Welcome to PLAYBILLDER: Video Spotlights, highlighting shows and events from educational institutions around the country (who have used Playbill's program-building service). By welcoming these PLAYBILLDERs center stage, we hope to give our readers and viewers a more in-depth look at theatre programs that are fostering the love of the performing arts in the next generation.

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Introducing Musical Mayhem Productions (MMP)—a nonprofit that provides quality theatre education for children through rehearsal and workshop classes. The educational classes enrich participants by expanding creativity and enhancing confidence while conveying the importance of theater arts to the community through fun and entertaining performances. MMP's founders and staff have created a structured, educational, and fun program to maximize the theater experience, both on and off the stage. Currently, MMP produces over 20 youth musicals annually with over 1400 cast members, and over 130 participate in our nationally recognized yearlong pre-professional training program, Master Academy.

This past September, MMP produced BEETLEJUICE JR., licensed by Music Theatre International, with over 96 cast members! Part of the company's Broadway Junior collection of musicals, BEETLEJUICE JR. is an hour-long adaptation of the cult-favorite 2019 musical designed especially for performers 18 and under. Based on Tim Burton’s 1988 film (also a cult favorite), BEETLEJUICE follows strange and unusual teenager Lydia Deetz, whose life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a demon with a thing for stripes. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter unleashes a (nether)world of pandemonium.

Not only were we invited into the final rehearsals and opening night, but with the help of PLAYBILLDER, Playbills were developed, designed, and given to all audience members that attended.

Playbill would like to thank Anne-Marie Pringle and the team from Musical Mayhem Productions, as well as Jason Cocovinis and Mary Heatwole from MTI for their support in this PLAYBILLDER Spotlight.

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If you would like to apply for a production license for BEETLEJUICE Jr., visit Music Theatre International’s website.