Welcome to the Disney Musicals In Schools resource page, created just for schools that are specific to Seattle Theatre Group’s program. #disneymusicalsinschools #stgconnects
Please note that this is a private page intended for participating school educators, team members, and Teaching Artists. To view our public webpage for Disney Musicals In Schools, you can visit www.stgpresents.org/ece/dmis
As a reminder, school teams are also encouraged to utilize the national Disney Musicals In Schools website for additional materials and resources: disneymusicalsinschools.com
To access:
Click the “for schools” tab
Username: disneymusicals
Password: inschools
We strongly recommend that ALL school team members (both Year 1 and Alumni) go to the DMIS website that is linked above and download the Field Guide, which has information, breakdowns, and details for producing musical theatre shows. You can also download the Field Guides directly here:
Videos
You can view STG specific videos of this program here.
- Here’s a documentary video of Disney Musicals In Schools created by Disney Theatrical Group.
- To view the video played at Orientation for Year 1 schools, click here
STG DMIS Professional Development Videos
Videos and Lesson Plans to help refresh and expand your DMIS experience!
- Warmups
- Theater Games
- Directing, Choreography, and Music Directing Tools
- Breaking down large numbers
- Highlighting your ensemble
- Navigating small numbers and so much more!
Timeline
September 2026
September 22, 2026 from 5:00 – 8:00pm: Year 1 School Orientation at Kerry Hall
• All members in your school’s musical team should attend!
• Attendees should RSVP by September 12th
• Make sure to wear clothing/shoes you feel comfortable doing some light movement in and note that we will be taking photos of you and your school team together
• Year 1 schools gather to kick off the program year and celebrate joining Disney Musicals In Schools! Dinner will be provided along with the gorgeous view of Seattle Center. School teams will meet their 2 STG Teaching Artists and begin working together to plan for your school’s program
RSVP here: https://stgpresents.tfaforms.net/5196794
October 2026
Rehearsals kick-off at Year 1 schools
Year 1 Rehearsal Outline for Weeks 1-4
School teams begin collecting photo releases as soon as possible (information on photo releases can be found further down this page).
• Week 1: Production Meeting: school teams and Teaching Artists meet at school with NO students present
• Week 2: Introduction to Musical Theatre: Teaching Artists lead a welcoming session for all 3rd-5th grade students who are interested in learning more and experiencing what your musical theatre arts program will be like to see if they want to join!
• Week 3: “Auditions” – Teaching Artists will lead a series of acting, singing, and dancing activities while school team observes students in action to gather ideas for casting. Note that casting is determined by the school team
• Week 4: Casting Announcement- Teaching Artists will guide and collaborate with the school team to announce the cast all together in rehearsal in a way that celebrates all participating students, regardless of their role(s)
November 2026
Schools confirm cast lists and share with Teaching Artists/STG, organized alphabetically and in the format below:
| Student Last Name | Student First Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Best | Marisol | Simba |
| Kinney | Rex | Ensemble |
December 2026
January 2027
January 14, 2027: Schools confirm and finalize show performance dates/times at their schools
- Note that each individual school determines how many performance(s) to hold for their families and community. Most schools hold a minimum of 2 performances (1 school day assembly and 1 evening performance), but they are welcome to hold as many performances as they would like. Teaching Artists are contracted to attend 1 of their school’s performances.
- If inclement weather causes school to be canceled and rehearsals are missed, schools can communicate with Adriana if they feel they need to adjust their performance dates/times, add additional make-up rehearsals, etc.
January 26, 2027
- All school release forms due!
Please send Adriana your full cast list and school team list by January 26th in an excel file using the example format below.
Schools will need to turn in the hard copy release forms to Adriana and/or their Teaching Artists. Even if you are still waiting on a couple of release forms from your cast, please turn in what you have so that the STG team can begin filing and organizing your forms.
Student Last Name Student First Name Role Best Marisol Simba Kinney Rex Ensemble - Year 1 Schools submit their top 3 choices for the song they feel would best showcase their students for the Student Share performance at The Paramount Theatre in April through this link – Click here to submit your performance dates/times and top song choice (if your school wants to perform at Student Share)
- Year 2-3 Alumni Schools that are interested in participating in Student Share will submit their top 2-3 choices for the song they feel would best showcase their students through this link – Click here to submit your performance dates/times and top song choice (if your school wants to perform at Student Share)
- Alumni Schools will need to video their top song choices and send to Adriana by February.
February 2027
At this point, schools are entering the tech process and confirming/finalizing all props, costumes, set pieces, etc. that are needed. Note that schools are NOT required to create extra production elements for their shows.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2027: STG will confirm what song each school will perform from their show for the Student Share at The Paramount Theatre in April.
March 2027
Showtime! Schools celebrate their hard work with performances.
