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About Us
2024-2025 Season
Auditions
Ensemble
Classes/Camps
Friends of Rainbow
Past Seasons

About Us

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Rainbow Company Youth Theatre is a nationally acclaimed, award-winning youth theatre group funded by the city of Las Vegas. For more than 45 years, Rainbow Company has provided professional theatrical training programs for children of all ages.

Our mission is to educate and empower young artists in the community through inclusive, collaborative, and professional opportunities in all aspects of theatre.

Contact us:

Charleston Heights Arts Center
800 S. Brush St, Las Vegas, NV 89107
rainbowcompany@lasvegasnevada.gov
702.229.6553

Victoria Whitaker
Theater Program Specialist - Education
vwhitaker@lasvegasnevada.gov
Office 702.229.5017 | Cell 702.323.9472

Tatiana McCallum
Theater Program Specialist - Production
tmccallum@lasvegasnevada.gov
Office 702.229.3516 | Cell 725.502.9694

Follow Us on Social Media:

Instagram: @rainbowcompanyyouththeatre
Facebook: The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre
TikTok: @rainbowcompanytheatre

2024-2025 Season

  

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Individual show tickets are on sale now, priced at $10 ($8 ticket plus $2 fee). 

Season tickets are on sale now, priced at $30 ($25 ticket plus $5 fee). Season tickets include one ticket for each of the four shows in the season. The ticket is valid for any show day and time. Purchase season ticket packages here.

There are no age restrictions for our audiences, however some shows include mature content and viewer discretion is advised. 

Twelfth Night

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Cassandra Krupp

"Twelfth Night" is a comedic play that explores themes of love, mistaken identity and the folly of ambition. Set in the fictional kingdom of Illyria, it follows the romantic entanglements of characters like Viola, who disguises herself as a man, and Orsino, who is in love with a countess. The play's humorous and often bittersweet plot twists showcase Shakespeare's skill in blending comedy with deeper reflections on human nature.

Performances: Nov. 15-24, 2024. Purchase tickets online here.


The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Music and Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Book by Joe Tracz
Directed by Victoria Whitaker

The musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's bestseller, "The Lightning Thief," follows teenager Percy Jackson and his friends as they embark on a quest to find Zeus' missing lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods. Percy, a newly discovered demigod, must grapple with his uncontrollable powers, unwanted destiny, and a slew of mythological monsters on his journey to clear his name and save the world.

Performances: Feb. 28-March 9, 2025. Purchase tickets online here.

Auditions: Dec. 7, 2024. Register here for your audition spot.
For your audition, please prepare 16-32 bars from a musical of your choice, not from "The Lightning Thief" musical or any Disney franchise. No accompanist will be provided. Please bring your own device to play a backing track. An aux cord and a lightning cable will be available for speaker connection. If you require a specific adapter, be sure to bring it. Alternatively, you may email a cut track to RainbowCompany@LasVegasNevada.gov by Dec. 5. Callbacks will be by invitation held from 4:30 p.m. to approximately 7 p.m. at Charleston Heights Arts Center. During callbacks, you may be asked to sing selections from "The Lightning Thief" musical.


Ensemble Showcase: A Play Festival

The Ensemble Showcase features a collection of short plays produced entirely by our talented Ensemble Company students. Act One will present our annual senior-written and directed script, highlighting the creativity and leadership of our graduating students. Act Two will follow with a diverse array of short plays and one-act performances, also directed by our Ensemble, offering a range of genres and themes that celebrate our dedicated and talented students.

Performances: May 2-11, 2025. Purchase tickets online here.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon
Adapted by Simon Stephens
Directed by David Tovar

Fifteen-year-old Christina has an extraordinary brain, excelling in mathematics but struggling with everyday life. Confined to familiar surroundings, she detests physical contact and harbors distrust for strangers. When she discovers his neighbor's dog murdered, Christina embarks on a clandestine investigation that dramatically alters her understanding of the world.

Performances: Sept. 20-29, 2024.

Call 702-229-5017 for more information.

Ensemble


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The Rainbow Company Ensemble serves as the core of our youth theatre programming. Ensemble runs August through May and offers professional-level training to young people, ages 10-18, selected yearly by open auditions. Ensemble is for students who want to learn all aspects of theatre.

Rainbow Company Ensemble functions in two parts. First, Ensemble members are required to attend weekly educational classes that train students in theatre history, performance, technical elements and leadership. 
Second, members are required to work all four productions in our season, either in the performing cast or on the technical crew. The costumes, makeup, sets, lights, sound and backstage crew responsibilities are all handled by Ensemble members under supervision of staff along with professional directors and designers.

