• DEADLINES:

  • Registration for the Junior Academy is due no later than July 1, 2023 at 11:59pm EDT.

• PROGRAM DATES: JUNIOR ACADEMY

  • Sunday, July 16 - Friday, July 28, 2023

    • Daily Monday thru Sunday from 8:30am-4:00pm

    • includes all classes, rehearsals, and production

Junior Academy students will spend half their day receiving combined Musical Theatre training in voice, acting, and dance with leading teachers in each discipline.

Classes may include:

• MUSICAL THEATRE

  • Acting — improvisation, character development, and scene study

  • Dance — ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and hip-hop techniques

  • Voice — vocal technique, interpretation, and acting/movement for singers

Class sizes will remain small (14-16 students per class) to ensure personalized attention between teacher and students.

Afternoon, evenings and weekends will be devoted to the stage production, including:

• staging rehearsals

• choreography

• music rehearsals

Casting auditions for the production will take place in-person on the first day of the program.

MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION: HONK JR

All listed times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Dates and times are subject to change as below is only a sample schedule.

YAA will continue this summer with strict health & safety protocols in place to provide the safest possible environment for students and staff during our in-person programming.

CLICK HERE to learn more about YAA’s Health & Safety Protocols.

We are so excited in 2023 to be returning to our Academy campus at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD.

The Performing Arts Center @ Good Counsel is located on the campus of the Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD.

The three-story, 26,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center includes multiple performance and rehearsal spaces, including:

a 650-seat proscenium theatre, set design and construction shop, dressing rooms, fully equipped orchestra pit, costume and properties shops, black box theatre, dance studio, and arts education classroom:

• Erwin Memorial Theatre

  • 650-seat, Broadway-quality proscenium theatre

  • Main performance space for YAA productions

  • Professional theatrical lighting, audio, fly system, & set design and construction scene shop

  • Dressing rooms

  • Costume & Props shops

  • Fully equipped orchestra pit

• Rehearsal Spaces

  • Multipurpose black box studio with theatrical lighting, sprung floor, and various seating configurations

  • Dance Studio with sprung floor

  • Large Chorus and Instrumental music rehearsal rooms

When not in class or rehearsing for the production, Academy students will have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular recreational activities which may include:

• Theatre field trip to a local theater to see a professional production

• Outdoor activities

• ...and more

Artistic Faculty & Staff

Click here to read more about our Summer Intensives Faculty & Staff.

Terry Eberhardt, Director of SPAI

Paul Heinemann, Assistant Director of SPAI, Junior Music Director

Karen Collins Blake, Camp Mom, SPAI

Kristina Friedgen, Artistic Administrator, Stage Director

Carole Graham Lehan, Stage Director & Acting: Senior

Jackie Bautista, Production Stage Manager & COVID Compliance Officer

Kathryn Bailey,  Assistant Vocal Director

Wayne Allen  Lead Counselor

Colleen Daly, Voice

Madeline Rodrigue, Director of Dance

Julia Rippon, Dance: Junior

Alex Palting, Acting: Junior

Luke Spence, Director of Trumpet Academy

Malcolm Washington, Music Theory

Rolando Sanz, Producing Artistic Director

All students are automatically accepted into the Academy program upon registration.

Students should register by May 1, 2023 at 11:59pm EDT to guarantee a spot in the program.

VIDEO AUDITIONS (FOR PLACEMENT):

All students are accepted into the program upon completion of registration. A video audition will be required after registration for class placement purposes only. Students who do not submit placement videos will be considered novices and placed accordingly.

• Please prepare a video recording of a musical theatre song (32 bars or full song).

  • OPTIONAL: You may add a second song of a contrasting style (32 bars or full song) OR a 30-60 second monologue.

  • The optional second song or monologue should be in the same video recording.

IN-PERSON CASTING AUDITIONS (FOR PRODUCTIONS):

Casting auditions for roles in the Production will take place separately during the first day of each session.

If you are interested in learning more about our OVERNIGHT Junior Conservatory program (which includes full production in 2022), click here.

TBA Date

• MANDATORY Virtual Orientation for all students and families

  • Zoom link forthcoming to registered families

Junior Academy

• Early-Bird Discount: ($100 discount)

  • $1,895 (automatically applied at registration through March 1, 2022)

• Regular Tuition:

  • $1,995 per two-week fully in-person session

Payment:

• A deposit of $500 is due upon registration

• 2nd payment of half of the remaining balance is due by May 1, 2023 (non-refundable).

• Final balance due on June 1, 2023 (non-refundable).

• Alternative payment plans can be arranged by contacting info@yaa.org.

Tuition Includes:

• Participation in the Junior Academy's in-person production: ANNIE JR

• All morning classes, PLUS all afternoon, evening, and weekend rehearsals and social activities

• Extended recreational activities, which may include:

  • Outdoor activities

  • Field trip to a professional theatre to see a show

  • ...and more

• A two-week summer daytime intensive experience that you won't soon forget!

Cancellation Policy: Should you need to withdraw from the program for any reason, please inform us in writing. If you have any funds due to you based on the above policy, we will return them immediately to the credit card on file in your account.

• PLEASE NOTE FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR ACADEMIES: Should we need to cease in-person programming for health and safety reasons, YAA will replace the cancelled in-person sessions with similar virtual ones and there will be no tuition refunds or adjustments for this change.

• Those who wish to be considered for a scholarship or financial aid need to submit an application to us no later than June 1, 2023.

• Please contact Lisa Larragoite at lisa@yaa.org for more information.

• Tuition Assistance is limited.