2025 Kansas

Northwest Kansas

WHO: All Kansas students entering high school – freshman in college. (Each workshop has a maximum capacity of 20 students.) Please note that if you live out of the Dane G. Hansen service area (see map below), you are not eligible for the scholarship program, but still welcome to apply for the program.

 

TUITION: $50 per one week workshop*
$250 for tuition + room and board for the Hays residential program.

*Workshops are underwritten by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation which greatly reduces the cost for students who live in their service area. 

 

WHERE & WHEN (more detailed schedule below):

  • Hays, Kansas (residential housing available at Fort Hays State) June 3rd – 7th, 2024  (Please note that if you are staying in the dorms you will move in on the evening of June 2nd.)
  • Concordia, Kansas (Brown Grand Theater): June 10th – 14th, 2024
  • Phillipsburg, Kansas: June 17th – 21st, 2024

Service Area:

Teens: entering high school – freshman in college

 

 

We are looking for a diverse group of students to join a professional staff of artists and educators and share their collective stories. In doing so, one, solid, unified piece of theatre with music is born. In order to make this happen, we need creative people of all types. This experience is about the creative process, and while the performance is an enormous part of our workshop, the focus is on the days of creation. We need writers, actors, poets, dreamers, singers, visual artists, composers, musicians, designers and creative people of all types.

Northwest Kansas Teen Lovewell Workshops (underwritten by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation)

 

Hays, Kansas (residential housing available): Monday, June 2 –  Friday, June 6, 2025
Fort Hays State University
Sunday, June 1st 5pm move into dorms
Monday, June 2nd 9am-4pm workshop hours; 4pm-10pm activities and downtime in the dorms
Tuesday, June 3rd 9am-4pm workshop hours; 4pm-10pm activities and downtime in the dorms
Wednesday, June 4th 9am-4pm workshop hours; 4pm-10pm activities and downtime in the dorms
Thursday, June 5th 9am-7pm workshop hours; 7pm-10pm activities and downtime in the dorms
Friday, June 76h 9am until after 7pm show (Please note that all must move out of the dorms this day).

 

Concordia, Kansas: June 9 – 13, 2025
Brown Grand Theatre
310 W 6th St, Concordia, KS 66901
Monday, June 9th 9am-4pm workshop hours
Tuesday, June 10th 9am-4pm workshop hours
Wednesday, June 11th 9am-4pm workshop hours
Thursday, June 12th 9am-7pm workshop hours
Friday, June 13th 9am-until after the 7pm show workshop hours

 

Phillipsburg, Kansas: June 16 – 20, 2025
Huck Boyd Community Center
Monday, June 16th 9am-4pm workshop hours
Tuesday, June 17th 9am-4pm workshop hours
Wednesday, June 18th 9am-4pm workshop hours
Thursday, June 19th 9am-7pm workshop hours
Friday, June 20th 9am-until after the 7pm show

Students will join a professional staff to brainstorm, write, design, compose, choreograph and produce an original work of musical theatre – all in one week. What will the show be about? It’s up to the group! Lovewell workshops are a singular experience, unlike any other you’ve been a part of in the past; ideal for writers, builders, actors, musicians, designers, singers, composers, and imaginative young people of all types who want to dream big, work hard and experience the thrill of watching their collaborative creation come to life.

 

You’ll get to build on the skills you already have and flex your creative muscles by learning some new ones – at Lovewell, everybody gets to do a little bit of everything. Whether you’re a seasoned musical theatre vet seeking a new adventure or this your first step towards the stage, come spend your summer with other creative young folks just like you in a warmly inviting, wildly inspiring, and totally accepting environment. No matter who you are – you belong at Lovewell.

APPLICATION PROCESS

All applicants must fill out the application in its entirety and pay the $50 application/tuition fee (or apply for a scholarship). Your paperwork will not be processed and you will not have a secured slot in your chosen workshop until your application is complete.

 

COST

  • Concordia and Phillipsburg: $50 Application fee and tuition per student per one-week, non residential workshop.
  • Hays: $50 Application fee and tuition per student per one-week (non residential option).
    $40 lunches (5) + $50 app/tuition fee= $90 (non residential option)
    $200 room and board (double occupancy) + $50 app/tuition fee= $250
    $275 room and board (single occupancy) + $50 app/tuition fee= $325
    Once you have applied and been accepted into the Hays workshop, if you live in the Dane G. Hansen service area (see map above), you can apply for a scholarship to help with the cost of this experience. There are no scholarships available for students living outside of the Dane G. Hansen service area.

 

PAYMENT

When you apply you will be directed to pay the $50 application/tuition via Paypal at the time of submission and our system will guide you there when your application is complete. If you are in need of financial assistance, you can select that option (IF you live in the Dane G. Hansen service area [see map above]). Please note that we only accept payment for the workshop via Paypal to the address info@lovewell.org and you do NOT have to have a Paypal account in order to use this system. After you have received notification of acceptance into the workshop, those who have chosen the residential option (Hays) will be billed via Paypal.

 

REFUND POLICY

There are no refunds on the $50 tuition/app fee for our Kansas workshops (unless the workshop is cancelled). Once the fee has been paid, it cannot be refunded. Residential fees (Hays) can be refunded in full until May 1st, 2025.