The Grand Youth Theatre presents a musical production every fall, starting just as school begins. These performances are one hour in length and provide young performers the opportunity to explore theatre while putting together a show. They work with a director, music director, and choreographer.

Finding Nemo Jr.

Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.

Auditions: August 24th from 6:30-8:30pm or August 26th from 12-3pm.

Please prepare the verse and chorus of an age-appropriate Broadway/Disney song. You will only be given time to sing about 90 seconds of your audition song, so please plan accordingly. Please bring an accompaniment track on a device that can be connected via aux cord to our speaker.
Please also prepare a brief, 1-minute monologue. Please don’t use anything from the Finding Nemo/Dory films.

The audition will also include a choreography combination that they’ll learn on site.

We intend to cast between 35-40 performers. See below for a note about auditions.

Rehearsal: Rehearsal will occur Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30pm.

Performances: November 2nd at 9am and 11:30am (school shows), November 3rd and 4th

A Note About Auditions

Auditions are not a place of judgment, and we are not equipped or qualified to determine whether or not someone is talented. Auditions are the actor’s opportunity to offer their gifts. We then have to decide how best to use them… or if we have a place for them at all.

While we’d love to cast every single person who comes out for our shows, we’re unable to do so. It’s heartbreaking! Please help everyone involved by preparing your auditioner for the possibility that we might not have a place for them this time. We often have twice as many auditions as we have roles to fill, and this unfortunately means having to cut some immensely talented people.

Please help us out by preparing your young actor before they come to auditions. If you do not believe they can handle possibly being cut from the show, we ask that you wait a bit longer before encouraging them to try out.

Thank you so much!