La Canada Junior Theater
La Canada Junior Theater, 4463 Oak Grove Drive, La Canada Flintridge, CA 91012
About
La Canada Junior Theater offers musical theater programs that include three sessions of Into the Woods, an Advanced Acting Workshop for TEENS, the “Glow Up” K-Pop Song and Dance Camp, the “Defying Gravity” Wicked Camp, and the “Defying Gravity” Young Performers Song and Dance Camp (ages 5–8). The program also offers classes in singing, dance, and acting. Each child in the productions is featured in the show with solo singing and speaking lines, and the shows use costumes, sets, lights, sound, and a live audience.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Price: $257.50 – $1,640.00 price range for Into the Woods Session #1; $257.50 – $1,640.00 price range for Into the Woods Session #2; $257.50 – $1,440.00 price range for Into the Woods Session #3; $257.50 – $643.75 price range for Advanced Acting Workshop for TEENS; $257.50 – $715.85 price range for “Glow Up” K-Pop Song and Dance Camp; $257.50 – $715.85 price range for “Defying Gravity” Wicked Camp; $257.50 – $437.75 price range for “Defying Gravity” Young Performers Song and Dance Camp (ages 5-8)
La Canada Junior Theater is now in its eighteenth year. The program states that it offers classes in singing, dance, and acting and that its programs emphasize team building and student leadership while helping students expand their confidence and performance skills. It limits enrollment to allow for smaller class sizes and more individual attention, has professional adult teachers with older teens acting as assistants, and provides adult supervision at all times, including during rehearsal breaks and lunch. LCJT Summer Camps are described as fun, and the program notes that experienced, fun, and innovative teaching is combined with fully realized professional level musical theater productions. La Canada Junior Theater states that it has quickly become the premiere musical theater program for children in the San Gabriel Valley and that kids build lifelong friendships with fellow cast members.
The leadership team includes Susan Spann as Artistic Director and Producer; Deborah Lederer Robin as Director and Musical Director; Holly Seidcheck as Choreographer; Tayah Howard as Director; and Zoe Bright as Director, Producer, and Production Manager. The program describes four new 2026 Summer Camp Programs. It also notes that kids get to do a professional level musical complete with costumes, set, lights, sound, and the roar of a supportive crowd.
Staff credentials include professional adult teachers with older teens acting as assistants. Susan Spann is a veteran teacher and actress who has produced local children’s theater for over 25 years, taught in the Performing Arts Academy of John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, has over twenty years of teaching experience, was a member of the nationally ranked Indiana State University gymnastics team, and has been a gymnastics coach for children. Deborah Lederer Robin has taught music to children of all ages for nearly twenty years, has worked in professional theater for most of her life, has a background in opera and musical theater, studied at LAMDA (The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), was a principal actress, singer, and dancer at Arizona’s Gaslight Theatre, toured children’s schools performing multiple musicals and Shakespeare, has taught yoga, acting, movement, and art to children and adults, was musical director on Frozen Junior, and is currently directing Beauty and the Beast Junior. Holly Seidcheck is a professionally trained dancer, actor, and choreographer with a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Colorado, has created movement for regional theaters and performance spaces across Colorado and California, has worked with competitive dance programs, has trained extensively with companies including Batsheva, David Dorfman, and George Staib Dance Company, and is a working screen actor and dedicated yoga practitioner. Tayah Howard trained at East 15 Acting School in London, has worked as an actor, director, and teacher for the Summer Arts Conservatory at LACHSA, has been a costume designer for La Canada Junior Theater, co-directed A Christmas Carol at Glendale Centre Theatre, was assistant director of Shakespearience at the Alex Theatre, has voiceover credits including The Hero of Color City, IGOR, and Uprooted, and directed Moana Junior and Frozen Junior for LCJT. Zoe Bright is originally from England, appeared in eight shows in London’s West End including playing Lucy in Snoopy the Musical and being an original cast member of Les Miserables, returned to appear in the 25th Anniversary production at the O2, has been resident director at Glendale Centre Theatre where she won three LA Scenie Awards for Mary Poppins (2018), Pirates of Penzance (2019), and Annie (2020), is currently playing Madame Armfeldt in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Kate Greenway theatre in Hollywood, and has been involved with LCJT for many years as a director, coach, or assistant producer.
