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Youth Theater Directory



Explore our comprehensive database of youth theaters across the United States, designed to help parents find the perfect program for their kids. From acclaimed performing arts academies to beloved local community theaters, each organization on our list is committed to inspiring young talent, fostering creativity, and building confidence through the performing arts. Whether your child is a budding actor, a curious beginner, or a seasoned performer, our directory is a valuable resource to discover opportunities for skill-building, artistic growth, and unforgettable experiences. Start your search today to find the ideal theater program that nurtures your child's passion and potential!

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Atlanta

Springer Theatre Academy

Since the founding of the Springer Theatre Academy in 1996, the training program of the State Theatre of Georgia has more than tripled in size. At the Academy, the subjects we teach naturally provide an opportunity for students to develop skills such as cooperation, resilience, confidence, and se...



Austin

Austin Shakespeare Young Shakespeare

Young Shakespeare is an intensive summer performance group for students aged 12-19. This tuition-based, month-long experience culminates in a student-performed, professionally staged production at The Curtain Theater, Austin's own Elizabethan replica theater space. Students work on all aspect...

ZACH Theatre

ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas is a vibrant and dynamic organization that has come a long way since its founding in 1932 as the Austin Civic Theatre. Today, it stands as one of the most successful and respected theatre companies in the region, with a rich history of innovation, creativity, and com...



Baltimore

Tidewater Players

Tidewater Players has served the city of Havre de Grace since 1979 and since 1984 have been performing in our home at the Havre de Grace Opera House (now the Cultural Center at the Opera House) by providing high quality entertainment at affordable prices, as well as youth ed...



Boston

North End Music & Performing Arts Center

North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is a 501(c)(3) community music school and performing arts center. We exist to enrich Charlestown, the North End, and surrounding Boston neighborhoods with accessible, high-quality arts programming and performances.

  • We believe...
Shakespeare & Company

Shakespeare & Company’s nationally recognized Education Program actively, engagingly, and personally meaningfully immerses students in the world of Shakespeare and classical theater. Since the program was founded in 1978, nearly one million elementary, middle, and high school students h...

The Company Theatre

The Company Theatre entertains, enlightens, and energizes audiences with high-quality productions; and through the Academy, it inspires students of all ages through the power of the performing arts.

The Company Theatre enhances the cultural climate of the South Shore community through t...

The Hanover Theatre

Due to demand for the Teen Intensive, students must submit a qualifying audition. Qualifying auditions must be submitted online through our application portal, Submittable. Only qualifying students will be granted access to register. There is a non-refundable $25 application fee for the qualifyin...

Walnut Hill School for the Arts Community Theater Academy

Students in the Community Theater Academy learn:

Confidence
Technique
Teamwork

Performers showcase their work on stage twice a year in dynamic performances, with full theatrical sound, lighting, and effects that are designed to celebrate each chi...



Central New York

Delaware County School of the Arts

The Mission of the DCSPA is to bring elite Performing Arts education to the young artists of Delaware County.

We believe access to Performing Arts education is an inalienable right and we will champion that right for the youth of Delaware County.

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Chicago

Edge of the Wood Theatre

At the Edge of the Wood Theatre school young people, ages 4-18, have been trained in acting, improv, speech, movement, and musical theatre – for almost 25 years. Everyone gets into the act at Edge of the Wood. Our inclusive philosophy means every student gets to perform in front of an ...

Raue Center School For The Arts

Raue Center School For The Arts (RCSA) aims to offer our community, students, and those seeking new skills, a program that caters to both those continuing their artistic exploration and those who have never considered the benefits of the arts. Through classes, summer camps a...



Connecticut

A.C.T. of Connecticut

A.C.T. of CT is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit charitable organization located in Ridgefield, CT. A.C.T. of CT’s mission is to elevate the level of entertainment in Fairfield County and to foster a sense of community through the arts by producing exceptional theater and encouraging an environment o...

Broadway on Main Theatre Co

Broadway on Main is a nonprofit association of performing artists, artisans, and educators. We plan to create a safe haven for performers and craftspeople from all segments of the local community by offering multi-ethnic, bilingual (English and Spanish to start with other languages to be added la...

Theatreworks New Milford


Dallas

Butterfield Stage Players

Butterfield Stage Players has been entertaining audiences for 40+ years. Our not for profit, community theater was formed in 1979 when a few of our Cooke County residents (Rodger Boyce, Tom Carson and Monica Hess) decided to embark on the endeavor of creating a community theater.

