Summer Season Auditions
Join us this summer for fantastic theatre education opportunities for students in middle school through college!
Important Dates:
Saturday, January 31, 2026 - Student Theatre Guild Auditions for Big Fish
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - TCjr Auditions for Matilda the Musical, Jr
Sunday, March 15, 2026 - Apprentice Application Deadline
Details on each program below!
STUDENT THEATRE GUILD
Theatre Charlotte's Student Theatre Guild provides an outstanding theatre opportunity to high school and college students selected through an audition process. The summer intensive provides a professional-level summer stock experience. During this two-week program, participants will work with professional directors, designers, and choreographers and gain valuable knowledge and experience while rehearsing and performing a full-scale musical production to be presented on the Theatre Charlotte stage.
The Summer 2026 Student Theatre Guild production will be Big Fish. Students may audition in-person at Theatre Charlotte on Saturday, January 31st, or send in their video submissions by Friday, January 30th. Click the link below to find out more about the program, the summer intensive dates, and sign up for auditions.
TCjr
TCjr is for participants ages 9 to 14, accepted through an audition process, who will work with professional directors, choreographers, and designers as they produce a full-scale musical production. During this two-week program, participants gain valuable knowledge and experience while rehearsing and performing a musical production to be presented on the Theatre Charlotte stage. Students are taught skills related to musical theatre and also learn tools to help build confidence, work with others, speak in front of large groups of people and learn to appreciate all aspects of theatre arts.
The Summer 2026 TCjr production will be Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, Jr. Students may audition in-person at Theatre Charlotte on Saturday, March 7th, or send in their video submissions by Thursday, March 5th. Click the link below to find out more about the program, the summer intensive dates, and sign up for auditions.
SUMMER APPRENTICES
Students age 18 and up may apply for a summer apprenticeship with Theatre Charlotte. Up to five apprentices and one production stage manager will be selected to work alongside industry professionals in supporting the TCjr and STG summer intensive productions. Available apprenticeships include Performance, Choreography/Movement, Music, Technical Theatre, Administration, and Stage Management.
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Theatre Charlotte’s education programs exist to provide young people with high-quality theatre experiences led by theatre professionals committed to fulfilling Theatre Charlotte’s mission, vision, and core values.
In addition to creating programs in line with Theatre Charlotte’s core values, our education programs exist to:
Provide a safe place where youth can freely create and be themselves. A place that is inclusive and free from bias and discrimination.
Highlight the human experience through theatre. We believe that the arts are essential and an indispensable part of the human experience.
Learn from each other. Everyone we work with knows something we don’t. We ask questions to further our understanding. The more we share, the better outcome for us all.
Lift up one another. People need to be cared for and supported in order to do their best work. Everyone we encounter through our programs is worthy of being treated with respect and dignity.
Grow and change. We believe that the current way of doing things can be reimagined and improved. We can grow not just as artists, but as human beings. We can make a difference, especially when given the space to take creative risks.
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Theatre is full of magic that vibrates throughout the essence of art, imagination, culture, and history. We strive to provide theatre to our community and our city that is saturated in excellence, community, experience, inclusion, and influence. Our goal is to mount productions that reflect the growth and beauty of the diversity of Charlotte and we sincerely hope that our friends in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities will consider joining us.