Compass Rose Theater Classes and Summer Camps
Maryland Hall, 801 Chase St, Annapolis, MD 21403
About
Compass Rose Theater Classes and Summer Camps offers musical theater and improv through classes, workshops, and Summer Camp. The program takes place at Compass Rose Theater and includes opportunities for students to participate in musical theater and improv activities as part of its classes and camps. Summer Camp registration is now open.
• Schedule: Classes, workshops, and Summer Camp options are available
Founded in the spring of 2011 by Lucinda Merry-Browne, Compass Rose Theater is currently led by Executive Director Barbara Webber and Artistic Director Madeline Ausin. Compass Rose Theater is a non-profit professional teaching theater company whose mission states that it is devoted to producing plays of superb quality and richness, hiring accomplished professional artists as well as talented students for its productions, and that it believes inclusion enriches creativity and broadens the world. All of the Compass Rose Theater faculty are teaching artists with a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in theater from an accredited institution, and some have Master’s Degrees in theater as well, with teaching experience with a range of student populations and knowledge of how to challenge and stimulate the creative process within students individually and as an acting ensemble. The theater reports that students work alongside professionals and are fully compensated as with the other actors, and that it uses a process-based approach to theater education where performance results from hard work and in-depth study of technique.
Compass Rose Theater has become a well-respected fixture in the Annapolis community. It has received several prestigious Helen Hayes nominations and recommendations, most recently with the 2025–26 season’s productions of “Annie” and “Rent.” Its production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” was nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards, including best actors, directors, costumes, and ensemble. A review from THEATER BLOOM stated, “Compass Rose Theater is now producing the most charming production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee I think I can ever recall seeing— and that’s saying something as I’ve covered it over a dozen times in as many years, including just a month ago elsewhere!”
Last updated July 20, 2026.
• Schedule: Classes, workshops, and Summer Camp options are available
Founded in the spring of 2011 by Lucinda Merry-Browne, Compass Rose Theater is currently led by Executive Director Barbara Webber and Artistic Director Madeline Ausin. Compass Rose Theater is a non-profit professional teaching theater company whose mission states that it is devoted to producing plays of superb quality and richness, hiring accomplished professional artists as well as talented students for its productions, and that it believes inclusion enriches creativity and broadens the world. All of the Compass Rose Theater faculty are teaching artists with a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in theater from an accredited institution, and some have Master’s Degrees in theater as well, with teaching experience with a range of student populations and knowledge of how to challenge and stimulate the creative process within students individually and as an acting ensemble. The theater reports that students work alongside professionals and are fully compensated as with the other actors, and that it uses a process-based approach to theater education where performance results from hard work and in-depth study of technique.
Compass Rose Theater has become a well-respected fixture in the Annapolis community. It has received several prestigious Helen Hayes nominations and recommendations, most recently with the 2025–26 season’s productions of “Annie” and “Rent.” Its production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” was nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards, including best actors, directors, costumes, and ensemble. A review from THEATER BLOOM stated, “Compass Rose Theater is now producing the most charming production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee I think I can ever recall seeing— and that’s saying something as I’ve covered it over a dozen times in as many years, including just a month ago elsewhere!”
Last updated July 20, 2026.
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