A golden pineapple with a dark green crown sits atop bold yellow and white text reading "THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL" against a vibrant purple background adorned with white floral outlines.

CYT Dallas

LXCL:$175 fee is required prior to audition eligibility.

Production Fee

LXCL:Fee is per auditioner utilizing the accompaniment rehearsal option. Available for mainstage only.

Live Piano Accompaniment Rehearsal Fee 

Fall 2026 CYT Dallas Production fee, The SpongeBob Musical!<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;"><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;">1. Students ages 8-18 should be registered for a CYT Dallas studio class, or Fall trimester class.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;">2. Everyone who is auditioning must first pay the production fee. It is $175 for students ages 8-18. This fee is non-refundable, so please evaluate your other commitments before you decide to audition with us. When you pay your audition fee, you agree to adhere to the CYT Dallas Production Guidelines.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 65); color: rgb(64, 64, 65); font-family: mr-eaves-xl-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300;">3. Once your fee has been paid, you will automatically receive a payment receipt with the link to the audition form. The audition form is due on the Monday night before auditions.&nbsp;4.&nbsp;At least one parent registered in our volunteer system,including a completed background check and child safety training.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">To set up a volunteer account, you must have the CYT Dallas app. Once you open the app, select Volunteer &gt; CYT Dallas Volunteers &gt; Sign Up To Volunteer. You&rsquo;ll then click &quot;Create A New Account.&quot; The volunteer system links from the CYT Dallas app to a different volunteer site, so you need to create a unique volunteer account. (Only one parent is required to volunteer, but each individual who volunteers must have their own account. Spouses cannot share a login.) Fill out the information, and click the link to authorize your background check. Once you create an account, you will be directed to a screen that will say awaiting activation. After we run your background check, you will be emailed a link for a Protect My Ministry training video. Once you complete the video training, your volunteer account will be activated, and you&rsquo;ll be able to see and sign up for shifts.</li></ul> When you commit to participate in a CYT Dallas show, you agree to pay the production fee of $175, to sell 20 tickets per student (or 25 tickets per family,) and contribute family volunteer hours to the production.&nbsp; Each show has a production fee of $175. This no longer includes a show t-shirt. We have not raised our production fee since we started; however, our costs have increased across all departments. We strive to keep productions affordable to participants. There are no scholarships available for production fees, nor the ticket requirements listed above.&nbsp; &nbsp;Pre-Audition Practice Opportunity for Live Audition Accompaniment&nbsp;Tuesday, before auditions, 5:30-8:30pm by appointment&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="">If you are auditioning with sheet music, you can use your audition form to sign-up for a five-minute practice slot with the pianist.</li><li fr-original-style="">Auditioners who use the accompanist should pay $10 to help cover the cost of the professional musician. The option to pay for this is available on this form.</li><li fr-original-style="">Using live accompaniment rather than a pre-recorded track is highly recommended.</li><li fr-original-style="">See Music Notes or Sheet Music Direct for inexpensive sheet music. Music Notes even has an app that will play the song while it highlights the notes to help you learn.</li></ul>All audition details can be found&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.cytdallas.org/auditions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. All auditions &amp; rehearsals will be held at the CYT Dallas Character Factory: 907 W. Main St Lewisville, TXAll performances will be held at the Lewisville Grand Theater: 100 N Charles St Lewisville, TX&nbsp; &nbsp;

Thank you for paying your Fall 2026 Production Fee. The audition form is available by clicking the button below.&nbsp; You should be able to find the answers to all of your audition questions <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.cytdallas.org/auditions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">HERE</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Reminder for participants 18+: You must have a background check and Ministry Safe training on file with CYT before auditioning. Click <a fr-original-style="" href="https://ministryopportunities.org/opportunity/68578" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">HERE</a> to authorize CYT Dallas to complete a background check. Once complete, you will receive an email with a link to the required Ministry Safe Training. You will not be able to audition until these steps are complete. Kate Geschkate@cytdallas.org&nbsp; Shannon Bichenoshannonb@cytdallas.org&nbsp;&nbsp;<span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#8ef9ac}}" data-custom-link="{{https://airtable.com/appC32d5OibbpgWCy/pagic9hwEcZrHZXIu/form}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-df5815cf-59f3-457d-8200-e75eda191fc8}}" data-text="{{Audition Form}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #8ef9ac" style="background-color: rgb(142, 249, 172); overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 16px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 20px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Audition Form&nbsp;

Fall 2026 CYT Dallas Production fee, The SpongeBob Musical! 1. Students ages 8-18 should be registered for a CYT Dallas studio class, or Fall trimester class. 2. Everyone who is auditioning must first pay the production fee. It is $175 for students ages 8-18. This fee is non-refundable, so please evaluate your other commitments before you decide to audition with us. When you pay your audition fee, you agree to adhere to the CYT Dallas Production Guidelines. 3. Once your fee has been paid, you will automatically receive a payment receipt with the link to the audition form. The audition form is due on the Monday night before auditions. 4. At least one parent registered in our volunteer system,including a completed background check and child safety training. <ul><li>To set up a volunteer account, you must have the CYT Dallas app. Once you open the app, select Volunteer &gt; CYT Dallas Volunteers &gt; Sign Up To Volunteer. You’ll then click "Create A New Account." The volunteer system links from the CYT Dallas app to a different volunteer site, so you need to create a unique volunteer account. (Only one parent is required to volunteer, but each individual who volunteers must have their own account. Spouses cannot share a login.) Fill out the information, and click the link to authorize your background check. Once you create an account, you will be directed to a screen that will say awaiting activation. After we run your background check, you will be emailed a link for a Protect My Ministry training video. Once you complete the video training, your volunteer account will be activated, and you’ll be able to see and sign up for shifts.</li></ul> When you commit to participate in a CYT Dallas show, you agree to pay the production fee of $175, to sell 20 tickets per student (or 25 tickets per family,) and contribute family volunteer hours to the production.  Each show has a production fee of $175. This no longer includes a show t-shirt. We have not raised our production fee since we started; however, our costs have increased across all departments. We strive to keep productions affordable to participants. There are no scholarships available for production fees, nor the ticket requirements listed above.   Pre-Audition Practice Opportunity for Live Audition Accompaniment Tuesday, before auditions, 5:30-8:30pm by appointment <ul><li>If you are auditioning with sheet music, you can use your audition form to sign-up for a five-minute practice slot with the pianist.</li><li>Auditioners who use the accompanist should pay $10 to help cover the cost of the professional musician. The option to pay for this is available on this form.</li><li>Using live accompaniment rather than a pre-recorded track is highly recommended.</li><li>See Music Notes or Sheet Music Direct for inexpensive sheet music. Music Notes even has an app that will play the song while it highlights the notes to help you learn.</li></ul>All audition details can be found <a href="https://www.cytdallas.org/auditions/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. All auditions &amp; rehearsals will be held at the CYT Dallas Character Factory: 907 W. Main St Lewisville, TXAll performances will be held at the Lewisville Grand Theater: 100 N Charles St Lewisville, TX

CYT Dallas

Shows: MainStage Fall 2026 Production Fees

Live Piano Accompaniment Rehearsal Fee

$10

Production Fee

$175

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