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 16, 2025
Tuition: $595
Financial aid is available
Spring Youth Circus
Rehearsals
First rehearsal is on Wednesday, April 2nd. Spring Youth Circus rehearses every week on:
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm
Saturdays, 3pm-6pm
Sundays, 2pm-4:30pm
Tech and Performance Schedule
Tech rehearsals are May 9th - 16th, and the schedule during those dates is as follows:
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm
Fridays, 6:30pm-10pm
Saturdays, 3pm-7pm
Sundays, 2pm-4:30pm
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 17th & Sunday, May 18th:
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 16th, 2025 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 video record yourself performing the monologue below. It does not have to be memorized, but please speak with conviction and excitement. Do not merely recite the words. All lines in italics are stage directions and do not need to be spoken by the actor, but the actor should react to the italicized actions of the Aviator.
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Little Prince:
(to the Aviator) Draw me a sheep!
The aviator takes the sketchbook and flips to Drawing Number One, holding it out.
Little Prince:
No, no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is a very
dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I live, everything is very
small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me a sheep.
The aviator draws a sheep, and offers it to the boy, who is unsatisfied.
No, this sheep looks sick. Make me another.
The aviator draws another.
This one has horns! It’s a ram, not a sheep.
The aviator draws another.
This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.
The aviator, annoyed, makes one last drawing: a box. The sheep is hidden inside.
Little Prince (delighted):
That is exactly the way I wanted it!
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All audition material will be accepted until 7pm on Sunday, March 16th, 2025. Please email your video audition to dramadirector@actorsgymnasium.org. No audition videos will be considered without filling out this form, and vise versa.
