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Spotlight's Travel Troupe Students In New York City

Spotlight's Award Winning Travel Troupe

​2023 & 2018 Showcase Winners at the National Performing Arts Festival

Since 2016, eight separate Spotlight Travel Troupes have performed across the country. Competing six times at the National Performing Arts Festival (NPAF) at Walt Disney World and at Universal Studios in Orlando, each competition receiving Superior marks. Our troupe has twice been awarded the only award of its type, the Showcase Award for both the 2018 & 2023 Festivals (1st Place) and in 2024 won the Adjudicator Award (2nd Place)!

 

In 2019, our Troupe traveled to New York City to perform on a Broadway stage with the cast of The Prom (nominated for 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical) as part of the Voices on Broadway tour. Despite the pandemic, our 2021 Travel Troupe rehearsed both in-person and online and competed in the Musical Theatre Competitions of America (MTCA) online in March 2021.

  • Excellent Rating Trophy​ Musical Performance (2026)

  • 3 Outstanding Performance Awards (2026)

  • Adjudicator Award & Superior Rating Trophy​Musical Performance (2024)

  • Best Staging & Direction of a Musical (2024)

  • 2 Outstanding Performance Awards (2024)

  • Showcase Trophy Solo Competition (2024)

  • 2 Solo Competition Award Winners (2024)

  • 4 Outstanding Performance Awards (2023)

  • Showcase Award & Superior Rating Trophy
    ​Musical Performance (2023)​

  • Superior Rating Trophy Musical Performance (2022)​​

  • ​6 Outstanding Performance Awards (2022)

  • 1 Solo Competition Award Winner (2022)

  • ​​​2 Monologue Competition Award Winner (2021)​​

  • 3 Solo Competition Award Winners (2021)

  • 2 Dance Competition Award Winners (2021)

  • Superior Rating Trophy Musical Performance (2020)

  • 5 Outstanding Performance Awards (2020)

  • 3 Superior Ratings Solo Competition (2020)​

  • 7 Excellent Ratings Solo Competition (2020)​

  • Superior Rating Plaque Voices On Broadway (2019)

  • ​​Showcase Award & Superior Rating Trophy Musical Performance (2018)

  • ​Best Edited Version of a Musical (2018)

  • 4 Outstanding Performance Awards (2018)

  • 6 Superior Ratings Solo Competition (2018)

  • 2 Excellent Ratings Solo Competition (2018)

  • Superior Rating Trophy Musical Performance  (2016)

  • 4 Outstanding Performance Awards (2016)

  • 2 Superior Ratings Solo Competition (2016)

  • Showcase Trophy Solo Competition (2016)

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 "Spotlight isn't about being the best, it's about bringing your best!" ​

~ Kalia, Spotlight Student & Troupe Member

Spotlight's Travel Troupe Students At The National Performing Arts Festival

Are You Interested In Joining Travel Troupe?

Spotlight's Travel Troupe is an advanced program designed exclusively for students already enrolled one of our targeted programs, Conservatory and Center Stage. Participants are typically chosen from those who have trained with us for several years and must go through a rigorous audition process to be selected.

 

Although we would love to include every student, participation in one of the listed programs is a requirement. For information about our programs, please fill out our inquiry form, and a member of our education department will get back to you shortly.

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Fill out our inquiry form: CLICK HERE

Spotlight's Center Stage Student Dancing

Center Stage -

Ages 6 - 14

Join us for three hours of weekly classes in acting, singing, and dancing—this is the ultimate Triple Threat Training! Our Center Stage Students engage in these classes in age-based groups, known as Act I, Act II, and Act III. We emphasize teaching children over material, leading to outstanding results. At the end of each term, students will have the opportunity to showcase their growth in a demonstration for family and friends!

SATURDAYS:

10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

TUITION:

$535.00 Per Term

processing fees may apply

Spotlight's Conservatory Students Dancing

Conservatory -

Ages 13 - 18

In the advanced program, students refine their skills and explore advanced acting techniques. They focus on characterization, emotional authenticity, and ensemble story-telling, while developing their comedic voices. The course prepares them for auditions and performances by teaching them to act through song, interpret and text, and practice healthy vocal techniques and audition strategies.

SATURDAYS:

8:45 AM TO 12:00 PM

TUITION:

$535.00 Per Term

processing fees may apply

Meet The Directors

At Spotlight, we understand the immense importance of diversity in fostering a thriving community. Our educators are highly trained and dedicated individuals, focused on maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and respected, regardless of their gender, age race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or gender identity.

