2025 - 2026 YOUTH ENSEMBLE SERIES
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.
ZOMBIE PROM AUDITIONS
Monday December 8th, 2025
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Auditions are at 4:30PM Monday Dec. 8th. Please plan to arrive no more than 30 minutes prior to the auditions. We anticipate auditions running until 6:30 PM. You are welcome to arrive after 4:30 PM. Register for the audition by filling out this Google Form. Callbacks will be by invitation only on Dec. 10th at 5:30 PM. If you cannot attend the initial auditions please reach out to education@mediatheatre.org.
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All students will be asked to sing and read for this audition. Please have your student select ONE audition monologue from this list(It does not have to be memorized). Please also have your student select one of the following songs to sing. Auditions will be accompanied by piano. Below are practice resources for each song:
Blast from the past (Johnny, Eddie) (1:18-2:15)
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC HERE (1:18-2:15)
Easy To Say (0:00-1:25) (Toffee/Delilah)
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC HERE(0:00-1:25)
Good as it Gets (0:00-1:05) (all Characters)
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC HERE (0:00-1:05)
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Yes there will be invitation only callbacks on Dec. 10th at 5:30 PM. Not being invited to callbacks has no standing on if you will or will not be cast in the production. Please allow up to one week after callbacks for final casting decisions to be made.
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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! You do not need to bring sheet music with you.
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This lesser known musical is zany fun. Be sure to research the musical auditioning.
This girl-loves-ghoul rock ’n’ roll musical is set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where the law is laid down by a zany, tyrannical principal. Senior Toffee has fallen for the class bad boy despite her family’s objections. He charges off on his motorcycle to the nuclear waste dump. He returns glowing and determined to reclaim Toffee’s heart. He still wants to graduate, but most of all he wants to take Toffee to the prom. The principal orders him to get lost while a scandal-seeking reporter seizes on him as the freak du jour. History comes to his rescue while a tuneful selection of original songs in the style of 50s hits keeps the action rocking across the stage.
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We do one Youth Production a year for our older teens. Those 13 and up are welcome to audition for Zombie Prom.
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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.