This nationally recognized program is rigorous and requires a high level of commitment.

Our 2024-2025 Ensemble has already been selected. Please check back next July for information on how to join this program for our 2025-2026 season.

Call 702-229-5071 for more information.

Classes/Camps

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Rainbow Company Youth Theatre offers multiple six-week sessions from September to May for young people ages 4-18 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center. All classes are designed to build confidence, strengthen communication skills and create connection.

Upcoming Sessions:

Fall II: Oct. 28, 2024 - Dec. 14, 2024.  No class Nov. 25-30, 2024.

Winter:  Jan. 13, 2025-Feb. 22, 2025.

Spring I: March 3-April 19, 2025 (no classes spring break week)

Rainbow Company Youth Theatre also offers summer acting camps and workshops. Check back next spring for more information.

Register for camps and classes at registration.lasvegasnevada.gov.


Classes

Storybook Adventures!
Ages 4-6
Saturdays 9 - 9:45 a.m.
*Cost: $35-$42.
Students in Storybook Adventures will be introduced to the fundamentals of dramatization through storytelling and creative play!


Performance Fundamentals
Ages 7-9
Saturdays 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. 
*Cost: $35-$42.
Students will gain an appreciation for theatre and knowledge of performance fundamentals through the use of voice, body, imagination, exploration and creative expression.

Youth Acting Workshop
Ages 10-12
Saturdays 12 - 1 p.m.
*Cost: $35-$42.
Students in this class will work on theatre skills and beginning techniques that explore character and scene creation through warmups, theatre experiences and exercises.

Performance Fundamentals
Ages 7-9
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
*Cost: $42.
Students will gain an appreciation for theatre and knowledge of performance fundamentals through the use of voice, body, imagination, exploration and creative expression.

Youth Acting Workshop
Ages 10-12
Wednesdays, 4 - 5 p.m.
*Cost: $42.
Students in this class will work on theatre skills and beginning techniques that explore character and scene creation through warmups, theatre experiences and exercises.

Teen Acting Workshop
Ages 13-17
Wednesdays 6:30 - 8 p.m.
*Cost: $60.
Students will hone their acting skills using improvisation, character development and scene study. Students will be challenged to take risks, make strong choices, and explore truth through their work.

*Cost is per six-week session. Register for classes at registration.lasvegasnevada.gov.

Friends of Rainbow

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Friends of Rainbow is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 1983. Composed of dedicated parents and volunteers, their mission is to serve and enrich Rainbow Company Youth Theatre and its students through scholarship support, production funding and educational opportunities.

Friends of Rainbow play an active role in supporting an inclusive and lively community at Rainbow Company Youth Theatre. They provide resources for students that foster creativity and strengthen connections. They also offer concessions and raffles with exciting prizes to the hundreds of audience members that come to each Rainbow Company production.

For questions or to learn more about how you can support Friends of Rainbow, contact:

Monika Dotson - President of Friends of Rainbow
210.487.8753
mosttx2011@gmail.com

Erica Griffin - Vice President
702.285.6545
ericasomething@gmail.com

Past Seasons


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2024-2025 – 48th Season
  • "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" – Performances Sept. 20-21 and Sept. 27-29, 2024
2023-2024 – 47th Season

  • "Lord of the Flies" – Performances Sept. 22-24 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2023 
  • "The Odyssey" – Performances Dec. 1-3 and Dec. 8-10, 2023. 
  • "Much Ado About Nothing" – Performances Feb. 9-10 and Feb. 16-18, 2024 
  • "The Addams Family" – Performances April 26-28 and May 3-5, 2024 

2022-2023 – 46th Season

  • "Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular" – Performances Sept. 30-Oct. 2 and Oct. 7-9, 2022
  • "Alice's Wonderland" : An Original Adaptation by Maythinee Washington – Performances Dec. 2-4 and Dec. 9-11, 2022
  • "Romeo and Juliet" – Performances Feb. 10-12 and Feb. 17-19, 2023
  • "Once On This Island" – Performances April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023

2021-2022 – 45th Season

  • "The Neverending Story” – Performances Oct. 1–10, 2021
  • “The Velveteen Rabbit” – Performances Dec. 3–12, 2021
  • “Still Life with Iris” – Performances Feb. 11–20, 2022
  • Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical”* – Performances April 29–May 8, 2022

