ARTISTA AUDITION PREP (LUMINA INFO FURTHER DOWN)
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When: Saturday September 6th
Time: SENIOR audition prep (Grades 5/6/7/8) – 9:30am – 12pm
JUNIOR audition prep (Grades 2/3/4) 12:30pm – 2pm
Where: Steinbach Arts Council (304 2nd St, Steinbach) in Studio A (upstairs on the right, near the office)
What to bring: Water bottle and positive attitude
What to wear: Comfortable, fitted, stretchy clothes (no large hoodies please), dance shoes if you have
Arrival: When you arrive, please sign in at the desk in the hallway (not the office) and get your name tag. Studio door will open for student entry 10 minutes beforehand.
Parents: There is a mandatory 10 minute parent meeting immediately following audition prep.
SENIOR – 12-12:10pm
JUNIOR – 2-2:10pm
Please ensure you have a parent or guardian attend to obtain some very important information.
Audition Prep: During this FREE session, students will be given an audition package to take home. We will work through this package together and prepare each section (movement/choreo, monologue, and singing). Students will take these packages home. Audition tutorials/advice materials (videos and documents) will be sent via email on Saturday September 6th in the evening following audition prep. Please use these to rehearse at home to make sure your child feels as confident and prepared as possible. We want this to be a positive experience for everyone.
Artista JUNIOR roles: Students in Artista JUNIOR will be involved in all large chorus numbers, have loads of fantastic choreography, and will have several costume changes. Main roles will be auditioned for by members of Artista SENIOR only (Grade 5-8 students).
Artista SENIOR roles: Students in Artista SENIOR will either be in SENIOR Chorus or have a role. SENIOR Chorus will be involved in all large chorus numbers, have loads of fantastic choreography, and will have several costume changes. We will be casting 2 students for each main role. All Artista SENIORs will audition for a main role and may be placed either in a role or in SENIOR Chorus. Your child does not need to know ahead of audition prep what they want to audition for.
Audition sign up link: A link will be sent to families in the evening on Saturday September 6th to go to and sign up for their audition slot for Saturday September 13th. Please be sure to sign up for the correct audition time slot (JUNIOR or SENIOR). There is no cap on how many students can audition, so please encourage friends and family to come join us on Saturday September 6th and see what Artista Academy is all about!
LUMINA AUDITION PREP INFO
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When: Tuesday September 2nd
Time: 7:15-9:15pm
Where: Steinbach Arts Council (304 2nd St, Steinbach) starting in Studio B (uptairs on the left)
What to bring: Water bottle and positive attitude
What to wear: Comfortable, fitted, stretchy clothes (no large hoodies please), dance shoes if you have
Arrival: When you arrive, please sign in at the desk in the hallway (not the office) and get your name tag. Studio door will open for student entry 5 minutes beforehand.
Parents: There is a mandatory 10 minute parent meeting immediately following audition prep. Please ensure you have a parent or guardian attend to obtain some very important information.
Audition Prep: During this FREE session, students will be given an audition package to take home. We will work through this package together and prepare each section (movement/choreo, monologue, and singing). Students will take these packages home. Audition tutorials/advice materials (videos and documents) will be sent via email on Tuesday September 2nd in the evening following audition prep. Please use these to rehearse at home to make sure your child feels as confident and prepared as possible. We want this to be a positive experience for everyone.
LUMINA Chorus and Main roles: Students in LUMINA will either be in LUMINA Chorus or have a role. LUMINA Chorus will be involved in all large chorus numbers, have loads of fantastic choreography, and will have several costume changes. We will be casting 2 students for each role. All LUMINA students will audition for a role and may be placed either in a role or in LUMINA Chorus. Your child does not need to know ahead of audition prep what they want to audition for.
Audition sign up link: A link will be sent to families in the evening on Tuesday September 2nd to go to and register for auditions for Tuesday September 9th. All LUMINA auditions will be done together as a group, there will not be individual audition slots. There is no cap on how many students can audition, so please encourage friends and family to come join us on Tuesday September 2nd and see what LUMINA is all about!
Program fees
*[Bursarys available – contact accounts@artistaacademy.ca for more info]*
Artista JUNIOR
Fees for grades 2-4.
