{{Short description|Performing arts organization based in San Jose, California}} {{Infobox organization | logo = CMT logo new.png | name = CMT San Jose | full_name = Children's Musical Theater San Jose | type = Nonprofit | founder = John P. Healy Jr. | formation = 1968 | leader_title = Artistic director | leader_name = Kikau Alvaro | leader_title2 = Managing director | leader_name2 = Dana Zell | website = {{URL|https://www.cmtsj.org}} | headquarters = CMT Creative Arts Center | location = San Jose, California, USA | awards = 12 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts | purpose = Musical theater education and training | num_students_year = 2023 | num_students = {{bulleted list |950 stage performers |475 class participants |745 camp participants<ref name="cmt-ir-2023"/>}} }} '''CMT San Jose''' ('''Children's Musical Theater San Jose''') is a non-profit performing arts organization, which produces and stages musical theatre at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose.
One of the largest youth musical theater and training programs in the US, the organization produces eleven full-scale musicals per year in three different divisions of children between the ages of 7 and 20. Nine of the eleven productions cast every child who auditions. Two productions are showcases for more professional performers who donate their time and talent to benefit the organization. CMT also runs workshops, and summer camps for children as young as four.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/about/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater |language=en-US}}</ref>
CMT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is the oldest performing arts organization in San Jose. It was the first non-professional company in the country to stage the musicals ''Aida'' and ''Miss Saigon'', and the first to produce a number of others on the West Coast, including ''A Christmas Carol'', ''Billy Elliot'', ''Sister Act'' and ''American Idiot''. The company has earned 12 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and, as of 2024 has put on over 400 musical theater productions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/about/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CMT San Jose – Children's Musical Theater San Jose |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/ |website=CMT San Jose – Children's Musical Theater}}</ref>
At least 14 CMT alumni have gone on to perform on Broadway or on Broadway tours.
== Early years ==
CMT’s origins trace to a musical touring troupe called the Entr'actes, founded in 1968 by 17-year-old John P. Healy, Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-30 |title=S.J. arts director fondly remembered |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/08/29/s-j-arts-director-fondly-remembered/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref> Healy, a musical performer and writer who aspired to build easy opportunities for young people to perform onstage, led a group of 15 young people who performed scenes from various musicals at local churches, rest homes and hospitals. They also performed operettas, including one based on Hansel & Gretel, produced and directed by Healy. Later, the group moved into the bingo hall at St. Francis Cabrini School and changed its name to the Cabrini Community Theater.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-30 |title=S.J. arts director fondly remembered |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/08/29/s-j-arts-director-fondly-remembered/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref>
By 1972, the group had changed its name to San Jose Children’s Musical Theater (SJCMT) and moved into an old San Jose building that had previously housed the First Church of Christ, Scientist. The building, used primarily as a rehearsal space, later became known as the Palace of Performing Arts or P.O.P.A. Shows were performed at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose and, for a few years in the mid-1980s, moved to the old Campbell High School's historic Heritage Theater.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Mulcahy |url=https://www.preservation.org/2024-sj-candidates/michael-mulcahy |website=PAC*SJ |language=en}}</ref>
SJCMT continued to grow, and by 1975 it reported that over 1,000 children were involved in a year.
Healy directed, choreographed, musically directed and designed most of the 150 shows produced by SJCMT by the time he left in 1982.<ref>{{citation |title="Scrooge" program |url=http://sjcmt.net/pictures/75_Scrooge_14.jpg |date=1975}}</ref>
== CMT today ==
Following Healy’s departure in 1982, the organization was largely run by volunteer parents until 1996, when the organization hired its first full-time artistic director, Kevin Hauge.
