2024 Season Sponsor
The upcoming High School Project will rehearse and perform in August/September 2025. More information to come.
Advanced Training Opportunities
We offer auditioned advanced programs that will rehearse three hours a week this fall. These will be The Musical Theatre Company and The Drama Company.
Both of these programs offer the opportunity for students to work with theatre professionals to produce a 30 minute showcase that will be performed on December 9 at the Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge.
To learn more about our Company Classes, click here.
A look back at our previous High School Project productions
A look back at our 2024 High School Project, Footloose…
2024 saw the return of the Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy High School Musical Production with Footloose! With 35 cast members and 15 crew members from 20 different high schools, Footloose had a sold-out run at the St. Jacobs Playhouse in February of 2024.
Read more about the show on the Wellington Advertiser’s website: Drayton Entertainment’s production of Footloose takes stage Feb. 14
A look back at our 2023 High School Project, Legally Blonde…
2023 saw the inaugural Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy High School Musical Production with Legally Blonde! With 35 cast members and 15 crew members from 15 different high schools, Legally Blonde has an almost sold-out run at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse in February of 2023.
Read more about the show on CTV’s website: ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ to showcase young talent from Southwestern Ontario
“It’s just so professional. You get so much input on your acting and your singing. You get a lot of feedback […] Everyone here has gotten so close and we’ve helped each other grow and build.”
– Alyssa Panda, Legally Blonde Cast Member
Read Bill Jackson’s full article in the Waterloo Chronicle: ‘A new community of like-minded people’: Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy to stage inaugural high school musical
For more information, please contact us at
youthacademy@draytonentertainment.com, 519-804-1100