The Averitt Center's Youth Theater Program provides professional instruction that allows children to develop skills in a safe, nurturing environment. Directed by Mical Whitaker, fall and winter classes are available for elementary and middle school students. There is also an annual summer production for high school students with past performances including Hairspray! and The Wizard of Oz.

Check out this number from the 2012 production of The Wizard of Oz! WATCH VIDEO

Jungle Book Camp

June 24-28, 2013 (AUDITION DATE: June 8)

Join Mowgli and his jungle pals for a unique camp experience! This camp will take students through the entire process of producing a play with music in just five days! Campers will join King Louie as they learn to walk like him, talk like him and have a ball doing all the fun Jungle Book scenes.

The King and I

July 26-28, 2013

This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical set in the 1860s, tells the story of Anna Leonowens, an English lady who longs for the opportunity to teach after her husband dies. In Siam (modern day Thailand), she is finally given the chance in Thailand to be the school mistress to the king's children.  But when their vastly different customs collide, Anna must decide whether to leave the children she’s grown to love and adore, or stay in hopes of softening up the bull-headed king.

Fall 2013 Registration

Registration for Fall 2013 will be held July 15-19 at the Averitt Center. Registration will continue after these dates until classes are full. For more information, contact Tony Phillips at 912-212-2787 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Meet Our Director

Mical Whitaker holds a BFA in Theatre from A&T University. He spent over 20 years in the professional theatre industry in New York City where he developed his own theatre company, The East River Players, one of the NYC’s most important and influential African American Theatre voices. He and a few close friends also founded the Everyman Street Festival, now known as the Lincoln Center Out of Doors, an annual 20-day celebration of live theater now celebrating its 40^th Anniversary.