- STG will send a photographer out to one of your performances (Year 1 Schools) to capture photos before and during the show. These photos will be shared with schools once all release forms have been turned in and photos are available (projected to be sometime in late April).
- School leads arrange a phone call check-in with Adriana and Rex to discuss Student Share details.
April 2027
Student Share Rehearsals: each Year 1 school will have 1 final rehearsal with Teaching Artists to focus on their 1 Disney KIDS show song that will be performed on The Paramount stage, in addition to the grand finale number, “It Starts With A Dream.” Teaching Artists and school team will also have time to discuss Student Share with students and walk them through the schedule, expectations, etc.
Thursday, April 27th, 2027: DMIS Student Share Celebration!
May 2027
Schools share final reflections, feedback, and assessment of their program experience with STG to close out Year 1.
Schools are welcome to select which Disney KIDS show they would like to produce for Year 2 at any point after Student Share whenever they are ready. Once schools finalize and confirm with Adriana, they can begin the license process to receive their showkit materials. Disney KIDS show options can be viewed at the DMIS website.
- Year 2 schools receive free licensing to the Disney KIDS show of their choice, which comes with a standard showkit materials box
- Year 3 schools receive 50% discounted licensing & showkit materials to a Disney KIDS show of their choice
May 6, 2027: School survey reports due for ALL YEAR 1-6 SCHOOLS – CLICK HERE to complete.
- One survey report due for each school (typically completed by the school team “lead” contact for STG)
- This survey is simple and will only take a couple of minutes to report your total number of participating students, number of performances completed, etc.
May 6, 2027: Individual School Team Surveys due for Year 1 Schools – CLICK HERE to complete.
- One survey report due for each Year 1 School team member
- This survey is to collect your feedback and experience as a Year 1 School Team member participating in Disney Musicals In Schools so we can reflect on what worked, what we can improve, and how we can best continue supporting any of your musical production needs as an individual or team.
Photo Releases
Photo Release waivers will need to be collected for all participating students (cast and crew) and school team members. Please note that all will need to complete both the Disney and STG waivers and turn them into STG by January 27, 2026.
Photo release waivers can be scanned and emailed to dmis@stgprsents.org or arranged to turn into Teaching Artists/Adriana at a site visit at your school.
Download release waivers here:
Licensing
Below are details for Year 1 & Year 2 Schools Disney KIDS show licensing.
Please note that Year 1 & 2 schools receive a free license and showkit materials to the Disney KIDS show of their choice. Year 3 schools receive a 50% discount to a Disney KIDS show of their choice. Year 4 and beyond can license any Disney KIDS, Broadway Jr. Show, etc. Directly through MTI.
Year 3 and beyond schools should go to the disneymusicalsinschools.com website for details on licensing options and reach out to Adriana with any questions.
- Your license will be valid for one year
- Your school decides how many performances to have, what days/times they happen, and if the show date needs to be adjusted due to inclement weather, etc.
- Your school can have as many performances as you would like during that one year period
- Your school can charge up to $10 per ticket (but most of our schools do a suggested, open donation instead of charging for tickets)
- You must bill the show as outlined in the license and Director’s Guide on any printed materials like programs and posters
- Your signed agreement includes a video license. This allows you to videotape your performance, but you cannot sell dvd copies of the video (you can gift it to participants or ask for a $1 donation to help cover the cost of the dvd itself)
- Your license includes a standard show kit with Director’s Guides, choreography dvd, rehearsal tracks, accompaniment tracks, and student scripts.
- If you selected The Lion King KIDS, your show kit will also include a set of drums that are yours to keep, plus The Lion King KIDS Experience, which is a set of curriculum that you can use as part of your rehearsal process and/or in any of your classrooms.
Program Resources
Resources from Professional Development Days – Click here to access a dropbox folder with all of the handouts, examples, and resources shared in the DMIS Educator Professional Development Days in October 2019.
Rehearsal Calendar Examples:
• The Lion King KIDS rehearsal calendar
• Aladdin KIDS rehearsal calendar
Resources from Professional Development Days – Click here to access a dropbox folder with all of the handouts, examples, and resources shared in the DMIS Educator Professional Development Days in October 2019.
You can print these and tape them to your classroom door/wall as a way to give students the opportunity to choose how they’d like to be greeted at the beginning of each day! (high five, fist bump, hug, dance)
Social Media Resources:
Feel free to join some Facebook pages geared towards Arts Educators & Theatre Artists for additional community resources, asks, etc. Sometimes theatre companies give away props, set pieces, and costumes that they no longer need.
