Slippery when Wet, Jon Bon Jovi Tribute
2025-05-14 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Athens Theatre, 124 N Florida Ave, DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Bon Jovi’s career spans 30+ years and over 130 million albums sold worldwide. Another milestone that the band has achieved is that they have tracked 14 Billboard top ten singles of which 8 of those went straight to number 1. Slippery When Wet believes that Bon Jovi has the right kind of song catalog that really lends itself to being performed live as well as fitting into a broad age range that makes for the perfect club demographic.
Slippery When Wet has played to many packed houses throughout the Southeast and has quickly become the top draw at many of their regularly scheduled clubs. The bands shows are the most attended and highest grossing of any Bon Jovi Tribute in the country. In 2007, the band was officially authorized by Bon Jovi to perform their highly entertaining show. Their drive, musical ability, showmanship and dedication to duplicating the Bon Jovi live experience simply cannot be outdone!

RESERVED SEATING
Preferred Reserved Seating $401st. 6 rows Orchestra & 2 Rows Center Balcony
General Reserved Seating $35
A $5.00 per ticket Processing charge is added to all purchases and we collect a 6.5% State and County Sales Tax
Due to the fact that the Historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator to the balcony. The balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible seating.

SPECIAL BOX SEAT PACKAGE
BOX SEATS AVAILABLE6 SEATS PER BOX SEAT AREA $300PLEASE CONTACT THE BOX OFFICE AT 386-736-1500

Young Company 2024-2025
2025-05-18 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-25 10:00 - 14:00
ATYA Young Company 2024-2025
Grades 9 – 12 | Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | $125 per month

Rehearsal Schedule & Tuition

Class meets 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays, September 2024 – May 2024 (with the exception of holidays and select dates) plus additional rehearsals and community performances scheduled separately. There will be a final Showcase in May for the community to attend.
Students MUST commit to the full scheduled season of rehearsals September 2024 to May 2025, with varying performance dates and times scheduled TBD.
All conflicts MUST be previously communicated and approved at least two weeks in advance.
Tuition for the Young Company is $125 per month ($1125 total).
Monthly payment plans are processed in 9 installments (September–May).
For questions, please reach out to Education@athensdeland.com.

Auditions for the 2024/2025 ATYA Young Company will be held on the following dates:

Saturday, August 24, 10:00am
Sunday, August 25, 2:00pm

Auditions are held in person at the Athens Theatre Rehearsal Hall (108 N. Florida Ave. DeLand, FL 32725).
Please prepare two (2) contrasting Musical Theatre songs, 16 – 32 bars each. Optional – prepare a 1-minute monologue.
After performing their pieces, auditioners will stay for a dance call.
Please sign up for your audition slot HERE
For more information, please contact Education@athensdeland.com.

WHO IS IT FOR?

For student performers entering 9-12 grade who wish to take their training to the next level. *Current ATYA students in 8th grade will be considered.

DO I NEED TO COMMIT FOR THE FULL YEAR?

Yes. Students accepted into the ATYA Young Company must commit to the 2024/2025 school year. All conflicts MUST be approved two weeks in advance.

HOW MUCH IS TUITION?

Tuition is paid in 9 installments of $125 per month, September – May. ($1125 in total)

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO FOR THE AUDITION?

Each auditioner should sign up for an audition slot.

COME ALIVE - Featuring the Young Company
2025-05-18 14:30 - 16:30
You’ve seen them lighting up stages around town all year… now catch them center stage at the historic Athens Theatre! This high-energy showcase features our premier performance troupe of talented high school students as they bring a year’s worth of training and passion to life in an unforgettable evening of song and dance.
Enjoy show-stopping numbers from The Greatest Showman, Finding Neverland, Footloose, She Loves Me, Gypsy, Ordinary Days, Dear Evan Hansen, and more!
Sunday, May 18th at 2:30pm at the Athens Theatre, 124 N Florida Ave, DeLand, FL 32720

Preferred Seating – $18
First 6 rows Orchestra & 2 Rows Center Balcony
General Seating – $15
Due to the fact that the Historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator to the balcony. The balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible seating.

The Foreigner Experience, A Tribute to Foreigner!
2025-05-23 19:30 - 21:30
With sales of more than 80 million albums, including 39 singles, 14 Top 20 hits, and 4 gold records, FOREIGNER is one of the best-loved musical acts of all time.
The Foreigner Experience brings their iconic hits to life with passion and reverence for one of the world’s greatest rock bands.
Composed of national touring musicians, the Foreigner Experience band has rocked audiences all over the southeast since 2012. Their high-energy shows always leave audiences wanting more.
Members have performed or shared the stage with Foreigner, Bad Company, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, Poison, Meatloaf, KC and the Sunshine Band, Saigon Kick, Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, and many others.
The Foreigner Experience is a crowd-pleaser that never fails to electrify an audience.
All the hits! Including:

Cold As Ice
Jukebox Hero
Hot Blooded
Double Vision
I Wanna Know What Love Is
Feels Like The First Time
Urgent
Long, Long Way From Home
…and more!

