The Plaza Arts Center’s summer camp offerings demonstrate how arts education can inspire creativity, encourage teamwork, and help young people grow in confidence. CONTRIBUTED

The Plaza Alliance for the Performing Arts (PAPA) presented “Play On!” a literal comedy of errors that still has one more weekend’s worth of laughs to deliver. GORDON COLUMBINE

“Hairspray, The Musical” is much more than just an entertaining song-and-dance show (though it does qualify there, too); it also provides strong social commentary on 1960s American history, culture, and race relations. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Elvis lives on in hearts and minds at The Plaza. IAN TOCHER/Staff

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The cast of On Golden Pond at The Plaza includes (standing l-r): Lou Benjamin, Dennis McClain, Robin Cassidy, and Pete Stephan, with (sitting l-r): Andrew Tam, Sarah Daily-Weir, Bill Dudley, Jackie Hill, Brent Mero, and Luis Quinones. CONTRIBUTED

L-R: Indy Brennan, marketing director for “Sanctified,” was joined by writer, director and producer Javon Johnson, and Jarvis Wingfield, who stars in the show making its debut this Saturday night in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

With Larry Moore by her side, Rebecca Walker is emotionally taken by seeing her father’s handwritten inscription inside the front cover of her mother Alice Walker’s first book, a collection of poems published in 1968. IAN TOCHER/Staff

PAPA to hold auditions for On Golden Pond.

Like a time machine, The Return takes audiences back to pivotal moments of rock ‘n roll history as experienced by John, Paul, George, and Ringo, the original members of The Beatles. CONTRIBUTED