The TRAINING GROUND for Broadway's Next Generation!
David Green's MUSICAL THEATRE UNIVERSITY (MTU) is the most intensive and comprehensive, pre-professional training ground in the performing and creative arts for talented young people with aspirations for careers in theatre, grades 8 -13, selected by audition from throughout the Coachella Valley and neighboring counties and communities, in residence at Rancho Mirage High School. The Coachella Valley campus is sponsored and presented by THE PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Founder And Director DAVID GREEN was recognized by The American Theatre Wing and Carnegie Mellon University as one of the TOP TWELVE ARTS EDUCATORS in the nation for the 2016-17 Season -- Mr Green was honored with a listing in the 2017 TONY AWARDS Playbill. MUSICAL THEATRE UNIVERSITY provides intensive, high level training designed to meet the needs of both professional performers and “aspiring-professional” performers and to develop the “triple threat” skills of the actor/singer/dancer necessary to attain and sustain a career in Musical Theatre, Film and Television. The core faculty is made up of working professional “artist-teachers” supplemented by celebrated guest-artist Master Teachers from Broadway and Hollywood. Musical Theatre University currently offers two “Majors”, or specific courses of study. They include Musical Theatre (Acting, Singing and Dancing) and Theatre Writing (Book, Lyric and Composition). Students participate in one chosen “major” and, upon completion, receive a Certificate of Completion and a transcript that outlines their specific course of study. The MTU curriculum meets or exceeds the California State Standards for Arts Education and, in addition, provides a hands-on, “real world” approach to training which serves as a bridge from classroom to career. Concurrent with the MTU curriculum, students have the opportunity to participate in professionally produced theatrical productions, working alongside celebrated Broadway and Hollywood Actors and local professional performers in four fully-staged musical productions each year. FOR MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT THE MTU PROGRAMS, PLEASE PERUSE THE ENTIRE SITE! FOR INFORMATION ON AUDITIONS PLEASE VISIT THE "CONTACT" PAGE ON THIS SITE, OR SEND AN EMAIL TO: dwgreen22@hotmail.com 
MUSICAL THEATRE UNIVERSITY'S "BRIDGING BROADWAY", CREATED AS THE "NEXT STEP" FOR ALUMNI OF MTU, WILL TAKE AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL TO OFF-BROADWAY IN JUNE 2019.
LOOK FOR THE ORIGINAL MUSICAL "HOW THE NURSE FEELS" AT THE DAVENPORT THEATRE FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT RUN NEXT SUMMER. BRIDGING BROADWAY WILL GIVE FOURTEEN ALUMNI OF THE MTU PALM SPRINGS CAMPUS THEIR "FIRST FOOTPRINT" INTO PROFESSIONAL NEW YORK THEATRE AND THEIR FIRST PROFESSIONAL CREDIT ON AN OFF-BROADWAY STAGE! LOCAL DESERT YOUTH, INCLUDING SEVERAL CURRENT MTU STUDENTS, WILL HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WORKSHOP "HOW THE NURSE FEELS" IN PALM SPRINGS IN THE FALL AND WINTER OF 2018-19 AND EXPERIENCE THE "HOW TO" OF CREATING AN ORIGINAL WORK, INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL STAGED READING AT A LOCAL THEATRE. STAY TUNED TO THE MTU WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DATES AND DETAILS! 
MUSICAL THEATRE UNIVERSITY WILL PRESENT TWO VERY SPECIAL EVENT PERFORMANCES AS PART OF IT'S 201-2018 SEASON.
FRONT ROW CENTER IS A ONE-NIGHT ONLY CABARET FEATURING THE BROADWAY-VETERANS OF THE MTU FACULTY AT THE HISTORIC PURPLE ROOM IN PALM SPRINGS. PROCEEDS BENEFIT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MTU GRADUATES! IN ADDITION, MTU WILL PRESENT THE SECRET GARDEN-IN CONCERT IN A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON. THE SECRET GARDEN WILL FEATURE SIX BROADWAY STARS WORKING ALONGSIDE A CAST OF 24 MTU STUDENTS IN A STAGED CONCERT READING OF THIS AWARD WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL. STAY TUNED FOR DATES AND CAST MEMBERS TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR THESE VERY SPECIAL EVENTS! 
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BREAKING NEWS!!
LEANA CONCEPCION (MTU CLASS OF 2014) MAKES HER OFF BROADWAY DEBUT IN "COMFORT WOMEN" AT PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS!
Leana is the first graduate of the MTU program in the desert to make her professional stage debut in New York City in Dino Kim's COMFORT WOMEN which plays through September 2 at Playwright's Horizons. Comfort Women is about Korean Comfort Women who were sold as sex slaves for the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. The story revolves around a young Korean woman, Goeun, who was promised a job in Japan, but is soon transported to Indonesia as one of the comfort women. The audience witnesses how such a tragedy can permanently and painfully transform the life of a young woman. 
ALUMNUS OF FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR DAVID GREEN WINS TONY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL!
Lindsay Mendez, one of Mr. Green's students from his program in Orange County, CA received The Tony Award for Best Featured Actress In A Musical for her portrayal of "Carrie Pepperidge" in the acclaimed Broadway Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstien's CAROUSEL.
Mr. Green began working with Ms. Mendez when she was just ten years old. Congratulations to one of Broadway's most talented!! On August 1st Lindsay Mendez received her caricature on the wall of the world famous SARDI's! 
EXCITING
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