Where young actors bloom.
Professional musical theatre training for ages 4 to 18, in a place that feels like family. Classes at Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Performances on real Staten Island stages. Sixty-four seasons and counting.
Act I · Who we are
Sixty-four seasons. One big family.
The Staten Island Children's Theatre Association is a nonprofit that has been putting kids on stage since 1962. Our mission is to inspire young performers of every background to build self-confidence and positive mental health while receiving professional training in musical theatre.
Students train and perform in a nurturing, supportive environment at every level of experience. Many of our alumni have gone on to regional theatre, national tours and Broadway. All of them left with something harder to list on a resume.
Act II · Find your class
Every age has a stage.
Act III · On the boards
This season's productions
Act IV · From our stage to theirs
Our alumni have gone on to regional theatre, national tours and Broadway. Some of them came home to teach.
Five of this season's staff started as SICTA students. That is the whole idea.
Billy PiscopoJesus Christ Superstar national tour · now directs Grades 4 to 12
Katie MichaBroadway's Gypsy, Billy Elliot tour · now our choreographer
Elbi CespedesOff Broadway, Netflix · joined SICTA at 11
Kirsten Bleu KaiserRegional theatres nationwide · grew up in these studios
In memoriam
Remembering Rosemarie Callahan
President, artistic director and teacher to generations of Staten Island kids, from 1985 until her passing in 2022. More than 100 productions, and a family that still gathers every Saturday in the studio she built. "With a song on my lips..."
Curtain call · Recent news