2020-2021

  • "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"

2019-2020

  • "The Witches"
  • "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

2018-2019

  • "Winnie the Pooh"
  • "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka"
  • "Stories from the Silver State"
  • "The Land of the Dragon"

2017-2018

  • "The Reluctant Dragon"
  • "The Wizard of Oz"
  • "Adventures in the Sagebrush State"
  • "A Little Princess"
  • "10-Minute Play Festival: Dreams"

2016-2017

  • "Seussical"
  • "Recollections of the Silver State"
  • "Peter Pan"
  • "10-Minute Play Festival"

2015-2016

  • "A Year with Frog and Toad"
  • "Voices from the Sagebrush"
  • "Bridge to Terabithia"
  • "(W)Rites of Passage"

2014-2015

  • "Meet Me in St. Louis"
  • "Digging Through Nevada's Past"
  • "Mr. Popper's Penguins"
  • "(W)Rites of Passage"
  • "The Nightingale"

2013-2014

  • "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers"
  • "Scrooge, the Musical"
  • "Spinning Nevada's Past"
  • "Ozma of Oz, a Tale of Time"

2012-2013

  • "Tom Sawyer"
  • "Honk!"
  • "Across the Truckee"
  • "Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Tale"

2011-2012

  • "Charlotte's Web"
  • "Oliver!"
  • "Uncovering Nevada's Past"
  • "Sleeping Beauty"

2010-2011

  • "Zombies Walk Among Us"
  • "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"
  • "Sagebrush Stories"
  • "Metamorphosis"
  • "How I Became a Pirate"

2009-2010

  • "The Witches"
  • "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
  • "Unsung Characters of Nevada's Past"
  • "The Orphan Train"
  • "Jack and the Beanstalk"

2008-2009

  • "The Kid Who Ran for President"
  • "Cinderella"
  • "Mark Twain's Nevada"
  • "The Samurai and the Shadow Princess"
  • "The Reluctant Dragon"

2007-2008

  • "My Neighbor the Monster"
  • "The Wizard of Oz"
  • "Kit Carson's Frontier Adventure"
  • "The Ghost of the River House"
  • "The Great Cross Country Race"

2006-2007

  • "Cheaper by the Dozen"
  • "A Year with Frog and Toad"
  • "Trails of Old Nevada"
  • "One to Grow On"
  • "The Land of the Dragon"

2005-2006

  • "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
  • "Miss Nelson is Missing"
  • "Snowshoes Across the Sierras"
  • "I Never Saw Another Butterfly"
  • "The Little Mermaid"

2004-2005

  • "The Little Princess, Sara Crew"
  • "Seussical"
  • "Las Vegas Days of Old"
  • "(W)Rites of Passage"
  • "Bridge to Terabithia"

2003-2004

  • "Winnie the Pooh"
  • "Little Shop of Horrors"
  • "Sacagawea, the Bird Woman's Return"
  • "The Diary of Anne Frank"

2002-2003

  • "Charlotte's Web"
  • "Snoopy!"
  • "The Final Journey"
  • "Step on a Crack"
  • "Sleeping Beauty"

2001-2002

  • "El Jinte Sin Cabeza: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
  • "The Emperor's New Clothes"
  • "Characters of the Cornstock"
  • "Two Pails of Water"
  • "The Boyfriend"

2000-2001

  • "Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes"
  • "The Apple Tree"
  • "Fool of the World"
  • "The All Aboard! Rails West to Nevada"
  • "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers"

1999-2000

  • "Jack and the Beanstalk"
  • "Meet Me in St. Louis"
  • "Nevada Stories: The Way West"
  • "Wetlands"
  • "Skin of Our Teeth"

1998-1999

  • "The Dreaming Pool"
  • "Oliver!"
  • "Adventures in Old Nevada"
  • "Don't Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf"
  • "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon-Marigolds"

1997-1998

  • "The Crane Wife"
  • "Little Women"
  • "Best Stories of the Silver State"
  • "Noodle Doodle Box"
  • "No One Will Marry a Princess with a Tree"

1996-1997

  • "Tom Sawyer"
  • "Cinderella"
  • "Tales of Old Nevada"
  • "Clarissa's Closet"
  • "The Miracle Worker"

1995-1996

  • "The Odyssey"
  • "The Wizard of Oz"
  • "Nevada Tales, Tall and True"
  • "The Green-Tree Boy"
  • "Cheaper by the Dozen"

