New Prospect Elementary PTA presents
How To Train Your Dragon, Jr.
January 22 & 23, 2027
FCS Innovation Academy · 125 Milton Ave, Alpharetta
Open to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. No experience is needed, and everyone who auditions and commits to the rehearsal schedule is in the show.
Rehearsals run from late October to January after school, mostly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, usually 2:30 to 4:30pm. Every January rehearsal is required.
What’s next
- Oct 23 & 27Auditions, 3:45 to 6:30pm. Sign-ups are open!
- Wed, Oct 28Cast list emailed
- On sale nowShow shirts, sweatshirts and playbill ads
The Season
Key Dates
- Oct 23 & 27Auditions, 3:45 to 6:30pm. Sign up for a time slot.
- Wed, Oct 28Cast list emailed
- Oct 29 – Jan 21Rehearsals, mostly Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with some Tuesdays, usually 2:30 to 4:30pm. A few run until 6pm, and show week runs later.
- DecemberTickets on sale, $15 a seat. Cast families pick seats first.
- Mon, Jan 18The cast moves into FCS Innovation Academy
- Jan 22 & 23Performances. Curtain times to come.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE PLAY CALENDAR
Sign in, find How to Train Your Dragon JR. 2026-27, then choose Subscribe or copy its calendar link into Google Calendar.
See every rehearsal date
Rehearsal, 2:30pm to the time shown Runs late School break
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| 4 | 5Workshop | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23Auditions | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27Auditions | 28Cast list | 295 | 304:30 | 31 |
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| 1 | 24:30 | 3 | 44:30 | 5 | 64:30 | 7 |
| 8 | 94:30 | 104:30 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 174:30 | 18 | 19 | 204:30 | 21 |
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| 29 | 304:30 |
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| 1 | 24:30 | 3 | 46 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 74:30 | 8 | 94:30 | 10 | 116 | 12 |
| 13 | 144:30 | 154:30 | 164:30 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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| 3 | 411-4 | 54:30 | 64:30 | 7 | 86 | 9 |
| 10 | 114:30 | 124:30 | 136 | 14 | 156 | 16 |
| 17 | 18Move-in | 196:30 | 206:30 | 217 | 22SHOW | 23SHOW |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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No rehearsals during Thanksgiving break, November 23 to 27, or winter break, December 21 to January 1. Monday, January 4 runs 11am to 4pm because there is no school. On Monday, January 18 there is no school and we move into FCS Innovation Academy.
The Story
About the Show
A village that has fought dragons for seven generations, and one boy who would rather understand them.
How To Train Your Dragon The Musical JR. is a 60-minute musical based on the Academy Award–nominated DreamWorks film. It follows Hiccup, a young Viking who befriends the dragon he was supposed to kill, a Night Fury he names Toothless.
Our production puts 3rd, 4th and 5th graders on the stage, backed by parent volunteers building sets, sewing costumes, running lights and selling popcorn. More than 50 students took part in last year’s school play. We would love even more this year.
October
Auditions
Everyone who auditions and commits to the rehearsal schedule is in the show.
Auditions are open to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, and no experience is necessary. The script grows to fit the cast. The audition decides which part your child plays, not whether they are in it.
Auditions are Friday, October 23 and Tuesday, October 27, 3:45 to 6:30pm. Each child signs up for a five-minute time slot.
December
Tickets
- PerformancesFriday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23, 2027
- CurtainTimes are not set yet. We’ll post them here as soon as they are.
- WhereFCS Innovation Academy, 125 Milton Ave, Alpharetta GA 30009
- On SaleDecember, reserved seating, $15 a seat
Parents & Families
Volunteer
Whether you can lead a committee or spare one afternoon, there is a job that fits.
- Creative Team
- Costumes
- Sets & Props
- Concessions
- Cast Dinner
- Decorations
- Backstage Crew
- Candygrams
- Ticketing
- Carpool Dismissal
Show Week · January
Meet the Cast
The Digital Program will include the cast list, crew credits and headshots during show week. It sits behind a sign-in because it names and shows our students.
Questions? Email our Lead Play Parents, Jamie Jones, Brittney Cox and Lisa Gates, at NPEPlayLead@gmail.com. Tag us @npe.pta and use #HTTYDjrNPE.
The Digital Program will be linked here when student names and photos are ready.
How To Train Your Dragon The Musical JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, New York, NY · (212) 541-4684 · mtishows.com. Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture. In association with Universal Theatrical Group. Book & Lyrics by Kate Thomas. Original Music & Lyrics by Veronica Mansour.