Braindance
- The BrainDance warm-up and Brain Compatible Methodology was developed by Anne Green Gilbert, who is a local dancer, choreographer, educator, and more in our local Seattle community! Her work is internationally recognized and utilized, and you can learn more about her work and the Creative Dance Center at https://www.creativedance.org
- The BrainDance is a full body-brain exercise/warm-up based on development movement patterns that healthy human beings naturally move through in the first year of life. These movements (Breath, Tactile, Core-Distal, Head-Tail, Upper-Lower, Body-Side, Cross-Lateral, Vestibular, Eye Tracking) integrate the primary reflexes that are the foundation for healthy brain development. The BrainDance warm-up can be completed in as little as 5 minutes or expanded to 15 minutes to offer students and adults as a way to ground and center themselves, warm up the brain and body, and strengthen motor skills.
- Our artists and educators at STG have found success in using the BrainDance as a warm-up for each class session as well as a fun way to integrate musical theatre acting/vocal warm-ups in a structured process that offers room for variety and growth.
BrainDance Resources
- You can learn more about the BrainDance through the Creative Dance website (see above) and here (PDF)
- Here’s a chart (PDF) of BrainDance patterns and movement concepts you can integrate
- Here’s a general BrainDance variation example (PDF)
- Here’s a BrainDance variation example (PDF) for The Lion King KIDS and Aladdin KIDS
- Watch a video example of the BrainDance Lion King variation warm-up here!
Student Share
Tuesday, April 27th, 2027: DMIS Student Share Celebration!
RSVP Link/Tickets
The Student Share is free and open to family members, friends, and the community. Those who wish to attend can RSVP for tickets here.
Student Share Rehearsals: in April 2027 each Year 1 school will have 1 final rehearsal with Teaching Artists to focus on their 1 Disney KIDS show song that will be performed on The Paramount stage, in addition to the grand finale number, “Starts With A Dream.” Teaching Artists and school team will also have time to discuss Student Share with students and walk them through the schedule, expectations, etc.
Alumni Schools participating in Student Share will need to submit video(s) of their top 2 song choices to Adriana in January (see Timeline section)
Performing Schools: Preparation
Schools who are performing at Student Share will need to schedule a conference call with Adriana Wright to discuss details.
Schools are responsible for arranging and managing transportation for their cast members, student crew, and school team/chaperones for the day of Student Share. Schools can submit their receipt or invoice for transportation to STG to be reimbursed.
Day of Event Schedule
• Schools should arrive to the theatre by 9:30am
• Each school will get a chance to practice their entrance/exit on the stage and find their first positions for their number. Assigned soloists will receive their wireless mic and test them out for sound
• Students should arrive to theatre with their base costumes and make-up (if any) completed
• Schools will be assigned seating on the main floor and able to eat their lunches and finish getting ready whenever they are no on stage for their “tech”
• Show begins at 12:00pm and will be over around 1:15pm
• All students MUST stay with their school and get back on their school bus for the dismissal process. No families may check-out their students from inside The Paramount Theatre (you may arrange for families to meet you at your bus once all students are inside the bus if you wish to facilitate and manage your own check-out process)
• STG will reimburse bus transportation costs once school submits an invoice/receipt to Adriana
• Photos from Student Share will be shared with schools in May once all release forms have been collected
Video
Watch clips from a previous Student Share as an example:
Student Share 2017 Videos
Tickets
Schools participating in Disney Musicals In Schools receive free tickets for our STG Student Matinee Programs.
Title I Schools also receive this discounted offer, so feel free to share the Student Matinee Program link with your fellow educators!
For Broadway show at The Paramount Theatre, Title I elementary schools can sometimes receive special group/student rate discounts. You can reach out to Groups@BroadwayatTheParamount.com for more information.
Schools
To date, Seattle Theatre Group has partnered with 13 School Districts for Disney Musicals In Schools including the following: Bremerton, Conway, Mt. Vernon, Everett, Mukilteo, Edmonds, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Lake Washington, Monroe, Renton, Seattle, South Kitsap, Tacoma, Tukwila, and White River.
