CYT Austin

A community, a place for children to grow and thrive. Youth may come to learn dance, acting & vocals, but they leave with character, wisdom and confidence.

Founded in 1981 with affiliates across the nation, Christian Youth Theater (CYT) is an after-school theater arts training program for kids. CYT has grown to be the largest youth theater in the nation and trains thousands of kids each year. The CYT affiliate in Austin, TX is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization. Every session (fall, winter and spring) CYT offers theater arts classes for

children as an after-school activity. Each local program conducts three ten-week sessions throughout the school year, teaching drama, voice, dance and a broad spectrum of specialty theatrical workshops at weekly two-hour classes. Enrolled students have the opportunity to work behind the scenes, or audition and perform on stage in a Broadway-style musical performed for the community. Additional performance opportunities are available to CYT students who may participate in CYT Tour Groups performing musical reviews for community and civic functions. Internships, director training, teacher aiding, and being an inclusion aide are other ways for older students to gain additional training and experience. College credit is available for the director internship program through a local accredited college.

01/23/2026

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12/09/2025

After much anticipation, our winter classes are now live! This session we have 6 fantastic opportunities for you to continue to develop your skills as a performer, including our much anticipated CYT Lite show, Honk Jr.! Register today as there are limited spots available in each class! We hope to see you with us in January! https://www.cytaustin.org/classes/

11/28/2025

Our production of Elf Jr. opens this afternoon and tickets are going fast! If you haven’t bought yours know we’ve still got plenty available for our evening performances, but the others are sold out or close! Don’t miss out on this festive and hilarious production. We promise you’ll leave feeling sparkle jolly twinkle jingley and ready for the holidays!

11/14/2025

Don’t forget! Even if you’re not at our event you still have 2 hours left to bid on our auction items!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/cyt-austins-2025-silent-auction

11/13/2025

Even if you aren't attending our fundraising Gala tomorrow you can get in on the party! We have 2 ways you can get involved: Join our silent auction here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/cyt-austins-2025-silent-auction
and for every $100 donation made here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/cyt-austin-2025-gala-donation-campaign you will get one entry into our raffle for a 7 day trip to Mexico for 2 adults or 2 adults and 2 children 12 and under! (airfare not included)
Share with family and friends as this is open to anyone with the link!

11/06/2025

Make your holidays *ELF-TASTIC* by coming to "Elf Jr. The Musical"!! ✨🎄

Tickets are on sale now! 👉 cytaustin.org/shows

Make your holidays *ELF-TASTIC* by coming to "Elf Jr. The Musical"!! ✨🎄

Tickets are on sale now! 👉 cytaustin.org/shows

DATES & TIMES:
Friday, Nov 28th @ 2:30pm
Friday, Nov 28th @ 7:30pm
Saturday, Nov 29th @ 2:30pm
Saturday, Nov 29th @ 7:30pm
Sunday, Nov 30th @ 2:00pm
Sunday, Nov 30th @ 6:00pm

10/22/2025

Not only is this year’s gala our 10 year anniversary celebration, but it’s also a way for us to raise funds to maintain our current level of excellence while also supporting our continued growth! Don’t forget to snag your tickets today! Please share our organization with others and invite them to hear more about the wonderful impact CYT is making in the Austin Community! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/stage-door-soiree

10/12/2025

We may have been down 20 students due to fall break but there was plenty of work happening during our rehearsal for Elf jr. yesterday!

10/10/2025

10/09/2025

First glance at the Hype ‘25-‘26 team! We recently went on a retreat to kick off the year with some bonding, planning and fun. We evaluated our personality types and how they work together as a group. Each of our three teams: Ministry, Service and Social, spent time planning and praying for the year. We welcomed our rookies with some good old fashioned shenanigans. Be on the lookout for HYPE fun coming soon….

10/08/2025

Want to know more about CYT and what makes it so unique? Here's a video we created for last year's gala where Julie Novak, CYT Austin's founder talks about why she started this impactful theater program. Don't forget tomorrow ticket prices for this year's gala on November 13th go up! Get yours here now: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/stage-door-soiree

10/05/2025

Today was our exciting buddy reveal day at rehearsal for Elf jr -and no we don’t mean Buddy the Elf! When you’re a part of a CYT production younger and new students are paired up with older more seasoned cast members who welcome your child to the program and mentor them along the way. Regardless of whether it’s your first or 15th show everyone awaits this day!

Address

5540 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX
78756

Website

http://www.cytaustin.org/

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