RESERVE SEATING
Preferred Reserved Seating $401st. 6 rows Orchestra & 2 Rows Center Balcony
General Reserved Seating $35
A $5.00 per ticket Processing charge is added to all purchases and we collect a 6.5% State and County Sales Tax
Due to the fact that the Historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator to the balcony. The balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible seating.

SPECIAL BOX SEAT PACKAGE
BOX SEATS AVAILABLE6 SEATS PER BOX SEAT AREA $300PLEASE CONTACT THE BOX OFFICE AT 386-736-1500

SEUSS ON THE LOOSE
2025-06-02 09:00 - 12:00
Rising K – 2nd Grade | 9am – 12pm | $210

June 2 – 6
Do you like green eggs and ham? Through music, movement, and creativity, students will explore the world of Dr. Seuss. Steal Christmas like the Grinch. Plant a truffula tree for the Lorax. Does Horton really hear a Who? Stories, dances, crafts and more. Oh, the thinks you can think when you think about SEUSS!
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Rocky Horror Picture Show with Shadow Cast
2025-06-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Athens Theatre, 124 N Florida Ave, DeLand, FL, 32720, United States
Don your leather jacket, corset, and fishnet tights, because on June 4th, DeLand Pride and the Absent Friends are bringing the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” back to the Athens Theatre after much “antici… pation.”
Whether you are experiencing “Rocky” for the first or 100th time (as long as you are over the age of 18) we invite you to come and do “The Time Warp” again.
The evening will consist of a pre-show featuring several DeLand Pride drag performances (bring those $ bills for tips!) and the Absent Friends (with emcee Robert Baldwin) with their hysterical Rocky-virgin initiation fun, the ever-popular 1975 20th Century Fox film, live shadow cast (in other words, costumed actors portraying the movie while it is being screened above), dancing, and audience participation (with call backs and prop bags).
The film’s plot revolves around a newly engaged and admittedly naïve couple (Brad and Janet) who get stranded on the side of the road during a stormy night and seek refuge in the nearby castle of a strange (yet alluring) Dr. Frank-N-Furter. From there the story becomes increasingly more ridiculous, raunchy, and above all, fun.
To make the show more accessible, we have moved the “midnight showing” up to 8:00 p.m., opening with all the “normal” fun frivolity of welcomes, initiating the “Rocky Virgins,” and giving patrons a chance to purchase bags filled with audience participation props.
The audience is encouraged to come in costume, sing along with the songs, dance the dances, and utilize their approved audience participation props.
Any unapproved props will be confiscated at the door.
Fl state law requires us to state that this event is an 18 and over event only. Individuals under the age of 18 will not be admitted. A Valid ID will be necessary for entry.

Reserve Seating
General Seating (1st come, 1st serve) $25
Audience Participation Prop Bags $15.00 (Purchase these in advance and make sure to bring your receipt to the show!)
A $5.00 per ticket processing charge is added to all purchases.
Due to the fact that the Historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator to the balcony. The balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible seating.

SUPERHEROES
2025-06-06 19:00 - 20:30
A Short Comedy by Ian McWethy
One performance only!
Friday, June 6th at 7:00pm
With Great Power Comes Ordinary Responsibility!
For superheroes, saving the world is tough, but the time spent away from work is tougher. The Hulk has to do taxes, a crime-fighting sidekick joins a support group, and Batman goes stir-crazy without enough criminals to take down. SUPERHEROES is a funny, fast-paced series of vignettes that explores how the caped crusaders deal with life in street clothes.
Superheroes is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)

Preferred Seating – $17
General Seating – $12
A $5.00 per ticket Processing charge is added to all purchases.
As the historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator, the balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible

Disney’s THE JUNGLE BOOK KIDS
2025-06-20 19:00 - 19:45, 2025-06-21 14:30 - 15:15
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and Terry Gilkyson
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Marcy Heisler
Music Adapted and Arranged by Bryan Loiuselle
Based on the Screen play by Larry Clemmons
Based on the Novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and the Disney film

Friday, June 20th at 7:00pm
Saturday, June 21st at 2:30pm

The jungle is jumpin’ with a jazzy beat in Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS. Specially adapted from the classic Disney animated film, Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS features a host of colorful characters and your favorite songs from the movie.
Banished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy named Mowgli and his panther friend, Bagheera, are on the run in the deepest parts of the jungle. On their journey, the two meet a sinister snake named Kaa, a herd of elephants and a giant bear named Baloo, who teaches them the swingin’ musical rhythms of the jungle. After surviving a dangerous encounter with a band of monkeys led by King Louie, Mowgli and Bagheera are forced to run for their lives. When Shere Khan returns, our heroes must rally their fellow animals into battle and restore peace throughout the jungle.
Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.com

Preferred Seating – $17

General Seating – $12
A $5.00 per ticket Processing charge is added to all purchases.
As the historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator, the balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible

HOW FAR I'LL GO (Waitlist Only)!
2025-06-23 09:00 - 12:00
Rising K – 2nd Grade | 9am – 12pm | $210

June 23 – 27
Let’s go on an epic adventure across the ocean! Students will pretend to build a boat, set sail like the Wayfarers, and even transform into animals like Maui. They’ll also learn Gramma Tala’s hula, create their own shiny collection, and much more. All inspired by music and stories from the world of Moana. You’re welcome!

