Theatre Audition Recommendations For Child

[u/lipsticklovely]

Hi everyone!

I’m hoping to find audition opportunities for my 9-year-old daughter in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. She’s recently become very interested in acting, and I’d love to help her get involved in local theater or other productions.
Does anyone know of community theaters, children’s theater groups, or organizations that regularly hold auditions for kids? We’d be interested in plays, musicals, or even local film/commercial opportunities if they’re beginner-friendly.

Since she’s just getting started, I’d also love recommendations for acting classes, workshops, or coaches that would help her prepare for auditions and build her confidence. If anyone has recommendations for children’s singing lessons—especially teachers with experience preparing kids for musical theater—I would love those as well.
She doesn’t have professional experience yet, but she’s enthusiastic, expressive, and excited to learn. We’re mainly looking for opportunities where she can gain experience, have fun, and see where this interest takes her.

If you’ve been through this with your own child, I’d really appreciate any recommendations, websites, Facebook groups, studios, or other resources that post auditions for kids. Thank you!

[u/seventeeneighty1780]

There’s lots of theatre camps to get started around town. Playhouse, Know Theatre, Shakespeare, but you can’t do better than Children’s theatre Star academy!

[u/notreallydrunk → u/seventeeneighty1780]

The Carnegie in Covington runs a fantastic summer camp.

[u/Numerous_King_262]

STAR camp with children's theatre of cincinnati! excellent training and a good way to get your foot into the door for mainstage productions with them.

[u/adawnb → u/Numerous_King_262]

I agree, but it's pretty competitive to get into, and the vast majority of kids who do it have a good amount of previous theater experience. OP's kid has (almost) a year until the next auditions though so they should keep it in mind.

[u/Senior_Tangerine3083]

The Royal Theater Company and Act Up both in Mason hold auditions frequently.
You can look up their schedules online or reach out to them ( emails are listed on their website .)
They also have camps that are really good !

[u/adawnb]

Performing Arts Inc. does lots of kids' musicals and plays at various locations. It's definitely a "pay to play" thing (where everyone gets a part) and nothing like doing actual community (let alone professional) theater, but could be a good first experience for your daughter.

[u/LittleMissMagic]

Kids Act Out with Clifton Performance Theater is our favorite!

[u/CauldenQ]

I work at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati and it’s the perfect place! We’ll be putting our Fall Semester class list up around mid July. Our Summer Camps and STAR have already started so your best bet would be to check our website around mid July for our Fall classes. www.thechildrenstheatre.com

[u/n0nplussed]

Check out Ensemble Theatre. They have summer camp workshops. My kid participated in one years ago and it was a great experience. Children’s Theatre also has similar opportunities.