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Mean Girls High School Version

2025 High School Musical Production

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The 2025 Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy High School Musical Production is so fetch! Announcing Mean Girls High School Version featuring local high school students on stage and off as our next highly-anticipated high school musical!

The High School Musical Production Program allows high school students to learn valuable life skills gained by participating in a fully-staged Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy Production.

September 10 to 21, 2025
Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge

Drayton Entertainment has been steadily growing its training offerings for young performers over the past several years, including launching its state-of-the-art training hub, The Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy. Its mission is to provide performing and technical arts training opportunities anchored in the Drayton Entertainment brand of live theatre excellence, facilitated by professional industry mentors. Our aim is to cultivate community, incite leadership, ignite imagination, and boost confidence in a socially aware, inclusive environment.

The High School Musical Production Program offers 100% barrier-free access, including financial, emotional and physical, to unite students from different backgrounds, identities, cultures, abilities and interests, completely free of charge. Drayton Entertainment is committed to diverse, inclusive casting without regard to disability, ethnocultural identity, or gender. It allows students to be mentored by professionals in ALL departments, both on stage and off. We’re seeking passionate theatre-makers, whether their passion lies in performing or technical arts, to gain the hands-on, transferable life skills required to present a fully-staged Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy Production.


“As we look to the future, we are committed to providing positive experiences for the next generation of artists onstage and behind-the scenes, which transcend the arts to shape future leaders and community-minded citizens. This production will provide an opportunity for us to support a broad generational shift in society by creating a socially aware and inclusive environment where these talented young people can flourish.”

-Alex Mustakas, Artistic Director, Drayton Entertainment

About the Show

Objectives


Performer Auditions and Backstage Interviews

Performer Auditions and Technical Production Interviews will take place in April. Registration for those auditions and interviews will be open in January 2025.

Rehearsals will be taking place at the Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge:
Monday – Friday, August 11 – 29 from 10:00am to 6:00pm
September 2, 3, 4, and 5: Evening rehearsal times TBC
September 6, 7, 8, & 9: Extended Day Technical Rehearsals
(dates and times subject to change)

MEAN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL VERSION is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com.


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For more information, please contact us at 
youthacademy@draytonentertainment.com, 519-804-1100