About
Walltown Children’s Theatre Programs offers year-round classes in dance, drama, and music, along with camps, workshops, and full-scale productions with live performance opportunities. Young people can take part in activities such as drumming, drama, vocal technique, creative writing, piano lab, stage production, dance, Summer Camps, Teacher Workday Camps, Dance Boot Camp, Day of Dance, TappEd-In, WT Conservatory, and an improv class for young adults ages 16 and up. The program also presents original and commissioned works including “Bangin',” “The Sweet Shop,” and “Math Quest,” and hosts events such as a Documentary Screening & History Walk, Summer Dance Sessions (Level-Up and Saturday Ballet), and the 3rd Annual Community Arts Showcase.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Year Round Classes plus camps and workshops described as “Big Learning in Bite-Sized Sessions,” including 9 weeks of performers’ camps, 2-week and 6-week Summer Dance Sessions, and an improv class for young adults ages 16+ that is tentatively one day weekly for 6 weeks
• Price: Dance & Musical Theater (Sat May 30) General Admission $30; Music & Drama (Sun May 31) General Admission $20 and Priority Seating $30
Walltown Children’s Theatre was founded in 2000 and offers a Student-to-Professional Pathway, year-round instruction in dance, drama, and music, and productions described as full-scale with live performance opportunities. The program uses sliding scale tuition and provides scholarship funding to any student who needs it, supported by donors including Duke University, Triangle Community Foundation, Durham County, and the Durham Arts Council, along with a growing network of sponsors. Camps and workshops are described as “Big Learning in Bite-Sized Sessions,” with a performance each Friday at the end of camp and half-day camps available for ages 3–5.
The mission of Walltown Children’s Theatre is to inspire positive social change by empowering and reconnecting young people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, creating a new expression of community, and enriching their lives and those of their families and communities through exemplary performing arts instruction and youth development programming. The program focuses on equity, access, representation, and community engagement, and its after-school environment is described as relaxed and “family-like.” Walltown exists because of and for the Durham community and builds partnerships with schools, community groups, and local artists, and is embedded in and directly serves youth and families in the Walltown community, in Durham, and in the Triangle.
For special events, the Documentary Screening & History Walk is scheduled for Friday, May 29 at 6pm; Dance & Musical Theater on Saturday, May 30 runs from about 10am to 10pm; and Music & Drama on Sunday, May 31 runs from about 4pm to 6pm. Adult ticket holders for the Dance & Musical Theater day are allowed to bring up to three children or youth ages 17 and under at no additional cost, and re-entry is allowed with a ticket wristband for that day. The 26th Annual Spring Showcase Dance & Musical Theater is scheduled at Southern High School, with doors opening at 9am and showtimes throughout the day.
The 2026 Summer Production has performance dates from July 31 to August 2, 2026, with showtimes on July 31 at 7pm, August 1 at 1pm and 6pm, and August 2 at 3pm, and auditions on June 2, 2026. The 2026 Fall Production performance dates are December 4–13, 2026, across two weekends (December 4–6 and December 11–13), with principals auditions on June 19, 2026, and ensemble cast and dancers auditions on August 21–22, 2026. Fall and Spring office hours are Monday through Friday from 3pm to 6:30pm and Saturday from 10am to 2pm, and Summer office hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 3:30pm and Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
Walltown Children’s Theatre also offers facility rentals, including a Black Box Theatre available for recitals, rehearsals, and community gatherings. A testimonial in the August/September 2025 issue of The Durham Magazine states, “At Walltown, we’re not just teaching young people to sing, dance or act… We’re giving them tools to discover their voice, build confidence and understand their worth!”
Last updated May 11, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Year Round Classes plus camps and workshops described as “Big Learning in Bite-Sized Sessions,” including 9 weeks of performers’ camps, 2-week and 6-week Summer Dance Sessions, and an improv class for young adults ages 16+ that is tentatively one day weekly for 6 weeks
• Price: Dance & Musical Theater (Sat May 30) General Admission $30; Music & Drama (Sun May 31) General Admission $20 and Priority Seating $30
Walltown Children’s Theatre was founded in 2000 and offers a Student-to-Professional Pathway, year-round instruction in dance, drama, and music, and productions described as full-scale with live performance opportunities. The program uses sliding scale tuition and provides scholarship funding to any student who needs it, supported by donors including Duke University, Triangle Community Foundation, Durham County, and the Durham Arts Council, along with a growing network of sponsors. Camps and workshops are described as “Big Learning in Bite-Sized Sessions,” with a performance each Friday at the end of camp and half-day camps available for ages 3–5.
The mission of Walltown Children’s Theatre is to inspire positive social change by empowering and reconnecting young people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, creating a new expression of community, and enriching their lives and those of their families and communities through exemplary performing arts instruction and youth development programming. The program focuses on equity, access, representation, and community engagement, and its after-school environment is described as relaxed and “family-like.” Walltown exists because of and for the Durham community and builds partnerships with schools, community groups, and local artists, and is embedded in and directly serves youth and families in the Walltown community, in Durham, and in the Triangle.
For special events, the Documentary Screening & History Walk is scheduled for Friday, May 29 at 6pm; Dance & Musical Theater on Saturday, May 30 runs from about 10am to 10pm; and Music & Drama on Sunday, May 31 runs from about 4pm to 6pm. Adult ticket holders for the Dance & Musical Theater day are allowed to bring up to three children or youth ages 17 and under at no additional cost, and re-entry is allowed with a ticket wristband for that day. The 26th Annual Spring Showcase Dance & Musical Theater is scheduled at Southern High School, with doors opening at 9am and showtimes throughout the day.
The 2026 Summer Production has performance dates from July 31 to August 2, 2026, with showtimes on July 31 at 7pm, August 1 at 1pm and 6pm, and August 2 at 3pm, and auditions on June 2, 2026. The 2026 Fall Production performance dates are December 4–13, 2026, across two weekends (December 4–6 and December 11–13), with principals auditions on June 19, 2026, and ensemble cast and dancers auditions on August 21–22, 2026. Fall and Spring office hours are Monday through Friday from 3pm to 6:30pm and Saturday from 10am to 2pm, and Summer office hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 3:30pm and Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
Walltown Children’s Theatre also offers facility rentals, including a Black Box Theatre available for recitals, rehearsals, and community gatherings. A testimonial in the August/September 2025 issue of The Durham Magazine states, “At Walltown, we’re not just teaching young people to sing, dance or act… We’re giving them tools to discover their voice, build confidence and understand their worth!”
Last updated May 11, 2026.
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