Hauge had started working with CMT in 1982, directing several summer shows, starting with ''Bye Bye Birdie''. After a few years he left for other opportunities, then returned to San Jose in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-30 |title=How Children's Musical Theater built a cast of thousands |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/30/how-childrens-musical-theater-built-a-cast-of-thousands/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref>
While working with CMT, he received the Lin Wright Special Recognition Award by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.<ref>{{cite web |title=More Award Winners |url=https://www.aate.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:more-award-winners&catid=20:site-content |website=www.aate.com}}</ref> He was the guest speaker at the International Association of Theater Educators Conference in Washington D.C. and at the Education and Technology conference in New York City. In 2016, Hauge received an honorable mention from the Tony Awards for Excellence in Theater Education.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Excellence in Theatre Education Award from the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/education-award/ |website=www.tonyawards.com}}</ref>
Because of its widening reach beyond its origins, in 2001 CMT changed its formal name to Children's Musical Theater San Jose, which emphasizes the group's name over its home location.<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose History |url=http://sjcmt.com/abt_hist.html |date=12 January 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020112202234/http://sjcmt.com/abt_hist.html |archive-date=2002-01-12 }}</ref>
In 2004 CMT started its "Marquee" program, with one production per year. In 2011 they exchanged one of their Mainstage shows for Marquee, bringing Mainstage down to three a year and bumping Marquee up to two.
To keep children performing and maintain their sense of community during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, CMT Mainstage rehearsed and performed ''In the Heights'' remotely. This included 200 performers recorded from their homes, with the recording presented at a drive-in theater.<ref>{{cite news |title=CMT holds virtual rehearsals for performers sheltering in place |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/25/cmt-holds-virtual-rehearsals-for-performers-sheltering-in-place/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |work=The Mercury News |date=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="hauge-retire">{{cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose Artistic Director Kevin Hauge to Retire |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Childrens-Musical-Theater-San-Jose-Artistic-Director-Kevin-Hauge-to-Retire-20240617 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 1991 CMT began an annual "Cabaret Night" as a fundraiser event.
To engage the theater community in emerging technologies, in 1998 CMT started the unique "Theater As Digital Activity" program, which lasted until 2003.
In 2021 the organization moved its headquarters to a new 25,000 sq ft building to be used for rehearsals, classes, prop/costume storage and office space. It also set up the side parking lot for its three outdoor summer productions while indoor productions were prohibited.<ref>{{cite news |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose moves into its new $2.2 million home |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/15/childrens-musical-theater-introduces-its-amazing-new-home-in-san-jose/ |work=The Mercury News |date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
In 2022, CMT increased their total annual shows to 11 by adding a second Junior Talents show.
In 2024 it was announced that Kevin Hauge would retire from his position as artistic director at the close of CMT's 57th season in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose Artistic Director Kevin Hauge to Retire |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Childrens-Musical-Theater-San-Jose-Artistic-Director-Kevin-Hauge-to-Retire-20240617 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> In March 2025, Kikau Alvaro was announced as Hauge's successor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose Names Kikau Alvaro as New Artistic Director |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Childrens-Musical-Theater-San-Jose-Names-Kikau-Alvaro-as-New-Artistic-Director-20250305 |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
== Management ==
In 1993 Michael Mulcahy was brought on as CMT's first executive director. In 1996, he hired Kevin R. Hauge to be the company's first full-time artistic director. CMT leadership after 2001 included Jennifer Sandretto Hull from 2001 to 2006,<ref>{{cite news |title=Pizarro: S.J. children's theater group searching for new director |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/05/16/pizarro-s-j-childrens-theater-group-searching-for-new-director/ |work=The Mercury News |date=17 May 2008}}</ref> Michael Miller from 2012 to 2016,<ref>{{cite news |title=Pizarro: Michael Miller jumps from leading San Jose Jazz to Children's Musical Theater |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/02/29/pizarro-michael-miller-jumps-from-leading-san-jose-jazz-to-childrens-musical-theater/ |work=The Mercury News |date=29 February 2012}}</ref> and Dana Zell from 2016 to the present.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dana Zell Named Managing Director at Children's Musical Theater |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/12/07/dana-zell-named-managing-director-at-childrens-musical-theater/ |website=AMERICAN THEATRE |publisher=American Theatre Editors |date=7 December 2015}}</ref> In August 2025, Kikau Alvaro became the organization's new artistic director.
thumb|CMT Creative Arts Center, in use since 2021
== Performance venues == thumb|The Montgomery Theater in 2024
CMT's original performance venue was the St. Frances Cabrini Hall. Over the years the organization occasionally performed in a few other locations as well, including various high schools and the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.
