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Productions

Each year SPARC produces a series of plays and musicals featuring young talent both on stage and behind the scenes. These audition-only opportunities are designed for youth and teens who are ready for the added challenge of applying their learning to a rigorous rehearsal and performance environment.

About Productions:

SPARC’s productions provide development of pre-professional artistic skills in an education-focused environment. Students who are cast in a SPARC show will gain experience in navigating rehearsal and peformance environments while continuing to build and hone their craft. SPARC’s productions are directed and creatively led by a rotation of local professionals and our own expert full-time faculty.

SPARC’s annual productions also include a series of devised theatre pieces in our Original Works Season. These performances are created by the students who participate in the program whose work is being shared.

Audition-based performance opportunities are open to a variety of ages, depending on the show. Learn more about which ages are eligible for upcoming shows by reading our season announcement below.

Auditions:

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Tickets:

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Original Works Season:

Each season, SPARC produces a series of youth-written, devised shows with a focus on centering the voices of the participants in our programming.

Spectrum shares the stories of the LGBTQ+ youth community. Live Art is an expression of SPARC’s commitment to accessibility and inclusivity, bringing neurodiverse and disabled youth to the mic. New Voices, our state-wide playwrighting competition, gives youth from across Virginia a chance to author their own one-acts that are then workshopped and brought to life with the help of Richmond professionals.

Check back throughout the year to learn more about these shows as they are developed!

Spectrum:

SPARC’s Queer Youth Ensemble, Spectrum, has live performances on February 28 and March 1, 2025.

Live Art:

SPARC’s performing arts program for students with and without disabilities has a live performance on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

New Voices for the Theater:

SPARC’s statewide playwrighting competition program, has an upcoming performance at the Festival of New Works July 26, 2025.

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We are always accepting new students for upcoming classes, camps, and programs!

If you have any questions about SPARC or any of our offerings, please reach out to us by filling out our contact form on this page or by giving us a call at our office at (804) 353-3393.

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SPARC is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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