Rainbow Company

Classes/Camps

Rainbow Company Youth Theatre offers multiple six-week sessions from September to May for young people ages 4-18 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center. All classes are designed to build confidence, strengthen communication skills and create connection.

Community acting classes will begin again in September 2025.

Register for camps and classes at registration.lasvegasnevada.gov.

Rainbow Company Youth Theatre offers multiple six-week sessions from September to May for young people ages 4-18 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center. All classes are designed to build confidence, strengthen communication skills and create connection.

The Rainbow Collective (ages 10-18)
Tuesdays, 5-7:30 p.m. for 10 weeks
Cost: $50.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 Brush St.
The Rainbow Collective is an inclusive 10-week Tuesday evening program for young performers in grades 6-12. Beginners will feel supported and advanced students will stay challenged through cross-age collaboration and peer mentorship. Each evening features ensemble building, theater history and modern performance fundamentals. There is an optional high school-level intensive from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. that rotates every three weeks. Acting, Voice and Dancing -- perfect for students who want to be "triple threats"!

Rainbow Techsemble!
Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 13-Nov. 22, 2025
Cost: $50.
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 Brush St.
Must be a prior Rainbow Company Ensemble member to register. Returning Ensemble students can expand their skills and learn new ones in this 10-week course. Each day will have two 70-minute sessions that will include carpentry, sewing, show calling and foam carving.

Saturday Classes

Storybook Adventures!
Ages 4-6
Saturdays 9 - 9:45 a.m.
*Cost: $35-$42.
Students in Storybook Adventures will be introduced to the fundamentals of dramatization through storytelling and creative play!

Performance Fundamentals
Ages 7-9
Saturdays 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. 
*Cost: $35-$42.
Students will gain an appreciation for theatre and knowledge of performance fundamentals through the use of voice, body, imagination, exploration and creative expression.

Youth Acting Workshop
Ages 10-12
Saturdays 12 - 1 p.m.
*Cost: $35-$42.
Students in this class will work on theatre skills and beginning techniques that explore character and scene creation through warmups, theatre experiences and exercises.

Wednesday Classes

Performance Fundamentals
Ages 7-9
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
*Cost: $42.
Students will gain an appreciation for theatre and knowledge of performance fundamentals through the use of voice, body, imagination, exploration and creative expression.

Youth Acting Workshop
Ages 10-12
Wednesdays, 4 - 5 p.m.
*Cost: $42.
Students in this class will work on theatre skills and beginning techniques that explore character and scene creation through warmups, theatre experiences and exercises.

Teen Acting Workshop
Ages 13-17
Wednesdays 6:30 - 8 p.m.
*Cost: $60.
Students will hone their acting skills using improvisation, character development and scene study. Students will be challenged to take risks, make strong choices, and explore truth through their work.

*Cost is per six-week session. Register for classes at registration.lasvegasnevada.gov.

Ensemble

The Rainbow Company Ensemble serves as the core of our youth theatre programming. Ensemble runs August through May and offers professional-level training to young people, ages 10-18, selected yearly by open auditions. Ensemble is for students who want to learn all aspects of theatre.

Rainbow Company Ensemble functions in two parts. First, Ensemble members are required to attend weekly educational classes that train students in theatre history, performance, technical elements and leadership. Second, members are required to work all four productions in our season, either in the performing cast or on the technical crew. The costumes, makeup, sets, lights, sound and backstage crew responsibilities are all handled by Ensemble members under supervision of staff along with professional directors and designers.

This nationally recognized program is rigorous and requires a high level of commitment.

Ensemble auditions will be held Jan. 2, 2026, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center.

First production auditions will be held Jan. 3, 2026, at the Charleston Heights Arts Center. 

Call 702.229.5071 for more information.

Friends of Rainbow

Friends of Rainbow play an active role in supporting an inclusive and lively community at Rainbow Company Youth Theatre. They provide resources for students that foster creativity and strengthen connections. They also offer concessions and raffles with exciting prizes to the hundreds of audience members that come to each Rainbow Company production.

