VOH Summer Youth Program

Voices of Hope Summer Youth offers all students a positive and creative space to grow and explore. Our goal is to foster community engagement with the arts and philanthropy. Nowhere else will students work on a show that has the impact that our show does: Working to rid the world of cancer.

A growing body of research supports the fact that arts education not only makes students more creative thinkers, but it also has a positive impact on overall academic achievement. Arts education helps students build confidence, social and emotional intelligence and complex problem-solving skills, all of which prepare them for the challenges of the 21st century workplace.

Our program reinforces teamwork and personal best performance. It is a way of preserving, interpreting, understanding and challenging a culture. Our program builds skills in that vital area for a child’s well being.

I hope that your child can join us for a well rounded summer of theater, music, dance and many other skills along with just having fun while helping others.

Omigod You Guys…the VOH Production of Legally Blonde, Jr. is Helping to Make Cancer History!

Voices of Hope (VOH) is thrilled to present Legally Blonde The Musical, Jr. as the featured performance of the Summer Youth Program, August 9, 10, and 11 at Ballardvale United Church in Andover, MA.

Based on the award-winning Broadway musical and the smash hit motion picture, Legally Blonde The Musical Jr. is a fabulously fun journey of self-empowerment and expanding horizons. The show’s instantly recognizable songs are filled with humor, wit, and sass — leaving cast members and audiences alike seeing pink!

Now in its eighth year, the VOH Summer Youth Program (SYP) offers students in grades 5 – 12 a positive and creative space to grow and explore theatrical skills, while also learning the value of philanthropy. The professional teaching staff engage students in all aspects of theatrical performance, culminating in a live production and the pride of knowing the work they do makes a difference and contributes to our mission of a cancer-free world.

“Nowhere else will students participate in a theatrical production that has this impact–working to create a cancer-free world!” says Greg Chastain, VOH founder and president.

This unique educational program launched in 2017 as a collaboration with Acting Out theater in Lawrence and has evolved into an annual independently run, five-week summer theater program, supported by student interns and a staff of certified teachers and seasoned theater professionals. The 2023 & 2024 productions contributed close to $38,000 to VOH’s annual donation to the Mass General Cancer Center, as well as featured live performances on WBZ with Levan Reid, and the Boston Celtics half-time show on Cancer Awareness Night.

Featuring an incredible cast of local talent, you do not want to miss Legally Blonde, Jr. Do not miss the opportunity to bend and snap your tickets up while they last! Ticket sales support cancer research and this fabulous group of talented, hardworking kids who are working together to make cancer history one song at a time.