Currently, the Center is working with approximately 100 students from the following Milwaukee Public Schools that have a strong interest in the performing arts:

• Bay View High School
• Milwaukee High School of the Arts
• Reagan College Preparatory High School
• Hmong American Peace Academy
• Milwaukee School of Languages
• Saint Joan Antida High School
• Riverside University High School

Kids and Broadway

As part of this program, the students will participate in a week-long summer intensive with an opportunity to see the live performance of the featured Broadway show of the summer.

The summer intensive includes, but is not limited to:  audition training, panel discussions with university admissions counselors, one-on-one experiences with local performing artists, specialty workshops on costumes, make-up, lighting/sound, stage management, Q & A sessions with Marcus Center staff regarding careers in the arts, and culminates with 90-minute vocal and dance master classes with select cast members from the summer Broadway show.

In addition to this summer intensive, students will have opportunities throughout the season to participate in workshops both at their school and at the Center with select cast members from touring Broadway shows, as well as artists from the Center’s Off-Broadway series.

Throughout the year, the Marcus Center also serves as a mentor to each of these high schools and provides expert advice on their high school musicals as needed.