PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM (PCP)
(ages 15 - 18)
Please check back for updates for next year.
Students enrolled in the Pre-College Program will attend their high school
for half of the day, and spend the other half of their day at PMT training with our working
professionals in the entertainment business.
For almost two decades, Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Pre-College Program has
served as a pathway to Broadway, feature films, University training, professional theater, and
beyond. Graduates have matriculated at Pace, Penn State, Elon, Oklahoma City, Ithaca, Boston
Conservatory, CCM, NYU, CMU, University of Michigan, and many others. The Pre-College program
offers advanced, in-depth classes for students who wish to make a life long career as a
professional in the entertainment industry.
Topics of Instruction
- Acting
- Audition Techniques
- Ballet
- Jazz
- Movement
- Monologue Technique
- Music Theater Repertoire
- Music Theory
- Playwriting
- Script Analysis
- Sight Singing
- Tap
- Voice & Speech
- Acting for the Camera
- Musical Theater Styles
- Theater History
Enhanced study options also available.
Past Participating Schools
- Avonworth
- Bethel Park
- Blackhawk
- Canevin
- Elizabeth Forward
- Fayette Township
- Fox Chapel
- Franklin Regional
- Gateway
- Hampton
- Highlands
- Keystone Oaks
- Knoch
- Monessen
- Montour
- Mt. Lebanon
- North Allegheny
- North Hills
- PA Cyber
- Penn Hills
- Penn Trafford
- Peters Township
- Pine Richland
- Pittsburgh Public
- Quaker Valley
- Ringgold
- Serra Catholic
- Seton-LaSalle
- South Hills Christian
- Sto-Rox
- Thomas Jefferson
- Upper St. Clair
- West Mifflin
Requirements
- Sophomore, junior or senior in high school (freshman students considered on a case by case
basis)
- 2.5 GPA at your high school
- Demonstration of talent through audition
- Submission of application materials, which includes this PCP Application form.
- An audition is required for entrance into the Pre-College Program, please contact us for details and requirements.
