Flint Youth Theatre: Scripts Unleashed

Auditions for Staged Reading

Auditions: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 4:30-6pm, Room 174

Performance Reading: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 6pm

Rehearsals M/W/F 4:30-6:30pm

Rehearsals begin February 10

Auditions for this STAGED READING will take place in five minute increments and will involve a cold reading from the play. Cold readings may be done individually or in groups, depending on the director's discretion. Auditions are conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Audition forms will be available at the time of the audition and must be filled out and turned in to the Theatre Department Chair.

Synopsis: Teenager Cloe accidentally sees a list of names another student is compiling. Is it a hit list for a planned school shooting, or is it something more innocent? Now Cloe has one night to make the hardest decision she's ever faced: Say nothing and risk a mass murder, or report the student and possibly ruin his life over nothing. In a cascading series of phone calls, Cloe, her friends and two adults race against the clock to find the balances between responsibility and panic. Active shooter drills are supposed to prepare students to survive, but what's preparing them to live under a constant threat of violence?

For more information, please contact [email protected]

Seeing Stars! Benefit

Friday, February 7, 2025 6pm

FIM Dort Music Center Atrium

Seeing Stars! Benefit is the Flint School of Performing Arts’ signature fundraising event.

For the past 28 years, this event has been vital in raising funds for the Flint School of Performing Arts Seeing Stars! tuition assistance program, ensuring that students can study music, dance, and theater regardless of their ability to pay. Last year alone, the Seeing Stars tuition assistance program awarded $230,000 to local FSPA performing arts student and their families. 60% of our enrolled families receive support. 

6pm Enjoy a glass of wine and a strolling dinner of tastings generously provided by many of the area’s best restaurants

7:30pm Seeing Stars! Student Showcase in MacArthur Recital Hall

8:15pm Sweet Endings – Enjoy prosecco or sparkling cider toast and delicious desserts in celebration of our amazing performers

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Flint Youth Theatre Presents: George and the Giant Peach

From the book by Roald Dahl

Dramatized by Richard R. George

Audition Details:

Open to students in 6th-12th grade

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

4:30-6pm

Flint School of Performing Arts

Rehearsals Information:

Start Date: Monday, March 9, 2025

Schedule: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 4:30-6:30pm

Tuition: $75 (to be paid prior to the first rehearsal)

Performance Dates:

Friday, May 9, 2025 7pm

Saturday, May 10, 2025 2pm

Please stop at the FSPA Office for an audition form and to sign up for an audition slot.

Faculty Concert

Steven Prevett, Banjo & Guitar

Bluegrass & Love

Friday, February 14, 2025 7pm

MacArthur Recital Hall

FSPA instructor Steven Prevett will be joined by a full band playing a collection of traditional and modern Bluegrass songs that will explore all things love, from its immense joys to its deepest sorrows. Come spend your Valentine’s Day with us for a heartfelt and harmonious experience that will strum on your heartstrings. 

Sponsored by Ann and Khalil Saab

Register once and receive a free pass for your entire household to attend each FSPA Faculty Concert and FSPA & FSO Chamber Series – Music on the Lawn performances for FIM 2024-25 Season.

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Scholarship Winners' Concert

Saturday, February 15, 2025 2pm

FIM Anderson Room

FSPA Music students awarded Winter 2025 Merit Scholarships present their winning pieces in this showcase of talent.

This is a free event

FSPA Celebrates Black History Month

Friday, February 21, 2025 7pm

MacArthur Recital Hall

FSPA student performers in music, dance, and theatre come together for an evening celebrating iconic works. Pieces range from traditional spirituals, spoken word, and contemporary songs that resonate with, connect to, and celebrate the history of Black people in America.

Age recommendation: School age and older

Runtime: Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes

No intermission

Sensory warning: Use of lights, full band and loud volume.

Tickets are $10

Genesee County residents receive 30% off – discount applied at checkout.

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Emerging Choreographers' Showcase

Saturday, February 22, 2025 2pm

MacArthur Recital Hall

High school dancers present pieces they’ve designed and staged in this annual event that develops and spotlights their creative talents.

This is a free event.

Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra in Concert

Friday, February 28, 2025 7pm

Whiting Auditorium

Flint School of Performing Arts production

The Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra presents a variety of music including Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, which he wrote when he was only 17 years old. Featuring the 2024 FSPA Concerto Competition Winner, violinist Annika Warby, performing Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole.

Age recommendation: Family Friendly

Runtime: Approximately 1 hour

Children $8 - Adults $18

Genesee County residents receive 30% off – discount applied at checkout. 

No intermission

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The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience

featuring Dort Honors String Quartet

Friday, March 7, 2025 7pm

Capitol Theatre

FIM presents

The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience is part concert, dance party, and club night, featuring original music that samples from classical and hip-hop — all presented in an underground setting like the New York scene that birthed hip-hop. Their music uniquely challenges the MCs and classical musicians pushing the boundaries of both hip-hop and concert music, creating something completely new. The program includes seminal works of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, deconstructed and reimagined with funky rhythms and rapid-fire rhymes.

Led by composer/pianist, JooWan Kim, the Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience creates Metamusic by sampling principles of hip-hop and classical. Executed with resident MCs, a lyric soprano, woodwinds, French horns, strings, piano, and drums, the music is rigorous, nuanced, accessible, and free from the dogmas of Western European concert music aesthetic. The result is a seamless tête-à-tête with “textures swimming through the sound…like the world’s fastest ping-pong game” (Pitchfork) and is considered the “cutting edge of hip-hop” (Huffington Post).

Age recommendation: Family friendly

Runtime: Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes

Includes intermission

Tickets start at $35 / $25 for Genesee County residents (plus fees)

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School-Wide Recital

Saturday, March 8, 2025 11am

FIM Anderson Room

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Practice Room Policy

Practice rooms are available for current FSPA students with a 24-hour request notice. Rooms are limited and may not be available at all times.

Please contact Paula in the FSPA Office at 810-238-1350, ext. 3142, if you are interested in reserving a room for practice.

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Fund for Student Needs

The Flint School of Performing Arts Fund for Student Needs has been established to provide additional support beyond tuition assistance to ensure students' continued success in their studies and performances. The Fund for Student Needs may provide for the following needs related to FSPA lessons, classes, ensembles, and performances:

- Study and performance attire (dress code only)

- Instrument repair and maintenance

- Instrument rental

- Instrument equipment: for example, valve oil, reeds, strings, drumsticks, cases

- Sheet Music

- Accompanist Fees 

Contact us at [email protected] or 810.238-1350, ext 3 to learn more.

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Tuition Assistance Program

New Tuition Assistance applications for the 24-25 school year are available.

All previous recipients of Tuition Assistance must reapply if you wish to receive assistance for the new school year.

After Tuition Assistance is determined and a student is registered, the remaining balance must be paid before programs begin.

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