$15 Student Rush tickets available at every performance!
Bring a student ID in person to the Carpenter Center box office, starting one hour before the performance. One ticket per ID. Subject to availability.
Any dream will do! Let your true colors shine at
Musical Theatre West’s Summer Camp!
Go, go, go get your spot for our exciting student revue of
Any dream will do! Let your true colors shine at Musical Theatre West’s Summer Camp!
Go, go, go get your spot for our exciting student revue of
Make sure to save a spot for our NEW 3-week long summer
camp experience, where we will bring our revue to the AMAZING
Carpenter Performing Arts Center Stage on July 23, 2026! Come sing, dance,
and act in selections from “Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Make sure to save a spot for our NEW 3-week long summer camp experience, where we will bring our revue to the AMAZING Carpenter Performing Arts Center Stage on July 23, 2026! Come sing, dance, and act in selections from “Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
MTW’s Summer Camp is for grades 1-12 (as of Fall 2026)
and will be held from July 7 to July 23, 2026.”
MTW’s Summer Camp is for grades 1-12 (as of Fall 2026) and will be held from July 7 to July 23, 2026.”
MTW’s Summer Camp is offered as a three-week session
$300 Registration Fee, Scholarship opportunities are available
SESSION TIMES:
Grades 1-5: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Grades 6-12: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
ALL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE:
A Camp T-Shirt and Music Folder
2 Comp Tickets to see Joseph And The Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat at the
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
for the Preview Performance on July 10, 2026
(Additional Tickets May Be Purchased)
Contact Education-Outreach@musical.org if you have further questions.
● Read or print our FAQS sheet HERE
● Download camp registration forms HERE
● Fill out and email completed forms to education-outreach@musical.org
● We will have a member from our Education Team contact you for payment.
● Camp purchase is non-refundable.
Contact Education-Outreach@musical.org if you have further questions.
● Read or print our FAQS sheet HERE
● Download camp registration forms HERE
● Fill out and email completed forms to education-outreach@musical.org
● We will have a member from our Education Team contact you for payment.
● Camp purchase is non-refundable.
MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS
Matthew Shaffer (Director/Choreographer)
For 25 years, Matthew Shaffer has been cultivating conversations and sharing stories across stage, film, and television as a performer, director, choreographer, and writer. His nonfiction books – So You Want To Be A Dancer And Dancing Out Of The Closet – extend that storytelling to the page, exploring identity, artistry, and the pursuit of connection. With an interdisciplinary MFA background, Shaffer believes that research and exploration thrive through collaboration, encouraging experiential learning to foster an environment that is curious and equitable for everyone involved. Credits include: Giordano Dance Chicago; The Radio City Spectacular NYC; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Broad City; and Wet Hot American Summer. Whether directing and choreographing large-scale productions like Matilda The Musical or working with emerging artists in community centers, theaters, and festivals, Matthew crafts creative spaces for stories rooted in the belief that emotion transcends gender, and that we all seek connection and validation. He is currently a teaching artist with Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Musical Theatre West, and on tour with Fluid Dance Convention. He is also the co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Collective Troupe in Los Angeles, CA. Follow his journey across social media platforms: @funnyshaffer.
Matthew Shaffer (Director/Choreographer)
For 25 years, Matthew Shaffer has been cultivating conversations and sharing stories across stage, film, and television as a performer, director, choreographer, and writer. His nonfiction books – So You Want To Be A Dancer And Dancing Out Of The Closet – extend that storytelling to the page, exploring identity, artistry, and the pursuit of connection. With an interdisciplinary MFA background, Shaffer believes that research and exploration thrive through collaboration, encouraging experiential learning to foster an environment that is curious and equitable for everyone involved. Credits include: Giordano Dance Chicago; The Radio City Spectacular NYC; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Broad City; and Wet Hot American Summer. Whether directing and choreographing large-scale productions like Matilda The Musical or working with emerging artists in community centers, theaters, and festivals, Matthew crafts creative spaces for stories rooted in the belief that emotion transcends gender, and that we all seek connection and validation. He is currently a teaching artist with Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Musical Theatre West, and on tour with Fluid Dance Convention. He is also the co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Collective Troupe in Los Angeles, CA. Follow his journey across social media platforms: @funnyshaffer.
Curtis Heard (Music Director)
Curtis Heard is the choir director and composer-in-residence at the First Congregational Church of Long Beach, and for 34 years taught choir, musical theater and piano at Wilson High School. (Recent productions include “Seussical”, “Grease”, “Mamma Mia”, and “Into the Woods”.) He has had a long relationship with MTW and is thrilled to be a part of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. He is also called upon from time to time to play piano, celeste or synth with the Pacific Symphony. (Recent performances include Carmina Burana and American Ballet Theater’s “Winter’s Tale”.) His compositions include works for choir, solo keyboard, and theatrical productions. “October Mourning: a song for Matthew Shepherd” for choir, soloists, narration and Orchestra, (a setting of the book by Leslèa Newman) has been performed several times locally, and by Heartland Sings in Fort Wayne, IN. A 2023 performance at the Beverly O’Neal Theater involved readers from Long Beach Landmark Theater, the South Coast Chorale, the Sanctuary Choir from First Church, the Long Beach Youth Chorus, the Wilson High School Choir, and the orchestral ensemble Musique de la Mer.
Curtis Heard (Music Director)
Curtis Heard is the choir director and composer-in-residence at the First Congregational Church of Long Beach, and for 34 years taught choir, musical theater and piano at Wilson High School. (Recent productions include “Seussical”, “Grease”, “Mamma Mia”, and “Into the Woods”.) He has had a long relationship with MTW and is thrilled to be a part of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. He is also called upon from time to time to play piano, celeste or synth with the Pacific Symphony. (Recent performances include Carmina Burana and American Ballet Theater’s “Winter’s Tale”.) His compositions include works for choir, solo keyboard, and theatrical productions. “October Mourning: a song for Matthew Shepherd” for choir, soloists, narration and Orchestra, (a setting of the book by Leslèa Newman) has been performed several times locally, and by Heartland Sings in Fort Wayne, IN. A 2023 performance at the Beverly O’Neal Theater involved readers from Long Beach Landmark Theater, the South Coast Chorale, the Sanctuary Choir from First Church, the Long Beach Youth Chorus, the Wilson High School Choir, and the orchestral ensemble Musique de la Mer.