Since 1973, CMT's performances have almost exclusively occurred at the Montgomery Theater, which shares a building with the San Jose Civic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Show Index |url=http://sjcmt.net/show_index.php |website=sjcmt.net}}</ref>
== Performance divisions == CMT's annual musical productions are separated into four named categories, based on age ranges.<ref name="cmt-about">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/about |website=CMT San Jose – Children's Musical Theater |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="cmt-about-2015">{{cite web |title=ABOUT CMT San Jose |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/content/about-cmt-san-jose |date=6 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206064904/http://www.cmtsj.org/content/about-cmt-san-jose |archive-date=2015-02-06 }}</ref> Occasionally the age range may be adjusted for a given performance.
Junior Talents is the youngest age range (7–11). It currently puts on two performances every season, though not every season has included Junior Talents shows.
Rising Stars is for age range 8–14. It currently puts on four performances every season.
Mainstage is for age range 14–20. It currently puts on three performances per season (four performances before 2011). These high quality shows usually include a live orchestra.
Introduced in 2005, Marquee performances include children as well as adults from the Bay Area across all age ranges, including many CMT alumni. It has an equally high production value as Mainstage shows.<ref name="cmt-about-2015"/>
Unlike other performance groups, casting is not guaranteed for those who audition for Marquee shows. It puts on two performances every year (one before 2011).<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose's Marquee Productions |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/prod_marq.html |date=11 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211065113/http://www.cmtsj.org/prod_marq.html |archive-date=2004-12-11 }}</ref>
== Programs ==
=== Theater As Digital Activity ===
In 1996, CMT started Theater As Digital Activity (TADA!), an online program to allow children from around the world to collaborate and fully create musicals to be produced by CMT and performed by their members. The program ended after its last production in 2003.
A website called ConvoNation, which was a communications platform for sick and disabled children created by Apple’s Worldwide Disabilities Solutions Group,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tedeschi |first1=Bob |title=Apple Pulls Plug on Sick Kids' Site |url=https://www.wired.com/1998/05/apple-pulls-plug-on-sick-kids-site/ |magazine=Wired}}</ref> collaborated with CMT to create TADA's first project, the original musical ''Pulse: The Rhythm of Life.'' It was released and performed in 1998, featuring Alex Brightman in a lead role. In 1999, PBS made a documentary about the development of ''Pulse'', hosted by Annette Bening.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pulse |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/pulse/1030306857/ |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SJCMT PBS Special about Pulse | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqyp9AGme1k |date=16 September 2018}}</ref>
Other projects developed under the TADA program include ''Our Tree: The Family Chronicles'', released in May 2000; ''2101'' in 2001; ''A Little Princess'' in 2002; and ''Persephone'' in 2003. Of these, three were written and composed in part by Richard Link.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Link {{!}} News and Info {{!}} Theater as Digital Activity (TADA) |url=https://richardlink.com/content/tada.html |website=richardlink.com}}</ref>
=== Classes and workshops === CMT offers classes for recital, dance, acting, improv, vocal and auditions for ages ranging from 4 to 20. Occasionally, professional guest artists are brought in to teach classes. The following notable artists have taught or presented at CMT: Thomas Schumacher, theatrical producer; Anthony Rapp, Broadway and film actor; Jason Robert Brown and Drew Gasparini, Broadway composers; and Jacob Brent, actor and choreographer.
Some CMT alumni have also returned in a teaching capacity, including Alex Brightman, Aaron Albano and Matt Hill.
=== Student audience matinees ===
For each of its shows performed in a season, CMT offers special discounted matinée (morning) performances exclusively for schools and other local community groups. These include a Q & A session during intermission and a study guide for teachers to help their students and prepare them for their experience.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student Audience Matinees |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/student-audience-matinees/ |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater}}</ref>
=== Touring groups ===
From its beginnings until 1999, CMT had one or more tour groups, in which members would perform at various community events as well as for private parties, organizations, hospitals and schools.
