Annual Summer Workshop

Registration opens April 1, 2025. The registration link will be here, as well as through our email list and social media pages. Follow us on social media and subscribe to our email list for the latest info!

About

JCYAT offers an annual workshop for students age six to eighteen. Participants learn skills including stage basics, movement, projection, diction, characterization, improvisation, and technical aspects. Activities take place at the theatre. Cost of the workshop is $60 per participant, which covers t-shirts, snacks, staffing, and supplies for our activities.

Plays and Performances

Workshop participants have the opportunity to audition for the summer production on the last day of the workshop. However, participation in the play is not required for workshop participants. Those who are unable to attend the workshop may also audition for the play.

JCYAT Summer Workshop: June 1st – 5th, 2026 

Ages 6-9: 9am-11:30am

Ages 9-12: 1pm-3:30pm

Teens (Ages 13 – 18): 6:00pm-8:30pm

It will be another great year at our summer workshop, a part of Jackson County Young Artists’ Theatre. The workshop will end with auditions for our summer JCYAT show. Please note that participation in the summer show is not required.

Registration opens April 1, and the link is published via e-mail, social media, and above. Please be aware that our program typically fills up quickly, so don’t delay! Students attending the workshop can expect to learn about all aspects of theatre—both on stage and behind the scenes. Further details about the workshop schedule will be sent to participants before the workshop week.

Questions about the workshop? Contact us at jcyat@jcct.org.

Our Workshop Team

Our workshop sessions are led by a team of experienced volunteers with backgrounds in acting as well as working with kids and teens. Our board members and other dedicated volunteers both on site and behind the scenes are committed to the success of our annual workshop. We look forward to delivering more quality programming this summer!

Summer Show

Disney’s Mary Poppins, Jr.

Performance Dates: July 17, 18, 19 and July 24, 25, 26, 2026

Synopsis:

Your favorite practically perfect nanny takes center stage in this Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious adventure based on the award-winning Broadway musical and classic Walt Disney film. The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”

A note on cast size: Disney’s Mary Poppins, Jr. features approximately 20 singing/speaking roles + ensemble.

Auditions: Workshop participants will audition during their regular workshop time during camp. Those unable to attend the workshop may audition during one special session on a date TBD. Auditions will be at the Royal Off the Square Theatre in Brownstown.

Volunteer Needs: The show also needs many behind the scenes volunteers behind the scenes, including backstage, lights/sound, ushers, concession workers, etc. Family members are invited to pitch in and help! Please contact us at jcyat@jcct.org if you are interested in being a volunteer!