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CastleCo Theatre creates family friendly theatre experiences with a focus on community driven values

CastleCo Theatre - formerly Children's Castle Theater - has served Dakota County for two decades.

They're a really small theater, but they make a big difference in kids' lives.

submitted by - Chase W  (youth performer)

upcoming events 

Auditions set June 7-9

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Set the Stage - May 23

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family entertainment built from...

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community values

confidence building activities

continued theatre excellence

introduce your family to the theater

with show content for all ages

This image shows a computer screen with theatre seats sitting in front of it. The computer says the words; "Not Quite Live at CCT" on it.

Anytime (Virtual Event) - Not Quite Live at CCT

Not Quite Live at CCT is a collection of variety acts that were performed, filmed, and submitted by CCT actors and friends between May and July 2020. The variety show gave community members a chance to share their artistic talents during the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders. Acts include; singing, dancing, dramatic reads and others.

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Anytime (Virtual Event) - CCT's Adventures of Little Daisy

In fall 2020, three casts of actors got together once a week, over the course of four weeks, to rehearse a small melodrama production. Face coverings were worn during rehearsals and performances. The Adventures of Little Daisy is a comedic, over-the-top production about Little Daisy, her caregiver, a set of evil Villains, a Hero and many more!

This image is from CastleCo Theatre's production of "King Arthur and Princess Arthena". This image shows a woman in a blue dress from the middle ages. The dress has long sleeves and the woman is wearing a gold crown.

Anytime (Virtual Event) - CCT's King Arthur

Arthena (daughter of King Arthur) is tired of her father spending weeks away from home on dangerous quests. She's certain the only way to keep her father at her side is to prevent him from ever becoming King in the first place. With a well-mixed potion, Arthena transports herself back in time where she meets her father as a young boy.

This image is from CastleCo Theatre's production of "Beauty and the Beast". This image shows an actor dressed up in a beast costume (with horns and brown fur), talking to a girl dressed up in a fancy gold dress.

Anytime (Virtual Event) - CCT's Beauty and the Beast

Based on the original story from the mid 1700's, this retelling of Beauty and the Beast combines fantasy with period appropriate costumes and historic plot twists. Beauty lives with her father and sisters in a small merchant village by the sea. When the family fortune is lost, Beauty and her father set sail to find it - only to find themselves shipwrecked on an island occupied by a hideous beast.

This image is from CastleCo Theatre's production of "Homer Price". The image shows an actors dresses as a super hero talking to a girl dressed in clothing from the 1950s.

Anytime (Virtual Event) - CCT's Homer Price

It's the early 1950's and Homer lives an enjoyable, yet uneventful life, until...he is left alone in the diner with his friend to make donuts. Hilarity ensues as the donut machine kicks into overdrive, the most famous TV Heroes come to town, and some prized-items disappear. It's up to Homer and his friend Donna to solve the mystery of the missing items and return the diner back to its original enjoyable atmosphere! 

The image is from CastleCo Theatre's production of "The Jungle Book." The image shows an actor dressed as a tiger talks to an actor who is dressed as a rabbit.

Anytime (Virtual Event) - CCT's The Jungle Book

A wolf-pack in search of a new leader, a comedic bear, a level-headed panther, a tiger who thinks she's a psychoanalyst, a jack-rabbit trainer, and a snake who plays the blues, team up with Mowgli in this comedic retelling of the original story. Shere-Khan, the tiger, is trying to take over the wolf pack, but Mowgli (the only jungle being from the human village) isn't about to let that happen!

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant form the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

CastleCo Theatre (or CCT) is proud to have been serving the Dakota County community for 20+ years. As a community children's theater, CCT works to provide quality theater experiences for kids and adults. CCT acts as a community theater for residents of Farmington, MN, Lakeville, Rosemount, Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Shakopee and the surrounding communities. CastleCo Theatre is a community arts organization that performs in partnership with the Lakeville Area Arts Center and Lakeville Area Community Education. CCT is the longest running youth theater organization to serve Farmington and Lakeville, MN. Although CCT considers itself a community theater opportunity for kids, we are also proud to provide community theater for high school students and adults.

 

CastleCo Theatre was formerly known as Children's Castle Theater from its founding in 1993 through the summer of 2020.