Empowering
Young Creatives

Mission

Our mission is to empower young creatives by giving them the tools to bravely and compassionately navigate the world, reaching their highest artistic and personal potential, and building a kinder, more creative world where high-quality arts education and supportive communities are accessible to all students. Since 2024, we've supported 400+ actors, welcomed 3,700+ audience members, and awarded $17,500+ in scholarships.

About Us

Programs

Explore. Create. Perform.

Classes

Afterschool and Homeschool

Productions

Step Into the Spotlight

Intensives and Camps

School Break Programs

Olivia is a director, choreographer, designer, performer, and educator whose path to the stage began in community theatre and dance training, shaped by a childhood spent moving around the world as an Air Force kid. She holds a degree in Performance Studies from Texas A&M University and an MFA in Acting and Contemporary Performance Making from Columbia College Chicago in partnership with arthaus.berlin. Her work is driven by a commitment to creating opportunities for everyone to experience the transformative power of theatre.

None of this is possible alone. Brazos River Youth Theatre relies on the dedication of its staff, volunteers, and donors, whose generosity and commitment sustain BRYT's mission every day.

Executive Director

Olivia Parker

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Blog

Audition Criteria: How Does BRYT Cast a Show?

How does a BRYT production team decide who will be in a show? What are they looking for? And how do they keep track of 100+ actors auditioning for the same production? Take a seat at the audition table and find out! Sign In To respect everyone's time and make audition night as efficient as possible, we separate actors into age groups and assign each actor an audition time. We also try to keep siblings together whenever we can. We recommend arriving at least five minutes early

The Best Part of Every Opening Number

The music swells. The curtain begins to open. And for just a few seconds, the audience catches a glimpse of a once-in-a-lifetime moment -- and the musical has barely started! For many of our camp actors in The Jungle Book KIDS, stepping on stage last Saturday meant performing for a live audience for the very first time. In just ten mornings of rehearsal, they learned songs, memorized scenes, and worked together to bring a story to life. Then they joined 39 other first- throug

The Show Went On... Thanks to You!

Three wonderful things happened in the last few weeks - our air conditioning broke at the studio, the water main was turned off, and we were a few volunteers and one room short for our summer intensive production of Madagascar JR. Madagascar JR - I Like to Move it These sound like things that would have made producing Madagascar JR in two weeks impossible - but it was one of the smoothest and celebratory show days that we’ve ever had. How? First, our space problem was solve

Empowering Young Creatives