Children's Musical Theater San Jose

Children’s Musical Theater San Jose is one of the nation’s largest theatrical performing and training organizations for youth. Each year, the organization mounts 10 productions with performers aged four to 20, reaching more than 40,000 audience members. Every child who auditions is cast, resulting in 1,000 young performers taking the stage. The organization also reaches more than 7,000 children each year with its Student Audience Matinee Program, workshops and master classes, and intensive summer sessions. Support for Children’s Musical Theater San Jose aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s former Arts Education strategy, through the Program Delivery substrategy.

San Jose Children’s Musical Theater (SJCMT) is one of the nation’s largest theatrical performing and training organizations for youth. SJCMT mounts ten productions annually with performers aged six to twenty, reaching 35,000 audience members. Every child who auditions is cast, resulting in 1,000 young performers taking the stage at San Jose’s historic Montgomery Theater. Each production has two full casts in order to make this possible, and no child is ever turned away due to lack of funds. SJCMT also reaches 10,000 schoolchildren each year with its Student Matinee Program, a year-round conservatory aligned with the state’s Visual and Performing Arts standards, and intensive summer sessions. With a robust cash reserve and a prudent fiscal approach, SJCMT faces its largest challenge in executive leadership; with the departure of two executive directors in the past four years, the organization needs to reassess the skills needed in that role.