For questions or to learn more about how you can support Friends of Rainbow, contact:

Monika Dotson - President of Friends of Rainbow
210.487.8753
mosttx2011@gmail.com

Past Seasons

2024-2025 – 49th Season

• "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" – Performances Sept. 20-21 and Sept. 27-29, 2024
• "Twelfth Night" – Performances Nov.15-17 and Nov. 22-24, 2024
• "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" - Performances Feb. 28-March 1 and March 7-9, 2025.
• "Ensemble Showcase: A Play Festival - Performances May 2-3 and May 9-11, 2025

2023-2024 – 48th Season

• "Lord of the Flies" – Performances Sept. 22-24 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2023 
• "The Odyssey" – Performances Dec. 1-3 and Dec. 8-10, 2023. 
• "Much Ado About Nothing" – Performances Feb. 9-10 and Feb. 16-18, 2024 
• "The Addams Family" – Performances April 26-28 and May 3-5, 2024 

2022-2023 – 47th Season

• "Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular" – Performances Sept. 30-Oct. 2 and Oct. 7-9, 2022
• "Alice's Wonderland" : An Original Adaptation by Maythinee Washington – Performances Dec. 2-4 and Dec. 9-11, 2022
• "Romeo and Juliet" – Performances Feb. 10-12 and Feb. 17-19, 2023
• "Once On This Island" – Performances April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023

2021-2022 – 46th Season

• "The Neverending Story” – Performances Oct. 1–10, 2021
• “The Velveteen Rabbit” – Performances Dec. 3–12, 2021
• “Still Life with Iris” – Performances Feb. 11–20, 2022
• Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical”* – Performances April 29–May 8, 2022

2020-2021

• "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"

2019-2020

• "The Witches"
• "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

2018-2019

• "Winnie the Pooh"
• "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka"
• "Stories from the Silver State"
• "The Land of the Dragon"

2017-2018

• "The Reluctant Dragon"
• "The Wizard of Oz"
• "Adventures in the Sagebrush State"
• "A Little Princess"
• "10-Minute Play Festival: Dreams"

2016-2017

• "Seussical"
• "Recollections of the Silver State"
• "Peter Pan"
• "10-Minute Play Festival"

2015-2016

• "A Year with Frog and Toad"
• "Voices from the Sagebrush"
• "Bridge to Terabithia"
• "(W)Rites of Passage"

2014-2015

• "Meet Me in St. Louis"
• "Digging Through Nevada's Past"
• "Mr. Popper's Penguins"
• "(W)Rites of Passage"
• "The Nightingale"

2013-2014

• "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers"
• "Scrooge, the Musical"
• "Spinning Nevada's Past"
• "Ozma of Oz, a Tale of Time"

2012-2013

• "Tom Sawyer"
• "Honk!"
• "Across the Truckee"
• "Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Tale"

2011-2012

• "Charlotte's Web"
• "Oliver!"
• "Uncovering Nevada's Past"
• "Sleeping Beauty"

2010-2011

• "Zombies Walk Among Us"
• "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"
• "Sagebrush Stories"
• "Metamorphosis"
• "How I Became a Pirate"

2009-2010

• "The Witches"
• "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
• "Unsung Characters of Nevada's Past"
• "The Orphan Train"
• "Jack and the Beanstalk"

2008-2009

• "The Kid Who Ran for President"
• "Cinderella"
• "Mark Twain's Nevada"
• "The Samurai and the Shadow Princess"
• "The Reluctant Dragon"

2007-2008

• "My Neighbor the Monster"
• "The Wizard of Oz"
• "Kit Carson's Frontier Adventure"
• "The Ghost of the River House"
• "The Great Cross Country Race"

2006-2007

• "Cheaper by the Dozen"
• "A Year with Frog and Toad"
• "Trails of Old Nevada"
• "One to Grow On"
• "The Land of the Dragon"

2005-2006

• "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
• "Miss Nelson is Missing"
• "Snowshoes Across the Sierras"
• "I Never Saw Another Butterfly"
• "The Little Mermaid"

2004-2005

• "The Little Princess, Sara Crew"
• "Seussical"
• "Las Vegas Days of Old"
• "(W)Rites of Passage"
• "Bridge to Terabithia"

2003-2004

• "Winnie the Pooh"
• "Little Shop of Horrors"
• "Sacagawea, the Bird Woman's Return"
• "The Diary of Anne Frank"

2002-2003

• "Charlotte's Web"
• "Snoopy!"
• "The Final Journey"
• "Step on a Crack"
• "Sleeping Beauty"

2001-2002

• "El Jinte Sin Cabeza: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
• "The Emperor's New Clothes"
• "Characters of the Cornstock"
• "Two Pails of Water"
• "The Boyfriend"