1994-1995

  • "Tales of Trickery"
  • "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"
  • "More Stories of the Silver State"
  • "Innocents"
  • "The Point"

1993-1994

  • "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
  • "The Wind in the Willows"
  • "Bridge to Terabithia"
  • "Stories of the Silver State"
  • "Big River"

1992-1993

  • "One to Grow On"
  • "Story Theatre"
  • "Dog Pound Boy"
  • "Charlotte's Web"

1991-1992

  • "Written in Water"
  • "Jack and the Beanstalk"
  • "MacBeth"
  • "The Sugar House"
  • "The Fantasticks"

1990-1991

  • "Fools"
  • "Written in Water"
  • "The Sleeping Beauty"
  • "Hating Alison Ashley"
  • "The Diary of Anne Frank"
  • "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"

1989-1990

  • "From the Life of the Bog People"
  • "The Catechism of Patty Reed"
  • "Beach of Dreams"
  • "The Tingalary Bird"
  • "Rockway Café"
  • "Really Rosie"
  • "Rock Stories"
  • "Winnie the Pooh"
  • "The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria"

1988-1989

  • "Mother Hicks"
  • "Weyland's Sword / Young Men at Arms"
  • "Cinderella"
  • "The Nightingale"
  • "The Skin of Our Teeth"

1987-1988

  • "Alice in Wonderland"
  • "A Little Princess"
  • "(W)Rites of Passage, Too"
  • "Androcles and the Lion"
  • "Dandy Jim Valentine and the Time-lock, Clock-work, Crack-proof Safe"
  • "Al Greco"

1986-1987

  • "Fool of the World"
  • "Elsie Beckman"
  • "(W)Rites of Passage"
  • "Once Upon a Mattress"
  • "Puss-in-Boots"

1985-1986

  • "Troubled Waters"
  • "The Wiz"
  • "Vagabonds"
  • "A Meeting of Mimes"
  • "The Emperor's New Clothes"
  • "Li'l Abner"

1984-1985

  • "Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes"
  • "Oliver!"
  • "Aladdin"
  • "A Wrinkle in Time"
  • "Annie"

1983-1984

  • "Charlotte's Web"
  • "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"
  • "Snoopy!"
  • "Hansel and Gretel"
  • "East of the Sun, West of the Moon"
  • "Roses and Briars"

1982-1983

  • "Gypsy"
  • "The Ransom of Red Chief"
  • "The Wind in the Willows"
  • "The Green-Tree Boy"
  • "Beauty and the Beast, The Legacy of the Rose"
  • "Apologies"

1981-1982

  • "The Sound of Music"
  • "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
  • "The Nightingale"
  • "Goldthroat"
  • "To Kill a Mockingbird"

1980-1981

  • "Cinderella"
  • "Oh Brother!"
  • "Winnie the Pooh"
  • "Pinocchio"
  • "Odd Man Out"

1979-1980

  • "Oliver!"
  • "Step on a Crack"
  • "Androcles and the Lion"
  • "One to Grow On"

1978-1979

  • "Special Class"
  • "The Wizard of Oz"
  • "Aladdin"
  • "Golden Horse, Silver Night"

1977-1978

  • "Alice in Wonderland"
  • "Ransom of Red Chief"
  • "Hansel and Gretel"
  • "The Hobbit"

1976-1977

  • "Pippi Longstocking"
  • "Two Pails of Water"
  • "The Hide-and-Seek Odyssey of Madeline Gimple"

Auditions

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Auditions for Rainbow Company productions are open to community members ages 8-18 and will be held at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. in Las Vegas, Nevada. There is no cost to audition or participate.

Auditions are by appointment. Links will be posted below when audition appointments are open for scheduling. Audition material will be available prior to each audition. 

Upcoming auditions:

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Auditions: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024
One hour audition slots available from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Register here for your time slot to audition.
For your audition, please prepare 16-32 bars from a musical of your choice, not from "TheLightning Thief" musical or any Disney franchise. No accompanist will beprovided. Please bring your own device to play a backing track. An aux cord anda lightning cable will be available for speaker connection. If you require aspecific adapter, be sure to bring it. Alternatively, you may email a cut trackto RainbowCompany@LasVegasNevada.gov byDec. 5, 2024. Callbacks will be by invitation held from 4:30 p.m. toapproximately 7 p.m. at Charleston Heights Arts Center. During callbacks, youmay be asked to sing selections from The Lightning Thief musical.
 

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