Students rehearse lines in the bright stage lights of the Meyer McLean Theater at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
The Missoula Children’s Theatre made a stop in Ontario for the first time in two years, helping local kids put on a production of The Little Mermaid in a weeklong summer camp at the Four Rivers Cultural Center. Two Missoula instructors directed the show and workshops for the week, while local volunteers led arts and other activities.
The takeaway? Two seafaring shows under the lights of the Meyer McLean Performing Arts Theater on Saturday, July 16, plus a week of play, paints, and punchlines.
A sea of volunteers raise their hands during an improv workshop hosted by Missoula Children’s Theatre instructors at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on June 14, 2022, as part a week-long theater camp. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)On an afternoon of theater camp, tables at the Four River Cultural Center feature generously annotated scripts for The Little Mermaid, discarded electronics, and the remnants of packed lunch on July 14, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)Children swing from the railings as they wait for their parental pick-ups after a day of rehearsal and play at the Four Rivers Cultural Center’s theater camp on July 14, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)Abigail Moyers, one of two tour actor/directors from the Missoula Children’s Theatre, leads a rehearsal at the week-long camp hosted at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)While students at the theater summer camp are off rehearsing, painting, or doing yoga, packed lunches from home wait for them in a makeshift dining area by the theater at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)Students run lines in an afternoon rehearsal of the Meyer McLean Theater at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)A stack of three scripts lay in a bin on stage at the Four Rivers Cultural Center during their week-long theater summer camp in partnership with Missoula Children’s Theatre on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)(From left to right) Brothers Samuel and Porter DeVore, plus friend Eli Wherry, chat in the lobby while they wait for the start of the afternoon’s improv workshop at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 14, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)The crowd cheers as Brantlei McFetridge, who plays this year’s prince, makes his grand entrance during an afternoon rehearsal of The Little Mermaid at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 14, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)Students run lines in the lobby of the Four Rivers Cultural Center during the week-long Missoula Children’s Theatre summer camp on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)A young girl fills in a blue swatch of sky during a painting session at the Missoula Children’s Theatre summer camp hosted at the Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)In between rehearsals at the Four Rivers Cultural Center, students take to the art room (amongst other activities), channeling their creativity into sea and sky-themed artwork on July 12, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)Two camp-goers hug during an improv workshop hosted by Missoula instructors on July 14, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)
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