Each year, the Consortium of Boston Area Children's Theatres brings its members together for a fun and entertaining day of workshops and shows suitable for family fun! In 2010, eight Boston-area children's theatres and over 200 children participated in CBACT's third annual festival making for a terrific all-day event!

Some comments about the Festival from parents and kids:

I really liked the variety, the energy, my daughter's enthusiasm at seeing everything...

It was fun for me to perform with my friends and participate in the workshops.

...getting to know tons of new theatre people.

...learning about all the local theater groups for kids.

I loved the shows, the scavenger hunt, the well-organized schedule for the day.

It was great to see the talent of the other theatre groups.

I like the atmosphere and spirit of the festival.

I wanted to thank you for getting us involved in today's program. My son and I ended up staying the entire day and every minute was absolutely worth it! I really enjoyed the improv group and my son liked the improv workshop. It seemed to me that every group was more talented than the previous and it was a clean, well-run, fun day. We can't wait to bring our other son and my husband next year!

The mission of CBACT's Children's Theatre Festival is to provide the Boston area community with an annual opportunity to experience and celebrate the entertaining, artistic, educational, and multi-transformational effects of live children’s theatre. This non-competitive festival brings together multiple Boston-area children’s theatres to perform an artistic variety of diverse performances suitable for audiences of all ages.

This year's festival was co-hosted by Watertown Children's Theatre and Arsenal Center for the Arts on Saturday, July 17th, 2010.

Pictures from this year's Festival

The cast of Lexington Summer Youth Theatre's Grease!

2010 Festival Schedule

  • 9:00 Festival Opens!
  • 9:30 Concord Youth Theatre presents "The Adventures of Robin Hood"
  • 10:30 Workshops presented by South Shore School of Theatre and the Young Company of Stoneham Theatre
  • 11:30 Watertown Children's Theatre presents "Fantastic Mr. Fox", preceded by excerpts from "Willy Wonka" by the Performing Arts Center of Metrowest
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 1:30 Un-Common Theatre Company's Improv Soup!
  • 2:30 The Young Company of Stoneham Theatre and Playhouse Education present "A Midsummer Night's Dream", preceded by excerpts from "Sweeney Todd" by the South Shore School of Theatre
  • 3:30 Workshops presented by Watertown Children's Theatre and Arlington Children's Theatre
  • 4:30 Lexington Youth Theatre presents "GREASE", preceded by excerpts from "Hamlet" by Arlington Children's Theatre

    • Festival Information

    Admission is $20 for the day or $5 per show with workshops included in the ticket price; for admission to each workshop session only, admission is $5 per person. There is plenty of free parking available. Lunch is not included but will be available for purchase either at the festival or at Panera next to the theater.

    Click here to contact us, and get involved!

    CBACT Festival Child Supervision/Personal Item Policy:

    The CBACT Children’s Theatre Festival is not intended to be used as a day-care service for unattended children. It is the responsibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s), not that of festival staff, to supervise their children and promote safe and appropriate behavior.

    CBACT and all participating organizations are not accountable for any personal items that are lost or stolen during the festival.


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