La Canada Junior Theater states that it has quickly become the premiere musical theater program for children in the San Gabriel Valley. It also notes that Zoe Bright has won three LA Scenie Awards for Mary Poppins 2018, Pirates of Penzance 2019, and Annie 2020.
Last updated June 14, 2026.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Price: $257.50 – $1,640.00 price range for Into the Woods Session #1; $257.50 – $1,640.00 price range for Into the Woods Session #2; $257.50 – $1,440.00 price range for Into the Woods Session #3; $257.50 – $643.75 price range for Advanced Acting Workshop for TEENS; $257.50 – $715.85 price range for “Glow Up” K-Pop Song and Dance Camp; $257.50 – $715.85 price range for “Defying Gravity” Wicked Camp; $257.50 – $437.75 price range for “Defying Gravity” Young Performers Song and Dance Camp (ages 5-8)
La Canada Junior Theater is now in its eighteenth year. The program states that it offers classes in singing, dance, and acting and that its programs emphasize team building and student leadership while helping students expand their confidence and performance skills. It limits enrollment to allow for smaller class sizes and more individual attention, has professional adult teachers with older teens acting as assistants, and provides adult supervision at all times, including during rehearsal breaks and lunch. LCJT Summer Camps are described as fun, and the program notes that experienced, fun, and innovative teaching is combined with fully realized professional level musical theater productions. La Canada Junior Theater states that it has quickly become the premiere musical theater program for children in the San Gabriel Valley and that kids build lifelong friendships with fellow cast members.
The leadership team includes Susan Spann as Artistic Director and Producer; Deborah Lederer Robin as Director and Musical Director; Holly Seidcheck as Choreographer; Tayah Howard as Director; and Zoe Bright as Director, Producer, and Production Manager. The program describes four new 2026 Summer Camp Programs. It also notes that kids get to do a professional level musical complete with costumes, set, lights, sound, and the roar of a supportive crowd.
Staff credentials include professional adult teachers with older teens acting as assistants. Susan Spann is a veteran teacher and actress who has produced local children’s theater for over 25 years, taught in the Performing Arts Academy of John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, has over twenty years of teaching experience, was a member of the nationally ranked Indiana State University gymnastics team, and has been a gymnastics coach for children. Deborah Lederer Robin has taught music to children of all ages for nearly twenty years, has worked in professional theater for most of her life, has a background in opera and musical theater, studied at LAMDA (The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), was a principal actress, singer, and dancer at Arizona’s Gaslight Theatre, toured children’s schools performing multiple musicals and Shakespeare, has taught yoga, acting, movement, and art to children and adults, was musical director on Frozen Junior, and is currently directing Beauty and the Beast Junior. Holly Seidcheck is a professionally trained dancer, actor, and choreographer with a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Colorado, has created movement for regional theaters and performance spaces across Colorado and California, has worked with competitive dance programs, has trained extensively with companies including Batsheva, David Dorfman, and George Staib Dance Company, and is a working screen actor and dedicated yoga practitioner. Tayah Howard trained at East 15 Acting School in London, has worked as an actor, director, and teacher for the Summer Arts Conservatory at LACHSA, has been a costume designer for La Canada Junior Theater, co-directed A Christmas Carol at Glendale Centre Theatre, was assistant director of Shakespearience at the Alex Theatre, has voiceover credits including The Hero of Color City, IGOR, and Uprooted, and directed Moana Junior and Frozen Junior for LCJT. Zoe Bright is originally from England, appeared in eight shows in London’s West End including playing Lucy in Snoopy the Musical and being an original cast member of Les Miserables, returned to appear in the 25th Anniversary production at the O2, has been resident director at Glendale Centre Theatre where she won three LA Scenie Awards for Mary Poppins (2018), Pirates of Penzance (2019), and Annie (2020), is currently playing Madame Armfeldt in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Kate Greenway theatre in Hollywood, and has been involved with LCJT for many years as a director, coach, or assistant producer.
La Canada Junior Theater states that it has quickly become the premiere musical theater program for children in the San Gabriel Valley. It also notes that Zoe Bright has won three LA Scenie Awards for Mary Poppins 2018, Pirates of Penzance 2019, and Annie 2020.
Last updated June 14, 2026.
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