The Community School’s Musical Theatre program is designed for students ages 13–18 who have a passion for singing, dancing, and acting. This is a program for the triple threat artist to deepen their skill level in voice, dance, and acting, and to provide the skills needed to seamlessly shift back and forth between the three. Our High School Musical Theatre program meets on Sundays 1–4:30 pm and helps to prepare serious Musical Theatre artists for both the college application and audition processes, and to be competitive in an ever-growing field and prepares them for college auditions.
Our weekly workshop includes a full dance class that rotates jazz, modern and ballet dance throughout the year. This is followed by a two-hour session that concentrates on group song repertoire, acting, and choreography. Musical Theatre students are instructed on how to connect detailed acting skills to the song and dance. The workshop presents two performances per year.
The Musical Theatre Dance class can be taken separately from the Musical Theatre workshop offering and does not include a performance. No auditions are required for this class. However, auditions are required for the full Musical Theatre Workshop.
Auditions for the High School Musical Theatre Workshop is comprised of three components: voice, acting, and dance. A successful audition is based on the applicant’s performance in all three components. Please review the audition requirements for each component below.
Voice:Two songs in contrasting styles memorized and sung in their entirety, no cuts. Please bring sheet music in your key for the accompanist. No at-sight transpositions.
Acting: One memorized 90 second contemporary monologue, not from a musical. The character should be no older than 25. If you have a second monologue, bring it just in case.
Again. Monologue must be memorized. Focus on the truth and life of the piece, not on the results, tempos, how you sound or on “seeming natural.” Instead, live it out truthfully. Work from your own personal sense of truth, and from your own heart and passion.
Dance:Group dance warm up with a short dance combination learned in class. Afterwards, breaking into small groups.
Auditions will take place on Saturday, August 10th. Submit an inquiry to sign up for the audition or learn more.
The Community School’s Musical Theatre program is designed for students ages 14-18 who have a passion for singing, dancing, and acting. This is a program for the triple threat artist to deepen their skill level in voice, dance and acting, and provide the skills needed to seamlessly shift back and forth between the three. Our High School Musical Theatre program meets on Sundays 1pm-4:30pm and helps to prepare serious Musical Theatre artists to be competitive in an ever-growing field and prepares them for college auditions.
Our weekly workshop includes a full dance class that rotates jazz, modern and ballet dance throughout the year. This is followed by a two- hour session that concentrates on group song repertoire, acting and choreography. Musical Theatre students are instructed on how to connect detailed acting skills to the song and dance. The workshop presents two performances per year.
The Musical Theatre Dance class can be taken separately from the Musical Theatre workshop offering and does not include a performance. No auditions are required for this class.
Auditions are required for the full Musical Theatre Workshop.
Audition Requirements
Vocal audition: Two songs in contrasting styles memorized and sung in their entirety, no cuts. Please bring sheet music in your key for the accompanist. No at-sight transpositions.
Acting audition: One memorized 90-second contemporary monologue, not from a musical. The character should be no older than 25. If you have a second monologue, bring it just in case.
Again, monologue must be memorized. Focus on the truth and life of the piece, not on the results, tempos, how you sound, or on “seeming natural”. Instead, live it out truthfully. Work from your own personal sense of truth, and from your own heart and passion.
Dance audition: Group dance warm-up with a short dance combination learned in class. Afterwards, breaking into small groups.
Auditions for 2024-25 will take place on Saturday, August 10 at 2 pm. Submit an inquiry here to sign-up!
For students who are NOT enrolling in the full Musical Theatre Program.
A weekly dance class that rotates Jazz, Modern, and Ballet throughout the year gives students the versatility needed for this competitive art form.
For singers ages 14 and up. Students must be at least intermediate level singers with some significant performance experience. The class is NOT designed for beginning level singers. This class is a year–long commitment and is performance/demonstration-based. We will primarily use songs from the American Musical Theater repertoire and will explore the similarities and differences between Acting Technique and Singing Technique in regard to song preparation and performance. Where do you start your prep, what else besides the notes and rhythms should you know? How do you know if a song is right for you? What does it mean to be “in the moment”? Enroll and find out. There will be frequent in-class performances, and a final public performance with the advanced musical theater class at a date to be determined. Be prepared to take risks and experiment with new ideas.