A Chorus Line
Upcoming Auditions - Grades 5-8

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  • Eligibility: Students in elementary and middle school currently enrolled in acting or vocal classes at PYT or dance classes at our sister program, The Dance Loft. ***Technical dance training/experience is highly recommended.*** Please note that this is the “teen edition” of A Chorus Line which removes inappropriate adult content.

  • Participation fee and costumes/script: $175/month (billed from February through June); costume fees will be billed separately, but parents will fundraise to cover costs to keep costume costs minimal. An additional $25 script fee is charged by Music Theater International, but students are permitted to keep their scripts and write in them.

  • Auditions: Saturday, January 31st from 1:45-4:00 PM. ***Please note that auditions will be held at our sister program, The Dance Loft (160 W. Park Ave, Long Beach), as PYT will be setting up for the opening of Little Women.*** Auditions will begin promptly at 1:45 PM with a dance call where students wil learn some choreography from the show. Students should be prepared to dance with comfortable clothing, water, and either jazz shoes or ballet shoes. After the dance call, students will sing one-by-one for our artistic team (they will not sing in front of one another). Students should prepare a 30-60 second cut of a song in the style of the show (contemporary musical theater). Please do not sing from the show. We ask that students not hold lyric sheets or sheet music while they sing. Students should be prepared to sing their song with an instrumental track (YouTube has many free karaoke tracks) that we can play on our speaker. Alternatively, students are permitted to bring sheet music for our accompanist. After a student has sung, he/she/they may call a parent to pick them up. We expect that auditions will wrap up by around 4:00 PM.

  • Callbacks: Callbacks will be held on Saturday, February 7th from 1:45-5:45 PM at The Dance Loft (160 W. Park Ave, Long Beach, NY). The day after initial auditions, all students will receive an email with callback information. Students should familiarize themselves with the material linked in that email (scenes and songs) but do not need to memorize any material. We suggest that students spend some time familiarizing themselves with the show’s soundtrack over the next few weeks so that the music is not brand new to them. At callbacks, students will sing and read from the material sent home in their email. There will not be a dance callback.
    *** If a student has any inflexible conflicts with the audition or callback days, please reach out to us directly so we can be sure to accommodate their needs.*** 

  • Casting: Casting will be announced via email on February 8th at 9:00 AM. Rehearsals will begin later that day from 12:00-3:00 PM.

  • Rehearsals: Sundays, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM (rehearsals may be extended until 4:00 PM as needed) starting on Sunday, February 8th. Students will have off for holiday/vacation closings. Additional rehearsals may be called as needed, but we will always work around a student’s availability. Rehearsals run from February through June. Mandatory technical rehearsals will be held (tentatively) from June 15th through June 18th.

  • Tentative Performance Schedule: Tentative performances will be held from Friday, June 19th through Wednesday, June 24th. Exact performance dates will be determined once we assess student availability during this very busy time of year.

  • Tickets: $30 (ages 14+) / $25 (ages 13 and under) - cash only. Online ticket reservations will open two weeks prior to our performances.