Thanks...

Casa Mañana

Casa Mañana Theatre has produced professional Broadway and Children's Theatre in Fort Worth for over 60 years. As a performing arts organization, Casa Mañana strives to create, nurture and advance live professional theatre unparalleled in artistic excellence for the enrichment a...



Ft. Myers/Naples

Gulfshore Playhouse

Gulfshore Playhouse is a premier professional theatre company located in Naples, Florida, dedicated to enriching the cultural landscape of the community through exceptional theatrical productions and impactful storytelling. Known for its commitment to artistic excellence, Gulfshore Playhouse pres...

The Belle Theatre

The Belle Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit performing arts center in the heart of Cape Coral where ARTS FOR ALL take center stage. We strive to provide quality live entertainment featuring local artists as well as educational programming for all ages. Our mainstage season features full-scale music...



Hawaii

Diamond Head Theatre

Our Summer Musical Theatre Experience Camps are just around the corner. Whether your student has never stepped on a stage, or has been singing and dancing for years, these camps will help them grow as performers and individuals as they learn and explore the wonderful world of theatre through Acti...



Indianapolis

Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy, Inc.

Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy is a youth educational theatre specializing in Musical Theatre with students and adults from ages 7 and up. We are a no-cut program.



Los Angeles

Palos Verdes Performing Arts Conservatory

We are a nonprofit 501c3 company that offers everything to do with musical theatre. We offer weekly classes in singing, dancing, and acting throughout the school year for ages 5-18. We produce three musicals a year that anyone, in or outside our program, can audition for. We have three singing an...



Miami

Area Stage Conservatory

Area Stage Conservatory provides group classes, private lessons, and performance opportunities for students of all ages, levels, backgrounds, and abilities. Area Stage Conservatory is the ultimate destination for all your theatre education needs. Our unique approach combines comprehensive class o...

Area Stage Conservatory

Area Stage is an award-winning theatre organization that offers world-class professional productions, a vibrant conservatory program, and opportunities for underserved populations and theatre artists of all abilities. 

Founded by John and Maria Rodaz in 1989, the 501(C)(3) nonprofi...



Michigan

Clarkston Village Players Youth Theatre

CVP Youth Theatre provides students age 10 to 18 with a fun and educational summer theatre program. Part of the Clarkston Village Players community theatre, CVP Youth Theatre was established in 1967to inspire a love of theatre and performing arts in students ages 10-18 in an accepting and support...

Clarkston Village Players Youth Theatre

Our mission is to inspire a love of theatre and performing arts in children ages 10-18 in an accepting and supportive environment. 
 
Developing self confidence and the sense of belonging through performance, each child gets to shine. We cultivate an atmosphere o...

Grosse Pointe Theatre Youth on Stage

Grosse Pointe Theatre’s Youth on Stage program has been an annual offering to the community since 2001. The program teaches youth, ages six to fourteen, basic acting and performance techniques through their participation in classroom sessions and in live ...



New Jersey

Red Bank Theatre for Young Audiences

Red Bank Theatre for Young Audiences’ mission is two-fold: providing local teens an opportunity to perform at no cost and presenting pay-what-you-can, quality theatre for local children and families from which to experience the gifts of live theatre.

RBTYA, no less than bi-annuall...

StageWorks Theatre Group

StageWorks Theatre Group, Inc. brings together established and emerging artists to present dynamic cultural arts experiences. As a nonprofit theatre, we are committed to both entertaining and promoting community involvement with social causes. With an emphasis on arts education, we will help peop...



New York City

A Class Act NY

A Class Act NY is an award-winning acting studio in NYC! Since its inception in 2005, A Class Act NY’s mission has been to enrich actors’ lives through the performing arts in a professional and supportive environment. Our instructors include prominent Broadway, TV and Film Stars, Tale...

Amas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy

Named after Amas Musical Theatre’s founder Rosetta LeNoire and inspired by the company’s mission to develop new work, the inaugural Rosetta LeNoire Writers Lab for Mini Musicals will offer a select group of high school-aged aspiring musical theatre creatives the unique opportunity to ...

Artistree Performing Arts

Artistree Performing Arts is a performing arts studio offering classes​ in acting, singing, dance, music and film ​for students ages preschool-adult. Located in Mamaroneck, New York​, the focus of Artistree’s instruction is to enhance the techniques required in all disciplines of theater an...

