Tickets now available for Madagascar Jr. Nov. 19-21
With this production, SYT proudly begins its partnership with Imagine Theater Company, providing theatrical experiences for people with special needs ages 12 and up.
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Cast announced for Peace, Love, and Cupcakes!
This great holiday show about kids in the social margins forming a popular club will be performed Dec. 3-19.
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Come haunt our Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 30!
Decorate your car and rejoin this Spotlight tradition on the night before Halloween, immediately following the evening performance of The Addams Family young@part®.
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Get tickets for The Addams Family young@part® Oct. 22-Nov. 7
Rehearsals are underway for this beloved show, to be performed Oct. 22–Nov. 7.
Better buy tickets early for this one!
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Spotlight wins 15 “Zonis” for 2020-2021 season
SYT performers and artists won 15 ariZoni Awards for Theatre Excellence in an awards ceremony celebrating Phoenix area theatre, held Sep. 26.
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Cast announced for
Desert Stages, Greasepaint, and Spotlight will co-produce All Together Now! performed at all three theatres Nov. 12-14.
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Help Keep Our Kids in the Spotlight!
“Spotlight Youth Theatre is a place where I can be myself and everyone is a big family.”
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Spotlight congratulates winning Playfest writers!
Congratulations to Rebecca Bain, Katie Kloberdanz, and Zoey Waller, who will see their work staged at SYT in spring 2022!
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Congratulations, Playfest 2021-’22 Playwrights!
Spotlight congratulates three winning playwrights who will have their work staged in the Playfest 2021-’22 production in April 2022.
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Imagine Theater Company presents:Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr.
Spotlight’s new partner, Imagine Theater Company, launches with this stage version of the smash Dreamworks film performed by young people with special needs.
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2020-2021 ariZoni Theater Awards of Excellence
Spotlight Youth Theatre won 15 “Zonis” from among its 84 nominations for ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence for the 2020-2021 season.
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Casts of Fall 2021 performance troupes announced
Grow skills in our performance troupes! Sparkles (ages 5-8), and Confetti and Celebration (ages 9-16) audition Aug. 7. The new troupe Evolution (ages 13-19) auditions Aug. 9.
See the troupes page for information about the program. Auditions are held before each fall and spring term.
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Three youth theatres join forces for one great show!
Desert Stages, Greasepaint, and Spotlight will co-produce All Together Now! performed at all three theatres Nov. 12-14.
Video auditions due Aug. 31.
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Learn from the best!
Attend lighting and sound design clinics at SYT
Learn concepts, techniques, and applications of theatre lighting and sound design from Josh Hontz in a series of educational clinics Jul. 31–Aug. 22.
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2020-2021 Gobies
Survivor: Pandemic Edition! Spotlight Youth Theatre honors its own with the annual “Gobies” awards for excellence from the past season.
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The Addams Family Young@Part®
Oct. 22–Nov. 7: Everyone’s favorite ghoulish family is back in a musical for younger performers. Written by Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Andrew Lippa.
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Peace, Love, and Cupcakes
Dec. 3–19: A musical based on Cheryl and Carrie Berk’s popular book about “socially invisible” girls who find empowerment in their cupcake club. Written by Rick Hip-Flores.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Musicals
Dec. 31-Jan. 1: The cast will rehearse this original musical within a theatre camp setting during holiday break, Dec. 20–31.
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Charlotte’s Web: The Musical
Feb. 25–Mar. 13: E.B. White’s classic tale of friendship in the barnyard as a great modern musical, by Joseph Robinette and Charles Strouse.
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Playfest 2021-’22
Apr. 1–10: One show premiering three winning one-act plays, written by Rebecca Bain, Katie Kloberdanz, and Zoey Waller.
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The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
May 13–29: Teenager Percy Jackson discovers he’s a demigod in this hilarious rock version of the myth of Perseus. Written by Joe Tracz and Rob Rokicki, based on the novel by Rick Riordan.
Read more2021-2022 Season
Recent Seasons Photo Galleries Our 2021-2022 season is an exciting mix of recent winning musicals, classic favorites, and fresh original
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