A little pink. A lot of possibility.

Elle Woods heads to Harvard Law and discovers that being true to yourself can change everything. Legally Blonde The Musical JR. is an upbeat, 60-minute story of friendship, determination and finding your voice.

Join DAMPA’s educational theatre production with professional guidance, a live band and opportunities onstage and behind the scenes. We’re aiming for approximately 34 students; final casting and cast size are determined through auditions.

Your path to the stage

1. Register. Complete one audition form per student with a parent or guardian. Share your role interests and any questions for the team.
2. Prepare. Browse the Character Breakdown document for a role that interests you. Script sides will be cold reads at callbacks.
3. Audition by video. Submit your audition video by December 1, 2026. The callback list and details will be emailed that evening. Callbacks will be in person at DAMPA on December 4, with the final cast list emailed that evening. Can’t include a video with your application? Submit it anyway, and DAMPA will reach out about next steps.
4. Join the company. Review your availability, accept your role and get ready for rehearsals. The first rehearsal/read-through is December 6. Registration and role preferences do not guarantee casting.

Important Dates

• Video auditions due: Tuesday, December 1, 2026. Callback list and callback details will be emailed that evening.
• Callbacks: Friday, December 4, 2026 at DAMPA. Final cast list will be emailed that evening. Time TBA.

Rehearsals

Other than the two Saturday clinics at DAMPA in December, all Sunday rehearsals are at Artstillery in Dallas. Session times and individual call times TBA. All times Central.

• December 2026: 6 (first rehearsal/read-through), 12 (Saturday clinic at DAMPA), 13, 19 (Saturday clinic at DAMPA).
• Winter break: December 20 and 27 — no rehearsals.
• January 2027: 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31.
• February 2027: 7, 14, 21 and 28.
• March 2027: 7, 21 and 28. March 28 is also part of tech week at Artstillery.
• Spring break: March 14 — no rehearsal.

Tech week & performances

• March 27–28: Tech at Artstillery, Dallas.
• March 29–April 1: Move-in and tech at Cox Playhouse, Plano. Daily call times TBA.
• Friday, April 2: 7 p.m.
• Saturday, April 3: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• Sunday, April 4: 2 p.m.

All four performances are at Cox Playhouse in Plano. Review the full schedule before accepting a role and complete the date checklist and role preferences.

Part 2: Dates & Role Preferences →

Our performance home: Cox Playhouse

Four performances. One memorable theatre weekend in Historic Downtown Plano.

Cox Playhouse is a flexible black-box theatre managed by Plano Stages, part of the City of Plano’s Creative Arts Department. Its adaptable seating, teatrical lighting and sound make it a setting built for live storytelling. Our students will bring their rehearsal work into this dedicated performance space for tech week and all four shows.

Cox Playhouse · 1517 H Avenue, Plano, TX 75074. Regular Sunday rehearsals take place at Artstillery in Dallas.

Learn by making theatre

Apply the skills you’re building in private lessons to a full production: singing with a live band, making acting choices, learning blocking and working as an ensemble. Students also help with costuming and prop building, guided by professionals active in the theatre community.

Prefer to work behind the scenes? Technical theatre and production crew positions are available. Contact DAMPA to discuss the right opportunity and responsibilities. School-required student hours may be possible with your school’s advance approval and required documentation.

Tuition & support

$699 total production tuition.

$99 non-refundable audition fee, credited toward tuition if the student accepts a cast role and participates. It is part of the $699 total.

$600 remaining balance, due by the first rehearsal on December 6 unless a payment plan is arranged.

The audition fee remains non-refundable if a student does not accept a role. DAMPA will provide payment instructions; contact the front desk before the first rehearsal to discuss a payment plan.

Scholarships are available by request for partial or full tuition support. One application can include multiple children; no exact income figures or financial documents are requested. Funding is limited, and an application does not guarantee an award or a role.

Meet your production team

• Lexie Pritchard · Director
• Lynn Ambrose · Musical Director
• Caleb Dean · Producer
• Todd Griffith · DAMPA Director

A welcoming place to grow

Ages 8–17. New and experienced performers are welcome. For ages 8–9, please speak with the team about readiness for group rehearsals, independent practice and tech week.

Families are welcome to discuss the material before auditioning. This JR. adaptation includes dating and breakups, a murder trial and an unwanted advance from a professor.

Need help with audition materials, a video submission, tuition support, backstage opportunities or access needs? Our team is happy to talk. DAMPA welcomes students of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Family & performer resources

Family Matters is MTI’s parent guide to auditions, casting, rehearsals and supporting your child through a musical. Read it in English or Spanish.

Supporting the Whole Performer: Mental Health Literacy in Theatre is an educational guide for theatre educators and production teams, with resources on resilience, belonging and wellbeing.

Dallas Academy of Music & Performing Arts

Production of Legally Blonde The Musical JR.

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Book by Heather Hach

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture

Original Production by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals, Dori Berinstein, James L. Nederlander, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, Amanda Lipitz, Broadway Asia, Barbara Whitman, FWPM Group, Ruth Hendel, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Hal Goldberg, David Binder, James D. Stern, Douglas L. Meyer, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley, Robert G. Bartner, Michael A. Jenkins, Albert Nocciolino and Warren Trepp; Produced in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber.

Legally Blonde JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, New York, NY. (212) 541-4684 • mtishows.com

The Broadway Junior™ Concept and Format Created by Music Theatre International (MTI). Adaptation and support materials developed for MTI by iTheatrics under the supervision of Timothy Allen McDonald.