Sneak peek: DISNEY’S DARE TO DREAM JR

Featuring performers ages 10-18 from the HAT Summer JR Production Company

If you enjoyed last year's JR production "The Spongebob Musical JR", "Shrek the Musical JR" OR "Disney's Frozen JR", get ready to be blown away with this brand new Disney revue featuring Cape Breton's finest up and coming talent.

Disney’s Dare to Dream JR is a 60-minute musical revue that follows an eager group of trainees on their first day at a fictional Walt Disney Imagineering Studio. As the group sets out to help each other discover their dreams, they work together to explore the power of dreams to unite, inspire, and make anything possible.

Drawing from a century of beloved Disney films, Dare to Dream JR. features songs appearing for the first time ever in a Disney stage musical, including fan-favorites from The Princess and the Frog, Coco, Encanto, and Frozen II. This musical revue is a thrilling mix of contemporary songs, timeless classics, and brand-new medleys that are sure to surprise and delight Disney lovers of all ages.

Please Note: this production is a HAT Academy fundraiser and as such is not included in Radical Access.

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CAST & CREW

  • Mackenzie Sechi (she/her) – DIRECTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Mackenzie Sechi (she/her) – DIRECTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Favourite HAT Credits:
    Dream - Dinner and a Show, Into the Woods, The 25th Annual Spelling Bee, Heart of Steel, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Penelopiad, The Cape Breton Liberation Army, As You Like It, Here Comes the Sun, ‘Swonderful

    Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
    Borderless (Opera Laurier), Legends: Remembrance, The Rocky Horror Show (Savoy Theatre)

    Training:
    Bachelor of Music in Voice (Performance) at Wilfrid Laurier University

    Other:
    I’m so thrilled to be back on the HAT stage with so many wonderfully talented people!

  • Sasha Young (she/her) - CHOREOGRAPHER

    Sasha Young (she/her) - CHOREOGRAPHER

    Favourite HAT Credits:
    Wizard of Oz (Stage Manager), Seussical the Musical (The Cat in the Hat), Christmas Carol '22 (Ghost Dancer), Cheers to 10 Years! (Ensemble), Matilda (HAT/Savoy), Funny Girl (Dance ensemble), Dream (Dance ensemble), Spongebob The Musical JR (Choreographer)

  • Maggie Power (she/her) – STAGE MANAGER

    Maggie Power (she/her) – STAGE MANAGER

    Favourite HAT Credits:
    As You Like It (Rosalind), The Beloved (Henriette), Into the Woods (Rapunzel), Dream: Dinner & A Show (Nancy)

    Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
    Little Women (Dalhousie Theatre Society)

  • Hunter Estwick-Watkins (she/her) - ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

    Hunter Estwick-Watkins (she/her) - ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

    Favourite Previous HAT Credits:
    Tell Your Story, Samqwan, Back To Broadway: Dinner & A Show