Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network’s program is not just about putting on plays. When you look at our literature and the educational philosophies, you will see we promote and encourage such things as self-esteem, focus, discipline, determination, imagination, creativity, social skills, memorization techniques, motor skills, and coordination. All of this happens through the act of a live theatrical event. However, we do not set out to solely produce a show. We set out to educate and inspire.

Weekly rehearsals are comprised of a mix of creative theatre games, exercises to encourage public speaking, as well as actual rehearsal time, which includes learning songs, dances, and staging for the show. This process further builds on our philosophy.

We do our very best to make sure each and every single child goes on stage on opening night feeling proud of what they have accomplished. We hope they can feel good about mastering the dance step they struggled with for weeks, feel confident they finally hit that note without sounding sharp or flat, and know they are presenting themselves in the best possible way. In rehearsals, if even one child is not doing a dance step right, one of the members of our staff will help them so they can execute that step to the very best of their ability.

It takes many weeks and months to get our cast to where they are when an audience sees them. The majority of children who walk through our doors have absolutely no formal theatrical training of any kind. Despite this, they are performing in front of hundreds of people throughout the course of a run of a show. What the audience sees is the final arrival of what we hope to be a wonderful and exciting journey. A journey that has taken lots of hard work, by both our staff and cast.