Below is a list of schools that have successfully completed Disney Musicals in Schools, along with current schools participating in the program:
2026-2027 Schools
Washington Elementary (Mt. Vernon School District)
Emerson Elementary (Everett School District)
Columbia Elementary (Mukilteo School District)
2025-2026 Schools
Madison Elementary (Everett School District)
Serene Lake Elementary (Mukilteo School District)
John Muir Elementary (Seattle Public Schools)
Hilltop Elementary (Highline School District)
2024-2025 Schools
Cedar Way Elementary (Edmonds School District)
Graham Hill Elementary (Seattle Public Schools)
Meridian Elementary (Kent School District)
Sunnycrest Elementary (Federal Way Public Schools)
2023-24 Schools
Cedarhurst Elementary (Highline School District)
Panther Lake Elementary (Kent School District)
Panther Lake Elementary (Federal Way Public Schools)
South Shore K-8 (Seattle Public Schools)
2022-23 Schools
Cascade View Elementary (Tukwila School District)
College Place Elementary (Edmonds School District)
Madrona Elementary School (Highline School District)
Olympic Hills Elementary (Seattle School District)
2019-20 Schools (program paused due to COVID-19)
Cascade View Elementary ( (Tukwila School District), repeating on 2022-23 due to COVID-19
Lister Elementary (Tacoma School District)
Olympic Hills Elementary (Seattle School District), repeating on 2022-23 due to COVID-19
White Center Heights Elementary (Highline School District)
Wilkeson Elementary (White River School District)
2018-19 Alumni Schools
Conway Elementary (Conway School District)
Manchester Elementary (South Kitsap School District)
Star Lake Elementary (Federal Way School District)
View Ridge Elementary (Bremerton School District)
2017-18 Alumni Schools
Mark Twain Elementary (Federal Way School District)
Cascade Elementary (Renton School District)
Hawthorne Elementary (Seattle School District)
Tukwila Elementary (Tukwila School District)
Frank Wagner Elementary (Monroe School District)
2016-17 Alumni Schools
Madrona K-8 School (Seattle School District)
Madrona Elementary School (Highline School District)
Robert Frost Elementary School (Lake Washington School District)
2015-16 Alumni Schools
Dunlap Elementary School (Seattle School District)
South Shore K-8 (Seattle School District)
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School (Seattle School District)
McMicken Heights Elementary School (Highline School District)
2014-15 Alumni Schools
Mount View Elementary School (Seattle School District)
Emerson Elementary School (Seattle School District)
Van Asselt Elementary (Seattle School District)
West Seattle Elementary School (Seattle School District)
White Center Heights Elementary (Highline School District)
School Contacts
Lead Contacts for Participating Schools
1. Cascade Elementary (Renton School District): Stephanie Penney, stephanie.penney@rentonschools.us
2. Cascade View Elementary (Tukwila School District): Carlin Salisbury, salisburyc@tukwila.wednet.edu
3. Conway Elementary (Conway School District): Kim Turner, kturner@conway.k12.us
4. Dunlap Elementary (Seattle School District): Annabel Garcia-Andresen, algarciaandres@seattleschools.org
5. Emerson Elementary (Seattle School District): Carey Zeines, czeines@mac.com
6. Frank Wagner Elementary (Monroe School District): Lauren Abbott, abbottl@monroe.wednet.edu
7. Hawthorne Elementary (Seattle School District): Jennie Manzo, jlmanzo@seattleschools.org
8. Lister Elementary (Tacoma School District): Nicole Lam, slam@tacoma.k12.wa.us
9. Madrona Elementary (Highline School District): Kathy Allen, kathy.allen@highlineschools.org
10. Madrona K-8 (Seattle School District): Anya Rudnick, anyarudnick@gmail.com
11. Manchester Elementary (South Kitsap School District): Moira Hoisington, hoisington@skschools.org
12. Mark Twain Elementary (Federal Way School District): Christa Nowakowski, cnowakow@fwps.org
13. McMicken Heights Elementary (Highline School District): Nancy Shi, nancy.shi@highlineschools.org
14. MLK Jr. Elementary (Seattle School District): Jamall White & Lynn Liukko, jcwhite@seattleschools.org, lfbatie@seattleschools.org
15. Olympic Hills Elementary (Seattle School District): Katy Pence, kllungren@seattleschools.org
16. Robert Frost Elementary (Lake Washington School District): Jeffrey Erickson, jerickson@lwsd.org
17. South Shore PK-8 (Seattle School District): Tracie Thomas, tlthompson3@seattleschools.org
18. Star Lake Elementary (Federal Way School District): Dawn Rieger, drieger@fwps.org
19. Tukwila Elementary (Tukwila School District): Katie Hugo, hugok@tukwila.wednet.edu
20. Van Asselt Elementary (Seattle School District): Travis Moore, tmmoore@seattleschools.org
21. View Ridge Elementary (Bremerton School District): Kathryn Sprague, kathryn.sprague@bremertonschools.org
22. West Seattle Elementary (Seattle School District): Meagan Bail, mnbail@seattleschools.org
23. White Center Heights Elementary (Highline School District): Shoshanna Cohen, shoshanna.cohen@highlineschools.org
24. Wilkeson Elementary (White River School District): Ellen Carl, ecarl@whiteriver.wednet.edu
Program Reports
Below you can view program reports for Seattle Theatre Group’s Disney Musicals In Schools, which summarizes the data and final assessments that participating schools share with us at the end of their show.
Contact Us
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QUESTIONS?
Contact: Adriana Wright, adrianaw@stgpresents.org
Did you like participating in this program? Please share your experience with other Title I Elementary Schools and let them know that they can learn more and apply at www.stgpresents.org/ece/dmis