such as directors, lighting designers, choreographers, assistant musical directors, and musicians in the pit band.
Little People’s Repertory Theatre states that the child-to-adult ratio is usually about 12 to 1. All staff members have had extensive experience working in theater, in music, and with youngsters. The organization operates as a 501c3 non-profit and has a Non-Discrimination Policy covering a wide range of protected characteristics.
LPRT productions are described as collaborative, with strong involvement from parents, community members, and teen alumni cast members in set construction, costuming, technical direction, and videography. A rock band made up of parents and teen alumni accompanies the cast at all performances. Little People’s Repertory Theatre is sponsored by The San Lorenzo Valley Youth Council and has received grants and donations from Santa Cruz County Parks and Open Spaces, The Lillian Simon Foundation, The Carol Anika Memorial Foundation, Los Gatos Morning Rotary, Plantronics, Santa Cruz Medical Foundation, and many individuals and families.
In August 2003, Little People’s Repertory Theatre received a Congressional Award of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to the Community from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The mission of Little People’s Repertory Theatre is to provide affordable opportunities for theatrical performance to youth ages 3 to 18, using original scripts and contemporary themes, with knowledgeable, trained staff facilitating a developmentally appropriate and positive social environment through mentorship, creative collaboration, skill building, and instruction, where children, teens, and community members work together to create original works of art.
Last updated March 12, 2026.
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