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BRYCE BRITTON

TRAVEL TROUPE DIRECTOR

(He/Him) received his Master of Fine Arts degree in theater direction from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in directing from the University of Puget Sound. He is a Theatre Generalist with a specialty of Musical Theatre at Ohio University, Shepherd University, Penn State University and most recently created the BFA of Musical Theatre at West Virginia University. His extensive professional credits include Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, Village Theatre, Lyric Theatre and Contemporary American Theatre Festival. With a passion for Original Theatre, he has worked on numerous new works with the Village Originals Festival and the Seaberry Quinn Playwriting Festival. He is an active member of Actor's Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, was the recipient of the Milo Cline Award and was Volunteer of the Year at Hazelton Federal Penitentiary for his work with lifetime inmates creating a re-imagining rock opera version of Macbeth. Some of his favorite directorial credits include West Side Story, Pippin, Into the Woods, Extremities, Sleuth, The Dumb Waiter, The Grapes of Wrath, Humperdinck’s opera version of Hansel and Gretel, An Actor’s Nightmare, Sweet Charity, Spamalot, Kiss Me Kate, Eurydice, and Kurt Weil's opera Street Scene. Bryce has been the Conservatory Drama Coach for Spotlight since 2019 and Travel Troupe Director since 2021.

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CHYNNA RAE SHURTS

TRAVEL TROUPE CHOREOGRAPHER

(She/Her) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts with a Dance minor at Western Oregon University (WOU). As a Portland native, Chynna found her ground in gymnastics at OMEGA, received extensive dance training with New Vision Dance Center and participated in musical theatre plus cheerleading at Lincoln High School. With over 15 years of dance experience, Chynna has developed vast skills and techniques in Ballet including Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Modern, Contemporary, and specifically Musical Theatre dance. During her time as a student at WOU, Chynna not only performed in multiple musicals and as Dance Captain (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas & Urinetown) but also simultaneously choreographed the musicals & combat scenes at Dallas High School (DHS) - Pippin, Hello Dolly!, She Kills Monsters. She has experience with devising and creating storytelling movement pieces that have been used in plays such as DHS's Romeo and Juliet and as part of the cast in WOU's Les Vampires (Why Cross Chaos), and This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, and This Girl does Nothing. Chynna is trained in Meisner, Shakespeare, Leban Movement, and Stage Combat including Hand-to-Hand, Single Sword, and Rapier & Dagger.   Some of her favorite stage credits include Cha Cha/Dance Captain in Grease (Lincoln), Executive/Dance Captain in Urinetown (dir: Michael Phillips), and Rosencrantz in Hamlet and Mariane in Tartuffe (dir: David Janoviak). Currently, Chynna is Assistant Directing and Directing for independent film companies in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA, and continuing to pursue her career in acting both in film and on stage.

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ADAM TRULL

TRAVEL TROUPE MUSIC DIRECTOR

(He/Him) received an Associate of Arts at Darton College, a Bachelor's of Music at Kennesaw State University, and his Master's in Music: Vocal Performance with a concentration in opera from Portland State University. Alex has used his classical training as the foundation, allowing him to tackle musical diversity in operatic, musical theater, choral works, and contemporary music projects. He believes in singing across genres and doesn’t put one style above another. Whether it’s singing Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Tony in West Side Story, singing backup vocals for Josh Groban, or writing his own music, Alex loves the art of singing. Alex boasts a diverse range of performance credits spanning opera, musical theater, concert, and recital work. Most recently seen in Broadway Rose’s production of Snapshots and Portland Opera’s production of Carmen. Favorite roles include Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) with Opera Bend, Tony (West Side Story) with Stumptown Stages, and Colonel Fairfax (The Yeomen of the Guard) with Opera on The Bluff, for which he was awarded a PAMTA for Outstanding Actor. Music Director credits include Bare: A Pop Opera, Next To Normal, Fun Home, Newsies, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Metropolitan Performing Arts), and most recently, Groundhog Day, The Musical (Lakewood Theatre Company). Alex is experienced working with all types of singers from the young and new-to-music to those who are more seasoned and experienced, having taught at the Northwest Children’s Theater, Metropolitan Performing Arts, Portland State University, and in his private voice studio ABT Music Studio, where he holds lessons for voice, guitar, ukelele, piano and music theory. Alex strives for all of his students to sing with their unique voice. He teaches his students to sing without a manufactured tone and to have a free and healthy singing technique that can reliably be used for years.

Have Questions? Contact Us Today!

Since 2009, Spotlight Musical Theatre Academy and its team of professional artists have played a vital role in supporting the Greater Portland Area by providing a solid training foundation and enhancing the lives of all its students. If you have any questions, please email our Education Office at sarakaspotlightmta@gmail.com and a member of our team will reach out to you shortly. 

Saturday Program Location:

Lakewood Center For The Arts

​368 S State St
Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Summer Camp Location:

West Linn Lutheran Church​​​

20390 Willamette Dr.

West Linn, OR 97068

Mailing Address:

Spotlight Musical Theatre Academy

P.O. Box 55041

Portland, OR 97238

SPOTLIGHT MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY

​EIN Tax # 84-3024224​

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