Getting Started

Well, we're off! I'm so glad that you've joined us for this exciting ride! We're starting a professional Theater for Youth in Bentonville, AR. In this blog, I'll be chronically my journey, introducing the folks involved and the programs we're doing.

First, here's a little bit about what we're doing:

Tricycle Theater for Youth (The Trike) is the premier not-for-profit professional theater for youth located in the heart of Bentonville, AR. The Trike provides relevant, audience-driven professional Theater for Young Audiences to NWA and quality creative learning activities and a theater training conservatory through three equal programs:

Trike Playhouse: In the future, we will producing 5-6 shows a season in a permanent 200-250 theater. The Trike will employ theater professionals (actors, designers, and technical staff) and also casts young actors ages 10+. The plays will reflect the different age groups within 2-18 years and the various racial and ethnic groups within our NWA community. Production enhancement programs help audiences personalize and make relevant the theater experience: performance guide, youth and family workshops and an interactive lobby.

Trike Academy: The Trike’s youth education program serves students ages 1-18. Programs include: Summer & Spring Break Drama Academies, Year-round Project Play, creative drama & theater conservatory classes, Summer youth productions, High School Young Company and Internships.

Three Phases of Trike Academy:
1. Project Play – (1-3 ½ yr)Parent & Child playgroups, classes, music, & art Bringing “play” back into the family.
2. Dramatic Play- (3 ½ - 2nd grade) Story Drama, Treasure Trunk, Movement, Art & Music Strengthening foundation for structured imaginative play.
3. Conservatory – (3rd-12th grade) Acting, Scene Study, Improv, Design, Directing, Audition, Movement, etc. Training program for new and experienced theater artists and art patrons.

Trike Shop: The publishing/consulting wheel of the company, The Trike Shop offers a way for people to make The Trike process work in their own lives through: Teacher professional development, Teaching Artist training, Performance Guide materials, show related merchandise and “play-in-a-box” kits.

We are in the process of incorporating as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and are seeking interested working board members. Our company is led by me, Kassie Misiewicz, Executive Artistic Director, and Christa Davis, Managing Director.

For more information - please contact me at:

kassie@triketheater.com