Originally starting out as the "Entr'Acts", additional groups added in the 1970s were known as the "Finales", the "Melodear" and the "Reprises". From the early 80s through the 90s there was a single touring group known as "The Neighborhood Kids".<ref>{{citation |title=1976 Cavalcade of Musical Theater Program |url=http://sjcmt.net/pictures.php?pic_event=3090 |date=25 July 1976}}</ref><ref name="1983-annie-program">{{citation |title=1983 Annie Program |url=http://sjcmt.net/pictures.php?pic_event=1610}}</ref>
== Events ==
CMT San Jose holds the following annual events:
'''Gala''' – Fundraising event early in the year during which alumni and current performers put on multiple show numbers during a brunch and dinner. Includes auctions and raffles. This event started in 1991 and was originally known as Cabaret Night.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pizarro: Children's Musical Theater honoring Shirlee DiNapoli Schiro at 25th annual benefit |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/02/09/pizarro-childrens-musical-theater-honoring-shirlee-dinapoli-schiro-at-25th-annual-benefit/ |website=The Mercury News |date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CMT Gala 2024 - It's A Musical |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/cmt-gala/ |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater}}</ref>
'''Preview Night''' – Free outdoor potluck event in the summer that includes several live preview performances of musical numbers from the remainder of the season and the announcement of all of the musicals for the next season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C7UrM5RyMYg/ |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
'''Honors Night''' – Free event in December with presentations and performances in which outstanding performers receive awards for various categories.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honors Night 2023 |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/honors-night-2023/ |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater}}</ref>
While not relating to CMT's own shows, the organization also hosts the '''Rita Moreno Awards''' (Rita Moreno California High School Musical Honors) – A competition in May co-hosted with Broadway San Jose to recognize outstanding achievements in high school musicals. The Lead Actor and Actress winners go on to the Jimmy Awards in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rita Moreno Awards |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/ritamorenoawards/ |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater}}</ref>
== List of productions ==
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! ! Junior Talents ! Rising Stars ! Mainstage ! Marquee |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 58<br />2025 – 2026<ref>{{cite web |title=Season 58 - CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/season-58/ }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' * ''Pinocchio'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Fiddler on the Roof'' * ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' * ''Godspell'' * ''Newsies'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' * ''Chess'' * ''Legally Blonde'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Finding Neverland'' * ''Dear Evan Hansen'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 57<br />2024 – 2025<ref name="hauge-retire"/> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Lion King Experience'' * ''James and the Giant Peach'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''A Christmas Carol'' * ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' * ''Once Upon a Mattress'' * ''Guys and Dolls'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Rock of Ages'' * ''Hadestown'' * ''Frozen'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Beautiful: The Carole King Musical'' * ''Waitress'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 56<br />2023 – 2024 | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Junie B. Jones'' * ''Madagascar Jr'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Freaky Friday'' * ''Seussical'' * ''Honk!'' * ''Crazy for You'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Mean Girls'' * ''Pippin'' * ''Rent'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' * ''School of Rock'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 55<br />2022 – 2023 | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Big One-Oh!'' * ''Finding Nemo Jr'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Wizard of Oz'' * ''The Sound of Music'' * ''Schoolhouse Rock Live!'' * ''13'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Head over Heels'' * ''Cinderella'' * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Something Rotten!'' * ''Mary Poppins'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 54<br />2021 – 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Season 54 Announcement |url=https://mailchi.mp/cmtsj/s54 |website=Mailchimp}}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Frozen Jr'' * ''Moana Jr'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Lightning Thief'' * ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' * ''Disney's Descendants'' * ''The Little Mermaid'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Les Misérables'' * ''Urinetown'' * ''The SpongeBob Musical'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''White Christmas'' * ''Kinky Boots'' |- ! rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 53<br />2020 – 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Season 52 - CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/season-at-a-glance/ |date=11 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811163240/https://www.cmtsj.org/season-at-a-glance/ |archive-date=2019-08-11 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Snoopy! The Musical'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Starlight Express'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''American Idiot'' |- | colspan=4 | <sub>''Due to the COVID-19 pandemic only 3 productions were produced this season. They were performed outdoors in the summer at CMT's Creative Arts Center.''