JANUARY 2026 UPDATE — Our 16th Annual Shiprock and Anchordog musical theatre workshop is tentatively scheduled for August 3th to August 14th, 2026 at the Hilltown Charter School! It’s a new adventure for Shiprock & Anchordog and friends: a journey through enchanted marshes East of the Sun and West of the Moon… Read on for more…
OUT IN THE STICKS 2026
DESCRIPTION: Summer 2026: director Seana Lamothe and writer Evan Curran guide students in staging an original rock musical about dogs, cats, trees and gators in the Never-Neverglades.
LOCATION: Hilltown Charter School, Easthampton
DATES (tentative): 8/3/26 - 8/14/26, 9am-2pm. Aftercare is also available from 2-4pm.
Showcase performances on 8/15/26 at 4pm and 8/16/26 at 2pm. Also at Hilltown!
AGES: 5 and up. Middle/high schoolers can apply to be counselors-in-training.
COST: No fixed cost. Families typically pay from about $300 to $600 for each student. We try to make sure to include everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Over the years our sliding scale system has subsidized many families.
The fields of Stone Soup Farm, where we staged Shiprock musicals from 2011 to 2013.
A typical day at Shiprock and Anchordog camp looks like this:
9am: Dropoff, morning meeting, and then sing-along vocal warmup.
9:30am: Theatre stretch and warmup.
9:45am: Musical rehearsal: singing, “blocking”, etc.
10:30am: Snack, then free time.
11am: More rehearsal, singing and blocking.
12noon: Lunch, then free time.
12:45pm: More rehearsal, singing and blocking.
1:45pm: End of the day check-in.
2pm: Pick up.
Sophie with an amazing rap moment from our 2017 musical Shiprock & Anchordog Get Energized
A flyer from our first rock musical in 2011, which featured an ensemble cast of local kids.
The Blue Barn at Stone Soup Farm, where multiple Shiprock musicals were staged from 2011 to 2013.
We’ve staged FIFTEEN adventure musicals since 2011! Here’s a history of Shiprock & Anchordog music workshops…
We’ve collaborated with many local kids through the years…
Inside the blue barn before the 2012 musical.
Another dramatic scene from our 2017 musical Shiprock & Anchordog Get Energized
Inside the Blue Barn in 2012
A moment of song from our musical Shiprock & Anchordog Get Energized at the Hilltown School in Easthampton