Segerstrom Fall Musical Theater Training Program

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is offering its first Fall Musical Theatre Training Program for young people ages 9-18 years of age.

Students of all experience levels are welcome for this 5-class virtual program, where they will be coached in musical theater performance and technique by some of the industry’s leading professional artists and educators. The classes will be live but virtual Tuesdays and Thursdays November 5 – 19.

Because the classes are live, they will provide immediate interaction between students and faculty while being completely safe for all. This format proved highly successful for the Center’s Five Days of Broadway program this past summer.

Classes will focus on musical theater performance, acting, improv and dance. The Fall Musical Theater Program will have two tracks, one for students ages 9–13 and one for ages 14–18. Entrance is not audition-based, so registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Capacity is limited.

Tuition for all five classes is $150, and can be completed online.

Classes will be 60–75 minutes in length. Classes for students 9–13 years of age will be at 4:00pmand classes for students 14–18 years of age will be at 6:00pm.

Class Sessions

Session 1 – Thursday, November 5

Session 2 – Tuesday, November 10

Session 3 – Thursday, November 12

Session 4 – Tuesday, November 17

Session 5 – Thursday, November 19

Among esteemed faculty for the 2020 inaugural fall program: Cheryl Baxter (first National Touring companies of Cats and 42nd Street, films Xanadu, Grease 2, television Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother and Netflix’s Lucifer), Olivia Espinosa (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Repertory), Chandra Lee Schwartz (Hairspray, Wicked) and Ben McFadden (Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Children’s Theatre).