Literally Alive

Literally Alive Family Theatre strives to create an environment where families can explore great stories through the magic of live theatre in an intimate, comfortable, and engaging atmosphere through multi-art forms including music, theatre, dance, art, and puppetry.

Literally Alive spe...

The 52nd Street Project Inc

The mission of The 52nd Street Project, a community-based arts organization, is to bring together young people from Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, starting at age ten and lasting through their teens, with theater professionals to create original theater offered free to the general public. By ...

Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Tribeca Performing Arts Center is offering an Acting Camp Production this Midwinter Recess, February 18th through 22. This is a chance for your kids to work with theater professionals as they spend the week creating and performing in a theatrical production – a musical adaptation of 'He...



Orlando

Ocala Civic Theatre

North Central Florida's Best Live Theatre - Ocala Civic Theatre has been uplifting, inspiring, and entertaining our community for almost 75 years. Founded in 1950, OCT is one of the largest community theatres in the state and serves 65,000 local residents each season. We can present professio...

Orlando Family Stage

The Orlando Family Stage Youth Academy offers exciting theatre education programs that empower young people to be brave, empathetic, and creative. With classes, workshops, and performance opportunities designed for students of all experience levels, our programs nurture talent, build confidence, ...



Portland

Bag&Baggage Productions

Mission Statement

Bag&Baggage's mission is to unpack the stories we carry with us — from anecdotal to epic; from original to classic — using these as the groundwork to create transformative theatrical experiences that explore our shared humanity.

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Lewis & Clark College Fir Acres Theatre

Spend your summer immersed in the creation of live theatrical performance! Now, more than ever, practicing skills of self-expression, creative problem solving, rigor and collaboration are the building blocks for a successful college career and beyond, and there is nowhere better than the Immersiv...

Metropolitan Performing Arts

Metropolitan Performing Arts (MPA) is a nonprofit organization based in the Vancouver-Portland metro area that has been enriching our community through the performing arts for over 15 years. We are committed to providing inclusive programming th...



Raleigh

Vault Theatre

Vault Theatre, a professional heatre company located in Durham, is dedicated to unlocking the imagination through comprehensive and innovative theatre programming onstage, in the classroom, and within the community. Vault Theatre is focused on investing in the artistic work and stories of our ris...



Rhode Island

Trinity Repertory Company

Rhode Island’s Tony Award-winning theater, Trinity Rep has created unparalleled professional theater for and with its community since its founding in 1963. Trinity Rep strives to facilitate human connection and has been a driving force behind the creativity that fuels and defines the region...



San Antonio

Children's Ballet of San Antonio

The Children’s Ballet of San Antonio (CBSA), directed by Vanessa Bessler, seeks to inspire the pursuit of excellence and prepare children for productive and creative lives through the arts by offering extensive training and performance opportunities for talented children from all background...



San Diego

Maraya Performing Arts

Maraya Performing Arts is dedicated to uplifting and enriching the lives of youth and adults by building confident, committed, and creative performers through professional performance opportunities and high quality training programs.

Maraya brings communities together, encouraging engag...

San Diego Junior Theatre

Established in 1948, San Diego Junior Theatre is the oldest youth theatre in the nation, offering affordable camps, classes, and outreach programs for children ages 4-18; as well as six main stage productions each season. Students gain confidence, learn leadership, practice teamwork, and build a ...



Sarasota

SaraSolo Productions

SaraSolo Productions, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit theater company dedicated to the development and presentation of unique, brave, and uplifting solo performances that illuminate the human condition - especially of those who are considered “other than."

 

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Seattle

Seattle Children's Theatre

At Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT), we are proud to be one of the most prominent theatres for young audiences in the United States and the world. Our mission is to provide children of all ages access to professional theatre, with a focus on new works, and theatre education. For many chi...



Washington, DC

ARTfactory's Pied Piper Theatre

Pied Piper Theatre (PPT) is ARTfactory’s award-winning youth theatre company for students aged 8-18. PPT offers students the opportunity to receive hands-on training in all aspects of theatre. Each season PPT produces three full-length productions and four intensives (two are summer intensi...

Traveling Players Ensemble

Called "1 of 25 Summer Schools for the Arts" by the National Endowment for the Arts, Traveling Players Ensemble is an educational theatre company dedicated to training through classes, performances, and



West Virginia

The Hurrah Players

The Hurrah Players are a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization in Virginia that provides family-friendly performances and education. They offer classes for all ages and skill levels in acting, musical theater, tap, jazz, hip hop, dancing, singing, and stage craft. The Hurrah Players also host camps...

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