Wagon Wheel Junior produces professional quality theatre for young audiences. 

We offer performance-based learning experiences for student actors by presenting multiple plays and musicals throughout the year. The caliber of these shows lives up to the Wagon Wheel name, and it’s all made possible by the professional theatre staff coupled with the volunteer efforts of the student actors, parents, and their families. 

Through this rigorous rehearsal and performance experience, students enhance important skills such as creativity, discipline, teamwork, and confidence that apply to areas well beyond the performing arts.

Many Wagon Wheel Junior actors have gone on to perform in Wagon Wheel Professional Theatre shows during the summer and holiday seasons.

Since its inception in 2012, the Wagon Wheel Junior program has become one of our biggest areas of growth and pride as our youth explore, learn, and grow in a professional theatrical atmosphere.

You can help youth programs like Wagon Wheel Junior and the Wagon Wheel Conservatory grow through a monthly donation! Giving monthly helps support our year-round arts programming and helps provide scholarships and internships for students!

Below is a behind-the-scenes video of a recent production of Trial of the Wicked Witch: The Musical.  You get to see details of the rehearsal process for our local area youth and also the impact that WWJR has on each individual involved.