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For over 25 years, the Drama Desk Award-winning TADA! Youth Theater has produced original musicals performed by kids for family audiences. The cast works with professional directors, choreographers, and a live band.

The Resident Youth Ensemble is made up of 70 NYC kids, ages eight to 18. Some go on to careers in theater, but all learn critical skills for success in school and in life: self-confidence, commitment, responsibility, communication, and teamwork.

TADA!'s renowned education programs include over 100 classes and workshops in more than 40 public schools, as well as on-site theater classes taught by professional teaching artists for kids in preschool through high school. On-site classes include Musical Theater Skills Building, Creative Dramatics, Broadway Dance Styles, and Acting; no experience is necessary to participate.

TADA! also presents readings of new plays performed by teenagers as part of an annual one-act playwriting contest and staged reading series.

Open auditions for the Ensemble and mainstage musicals are held both at TADA! and in the public schools.

TADA! offers week-long vacation camps during the school year and over the summer for kids in first grade and up.

An internship program, in which high school and college students experience the technical, administrative, literary, or educational aspects of theater, is also available.

TADA! T.O.T.S. classes, a unique combination of musical theater and movement exploration designed just for infants, toddlers, and their caregivers, build trust in the baby-caregiver relationship and develop depth perception, body awareness, and interactive communication skills - all to the tune of live piano accompaniment.

TADA! offers various birthday party packages both on-site and on location. Visit TADA!'s website, phone 212.252.1619 ext. 140. or email birthdays@tadatheater.com for all the details.