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INTERNATIONAL TOUR PROJECT (RED TRUCK TOUR) - MCT'S OLDEST AND LARGEST PROGRAM TOURS THROUGHOUT ALL THE STATES, CANADA, AND OVERSEAS TO SCHOOLS AND TO US MILITARY BASES WORLDWIDE. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 2025, MCT CONDUCTED 945 WEEKLONG RESIDENCIES NATIONALLY AND ABROAD. MCT'S TOURING ACTOR/DIRECTORS (TADS) TOUR IN PAIRS, DRIVE SIGNATURE RED TRUCKS AND WORK WITH A DIFFERENT CAST OF 55-65 CHILDREN AT EACH WEEKLY TOUR STOP. TADS COME TO TOWN AT THE INVITATION OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SUCH AS A SCHOOL, PARENTS' GROUP, MILITARY BASE, ARTS COUNCIL, YOUTH CENTER AND MORE TO TRANSFORM SEVERAL DUFFEL BAGS OF COSTUMES AND SET PIECES INTO A MUSICAL FOR THE COMMUNITY - IN LESS THAN A WEEK. MANY OF THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES ARE RARELY VISITED BY THEATRE COMPANIES. A RESIDENCY ENTAILS CASTING LOCAL CHILDREN IN AN ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S MUSICAL, PERFORMED FOR AN AUDIENCE AFTER AN INTENSE WEEK OF REHEARSALS. CURRENTLY, MCT HAS 31 TOURING SHOWS, ALL BASED ON CLASSIC FAIRY TALES. THE RESIDENCY ALSO INCLUDES 3 ART ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS. IN FISCAL YEAR '25, 945 RESIDENCIES WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAST 40,891 CHILDREN AS CAST MEMBERS; TEACH NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS; PERFORM 1,588 SHOWS; AND ENTERTAIN A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 221,300 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. MCT HAS INCORPORATED AN INTERGENERATIONAL RESIDENCY WEEK INTO THE PROGRAMMING. THE SAME SCRIPTS, COSTUMES, AND SETS ARE USED BUT THE TEAM AUDITIONS A CAST THAT RANGES IN AGE FROM 5-105. SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PARTICIPATE WITH SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE MCT MISSIONS OF DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS FLOURISHES FOR ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE.

LOCAL CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS (YOUTH SERIES) - MCT OFFERS EIGHT WEEK-LONG DAY CAMPS AND THREE SIX-WEEK PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES WHICH TAKE PLACE AT MCT HEADQUARTERS IN MISSOULA SERVING GRADES K-12. EVERY CHILD WHO SIGNS UP IS CAST, AND ALL PROGRAMS CULMINATE IN PERFORMANCES ON THE MCT STAGE. THE EIGHT DAY CAMPS FEATURE SHOWS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TOUR PROJECT REPERTOIRE, AND THE THREE LONGER CLASSES ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO STAGE WORLD PREMIERES AND/OR MORE COMPLEX SHOWS NEW TO MISSOULA. ADDITIONALLY, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS INCLUDES A 2 WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP ON FLATHEAD LAKE FOR TEENS (PERFORMING ARTS CAMP), A WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP AT SEELEY LAKE FOR YOUNGER TEENS (PAC PREP), AND A SIX-WEEK SUMMER THEATRE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CALLED NEXT STEP PREP. MCT ALSO OFFERS SIX, 1 DAY "PLAY IN A DAY" CLASSES FOR DAYS THAT SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WERE 537 IN DAY CAMPS, 228 IN PRODUCTION CLASSES, 175 IN PERFORMING ARTS CAMP, AND 129 IN PLAY IN A DAY FOR TOTAL PARTICIPATION OF 1,069 YOUTHS LOCALLY! THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES IS A PROGRAM PUT ON EACH FALL BY MCT ACTORS THAT IS SPECIFICALLY PRODUCED FOR K-8 AUDIENCES. THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH SPARK!, EVERY SECOND GRADER IN THE CITY IS BUSSED TO MCT TO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE FOUR TO FIVE SHOWS OVER A TWO-DAY PERIOD, TO INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE ADAPTED TO BE SENSORY FRIENDLY.