2025 - 2026 YOUTH ENSEMBLE SERIES
OCT 11 -26
DEC 6 -21
MAY 9 - 24
FEB 13 - 22
About the Youth Ensemble Series
The Youth Ensemble Series proudly produces four youth or teen edition productions each year, catering to students aged 6-18. With casts of up to 30, our lineup includes three shows for children aged 6-13 and one teen production for those aged 14-18. With our 25/26 season being bigger and better than ever, we are returning to our structure of casting our Youth Ensemble Shows from our Education Classes. Our classes are designed to complement and elevate our productions. Additionally, these productions offer students the invaluable opportunity to audition, rehearse, and perform in a safe and supportive environment.
To participate in our Youth Ensemble Productions, it is highly encouraged to take a Media Theatre Acting Class. CLICK HERE for more information on classes.
Production fees for students enrolled in Media Theatre's Education Classes will be $50 per production. This fee supports essential elements, including props, sets, costumes, and staffing, ensuring a memorable experience for every participant. During this transition year, there will be an option to participate in Youth Ensemble productions while not being enrolled as a Media Theatre Education student. This production fee will be $500 per production.
UPCOMING YOUTH ENSEMBLE SERIES AUDITIONS!
ANNOUNCING: ELEPHANT AND PIGGIE AUDITIONS!
Monday, August 25th at 5:00 PM
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Auditions are at 5:00 PM on Monday, August 25th. Please do not arrive more than 30 minutes prior to the auditions. Please register for the audition by filling out this google form: Click Here
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Please have your student select one of the provided song options
Ode to a Toy
We’ll be Friends
2. Please have your student familiarize themselves with this monologue. It does not have to be memorized and everyone who wants to will be asked to read it. Click here for monologue
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No, there will not be callbacks for this production.
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A headshot and resume (no more than one page) stapled together, a water bottle and your positive attitude. We will provide the rest.
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We will be holding auditions for BOTH Annie and Fun Home on Thursday, September 11th at 4:30 PM at The Media Theatre 104 E state Street, Media PA 19063. Sign-in will begin at 4:00PM and parents are welcome to wait in the holding room while young actors sing individually, one-by-one in the order of arrival.
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Fun Home: seeking actors ages 8-15
Small Alison (Reads age 9-10 onstage) Young version of the main character.
Christian (Reads age 10-12 onstage) Alison’s older brother.
John (Reads age 8-10 onstage) Alison’s younger brother.
ANNIE: seeking actors 8-17
Annie: (Reads age 11 onstage) (Vocal: Low A to High F) Energetic and optimistic orphan who never gives up hope that better days are ahead.
Molly: (Reads age 6-7 onstage) The littlest orphan
Pepper: (Reads age 12 onstage) The toughest orphan
Duffy: (Reads age 13 onstage) The oldest orphan
Kate: (Reads age 7-8 onstage) The bold orphan
Tessie: (Reads age 10 onstage) The crybaby orphan
July: (Reads age 12-13 onstage) The quiet orphan
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Annie: seeking female youth actors ages 8-17 that can play orphan roles. The role of Annie may be single or double cast. All other orphans will be double cast splitting performances generally 3-4 shows per week.
Fun Home: seeking male and female youth actors ages 8-15. All roles will be single cast and all roles have a main singing role in the show.
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Prepare a short cut of an uptempo musical theatre song. Song cuts should last generally 30 seconds to 1 minute. There will be a pianist accompanying auditions.
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Bring an updated headshot & any applicable resume, as well as a printed out copy of your sheet music to provide to the piano accompanist.
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The Media Theatre presents between three and five professional productions each season. These productions generally rehearse during the day and some evenings. As ANNIE and FUN HOME will have youth actors participating, every effort will be made to adjust some rehearsals to limit the conflict with school hours. There will still be school hours that must be missed for both rehearsals and performances. The calendars are linked below show the entire rehearsal process, it does not fully reflect the specific hours each young actor will be called to rehearsal. This means that every actor is called to every rehearsal. No rehearsal for youth actors will be longer than 5 hours. Each production will have a Child Supervisor dedicated to specifically monitoring the youth actors’ onstage and offstage schedule.
ANNOUNCING: ANNIE & FUN HOME AUDITIONS!
Thursday, September 11th at 4:30 PM
PLEASE NOTE: ANNIE and FUN HOME are part of our Broadway Series and are separate from our typical Education Department Offerings
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If you participate in our Youth Ensemble Productions, it is highly encouraged to take a Media Theatre Acting Class. CLICK HERE for more information on classes. See below “What does it cost to Participate” tab for more information on classes in relation to our Youth Ensemble Series.
For each production there will be an audition process. We will select a cast of 30 students.
Those cast members will meet for 3 weeks, roughly 30 hours of rehearsal time, before performing in 8 shows. Attendance at every show is mandatory. Please note there are 2 shows for each production that will require students to miss a few hours of school. Every step of the process is enriching, whether it’s a child’s first audition or a returning performer from previous productions.
*Annie and Fun Home are not a part of our Youth Ensemble Series. There will be auditions that are separate from our typical Education Department Offerings
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The Youth Ensemble Series proudly produces four youth or teen edition productions each year, catering to students aged 6-18. With casts of up to 30 our lineup includes three shows for ages 6-13 and one teen production for ages 14-18. Designed to complement our academic classes, these productions offer students the invaluable opportunity to audition, rehearse, and perform in a safe and supportive environment.
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Production fees for students enrolled in Media Theatre's Education Classes will be $50 per production. This fee supports essential elements, including props, sets, costumes, and staffing, ensuring a memorable experience for every participant. During this transition year, there will be an option to participate in Youth Ensemble productions while not being enrolled as a Media Theatre Education student. This production fee will be $500 per production.
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The selected cast typically rehearses for 3 weeks, roughly 30 hours of rehearsal time, before performing in 8 shows. Attendance at every show is mandatory. Please note there are 2 shows for each production that will require students to miss a few hours of school. Rehearsal times are typically 4:30-7:00 with shows at 10:00AM and 11:00AM. Specific schedules for each Youth 2025/2026 show can be found below. Schedules may shift slightly depending on the age of cast members.
