Professional Development Productions

Professional Development Productions PDP offers free, pre-professional theatre training for young artists, mirroring industry and professional standards while removing financial barriers.

Recent productions include Ride the Cyclone and Athena. Upcoming: Spring Awakening (7/31-8/3)

Thank you to our closing night sponsors: The Anceravige, Morrison, Kuczynski, Yorke, and Seltzer Family (AKA ’s whole fa...
08/04/2025

Thank you to our closing night sponsors: The Anceravige, Morrison, Kuczynski, Yorke, and Seltzer Family (AKA ’s whole family lol) 🧡

Without these folks, our director wouldn’t be the person she is, and PDP may never have existed without their support of her dreams and visions. Thank you for fostering a love of the arts in young people, and continuing to let them dream! Your generosity is deeply personal to Sarah, and greatly appreciated by all.

Happy Closing, and thank you to our closing night sponsors: The Anceravige, Morrison, Kuczynski, Yorke, and Seltzer Fami...
08/04/2025

Happy Closing, and thank you to our closing night sponsors: The Anceravige, Morrison, Kuczynski, Yorke, and Seltzer Family (AKA ’s whole family lol) 🧡

Without these folks, our director wouldn’t be the person she is, and PDP may never have existed without their support of her dreams and visions. Thank you for fostering a love of the arts in young people, and continuing to let them dream! Your generosity is deeply personal to Sarah, and greatly appreciated by all.

Thank you to both of our design sponsors! Your generosity helped support not only the design elements this year, but the...
08/04/2025

Thank you to both of our design sponsors! Your generosity helped support not only the design elements this year, but the artist stipends for our student designers.

Pfeiffer, Brown, DiNicola, and Frantz have sponsored ALL three PDP productions this year. We are so grateful for their kindness and their championing of the arts.

We’re also happy to welcome new sponsor, Blaise Alexander Family Dealership to the PDP family!

Thank you both for your support of the arts, and young artists in schuylkill County and beyond! 🪻

Thank you to our Saturday evening sponsor, Tanya Goodman Counseling! 🪻Tanya has continued to support PDP over the past y...
08/03/2025

Thank you to our Saturday evening sponsor, Tanya Goodman Counseling! 🪻

Tanya has continued to support PDP over the past year, and her commitment to the arts in our community should be admired. Thank you for continuing to rally behind the expansion of the arts in Schuylkill County!

I’m calling, and one day all will know… 🌾One last chance to catch Spring Awakening tonight at 6pm, before it’s gone. Don...
08/03/2025

I’m calling, and one day all will know… 🌾

One last chance to catch Spring Awakening tonight at 6pm, before it’s gone. Don’t miss this deeply moving and challenging piece, performed by some truly outstanding young artists.

We’ve had such incredible feedback from our audiences, and encourage you all to come out and witness this piece before it evaporates, and is nothing but a memory. We promise you do not want to miss it. ✨

Tickets at skookpdp.com/tickets and at the door.

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Just too unreal all this… 🪻Today is your FINAL chance to catch PDP’s Spring Awakening at the Majestic Theater at 6pm! Do...
08/03/2025

Just too unreal all this… 🪻

Today is your FINAL chance to catch PDP’s Spring Awakening at the Majestic Theater at 6pm! Don’t miss these young artists truly at the top of their game. They give some earth shattering performances, not to be missed.

We are so proud of this production, and are so deeply saddened to see it go. Please come out and support this team one last time, as we bid farewell to the Song of Purple Summer. 🌻

TICKETS
skookpdp.com/tickets

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As we head into our final performance, we’d like to give a huge shoutout to our very first Executive Community Producer,...
08/03/2025

As we head into our final performance, we’d like to give a huge shoutout to our very first Executive Community Producer, Seasons Change Financial. Through their generosity and support, we not only hit our fundraising goal of $5000, we surpassed it! ✨

Seasons Change Financial, along with our other sponsors, have helped provide free hands-on pre-professional theatre experiences for local artists in Schuylkill County, a feat that should be lauded.

We are so grateful for all of our sponsors both this year, and last! Because of you, PDP has produced THREE titles in the past 12 months, and fundraised over $14,000! You’re all rockstars and champions of the arts.

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again! 💜

08/03/2025

🪻Got plans today?

There’s one more chance to see this hauntingly beautiful show before it closes! Today at 6:00 at Majestic Theater Pottsville Professional Development Productions

Merch is also still available to order on my website.

Thomas Byrn is Adult Man 🌾Thomas graduated from high school in the ‘80s and attended Vassar College. He is still awakeni...
08/03/2025

Thomas Byrn is Adult Man 🌾

Thomas graduated from high school in the ‘80s and attended Vassar College. He is still awakening. He creates pop-up galleries and storytelling performances about original art he finds in thrift stores. Thanks to Sarah and all. Love to R and McC.

Don’t miss your final chance to catch Thomas’ grounded, nuanced, striking, and heart breaking turn as Herr Stiefel, Herr Knochenbruch, Herr Gabor, Herr Sonnenstich, Dr Von Brausepulver, and Schmidt, today at 6pm at the !

TICKETS
skookpdp.com/tickets

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Makenna Copeland is Adult Woman 🌾Makenna Copeland is a graduate of DeSales University with a BA in Musical Theatre. Prev...
08/03/2025

Makenna Copeland is Adult Woman 🌾

Makenna Copeland is a graduate of DeSales University with a BA in Musical Theatre. Previous roles include Mimi Marquez in RENT (Majestic Theater) , Inez in The Tall Girls (Sarah Elizabeth Yorke: Independent Productions) , Don Antonio in Two Gentlemen of Verona (PA Shakespeare Festival), Killer Queen in We Will Rock You (Majestic Theatre). Makenna is so thrilled to be working with Sarah again and to be able to bring new life to this story.

Don’t miss your final chance to catch Makenna’s complex, heartfelt, funny, and devastating turn as Frau Bergmann, F***y Gabor, Fraulein Grossebustenhalter, and Fraulein Knuppeldick, tomorrow at 6pm at the !

TICKETS
skookpdp.com/tickets

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