Stages Theatre Company Education Programs
Stages Theatre Company at Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
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Stages Theatre Company Education Programs include field trip performances, in-school residencies, school year classes, summer camps, winter camps, and summer workshops. The program also offers theatre classes for youth with autism and other sensory sensitivities, a Theatre for the Very Young production each August, community workshops, and school outreach.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
• Schedule: Box Office hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 12:00pm–5:00pm and one hour prior to all performances.
• Price: Reserve a seat for the special fundraiser “An Evening with the Music of Paul McCartney and Paul Simon” with a donation of $50.
Stages Theatre Company was founded in 1984. Its mission states that it is committed to the enrichment and education of children and youth in a professional theatre environment that stimulates artistic excellence and personal growth. Artistic Director Steve Barberio led the planning partnership for the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Stages Theatre Company presents professional theatre for young audiences and features youth in all performance roles. Its education programs support both student growth and classroom goals, and include Summer Workshops for Age 3 – Grade 12 and the C.A.S.T. program providing theatre classes for youth with autism and other sensory sensitivities. The company’s first Sensory Friendly performance was “The Mitten,” and it presents an annual Theatre for the Very Young production each August.
Stages Theatre Company partners with educators to make arts education inclusive, enriching, and fun, and participates in a partnership with the City of Hopkins and Hopkins School District for the Hopkins Center for the Arts. It acknowledges that the land on which it lives and works is unceded, traditional land of the Dakota Nation and offers complimentary tickets to every performance specifically for Indigenous community members. The company states that it actively supports, amplifies, and creates opportunities for BIPOC voices in Theatre for Young Audiences and is committed to producing work that reflects the diversity of its audiences and communities.
Stages Theatre Company has received the Harold Oaks Award from TYA/USA for Innovation in Theatre for Young Audiences for its Perspectives on Peace program and the 50/50 Applause Award from the International Centre for Women Playwrights. It has been recognized in the MN Best Awards as Best Live Theatre Venue (Gold), Best Summer Camp (Silver), and Best Theatre Group (Silver), and it participated in the Emmy-award winning Clouds video.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
• Schedule: Box Office hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 12:00pm–5:00pm and one hour prior to all performances.
• Price: Reserve a seat for the special fundraiser “An Evening with the Music of Paul McCartney and Paul Simon” with a donation of $50.
Stages Theatre Company was founded in 1984. Its mission states that it is committed to the enrichment and education of children and youth in a professional theatre environment that stimulates artistic excellence and personal growth. Artistic Director Steve Barberio led the planning partnership for the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Stages Theatre Company presents professional theatre for young audiences and features youth in all performance roles. Its education programs support both student growth and classroom goals, and include Summer Workshops for Age 3 – Grade 12 and the C.A.S.T. program providing theatre classes for youth with autism and other sensory sensitivities. The company’s first Sensory Friendly performance was “The Mitten,” and it presents an annual Theatre for the Very Young production each August.
Stages Theatre Company partners with educators to make arts education inclusive, enriching, and fun, and participates in a partnership with the City of Hopkins and Hopkins School District for the Hopkins Center for the Arts. It acknowledges that the land on which it lives and works is unceded, traditional land of the Dakota Nation and offers complimentary tickets to every performance specifically for Indigenous community members. The company states that it actively supports, amplifies, and creates opportunities for BIPOC voices in Theatre for Young Audiences and is committed to producing work that reflects the diversity of its audiences and communities.
Stages Theatre Company has received the Harold Oaks Award from TYA/USA for Innovation in Theatre for Young Audiences for its Perspectives on Peace program and the 50/50 Applause Award from the International Centre for Women Playwrights. It has been recognized in the MN Best Awards as Best Live Theatre Venue (Gold), Best Summer Camp (Silver), and Best Theatre Group (Silver), and it participated in the Emmy-award winning Clouds video.
Last updated August 16, 2026.
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