- Costumes
- 15+Rehearsals, plus show week rehearsals
- 3 performances
- Wind up event
- Photo book
- Performance video recording link
- No fundraising!
- Creativity, confidence, community
- *Volunteer fee only paid if you do NOT volunteer during the season
Artista SENIOR
Fees for grades 5-8.
- Costumes
- 15+ Rehearsals, plus show week rehearsals
- 3 performances
- Wind up event
- Photo book
- Performance video recording link
- No fundraising!
- Creativity, confidence, community
- *Volunteer fee only paid if you do NOT volunteer during the season
LUMINA
Fees for grades 9-12.
- Costumes
- Weekly rehearsals, plus show week rehearsals
- At least 3 performances
- Wind up event
- Photo book
- Performance video recording link
- Creativity, confidence, community
- *Volunteer fee only paid if you do NOT volunteer during the season
Artista Academy is
Proud to Present: LUMINA
LUMINA is Artista’s newest program: a musical theatre track for grades 9 through 12. We look forward to welcoming back our Artista Alumni and meeting new performers!
Auditions will be held the first week of September, with FREE audition prep day (mandatory for all students) to check out if LUMINA is right for you!
Rehearsals will be held every Tuesday from 7:15-9:15pm, with performances of our new show, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, in early February, 2026.
Follow us on social media (@artistaacademymb) for additional updates; audition prep information will be posted mid-August.
For more information please email info@artistaacademy.ca
Welcome to Artista Academy!
Artista Academy is an artistic development academy that provides a holistic and engaging musical environment focusing on personal growth and igniting a passion for performance.
Want to be a part of Artista Academy’s next production?
Artista Academy is an intensive musical theatre experience. Our casts rehearse every other Saturday, with only 15 rehearsals until show week. Attendance at all rehearsals is of extreme importance.
- All students in grades 2-8 interested in auditioning can sign up for our FREE audition prep day (mandatory for all students).
- Your child does not need to know ahead of time if they want to audition for a main role or to be in the chorus.
- Audition prep videos and vocal tracks will be available for all students to rehearse with at home in preparation for their audition.
- There will be 3 or 4 performances for each cast (your child will only belong to one) in Spring of 2026. All students, new or returning, must audition.
If you’d like to be notified when our next production opens for audition registration, please send your name, phone number, email, and child’s name and grade to accounts@artistaacademy.ca and we will add you to our email list.
“Artista Academy’s the Lion King an ‘absolutely incredible’ performance”
Written by Daisy Woelk for Steinbachonline.com
Broadway-style costumes bursting with colour and detail, six sold-out shows, and more than 100 performers—that’s just a peek into Artista Academy’s performance of the Lion King this weekend.
“It was absolutely incredible,” says Gabriela Gallo, the show’s director. “We had the best production team I’ve ever worked with.”
She says the costumes were handmade, with headpieces made of white foam, hand-painted and glued together.
“It was the most insane thing I’ve ever worked on, honestly, because they followed all the Broadway tutorials and created these things from scratch…I mean, they are masterpieces. We had a 12-foot walking giraffe, we had a nine-foot walking elephant and a little baby elephant,” she says.
“They looked like real, walking animals. It was just beautiful.”
With six shows completed over just two days, she says the 112 eight to 14-year-olds involved, their parents, and volunteers made the event seamless.
She is particularly proud of the commitment, growth, and work cast members put into the show.
“It’s just so beautiful to see everyone working together to just make it happen and let these kids have this unforgettable experience,” Gallo says.
This particular performance seems to be unforgettable for many, she notes.
“The biggest thing I heard was that this was something Steinbach had not seen before,” she says. “The level we were able to get these kids to was just a standard they haven’t seen.”
It was such a popular performance, she believes a bigger theatre will be needed in the future—though she is grateful to have been able to use the theatre at Steinbach Regional Secondary School.
“The interest is there, the arts are alive and well,” Gallo says.
While there are future shows to be performed, she says right now everyone is just celebrating the success of this one.
“I’m going to be riding on that high for a long time.”
Written with files from Kenton Dyck
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