2000-2001

• "Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes"
• "The Apple Tree"
• "Fool of the World"
• "The All Aboard! Rails West to Nevada"
• "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers"

1999-2000

• "Jack and the Beanstalk"
• "Meet Me in St. Louis"
• "Nevada Stories: The Way West"
• "Wetlands"
• "Skin of Our Teeth"

1998-1999

• "The Dreaming Pool"
• "Oliver!"
• "Adventures in Old Nevada"
• "Don't Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf"
• "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon-Marigolds"

1997-1998

• "The Crane Wife"
• "Little Women"
• "Best Stories of the Silver State"
• "Noodle Doodle Box"
• "No One Will Marry a Princess with a Tree"

1996-1997

• "Tom Sawyer"
• "Cinderella"
• "Tales of Old Nevada"
• "Clarissa's Closet"
• "The Miracle Worker"

1995-1996

• "The Odyssey"
• "The Wizard of Oz"
• "Nevada Tales, Tall and True"
• "The Green-Tree Boy"
• "Cheaper by the Dozen"

1994-1995

• "Tales of Trickery"
• "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"
• "More Stories of the Silver State"
• "Innocents"
• "The Point"

1993-1994

• "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
• "The Wind in the Willows"
• "Bridge to Terabithia"
• "Stories of the Silver State"
• "Big River"

1992-1993

• "One to Grow On"
• "Story Theatre"
• "Dog Pound Boy"
• "Charlotte's Web"

1991-1992

• "Written in Water"
• "Jack and the Beanstalk"
• "MacBeth"
• "The Sugar House"
• "The Fantasticks"

1990-1991

• "Fools"
• "Written in Water"
• "The Sleeping Beauty"
• "Hating Alison Ashley"
• "The Diary of Anne Frank"
• "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"

1989-1990

• "From the Life of the Bog People"
• "The Catechism of Patty Reed"
• "Beach of Dreams"
• "The Tingalary Bird"
• "Rockway Café"
• "Really Rosie"
• "Rock Stories"
• "Winnie the Pooh"
• "The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria"

1988-1989

• "Mother Hicks"
• "Weyland's Sword / Young Men at Arms"
• "Cinderella"
• "The Nightingale"
• "The Skin of Our Teeth"

1987-1988

• "Alice in Wonderland"
• "A Little Princess"
• "(W)Rites of Passage, Too"
• "Androcles and the Lion"
• "Dandy Jim Valentine and the Time-lock, Clock-work, Crack-proof Safe"
• "Al Greco"

1986-1987

• "Fool of the World"
• "Elsie Beckman"
• "(W)Rites of Passage"
• "Once Upon a Mattress"
• "Puss-in-Boots"

1985-1986

• "Troubled Waters"
• "The Wiz"
• "Vagabonds"
• "A Meeting of Mimes"
• "The Emperor's New Clothes"
• "Li'l Abner"

1984-1985

• "Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes"
• "Oliver!"
• "Aladdin"
• "A Wrinkle in Time"
• "Annie"

1983-1984

• "Charlotte's Web"
• "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"
• "Snoopy!"
• "Hansel and Gretel"
• "East of the Sun, West of the Moon"
• "Roses and Briars"

1982-1983

• "Gypsy"
• "The Ransom of Red Chief"
• "The Wind in the Willows"
• "The Green-Tree Boy"
• "Beauty and the Beast, The Legacy of the Rose"
• "Apologies"

1981-1982

• "The Sound of Music"
• "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
• "The Nightingale"
• "Goldthroat"
• "To Kill a Mockingbird"

1980-1981

• "Cinderella"
• "Oh Brother!"
• "Winnie the Pooh"
• "Pinocchio"
• "Odd Man Out"

1979-1980

• "Oliver!"
• "Step on a Crack"
• "Androcles and the Lion"
• "One to Grow On"

1978-1979

• "Special Class"
• "The Wizard of Oz"
• "Aladdin"
• "Golden Horse, Silver Night"

1977-1978

• "Alice in Wonderland"
• "Ransom of Red Chief"
• "Hansel and Gretel"
• "The Hobbit"

1976-1977

• "Pippi Longstocking"
• "Two Pails of Water"
• "The Hide-and-Seek Odyssey of Madeline Gimple"