ABOUT
Casa Mañana’s Apprentice Program is for the most dedicated young performers ages 14-19 in the DFW area who aspire to careers in the theatre. The young actors who audition and are accepted have the unique opportunity to advance their professional training by performing in a musical backed by the full resources of Casa Mañana. Thanks to generous donors who underwrite the program, there is no participation fee.
2023 PRODUCTION
In-Person auditions for A Man Of No Importance are March 18, 2023.
This tender story of family, friendship and acceptance teaches us that it really is a wonderful thing to “love who you love.” Alfie Byrne is a bus driver in 1964 Dublin whose heart holds secrets he can’t share with anyone but his imagined confidante, Oscar Wilde. When he attempts to put on an amateur production of Wilde’s Salome in the local church hall, he confronts the forces of bigotry and shame over a love “that dare not speak its name.” But the redemptive power of theatre changes his life and brings his friends back to his side. This show is suitable for mature audiences.
ALUMNI
Since its creation in 2010, Apprentice Program participants have attended or been accepted to such prestigious universities and training programs as Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, Webster University, Otterbein University, The Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC and Baldwin Wallace University.
Apprentice Program alumni work professionally in the theatre industry all over the country, including national tour casts and crews.
PAST PRODUCTIONS
2010 | Les Misérables: School Edition
The Cast of Les Misérables: School Edition
Photo by Curtis Brown
2011 | The Secret Garden
Kathryn Porterfield, Molly Franco
Photo by Curtis Brown
2012 | Parade
Kathryn Porterfield
Photo by Curtis Brown
2013 | Side Show
The Cast of Side Show
Photo by Curtis Brown
2014 | Jekyll & Hyde
Addie Morales
Photo by Curtis Brown
2015 | Big Fish
Addie Morales
Photo by Curtis Brown
2016 | Children of Eden
The Cast of Children of Eden
Photo by Curtis Brown
2017 | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Charlie H. Ray
Photo by Curtis Brown
2018 | Sweeney Todd
The Cast of Sweeney Todd
Photo by Curtis Brown
2019 | Carrie the Musical
Sydney Dotson
Photo by Curtis Brown
2021 | Bonnie & Clyde
Tristin Thompson, Maya Michalski
Photo by Chip Tompkins
2022 | Bat Boy
Brendan Behm
Photo by Chip Tompkins
