Hairspray
This show is very popular and will fill up quickly!
Early Registration fee (Until March 1) is only $699 for three weeks and shows (teens) and only $399 for two weeks and shows 8-12 year-olds.
After March 1st the fees are $799 and $499 respectively.
(Because NPT is a proud recipient of grants from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, The Fish Church Grant and the National Endowment for the Arts we can keep our costs at this low rate for all our quality educational and professional shows this year.)
All students who register by March 1st will be invited to participate in our “Inclusivity Workshops and presentations”.
(See the info below the Application for this exciting NPT initiative!)
STEPS TO REGISTER:
- Download the application below, fill it out and send it back to NPT at [email protected]. You may turn in the medical forms at a later date.
- Finish with your payment. (Please let us know if you need a payment plan!)
LOCATIONS:
Rehearsals July 20-August 3 at Emmanuel Church – 285 Lyons Plain Rd. Weston
Tech/Dress and Shows: Stratford High School – 245 Kings Street, Stratford
COMMITMENT DATES BELOW FOR EACH AGE GROUP!
TEENS: (13-19 YEARS OLD). ($799 for 3 weeks). Early bird (before March 1: $699)
12-19 year olds students will have rehearsals/classes for three weeks.
- Sunday, July 20 Read/Sing Thru with the entire cast. Time TBD
Rehearsals and Intensive workshops:
- July 21-25 Monday – Friday 2pm-8pm
- July 26/27 Sat/Sunday 1pm-7pm but also TBD
- July 28 Monday (day off)
- July 29-Aug 1 Tues – Friday 2pm-8pm
- Aug 2/3 Sat/Sunday 1pm-7pm but also TBD
- Aug 4th Day off
- Aug 5-7 Tech/Dress Rehearsal with full cast
Shows:
August 8 Friday, 7pm
August 9 Saturday 1pm and 7pm shows
August 10 Sunday 3pm
(Performers must arrive an hour earlier than each show time)
YOUTH: (8-12 YEARS OLD) ($499 for 2 weeks). Early bird (before March 1: $399)
8-12 year old students will have camp and rehearse for two weeks :
- Sunday, July 20 for the Cast Read Thru with the entire cast. Time TBD
- Rehearsal/Camp starts July 28 (Monday- Friday 10am-12:30. And Sat/Sun August 3/4th TBD)
- Tech and show week (August 5-10 (day off is Aug 4th) all actors/students are called so please block out the entire week described below.
- Please note: We will be working out times for these younger actors that will not have them staying for the entire Tech rehearsal (3pm-10pm) and their camp teacher will be with them at all times.
TECH WEEK:
August 5, 6, 7 (Arrive 2pm. Rehearse 3-10pm)
SHOWS:
August 8 Friday, 7pm
August 9 Saturday 1pm and 7pm shows
August 10 Sunday 3pm
(Performers must arrive an hour earlier than each show time)
We will have “talkbacks” before Opening night at 6pm, between shows on August 9th, and after the show on August 10th, led by our youth.
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NEW PARADIGM THEATRE’S INCLUSIVITY WORKSHOPS
In the Summer of 2025, New Paradigm Theatre (NPT) will produce Hairspray. This bright, funny, and joyfully subversive musical focuses on a group of teenagers in 1962 Baltimore who challenge the status quo by pushing for racial integration on their favorite television program. Resplendent with wit, charm, and humor, Hairspray is at its roots a story about how to stand up and fight for equal rights for people of all races, genders, and sizes.
In programming Hairspray, we knew we wanted to provide our community with resources to tell a story about past and present racial discrimination in America. We engaged NPT Board Member Dr. Rydell Harrison, an educator currently working with the CT Center for Social Change, to run Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) workshops with our youth participants during the rehearsal process, giving our emerging artists tools to talk about how engaging with this subject matter makes them feel and ensuring that our BIPOC students (who make up more than 50% of our participants each year) feel safe and are being centered in this work.
But, as a company dedicated to promoting social responsibility and fostering creative problem-solvers, leaders, and global citizens, we started to feel there was more we could do.
After many discussions with our Youth Board, local community members, and Dr. Harrison, we have decided to put our time, energy, and resources into these workshops and commit ourselves throughout the next six months to doing what the characters of Hairspray do – using music, dance, and our voices to challenge discrimination and promote the values of equality, inclusion, and civil rights across Fairfield County. Dr. Harrison will be working with 15-20 of our most engaged youth participants on DEI leadership training in March. Those students will then spend April, May, and June going to schools to run peer-to-peer inclusivity workshops for other youth. Three schools that know our values and work ethic have already committed to bringing us in – now we’re hoping to expand our reach and share this opportunity as widely as possible. Audiences will be invited to join us for our production of Hairspray, where our leadership cohort will continue to engage their cast, crew, and the wider community through additional, more targeted workshops and post-show talkbacks