Next Auditions: Hadestown and Junie B's Essential.. Jr.

Steps to Register for Auditions:
Please note the application deadline (steps 2 & 3) is due on the MONDAY before auditions at 11pm for Mainstage and the WEDNESDAY before auditions for Youth Troupe. You should pay the production fee (step 2) ahead of time in case there are any complications with receiving the link to the audition form.

1. Students ages 8-18 should be registered for a CYT Dallas studio class, Winter trimester class, or APEX team. (Summer Studio classes do not count toward this requirement)
2. Everyone who is auditioning must first pay the production fee. It is $175 for students ages 8-18. This fee is non-refundable, so please evaluate your other commitments before you decide to audition with us. When you pay your audition fee, you agree to adhere to the CYT Dallas Production Guidelines found here.
3. Once your fee has been paid, you will automatically receive a payment receipt with the link to the audition form.
Pay your $175 production fee on Zeffy
Pre-Audition Practice Opportunity for Live Audition Accompaniment (Mainstage Shows Only)
Tuesday, before auditions, 5:30-8:30pm by appointment
  • If you are auditioning with sheet music, you can use your audition form to sign-up for a five-minute practice slot with the pianist.
  • Auditioners who use the accompanist should pay $10 to help cover the cost of the professional musician. This option is available on the Production Fee payment link. 
  • Using live accompaniment rather than a pre-recorded track is highly recommended.
  • 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.

Hadestown Auditions
Wednesday, March 25, 5:30-8:30pm by appointment
  • You will choose your group time slot on your audition form
  • There will not be audition monologues. You will sing your own 60 second song and then you MAY also sing a short clip of Hadestown songs we supply if you would like to be considered for a callback role. You will find those song segments on this page when they are ready to be shared. 
  • If you are 13 years old or younger, you are strongly encouraged to also audition for Junie B Jones Essential Survival Guide to School, JR. You are not guaranteed to be cast in Hadestown. 
Hadestown Dance Auditions | Saturday, March 28, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
More information coming soon. 

Hadestown Role Callbacks | Saturday, March 28 by invitation/appointment

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.

Auditions for Junie B Jones Essential Survival Guide to School, JR.
Friday, March 27 by appointment 5:30pm-8:30pm
Your dance audition will also be on Friday night. There is no separate dance audition on Saturday. We will share videos in advance and will have Dance Captains on site to help you practice your dance audition prior to your audition slot. Plan to arrive up to 30 minutes early for your audition slot if you have questions for the dance captains on the dance audition. You should do your best to learn the dance from the videos in advance as we will not be fully teaching the choreography to the group on the night of the audition. 

Role Callbacks | Saturday, March 28 by invitation/appointment
You do not need to attend on Saturday at all, unless you are called back for a specific role. Everyone who auditions for the Youth Troupe show is guaranteed a place in the cast. 
Pay Your Production Fee HERE

Hadestown Teen Audition Material

For your Wednesday audition, you should prepare a one-minute song of your choice from the Musical Theater genre. Choose a song that is NOT from this show. You can provide a backing track (no vocals) or sheet music for the accompanist for this song. 
There will be no monologues for this show. You MAY choose ONE of the song cuts below to sing in addition to your one minute song. Everyone will be considered for all appropriate parts, not just the song they choose. 
You must also do the dance audition on Saturday morning. You can choose to do the Mover version or continue into the Dancer section of the choreography. Please learn the choreography in advance. 

Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School Jr. Audition Materials

For your audition, you should prepare a song of your choice from Musical Theater or Movie Musical. You should have a backing track (no vocals!) of 60 seconds or less. Additionally, you will memorize one of the monologues provided below and you should learn the dance provided below. You will do all three of these things: song, monologue, dance, on Friday night in your thirty minute time slot. 
 

Your Audition To-Do List!

  • Register for at least one CYT Dallas class- trimester or studio.
  • Compare your personal calendar to the production calendar under the pdf menu, 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. It is a different artistic team watching for each show.
  • Choose your audition song (1 minute or 32 measures) 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. Instead of monologues, Hadestown will have additional optional song cuts.)
  • Watch the dance audition videos and prepare to show your skill at the dance auditions.
  • 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. (Junie B will not have a Saturday dance audition.)
  • Callbacks for roles, by invitation only, will be held on the same day as 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 (ages 8-18) will only be allowed to audition when these conditions are met:
  • Currently 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 fees 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.
Each show has a production fee of $175. This no longer includes a show t-shirt. We have not raised our production fee since we started, however, our costs have risen in all departments. We strive to keep productions affordable to participants. There are no scholarships available for production fees, nor exceptions to the ticket requirements listed above. 
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

 
Callbacks Information

Production Details

When you audition for a CYT Dallas show, you agree to adhere to the guidelines found on our Production Details page. Please click the button below to read more about how we put on a show! Please read through the full page and decide whether a CYT/CCT production is a good fit for your family's participation. 
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