CANCELLED due to covid-19 closures

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For the safety of our families, Young Artists of America has made the difficult decision to cancel our upcoming performance of Beauty & the Beast scheduled for June 12, 2020 at the Music Center at Strathmore.

Our sincere hope is that ticket buyers might consider donating your tickets back to YAA to support our organization during this challenging time.

  • CLICK HERE by June 5 to send an email to the Strathmore Box Office requesting to convert the value of your tickets into a tax-deductible donation to YAA. 

    • As a thank you gift, YAA will provide you with a private link to our Beauty & the Beast Virtual Cast Album that is currently being recorded!

  • Should you prefer a refund, you do not need to take any action. On June 5, the Strathmore Box Office will begin refunding all patrons who choose not to donate their tickets. Refunds will be made to the original payment method.

If you have ticketing questions, you may contact the Strathmore Ticket Office at (301) 581-5100 or tickets@strathmore.org. Strathmore will do everything that they can to respond to patrons in a timely manner and ensure that everyone is taken care of in the coming weeks.

Stay well and stay safe!
- The YAA Team

Tickets


 

Guest Mentor

Our production will also feature the Special Participation of the show’s Academy, Grammy, and Tony Award winning Composer, ALAN MENKEN (Beauty & the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Newsies, Pocahontas, Little Shop of Horrors)

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell!
— Howard Ashman (Lyricist)

Featuring

Featuring over 275 middle to high school age performers including 100 singers, dancers and actors from YAACompany (Rolando Sanz, Director) & YAAjunior (Paul Heinemann, Director) a full 60-piece youth symphony from YAAOrchestra (Kristofer Sanz, Music Director), and a 120 person guest chorus from Richard Montgomery High School Choruses (Carrie Eyler, Director).

CHILDREN OF EDEN with Stephen Schwartz (2016)

CHILDREN OF EDEN with Stephen Schwartz (2016)


Artistic Staff

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Carole Graham Lehan,
Stage Director

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Kristofer Sanz, Conductor | Music Director, YAAOrchestra

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Dana Keane, Choreographer

 
 
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Travis Halsey,
Costume Designer
(Theatre Development Fund Award, Paper Mill Playhouse)

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Dominic Grijalva,
Original Projections Designer
(In the Heights at The Kennedy Center, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society)

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Rolando Sanz,
Producer & Vocal Director |
Producing Artistic Director for YAACompany


featuring

Brilliant new costumes from Paper Mill Playhouse by nationally renowned Costume Designer, TRAVIS HALSEY.

 

PLUS

Original Video Projections commissioned from NYC-based Projection Designer,
DOMINIC GRIJALVA


Where

 

Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 2852

FREE Parking in Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage.  

For directions and parking information at Strathmore, click here.


Concert Poster

(Click on image at right to download PDF)

Coming soon!


RAGTIME (2018)

RAGTIME (2018)