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Disney’s NEWSIES JR.
2025-06-27 19:00 - 19:45, 2025-06-28 19:00 - 19:45, 2025-06-29 14:30 - 15:15
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Book by Harvey Fierstein

Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White

Friday, June 27th at 7:00pm
Saturday, June 28th at 7:00pm
Sunday, June 29th at 2:30pm

Disney’s Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein.
When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys’ expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what’s right.

Preferred Seating – $22
General Seating – $17
A $5.00 per ticket Processing charge is added to all purchases.
As the historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator, the balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible

LET IT GO
2025-07-07 09:00 - 15:00
Rising 3 – 5th Grade | Mon – Thurs. 9am – 3pm |Fri. 9am – 11:30 | $260

July 7 – 11

For the first time in forever, it’s time to do what frozen things do in summer! Students will have so much fun pretending to be Elsa, Anna, Olaf, and Sven while singing and dancing to their favorite songs from the popular franchise – Frozen!

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LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL!
2025-07-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-13 14:30 - 16:30, 2025-07-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-20 14:30 - 16:30, 2025-07-24 19:30 - 21:30 and 3 more dates
Music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, Book by Heather Hach
“Brains, beauty, and Bruiser: Harvard has no idea what’s coming!”
Fasten your stilettos and get ready to snap and strut into Elle Woods’ world! This blonde dynamo is heading to Harvard Law with a lot of style, a little pup named Bruiser, and enough pink power suits to turn every courtroom into a Paris fashion show. With a dash of bling and a whole lot of sass, Elle’s here to prove that she’s not just hair flips and heels—she’s got the brains, heart, and high-energy dance numbers to take on the Ivy League. This feel-good musical will have you cheering as Elle conquers law school, smashes stereotypes, and shows us that self-confidence is the ultimate accessory
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
Rated PG-13: Run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with a 15-minute intermission
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SPECIAL ASL/ENGLISH INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY 7/26
SPECIAL AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY 7/27
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Reserved Seating
Preferred $37 (Row A-F, Orchestra & CC-DD Center Balcony)
Adult $32 – Senior $28
Student/Child $12 – Groups of 8 or more $25
A $5.00 per ticket Processing charge is added to all purchases.
As the historic Athens Theatre does not have an elevator, the balcony is not accessible to anyone with a wheelchair or walker.
All Patrons with special needs can contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500 for our wheelchair/walker accessible seating.
Special Box Seat Package
Catered exclusively by Joe Hearn Events, The Elusive Grape, Pat & Toni’s Sweet Things, and 3 Smart Cookies.
$500 – Price includes:

Up to 11 seats in the Box Seat and Balcony area
Choice of Red/White Wine
Cheese Platter
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Cookies

Please contact the Box Office at 386-736-1500, for this Package.
(a $5 per seat processing fee is added to the cost of these packages)

OVER THE RAINBOW
2025-07-14 09:00 - 12:00
Rising K – 2 Grade | Mon – Fri. 9am – 12pm | $210

July 14 – 18
Follow the yellow brick road to the magical land of Oz! This classic story features some of your favorite characters including the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. Let’s explore Dorothy’s world with music and stories from The Wizard of Oz.

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ROTTEN TO THE CORE-FULL (Waitlist Only)!
2025-07-14 09:00 - 15:00
Rising 3 – 5th Grade | Mon – Thur: 9am – 3pm & Fri: 9am – 11:30am | $260

July 14 – July 18
It’s time for “chillin’ like a villain”. Featuring music and scenes from the hit Disney Channel franchise, “Descendants”, this fun filled camp will be filled with singing, hip hop dancing, and even sword fighting!

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DEFYING GRAVITY (Waitlist Only)
2025-07-14 09:00 - 16:00
Rising 6 – 12th Grade | Mon – Thur: 9am – 4pm & Fri: 9am – 2:30pm | $285

July 14 – 18
Good news! We couldn’t be happier to offer this thrillifying camp for teenagers featuring songs, scenes, and choreography from the hit movie and Tony Award-winning musical – Wicked. Rejoicify, fellow Ozmaniacs and join us. We know it’s gonna be popular!

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LOVE STORY: THE MUSIC OF TAYLOR SWIFT
2025-07-21 09:00 - 16:00
Rising 6 – 12th Grade | Mon – Thur: 9am – 4pm & Fri: 9am – 2:30pm | $285

July 21 – 25
Swifties! This camp is for you! It’s no secret that Taylor Swift is one of the most iconic musicians of the 21st Century. With hit albums like Red, Fearless, 1989, Midnights, Lover, and Folklore, the list goes on and on. Join us as we sing and dance to songs by your favorite artist – Taylor Swift!

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