Auditions

Upcoming Auditions!

Pre-Audition Practice Opportunity for Mainstage Live Accompaniment
Tuesday, December 3, 2024. 6:00-9:00pm by appointment
  • f you are auditioning for the Mainstage production on Wednesday with sheet music, you can use your audition form to sign-up for a five-minute practice slot with the pianist.
  • Your account will be billed $10 to help cover the cost of the professional musician.
  • Using live accompaniment rather than a pre-recorded track is highly recommended for Mainstage unless you are a younger student auditioning for both shows.
  • See Music Notes or Sheet Music Direct for inexpensive sheet music. Music Notes even has an app that will play the song while it highlights the notes to help you learn.

Hello, Dolly! Winter Mainstage Auditions, Ages 8-18
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 5:30-8:30pm by appointment
  • You will choose your group time slot on your audition form.
    • If you are using our live accompanist, please choose a time slot beginning at 6pm. The 5:30-6:00pm time slot is only for students using pre-recorded tracks. 
  • Please note that not everyone who auditions for the Mainstage Production will be cast. 
    • There are very few roles available for younger students in "Hello, Dolly!" Students younger than 14 are strongly encouraged to audition for the Youth Troupe Production in addition to, or instead of, the Mainstage production.  The two auditions will be adjudicated by the two different directing teams, so if you want to be considered for both, you need to audition twice. 
    • Students 13+ can also register for the Project Play Winter/Spring Semester, which has guaranteed casting. Auditions and casting for Project Play will be done during class time. 

Winter Youth Troupe Auditions, Ages 8-13
Friday, December 6, 2024, 5:30-8:30 p.m. by appointment
  • You will choose your group time slot on your audition form. 
  • There is no live accompanist at Youth Troupe auditions. You must provide a pre-recorded accompaniment track with your audition form. 
  • Everyone who auditions for Youth Troupe (ages 8-13) will be cast. Ages 8-13 can audition for both shows and will be cast in only one. When a student auditions for both, the decision of which show they are cast in will be made by the directors, not the student. 

Required Dance auditions for both Mainstage and Youth Troupe Productions
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Beginning as early at 8:30am. Schedule TBD

Callbacks by invitation for both Mainstage and Youth Troupe Productions
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Immediately following Dance Auditions for each show


All auditions will be held at the CYT Dallas Character Factory: 907 W. Main Street, Lewisville. 
The Character Factory is located in a stand-alone building behind First Methodist Church Lewisville.
More Production Details

Your Audition To-Do List!

  • Register for at least one CYT Dallas class- trimester or studio.
  • Compare your personal calendar to the production calendar below and make sure you can attend rehearsals and performances. 
  • If you are ages 8-13, decide whether you will audition for the Youth Troupe Production, the Mainstage Production, or both. If you are auditioning for both, you will audition for each on their own night.
  • Choose your audition song (1 minute or 32 bars) and start to practice. (See the audition FAQ page for more info about your song.)
  • Choose an audition monologue from our provided selections and memorize it. (Selections will be available for each show in the pdf menu above when the audition form is live.)
  • Watch the dance audition videos and prepare to show your skill at the dance auditions.
  • Fill out the audition form embedded below.
  • On the night of auditions: arrive 10-15 minutes before your audition time and sign in.
  • Dance auditions will beheld on the Saturday following auditions as early as 8:30am. Dance auditions are required for all, but multiple levels may be offered.
  • Callbacks for roles, by invitation only, will be held immediately following the dance auditions.

When you commit to participate in a CYT Dallas show, you agree to pay a production fee of $175, to sell 20 tickets per student (or 25 tickets per family,) and contribute family volunteer hours to the production. We cannot produce the shows that we do without every cast member contributing in all three of these ways. 

Students will only be allowed to audition if they have 
  • Registered in an ongoing studio class and/or a current trimester class 
  • Returning Students must have paid-in-full all previous production fees and ticket sales and contributed parent volunteer hours. Returning families without volunteer histories will be asked to have an in-person meeting with staff to help them find and commit to volunteer opportunities before a student will be allowed to audition.
  • New students must have at least one parent registered in our volunteer system, including a completed background check and child safety training. 
    • To set up a volunteer account, you must have the CYT Dallas app. Once you open the app, select Volunteer > CYT Dallas Volunteers > Sign Up To Volunteer. You’ll then click "Create A New Account." The volunteer system links from the CYT Dallas app to a different volunteer site, so you need to create a unique volunteer account. (Only one parent is required to volunteer, but each individual who volunteers must have their own account. Spouses cannot share a login.) Fill out the information, and click the link to authorize your background check. Once you create an account, you will be directed to a screen that will say awaiting activation. After we run your background check, you will be emailed a link for a Protect My Ministry training video. Once you complete the video training, your volunteer account will be activated, and you’ll be able to see and sign up for shifts.
  • Families who do not have a complete and activated parent volunteer account will be expected to complete this process on site during Saturday dance auditions before their child can be cast in a show. 
Production fees can be paid all at once ($175) or in three installments. The first payment is due upon accepting your role. The second payment is due January 1 and the third payment is due February 1. Unpaid production fees may result in your student being removed from the show. 
Audition FAQ's

Production Calendar

Rehearsal Times:
Fridays 5:30pm- 9:00pm
Saturdays 9:00am-3:00pm 

Tech week evenings:
Dinner 5pm
Call Time 5:30pm-9:00pm

Performance times:
Fridays- Dinner 5pm, Call time 5:30pm, Performance 7:00pm
Saturdays- call time 12:30pm, Performances 2:00 pm & 7:00pm 
Sundays- call time 12:30pm, Performance 2:00 pm

Note: Our spring production of Big Fish will not have a tech rehearsal on Monday, May 26 and will not have a performance on Sunday, June 1.
Callbacks Information
The audition form will be available here beginning November 15. 
The deadline for the audition form is 11:00 pm on MONDAY, December 2 for Hello, Dolly! and WEDNESDAY, December 4 for Honk, Jr!

Monologues for each show will be posted on November 15. 
Meanwhile, start working on your song, and checking your calendar for any conflicts for the following weekends:
December 13-14, 2024
January 3-4, 2025
January 10-11, 2025
January 17-18, 2025
January 24-25, 2025
January 31-February 1, 2025
TECH WEEK HONK JR: February 2-7, 2025
PERFORMANCES HONK JR. February 8-10, 2025

Hello, Dolly Rehearsals continue: 
February 14-15, 2025
TECH WEEK: February 16-20, 2025
PERFORMANCES: February 21-23, 28-March 2, 2025
 
Assistant Stage Manager Application

Required for all- Dance Auditions on Saturday!

For both shows, we will hold dance auditions on Saturday, December 7
Hello Dolly Dance Auditions begin as early as 8:30am
Honk, Jr. Dance Auditions begin as early as 10am

Location: CYT Dallas- 907 West Main Street, Lewisville
Look for the separate building behind the First Methodist Church and use the North entrance (facing Civic Circle.)

Dance auditions are required for all auditioners. You may have options of levels of dance- see videos when they are posted.

We will post those dance combos here so that you can practice in advance. Check back on November 15.

We are accepting applications for Dance Captains for the Mainstage Productions at the button below. Dance Captains will be ages 14-18 and will meet for Choreography sessions during the Tuesday night trimester classes. Therefore, if you are hoping to be a Dance Captain, you should register for Studio Classes and not Trimester classes. Dance Captains will be chosen for each show as it is cast and will depend on which dance ensembles you are in.
Dance Captain Application