About Us

Text Box: Meyer Hideout, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation This corporation has been formed for public purposes, to foster education opportunities for children and young adults in the arts, with specific focus on theatre, music, and the arts. Currently located in Twain Harte, California and formed in 2004, this program includes a large summer-camp with a full musical theatre production known as “Summer Hideout”, a fall program “Rainy-Day Hideout”, and lastly, a winter program called “Hibernation Hideout”. We have already seen many of our students grow and inspire others. The high ratio of returning members (between 80-85%) each year is also a very telling attribute to our success, as the returning members become more and more involved in the leadership and creation of the program. Stemming from the summer program is the Performing Group, which 90% of the summer cast is involved in. The Performing Group has been asked to perform at various functions throughout the community - from community-sponsored events such as the Foothill Farmlands Arts Festival, and Sonora Regional Medical Center's Employee party to a privately-sponsored 3-week engagement as "the orphans" at Columbia City Hotel's 25th Annual Victorian Feast.

Our Programs

Summer Hideout is an introduction to musical theatre workshop, spanning six weeks throughout the summer. The workshop begins the last week of June and ends the first week of August, Monday through Friday, from 9:30am to 4:00pm, at Twain Harte School. The program caters to children ages 8 through 17 however alternate ages will be considered.

Auditions for Summer Hideout will take place in March, at a two-day workshop that is free

and open to any and all interested parties. The first day of the workshop will include games

and activities similar to the summer program, as well as auditioning tips and run-throughs of

roles. The second day of the workshop will be the auditions for the main roles in the summer

performances of a production licensed through Music Theatre International.

Each morning of the summer will be filled with warm-ups, then acting, dance and music classes. The Production Team will also lead the Cast and Crew members in improvisation, costuming, stagecraft, auditioning and more. Tuesday and Friday afternoons will be spent at the Twain Harte Pool or Twain Harte Lake. Throughout each day rehearsals for the final productions will take place.

Field trips include: Putt-putt golf, bowling, 4^th of July parade, trip to the movies, a tour of both Sierra Repertory Theatre locations: East Sonora and the Fallon House Theatre and Old Town Columbia, a tour of the Candy Kitchen, a recording studio or radio station, attending a performance by SRT, and a final camping trip on the Sonora Pass to conclude the summer season.

Also taking place will be various fund-raising activities. Once a student is signed up for the summer, they will also be included in any and all fall/winter/spring performances at their convenience.

Rainy-Day Hideout included fall appearances at the 2007 and 2008

Foothill Farmlands Festival.

Hibernation Hideout included the Sonora Regional Medical Center Staff Christmas Party in 2007, 2008, 2009, as well as a three-week performance as the orphans at the City Hotel in Columbia for their 25^th year of the Victorian Feast in 2007.

2008 and 2009 Performances for the Soroptomist Fundraiser, “Teddy-bear Tea” at Ironstone Vineyards in November.

Winter Songfest variety performance sponsored by Hideout and Sonora Children’s Theatre in December of 2009 and an appearance at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Sonora High in January of 2010.

The success of our corporation is determined by the students and their thoughts and behaviors before, during and after being involved in Meyer Hideout, Inc. We are creating strength in character, depth of understanding in various situations, higher self-confidence levels, the ability and desire to take on responsibility for oneself as well as embracing leadership roles within our program, schools, or the community.

We are focused on teamwork, character-building and increasing self-confidence of those involved, as well as instilling an understanding of the performing arts. The program provides a safe and healthy environment for youth in our community, as well as creating a strong base of confident, knowledgeable, receptive, and supportive young community members.

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