YOUTH THEATRE, DANCE, VOCAL & VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS AT KELSEY THEATRE

TOMATO PATCH JR.

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Sessions for Fall and Winter
for 2025-26 School Year

 

Register for Tomato Patch Jr.

 

Fall Session: 
September13 to November 22
$300
 

Winter Session: 

January 3 to March 7
$300
 

*Spring Session: 
March 14 to May 16
*$425

REGISTRATION FOR SPRING SESSION NOT YET AVAILABLE.
SAVE THE DATES!  OPENING SOON!

Please read before registering:

A third-party vendors owns the portal that you register through.  The company name is Active Works.  Before registering, please be aware of the following:

  • Active Works offers insurance on your registration.  Before purchasing the insurance, be aware that our refund policy is 100% of tuition less a $25 administrative fee if you withdraw before the session starts.  If you withdraw on the first day of class, we will refund 50% of the tuition fee.  After the first day. there is no refund for withdrawing.

  • Active Works offers an Active Works membership with a free 30-day trial period.  If your only connection to Active Works is Tomato Patch Jr., there is no benefit to your taking this offer.  You will not receive a discount for Tomato Patch Jr.

  • Your payment for registration will appear on your credit card as Active Works (or something similar with the word Active in it) and may not say Kelsey Theatre or Tomato Patch.

  • You will receive emails from Tomato Patch Jr. through Active Works.  Please be careful not to delete any emails that say Active Works, Kelsey Theatre, or Tomato Patch without checking to see what it is.  The email also may show up in your Spam/Junk folder.  If so, please mark it safe so you will receive all communications from us.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2025-26 TOMATO PATCH JR. PROGRAM

​ ​ For the  Winter Session, students who did the fall session or are on the waitlist for the fall session will be offered an early registration period before registration is offered to the public on October 20.  For people who are not in the fall session or on the waitlist, there will be a link to  Test--Do Not Use.  Please do not register your child using this link.  Please wait until the registration opens to the public on October 20.  If the section your child is eligible for is full, you will have an opportunity to register for the waitlist at that time.   Registering using the Test--Do Not Use link will not improve your chances of getting your child into the program. ​

This year there will be a prerequisite for taking the  Spring Session  and participating in the play.  Initially, only students who have done the fall and/or winter session will be able to enroll in the spring session.  If there are spots remaining , registration will be offered to the students who did the fall, winter, and/or spring sessions in the 2024-25 season and a waitlist for new students will be posted on this page. ​

Emails will be forwarded on February 8 to all students from the fall and winter.  The email will contain a link to register for the spring.  Please register as quickly as possible so that your child does not miss out.  On February 28, emails will be forwarded to students from the 2024-25 season with a link to register.  

​Students from the waitlist will be offered the remaining spots after the above steps are completed.

Registration will be strictly on a first come, first serve basis.  

If you have any questions, please email Jane at  projects@mccc.edu .

 

The Fall and Winter Sessions will feature regular classes as in the descriptions below. Classes are on Saturdays for one hour for ten weeks.
Tomato Patch Jr.
9:00 to 10:00: Seedlings, Ages 4 to 6 --We will inspire the imagination and develop confidence through acting out guided stories, improv games, and more. Each week will also feature some aspect of theater including props, costumes, set pieces, music, sound effects, and prop crafts. Students will also be given instruction on developing their voice for the stage.
TOMATO PATCH JR.
10:00 to 11:00--Sprouts, Ages 7 to 9 --Through improvisational games, acting exercises and scene work, the students in these classes will develop the fundamentals of becoming strong, young actors. Students will have vocal/physical training and explore working with a variety of theater materials. Students will acquire improved communication skills, as well as bettered self-confidence for performance. We will be breaking up the classes into smaller groups based on age and experience.
TOMATO PATCH JR.
11:00 to 12:00--Green Tomatoes, Ages 10 to 12 --Through improvisational games, acting exercises and scene work, the students in these classes will develop the fundamentals of becoming strong, young actors. Students will have vocal/physical training and explore working with a variety of theater materials. Students will acquire improved communication skills, as well as bettered self-confidence for performance. We will be breaking up the classes into smaller groups based on age and experience.
TOMATO PATCH JR.
NEW! 11:00 to 12:00--Red Tomatoes. Ages 13 to 14 --Through improvisational games, acting exercises and scene work, the students in these classes will develop the fundamentals of becoming strong, young actors. Students will have vocal/physical training and explore working with a variety of theater materials. Students will acquire improved communication skills, as well as bettered self-confidence for performance. We will be breaking up the classes into smaller groups based on age and experience. Students 13 and 14 years old will be in group separate from the 10 to 12 year old age group.

Classes are held at Kelsey Theatre and the adjacent Communications Building on the Mercer County Community College Campus in West Windsor, NJ.

Any questions should be submitted to  projects@mccc.edu.