</sub> |- ! rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 52<br />2019 – 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/cmtsj/status/1400866367193104432 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref> | | | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' * ''Into the Woods, Jr'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Shrek the Musical'' * ''In the Heights'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Matilda the Musical'' |- | colspan=4 | <sub>''Due to the COVID-19 pandemic only 5 productions were produced this season. In the Heights was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOG96caYzpI performed remotely].''</sub> |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 51<br />2018 – 2019 | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''James and the Giant Peach'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Elf'' * ''Aladdin'' * ''Anything Goes'' * ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Chicago'' * ''Legally Blonde'' * ''A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Beauty and the Beast'' * ''Mamma Mia'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 50<br />2017 – 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=50th Season At a Glance |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/50th-season-at-a-glance/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111073835/http://www.cmtsj.org/50th-season-at-a-glance/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-11-11 |website=CMT San Jose - Children's Musical Theater}}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Robin Hood'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Fiddler on the Roof'' * ''Once upon a Mattress'' * ''Seussical'' * ''The Wiz'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Who's Tommy'' * ''Avenue Q'' * ''West Side Story'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Newsies'' * ''Guys and Dolls'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 49<br />2016 – 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=ON STAGE |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/content/stage |date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125120520/http://www.cmtsj.org/content/stage |archive-date=2016-11-25 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Lion King Experience'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''A Christmas Carol'' * ''Willy Wonka'' * ''Once on This Island'' * ''13'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' * ''Evita'' * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Hairspray'' * ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 48<br />2015 – 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=ON STAGE |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/content/stage |date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127010025/http://www.cmtsj.org/content/stage |archive-date=2015-11-27 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''101 Dalmatians'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' * ''Honk!'' * ''Alice in Wonderland'' * ''Crazy for You'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Sister Act'' * ''Grease'' * ''Rent'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Little Mermaid'' * ''Billy Elliot'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 47<br />2014 – 2015<ref name="s45-47">{{cite web |title=ON STAGE |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/content/stage |date=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003065700/http://www.cmtsj.org/content/stage |archive-date=2014-10-03 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Pinocchio'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Sound of Music'' * ''Schoolhouse Rock Live!'' * ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' * ''Mulan'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''American Idiot'' * ''Into the Woods'' * ''Jekyll & Hyde'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Ragtime'' * ''Mary Poppins'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 46<br />2013 – 2014<ref name="s45-47"/> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Jungle Book'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Wizard of Oz'' * ''The Pirates of Penzance'' * ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' * ''Oklahoma!'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Shrek the Musical'' * ''Cats'' * ''Side Show'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''White Christmas'' * ''Spamalot'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 45<br />2012 – 2013<ref name="s45-47"/> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Heidi'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Barnum'' * ''Godspell'' * ''Aladdin'' * ''The Music Man'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''In The Heights'' * ''Phantom'' * ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Les Misérables'' * ''A Chorus Line'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 44<br />2011 – 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=CMTSJ - Children's Musical Theater San Jose - 2011-2012 Season |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/onstage/#rapunzel |date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002112717/http://www.cmtsj.org/onstage/#rapunzel |archive-date=2011-10-02 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Rapunzel'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Seussical'' * ''Doctor Dolittle'' * ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' * ''Bye Bye Birdie'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Legally Blonde'' * ''Avenue Q'' * ''Xanadu'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Tarzan'' * ''9 to 5'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 43<br />2010 – 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=CMTSJ - Children's Musical Theater San Jose - Home |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/ |date=5 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305191517/http://www.cmtsj.org/ |archive-date=2011-03-05 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Cinderella'' * ''Guys and Dolls'' * ''Starmites'' * ''The Wiz'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' * ''The Secret Garden'' * ''Aida'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Hairspray'' * ''Chicago'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 42<br />2009 – 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=CMTSJ - Children's Musical Theater San Jose - 2009-2010 Season |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/onstage/ |date=19 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019053811/http://www.cmtsj.org/onstage/ |archive-date=2009-10-19 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Rugrats: A Live Adventure'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''13'' * ''Once Upon a Mattress'' * ''Once on This Island'' * ''High School Musical 2'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Oliver!'' * ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' * ''Miss Saigon'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Singin' in the Rain'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 41<br />2008 – 2009 | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Disney's Alice in Wonderland'' * ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' * ''Willy Wonka, Jr.'' * ''Honk!'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Peter Pan'' * ''Rent'' * ''Candide'' * ''The Who's Tommy'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Disney's When You Wish'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 40<br />2007 – 2008 | style="vertical-align:top;" | | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' * ''Schoolhouse Rock'' * ''Mulan Jr.'' * ''Babes in Arms'' * ''Pinocchio'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Annie Warbucks'' * ''Jekyll & Hyde'' * ''Into the Woods'' * ''West Side Story'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Ragtime'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 39<br />2006 – 2007 | style="vertical-align:top;" | | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Jungle Book'' * ''The Wizard of Oz'' * ''Oklahoma!'' * ''High School Musical'' * ''Charlotte's Web'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Beauty and the Beast'' * ''Cats'' * ''Evita'' * ''Leader of the Pack'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 38<br />2005 – 2006 | style="vertical-align:top;" | | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Wind in the Willows'' * ''Aladdin'' * ''Godspell'' * ''Heidi'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The King and I'' * ''Les Misérables'' * ''Phantom'' * ''Side Show'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Full Monty'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 37 <br />2004 – 2005<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose's 2004-2005 Season |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/prod_sea.html |date=7 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207144746/http://www.cmtsj.org/prod_sea.html |archive-date=7 February 2005 }}</ref> | style="vertical-align:top;" | | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''The Boy Friend'' * ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' * ''Bye Bye Birdie'' * ''Sleeping Beauty'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''A Christmas Carol'' * ''Aida'' * ''Seussical'' * ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Chess'' |- ! style="vertical-align:top;" | Season 36<br />2003 – 2004<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Musical Theater San Jose's 2003-2004 Season |url=http://www.cmtsj.org/prod_sea.html |date=9 February 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040209101132/http://www.cmtsj.org/prod_sea.html |archive-date=9 February 2004 }}</ref> ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Guys and Dolls'' * ''Cinderella'' * ''The Wiz'' * ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' | style="vertical-align:top;" | * ''Fiddler on the Roof'' * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' * ''Once on This Island'' * ''Miss Saigon'' || |- |- |}
==Alumni== {{col-float|width=26em}} ===Broadway performers=== * Aaron J. Albano – ''Newsies'', ''Cats'', ''Aladdin''<ref name="cmt-ir-2023" /> * Alex Brightman – ''School of Rock'', ''Beetlejuice''<ref name="beetlejuice">{{cite news |last1=December 13 |first1=David John Chávez |title=Bay Area teen puts goth angst to work in 'Beetlejuice' musical |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/south-bay-teen-puts-goth-angst-to-work-in-beetlejuice-musical |access-date=1 June 2024 |work=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide}}</ref> * Will Brill – ''Act One'', ''Stereophonic''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raab |first1=Eleanor |title=Q&A: How the Bay Area shaped Tony winner, Menlo Park-raised Will Brill |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/express-newsletter-content/2024/06/19/qa-how-the-bay-area-shaped-tony-winner-menlo-park-raised-will-brill/ |website=The Almanac |access-date=26 April 2025 |date=19 June 2024}}</ref> * Maya Drake - ''Hell's Kitchen''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hell’s Kitchen Tour – Creative Team {{!}} Official Site |url=https://hellskitchen.com/tour/the-creative-team |website=hellskitchen.com |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref> * Adrienne Eller – ''A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder''<ref name="cmt-2018-gala"/> * Isabella Esler – ''Beetlejuice'',<ref name="beetlejuice" /> ''Life After''<ref name="Gans2024">{{cite web |last1=Gans |first1=Andrew |title=Beetlejuice's Isabella Esler Will Star in Life After Musical in Toronto |url=https://playbill.com/article/beetlejuices-isabella-esler-will-star-in-life-after-musical-in-toronto |website=Playbill |access-date=20 February 2025 |date=8 October 2024}}</ref> * Megan Masako Haley – ''Wicked'', ''Mean Girls''<ref name="cmt-ir-2023">{{cite web |title=Impact Report 2023 |url=https://www.cmtsj.org/impact-report-2023/ |website=CMT San Jose – Children's Musical Theater}}</ref> * Alia Hodge – ''Beautiful: The Carole King Musical''<ref name="cmt-2018-gala">{{cite news |title=Pizarro: Children's Musical Theater alumni take center stage at gala |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/06/pizarro-childrens-musical-theater-alumni-take-center-stage-at-gala/ |work=The Mercury News |date=6 February 2018}}</ref> * Eric Michael Krop – ''Godspell''<ref name="cmt-2018-gala"/> * Myha'la – ''The Book of Mormon''<ref>{{cite news |title=Getting to Know The Book of Mormon's Myha'la Herrold |url=https://el-observador.com/2017/07/07/getting-to-know-the-book-of-mormons-myhala-herrold/ |work=El Observador}}</ref> * Dennis O’Bannion – ''White Christmas''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chávez |first1=David John |title=Home-grown choreographer returns for CMTSJ's 'White Christmas' |url=https://bayareaplays.com/2013/12/06/home-grown-choreographer-returns-for-cmtsjs-white-christmas/ |work=Bay Area Plays.com |date=6 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref> * Nick Spangler – ''Tootsie'', ''The Book of Mormon''<ref name="how-cmt">{{cite news |title=How Children's Musical Theater built a cast of thousands |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/30/how-childrens-musical-theater-built-a-cast-of-thousands/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=The Mercury News |date=30 March 2018}}</ref> * Chelsea Morgan Stock – ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Something Rotten!'', ''Sister Act''<ref name="cmt-2018-gala"/> * Ryan Vasquez – ''The Notebook'', ''Hamilton''<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamilton star from San Jose offers sage advice |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/13/hamilton-star-from-san-jose-offers-sage-advice/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |work=The Mercury News |date=13 August 2017}}</ref>
===Other alumni=== * Jennifer Cihi – singer, actress<ref>{{cite web |title=CMTSJ Alumni: Paula Benedetti Danner: from Children's Musical Theater to touring company of Annie |url=http://cmtsjalumni.blogspot.com/2010/02/paula-danner-benedetti.html |website=CMTSJ Alumni |date=19 February 2010}}</ref> * D. C. Douglas – actor, voice actor<ref>{{cite web |title=D.C. Douglas Credits: Stage/Theatre Resume |url=https://dcdouglas.com/actor-film-television-videos-demo-reel/credits/theatre/ |website=dcdouglas.com}}</ref> * Teri Hatcher – actress, singer<ref name="sjmn-40">{{cite web |title=40 years of Broadway musicals |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/06/26/40-years-of-broadway-musicals/ |website=The Mercury News |date=26 June 2008}}</ref> * Jason Jurman – actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Jurman Obituary (1979–2014) – Legacy Remembers |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/jason-jurman-obituary?id=10785781 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> * Neil Kaplan – voice actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barney |first1=Chuck |title='Voltron Legendary Defender': San Jose voice-over actor makes his mark as Emperor Zarkon |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/15/voltron-legendary-defender-san-jose-voice-over-actor-makes-his-mark-as-emperor-zarkon/ |work=The Mercury News |agency=Bay Area News Group |date=15 June 2016}}</ref> * Darren Korb – songwriter, composer, voice actor<ref>{{cite podcast | url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/899182/3226453 | title=Composer Darren Korb | website=What Can You Tell Me | host=Matt Roben | date=6 April 2020 | access-date=31 May 2024 }}</ref> * Anna Maria Perez de Tagle – actress<ref name="cmt-ir-2023"/> * Kate Walsh – actress, businesswoman<ref name="sjmn-40"/> {{col-float-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.cmtsj.org}} * [https://www.youtube.com/@cmtsanjose6656 YouTube channel] ([https://www.youtube.com/@cmtsanjose older channel]) * [https://instagram.com/cmtsj/ Instagram] * [http://sjcmt.net Living history site]
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