WELCOME
Thank you for visiting The Archival Musical Theater department page at McCoy Rigby Arts. Our program was developed to create an environment in which to learn all aspects of the art of musical theater performance. For 15 years our goal was to create confident students by giving them not only the best training, but working with them on their own individual strengths as they continue to grow in both skill and as individuals.
Past productions have included: Seussical the Musical Jr., The Little Mermaid Jr., Annie, Once Upon a Mattress, Oklahoma, Peter Pan, Bye Bye Birdie, Shrek and our finale production of Spongebob the Musical.
To see what we were all about, view our video below and we will hopefully be adding photos from our past productions here as well!
Past Productions
Each year the department produces on a variety of shows in all different theatrical styles, allowing our students to learn everything from how to perform in an intimate setting for a concert or play, to rehearsing and performing in a full scale musical in a professional theater! See below some amazing photos of our past productions by clicking the photos to show slideshow.
Shanon Mills Habelow
Artistic Director
Shanon began performing at the age of 7, and had performed in over 50 productions, all over Southern California, by the time she was 18. She went onto college at Cal State Fullerton, where she graduated with her BFA in Musical Theater. Since, she has been performing professionally all over the country, including McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Sacramento Music Circus and various Civic Light Operas. She was part of the South Pacific company at the Hollywood bowl, performing with Reba MacEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell and was in the West cast premier company of, How the Grinch stole Christmas, with John Larroquette. She has performed with and for, Kristen Chenoweth, Gladys Night, The Doobies Brothers and Kenny Loggins.
In 2011 Shanon toured with, Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, understudying Cathy as Peter and Kim Crosby as Mrs. Darling and recently closed the first national touring company of Wicked, where she understudied the role of Glinda.
In addition to working at MRA, she works at The Orange County School of the Arts, for both Musical Theater and Integrated Art conservatories. She feels extremely lucky to be part of the incredible MRA team, and can’t wait to see what this season has in store
Testimonials
“We love the Musical Theater department at McCoy Rigby Arts! Our children have participated in a number of shows over the years and have loved every minute of them. McCoy Rigby Arts provides a wonderful family-friendly environment for children to learn the skills they need to be successful in the theater world.”
“The musical theater department at McCoy Rigby Arts has in many ways become a home away from home for my sons. The staff is so supportive and caring. They take the time to get to know the kids personally and help them develop as people and performers. My oldest son is going to college next year as a theater major, and he has received such a strong foundation in all elements of theater, I feel confident in his continued success. Thanks McCoy Rigby Arts!”
“My son will not stop talking about his great acting and singing lessons at this awesome conservatory! He has hopes of making it big in musical theater and this studio teaches all aspects of that, from dance to singing. He’s so excited about the programs they have in place to get their young actors up on stage through their professional theater company and the connections the company has to the entertainment world. The owners are a Broadway star and producer, so they know what they’re doing and the staff they have know how to bring out young talent. I also see so many kids there for dance classes and aerial classes (the hanging from the ceiling on silks thing), which means they offer even more kinds of classes than we take. Can’t recommend enough the creative talent that is powering this place!”