Segerstrom Center for the Arts, in collaboration with Disney Theatrical Productions,
has brought its Disney Musicals in Schools program to four additional Title I public elementary schools
during the 2018 – 2019 school year. Disney Musicals in Schools is a 17-week musical theater residency
that culminates with a 30-minute Disney KIDS musical. This year, each school selected The Jungle Book
KIDS for their productions. The four schools include: Heideman Elementary (Tustin); Las Lomas
Elementary (La Habra); Walt Disney Elementary (Anaheim) and Newhope Elementary (Santa Ana).
The Center will host a Student Share Celebration on Thursday, March 7, 2019, when each school will
perform a scene from their show in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for an audience of
classmates, teachers, relatives and friends.
Now in the fifth year of its partnership with Disney Theatricals Productions, the Center has brought the
program to 20 schools in Orange County. Disney Musicals in Schools is designed to create sustainable
musical theater programs in public elementary schools. School teams are provided with the training and
tools necessary to support student productions and empower them to continue keeping musical theater
programs alive for years to come. The schools receive performance rights, educational support materials
and guidance from professional Segerstrom Center for the Arts teaching artists. All at no charge.
Through Disney Musicals in Schools, nearly 3,000 students and more than 100 school team members
have worked together to keep arts alive in their Orange County schools. The Center is pleased to
announce that all previous schools are continuing to offer musical theater education programs throughout
the school year. They include: Las Positas Elementary (La Habra), Riverdale Elementary (Garden
Grove), Mattie Lou Maxwell Elementary (Anaheim), Santiago Elementary (Santa Ana), Agnes Ware
Stanley Elementary (Garden Grove), Ethan B. Allen Elementary (Fountain Valley), San Juan
Elementary (San Juan Capistrano), Westmont Elementary (Westminster), Adelaide Price Elementary
(Anaheim), Eisenhower Elementary (Garden Grove), Rea Elementary (Costa Mesa) and Hill
Elementary (Garden Grove), James Madison Elementary (Santa Ana), Sequuoia Academy
Elementary (Westminster), Faylane Elementary (Garden Grove), and Esther L. Walter Elementary
(Anaheim).
Disney Musicals in Schools is an initiative developed by Disney Theatrical Productions to create ongoing
theater programs in local elementary schools. The programs are completely free to participating schools.
Disney Musicals in Schools helps to keep the arts in schools and utilizes the unique world of musical
theater to build positive relationships between students, faculty, staff, parents and the community.
Students work in teams to develop or restore self-confidence, strengthen communication and
collaboration skills all while learning and enjoying the process of creating a Disney musical theater
production.
Disney Musicals in Schools was launched in response to Disney Theatrical Production’s concern that
under-resourced students in public schools were not afforded equitable access to the arts. After
successfully offering the program in New York City schools, Disney Theatrical Production began
partnering with organizations in other communities around the United States.
Disney KIDS musicals, created in partnership with Music Theatre International (MTI), are about 30
minutes in length and have been adapted from the classic Disney films, 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, The
Aristocats, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, The Lion King and Winnie the Pooh.
DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (DTP) operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and
is among the world’s most successful commercial theatre enterprises, bringing live entertainment events
to a global annual audience of more than 19 million people in more than 50 countries. Under the Disney
Theatrical Productions banner, the group produces and licenses Broadway productions around the world,
including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton Jo
Disney Theatrical Productions also delivers live shows globally through its license to Feld Entertainment,
producer of Disney on Ice and Disney Live! For over 30 years, Disney on Ice and Disney Live! have
brought beloved Disney stories and characters annually to over 12 million guests in nearly 50 countries
worldwide, through productions such as Marvel Universe Live! and Frozen, the most well attended and
highest grossing Disney on Ice production to date.
For more information on Disney Musicals in Schools, visit www.disneymusicalsinschools.com.
MUSIC THEATER INTERNATIONAL (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies,
granting schools as well as amateur and professional theaters from around the world the rights to perform
the largest selections of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the
composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and
dynamic theatrical resources to more than 60,000 theatrical organizations in the U.S. and in over 60
countries worldwide.
MTI is particularly dedicated to the idea of theater as education and has created special collections for
younger performers. The MTI Broadway Junior Collection® includes “JR.” titles, 60-minute musicals for
performance by middle school children; and “KIDS” titles, 30-minute musicals for performance by
elementary school children. MTI School Editions™ are musicals that have been annotated for
performance by high school students, and the Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) Collection are
70-minute musicals designed for adults to perform for children.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an acclaimed arts institution as well as a beautiful multi-disciplinary
cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence, offering unsurpassed experiences and
to engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance
and a diverse array of inspiring arts-based education and community engagement programs.
Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County’s
largest non-profit arts organization. In addition to its six performance venues, Segerstrom Center is also
home to the American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School.
DISNEY MUSICALS IN SCHOOLS – SHOWCASE
Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA
Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 5:00 p.m.
Information:
Admission – FREE
Online – SCFTA.org
Phone – (714) 556-2787
From 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily
Information provided is accurate at the time of printing but is subject to change. Segerstrom Center for the
Arts is a public, non-profit organization. “Segerstrom Center for the Arts” is a registered trademark
