Pre-Professional Program

Pre-Professional Program

Grades 4-12

ATMTC Academy’s Pre-Professional Program prepares committed and gifted students in grades 4-6 and 7-12 for professional auditions and college prep in the performing arts, led by a highly qualified faculty. The Pre-Professional Program curriculum provides students with intensive training in Acting, Music, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Voice & Speech, and Performance.

Acceptance into the program is by audition only.

Join Adventure Theatre MTC Artistic Director Kurt Boehm and Managing Director Sarah Chapin on May 17 for the 2024 Spotlight Showcase and 2024/25 Season Announcement. Spotlight is the culmination of ATMTC’s Pre-Professional Program and this capstone performance showcases the immense talent of our Pre-Professional students. We also invite you to stay after the performance for an exclusive look at ATMTC’s 2024/25 season.

May 17, 2024 
7:00 P.M. 
Adventure Theatre MTC Stage
7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812
Tickets: $20

ANNUAL SCHEDULE

Pre-Professional training is a 5-hour weekly program held on Saturdays from 12pm to 4:45pm. Students admitted to the program commit to the full-year program which spans from September 2024-May 2025 with a winter break in January.

Annual Enrollment: September 7, 2024 – May 2025

AUDITION PROCESS & APPLICATION

The Pre-Professional Program admits a new cohort of students to its program each season by audition only. Students are accepted on the basis that they demonstrate talent and potential in singing, dancing, and acting.

Auditions for the 2024-2025 Year

2024–2025 digital auditions will be accepted until October 21, 2024. To audition digitally:

  1. Set yourself up for success! Follow these tips on auditioning digitally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdcrPWg2b20 
  2. Announce yourself as well as the songs you’re going to sing with the name of the composers. You may accompany yourself or use a karaoke track. 
  3. Sing 32 bars of 2 contrasting musical theatre songs (one slow, one uptempo). 
  4. Recite a monologue around 1 minute in length. If you do not have a monologue, feel free to choose a poem to recite.
  5. Auditioners will also be requested to showcase some dance and movement. If you would like, you can learn this choreography: https://youtu.be/rAF8bruuVPA?si=D18bWojvU5Zn_cv2
  6. Please send in your digital audition along with a headshot and resume to Academy Program Manager, Juliana Quirino, at jquirino@adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Schedule

NEW! For Grades 4-6: Saturdays 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
For Grades 7-12: Saturdays 12:00 PM to 4:45 PM

Annual Enrollment: September 7, 2024 – May 2025

Tuition & Scholarships

Tuition is $2,300 for Grades 4-6 and tuition is $4,680 for Grades 7-12., due at the time of enrollment with payment plans available.

  • In addition to scholarships, ATMTC Academy is willing to offer 3-month or 4-month payment plans to help ease any financial burden preventing a bright young performer from joining the company.
    • Payment plans cannot be used in tandem with scholarships and must be paid by the beginning of the Spring Semester.
    • Once your child is accepted to the program, parents interested in a payment plan should inquire with the Registrar about setting it up. registrar@adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Did you know? Adventure Theatre MTC Academy does not turn anyone away if they are in need of financial assistance.  Call 301.251.5766 to learn about scholarships or click here.

PERFORMANCES

Company members participate in multiple performances each year, including but not limited to: special events, Evening of Scenes/Monologue Slam, Pre-Professional Company Cabaret, and a Capstone production in May. 

FACULTY

ATMTC hires the most educated and talented musical theater education professionals in the D.C. and New York regions. Among our staff for the current program year, we are proud to employ qualified individuals who are:

  • Graduate degree holders in musical theater, theater, and youth education from top national institutions
  • Musical theater professors at prominent regional universities
  • Professional and award-winning musical theater choreographers, singers, and directors

Note: Faculty is subject to change.

ALUMNI

Many of ATMTC’s former students have gone on to do amazing things in their lives and careers. From Law & Order to Wicked, you’re likely to find more ATMTC Alumni on TV, Film and Broadway stages than any other pre-professional training program in the country.  Many of our alumni have attended the best musical theater colleges in the country, including: