Missoula Children’s Theatre will be returning to Pauls Valley next week after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
The MCT touring residency program has been a recurring event, sponsored by Pauls Valley Public Schools, for many years. It offers area children the unique opportunity to participate in a full-scale musical production featuring a local cast of between 50 and 60 children. MCT touring productions are cast, rehearsed and performed all in the span of one week.
This year’s production will be “Aladdin.” The program is open to all students in the Pauls Valley and Whitebead school districts, as well as homeschooled students in those districts.
Open auditions will be held Monday, Jan. 23, at 3:45 p.m. at the Bosa Community Center, 207 Bosa Ave.
Rehearsals will begin immediately following auditions and will continue each afternoon through Thursday. Children cast in the production will need to be present at all rehearsals scheduled for their parts.
Public performances of “Aladdin” will be held at the Pauls Valley Junior High School Auditorium, 302 N. Willow St., Friday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.