Youth Circus Program
An intensive experience that pairs professional artists and youth performers to collaboratively create an original new show!
For 5th graders and older, this program includes high-quality training in drama, dance, aerial, and circus arts. Each Youth Circus culminates in a fully-produced show and is one of our most popular ticketed events of the year.
*Audition tapes are due by 7pm on Sunday, March 3, 2024
Tuition: $575
Financial aid is available
Spring Youth Circus
Rehearsals
First rehearsal is on Wednesday, March 13th. Spring Youth Circus rehearses every week on:
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm
Saturdays, 3pm-6pm
Sundays, 2pm-5pm
**No rehearsal 3/25 - 3/31 for Spring Break
Tech and Performance Schedule
Tech rehearsals are May 3rd -10th, and the schedule during those dates is as follows:
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm
Fridays, 6:30pm-10pm
Saturdays, 3pm-7pm
Sundays, 2pm-5pm
Tech rehearsals are MANDATORY for all performers. Absences will not be accepted during tech. Unexcused absences during the rehearsal process will result in decrease or loss of role.
The shows are set for Saturday, May 11th & Sunday, May 12th:
Saturday 4:30pm & 7:30pm performances
Sunday 3:00pm performance
Audition Information
Auditions will be a self-taped audition tape. All videos should be no longer than 90 seconds. Audition tapes are due Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 at 7:00pm. All auditions must have filled out the Google Form as well as submitting the video to be considered. See audition prompt and submission information below:
Audition Prompt:
Please do not submit a video longer than 2 minutes.
1. Introduce yourself and tell us about your favorite aspect of performing. (less than 1 minute)
2. Embody an inanimate object and give it a distinct personality. You can tell us what it is, show us the object, or leave it up to us to figure it out. Feel free to play with scale, speed, sound, and setting. You may speak, but you are not required to do so. (1ish minute)
3. Have fun!
All audition material will be accepted until 7pm on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Please email your video audition to dramadirector@actorsgymnasium.org. No audition videos will be considered without filling out this form, and vise versa.
