Senior Academy

Rising Grades 9-12+

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Learn more below about our Daytime training program for rising 9th graders thru college freshmen, culminating in a fully-staged, live musical theatre production held at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD.

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Overview

YAA’s Senior Academy is an award-winning DAYTIME training program in Musical Theatre culminating in a fully-staged musical theatre production.

Senior Academy is a musical theatre intensive for the highly disciplined student seeking classes focused on artistic process PLUS the applied training of a full musical theatre production.

Open to rising 9th-12th graders and rising college freshmen.

Highlights

  • Each weekday morning will be spent in classes studying Acting, Dance, Voice, and Music Theory.

  • Afternoons, evenings, and weekends will be devoted to the musical theatre production:

    • Staging rehearsals

    • Choreography

    • Music rehearsals

  • The culminating event will be a full scale musical theatre production, featuring:

    • Professional quality venue

    • Faculty-led stage direction, music direction, and choreography

    • Live audience of family, friends, and fans

    • Video of production will be captured and made available to friends and family

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2026 Dates

Program Dates:

Saturday, July 4 thru Thursday, July 16, 2026

  • Daily Monday thru Friday:

    • 8:30am-8:30pm

    • Includes all classes, rehearsals, and performances

  • Saturday and Sunday:

    • 10:00am-8:30pm

    • Focused on rehearsal and camp life activities

Deadlines:

Registration for the Senior Academy is due no later than Sunday, June 15, 2026 at 11:59pm EDT.

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Classes

Senior Academy students will spend their mornings receiving combined Musical Theatre training in voice, acting, dance, and music theory with leading teachers in each discipline.

Classes may include:

  • Acting — improvisation, character development, and scene study

  • Dance — ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and hip-hop techniques

  • Voice — vocal technique, interpretation, music theory, and acting/movement for singers

  • Music Theory — introductory through advanced levels

Class sizes will remain small (14-16 students per class) to ensure personalized attention between teacher and students.

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Performances

Afternoon, evenings and weekends will be devoted to the stage production, including:

  • Staging rehearsals

  • Choreography

  • Music rehearsals

Casting auditions for the production will take place in-person on the first day of the program.

  • Amélie

    featuring Senior Academy

    TWO PERFORMANCES:
    Wednesday, July 15, 2026
    Thursday, July 16, 2026

    Performing Arts Center at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
    17301 Old Vic Blvd, Olney, MD 20832

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Sample Schedule

  • 8:00-8:30am: Arrival

  • 8:30am Morning Meeting (All)

  • 8:45am: Class Rotation #1

  • 9:45am: Class Rotation #2

  • 10:45am: Class Rotation #3

  • 11:45am: Class Rotation #4

  • 12:45pm: Lunch (All)

  • 1:30pm: Production Rehearsals

  • 4:15pm: Afternoon Meeting (All)

  • 4:30pm: Dinner (All)

  • 5:15pm: Production Rehearsals

  • 8:15pm: Evening Meeting (All)

  • 8:30pm: Dismissal

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