PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: Every Performer Gets a Moment to Shine in Into the Woods, Jr. by Dylan Parent

Nashville youth performers are stepping into lead roles for the first time.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:39pm on October 5, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: Female-Identifying Students Take Center Stage in A Piece of My Heart by Dylan Parent

This California high school theatre program is encouraging students to take creative risks.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:27pm on September 28, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: Cool Kids and Outcasts Come Together in Once Upon a Mattress: Youth Edition by Dylan Parent

Students at this Virginia Catholic school are learning that "every show is an opportunity."

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49am on September 21, 2026☆⚑

Video: Why 'Shy' Ali Louis Bourzgui Would 'Sire' Fellow Vampire Actor Sam Reid by Dylan Parent

The Tony winner stopped by the Playbill Studio to get ready before a performance of The Lost Boys.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24am on September 17, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: These Ohio High Schoolers Learned to Appreciate Shakespeare Through A Comedy of Errors by Dylan Parent

They're leaning into a '90s aesthetic for an abbreviated version of the classic comedy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:35am on September 15, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: Students Tell a War Story in Angels of Bataan, and Talk to Combat Veterans in the Process by Dylan Parent

These Austin, Texas, middle school students are positively impacting their community.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38pm on August 31, 2026☆⚑

How Paranormal Activity Created a Two-Story Haunted House Onstage by Dylan Parent

Tony-winning illusions designer Chris Fisher wants Broadway audiences to strap in for the ride.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:00am on August 25, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Helped Students of Hadestown: Teen Edition Learn About Marketing by Dylan Parent

High schoolers at this Illinois Catholic school are also learning that not everything needs a happy ending.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23pm on August 10, 2026☆⚑

Video: Anania Says Hercules Mulligan in Hamilton Could Be Played by a Trans Performer by Dylan Parent

The Gaydar host and drag artist is a swing on The Rocky Horror Show.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:15pm on August 6, 2026☆⚑

Meg Stalter Is the Sweetest Brat on Broadway in Oh, Mary! by Dylan Parent

The Hacks scene stealer on the "freedom in being bratty" and why her Christian faith isn't a bit.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:06pm on August 3, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: Students Were Treated to a 'Fancy' Playbill for A Night Under the Stars by Dylan Parent

Arizona students created an evening full of hope, love, and magic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:24am on July 27, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: This High School Set Twelfth Night in a '90s Sitcom by Dylan Parent

These California high schoolers are also obsessed with Ragtime and Wild Party.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30am on June 15, 2026☆⚑

King Princess Is 'Raw Dogging Everything' in Girl, Interrupted by Dylan Parent

Singer-songwriter Mikaela Strauss is making her stage debut in the musical adaptation of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30am on June 12, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: High Schoolers Learn to Fight Safely for Romeo + Juliet The Musical by Dylan Parent

An Oklahoma school put on the second-ever production of this musical adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:16pm on June 1, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: Students at This Arizona High School Are Fixing Their Short Attention Spans With Theatre by Dylan Parent

In a high school production of Mary Poppins, students are building skills and creating memories to last a lifetime.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:26pm on May 26, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: In Choose Your Heist, Student Performers and Audience Members Build Theatre Together by Dylan Parent

This Maryland school weaves creativity into every subject.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:50pm on May 18, 2026☆⚑

Video: Jennifer Tilly Performs an Eight-Page Monologue Every Night, How's That for a Real Housewives Track? by Dylan Parent

Everyone's favorite “friend of” is starring in The Adding Machine, trading in Beverly Hills for an Off-Broadway theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:29pm on May 12, 2026☆⚑

In Proof, Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri Are Finding Comfort in the 'Oldest Social Contract' by Dylan Parent

The two are father and daughter in the Broadway revival of David Auburn's play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:12pm on May 11, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: This Production of The Sound of Music Had Special Effects, a Live Orchestra, and...Playbills! by Dylan Parent

This Alabama children's theatre is creating strong communicators and compassionate humans.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24am on May 11, 2026☆⚑

How a Padded Suit, Custom Tailored, Transformed Daphne Rubin-Vega Into a Man in The Adding Machine by Dylan Parent

Tony-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber discussed turning the siren of Rent into a misogynist man.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:18pm on May 7, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: In Pippin, High Schoolers Are Giving Their Community a Professional-Level Performance by Dylan Parent

Students build their set, design their costumes, expand their worldview at this Arizona school.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08pm on April 29, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: This School Production of The Outsiders Performed in Front of 400 Middle Schoolers by Dylan Parent

A New Hampshire school brought the play adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel to life.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54am on April 20, 2026☆⚑

Video: Grey Henson Gets Ready to Play 'Sweet Gay Boy' Bigfoot by Dylan Parent

The Tony nominee is capturing childlike wonder in Bigfoot! A New Musical Off-Broadway until April 24.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:12pm on April 16, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: In This Feminist Dracula, An All-Female Cast Shines Like Stars by Dylan Parent

Students in Seattle, Washington are feeling empowered on and off the stage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:59pm on April 13, 2026☆⚑

PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: This Production of The Wiz Featured 100 Students and a Full Orchestra by Dylan Parent

Students in grades 5 through 12 took a trip to Oz at their Philadelphia school

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12pm on April 7, 2026☆⚑