Young Roustabouts
Young Roustabouts Youth Theatre Divison
The Young Roustabouts is an ongoing collaboration between The Roustabouts Theatre Co. and Kids on Stage Productions, created to support and inspire young actors across San Diego County. Open to performers of all experience levels, the program offers meaningful learning experiences, focused training, and opportunities to grow on stage.
Rooted in a love of theatre and community, Young Roustabouts fosters creativity, confidence, and connection, inviting young performers to develop their craft while becoming part of the extended TRTC family.
Young Roustabouts Workshops & Performances
Cabaret Under the Stars
Benefiting Young Roustabouts
Illuminating hope, access, and artistic possibility for all young actors across our community, Cabaret Under the Stars promises to engage and entertain our theatre community. Patrons will enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and drinks while listening to the beautiful voices of young artists and supporting Roustabouts Theatre Company's new program.
The evening will feature songs from: Dylan Hochman, Caleb Dade, Adrienne Gabriel,
Ari Gimbel, Maya Gimbel, Anna Kemp, Miles Matranga, Sophie Nevarez, Evie Roach & Sarina Turk
April 12, 2026 5 PM - 8 PM
Oliver!
Directed by Alice Cash
Choreographed by Becky Cherlin Baird
The Young Roustabouts is excited to present Oliver!, a dynamic performing arts experience for ages 10-17. This opportunity welcomes young performers to sharpen their acting, singing and dancing skills while working as part of a vibrant ensemble. Oliver! is a high energy, classic musical that brings the heart, humor and music of Charles Dickens’ beloved classic to the stage.
$350 Production Fee (paid when cast)
Scholarships are available; please contact us if other arrangements are necessary.
Auditions
April 19th 2-4 PM (San Diego/Balboa Park area)
Character breakdown in the sign up form
After your audition, you will be notified if you are selected for callbacks that evening.
Callbacks
April 19, 2026 5-6 PM
Rehearsals
June 8-21, 2026 (In UTC area)
Monday - Friday 10 AM - 3 PM
Saturday & Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM
Performances
June 20-21, 2026 2 PM (at Scripps Ranch Theatre)
Young Roustabouts Programs
Theatre Conservatory
The Roustabouts Theatre Co.'s Youth Division is growing to better serve the evolving needs and interests of young people in our community.
We’re excited to introduce a brand-new Theatre Conservatory Program designed specifically for young actors with a passion for the performing arts. This dynamic and highly sought-after program connects students with local theatre professionals and helps them build a well-rounded toolbox to support their individual theatre goals and get to the next level. Participants will develop essential audition skills, work on monologues and songs, and learn how to present the best version of themselves - both as performers and as confident young artists within and beyond our community.
Understudy Program
Our Young Roustabouts Understudy program, where youth selected from these students will be put into Roustabouts professional stage shows as understudies and learn from working actors and directors.
Young Roustabouts Leadership
Becky Cherlin Baird
Becky is the founding Artistic Director of The JCompany Youth Theater in La Jolla California and owner of Sand Castle Entertainment, LLC and Kids On Stage Productions. She is known as a pioneer of children’s theater in San Diego and continues to produce, direct, choreograph across the country. Becky works as a Broadway Local 764 Guardian and most recently worked on Annie at Madison Square Garden with Whoopi Goldberg and the National Tour. She just produced and co-wrote a new musical called “ei8ht”, for Hanukkah that had its world premier reading in Southern California and will be fully produced on stage December 2026.
Recently Becky directed the first Theatre for Young Audiences show for JCompany Youth Theatre in La Jolla, California that is now touring San Diego. Becky's love for working with kids in the performing arts has allowed her the opportunity to work as the children’s casting director and choir director with the Broadway First National Tour of Joseph…Dreamcoat as well as Food Network on Chopped Junior and taken her to theatres on Broadway including; The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof and Matilda.
Becky spent many years on the Board of Directors for San Diego Junior Theatre and San Diego Musical Theatre. Currently, she is on the Board of Directors for the Carlsbad Playreaders.
Becky is a member of IATSE Local 764 as well as Actors Equity Union. Additionally, she is a private musical theatre coach to kids gracing stages & screens around the world. Becky is a native San Diegan and the proud mother of two kids who also love the arts!
www.kidsonstageproductions.com
Alice Cash
Alice Cash is an award-winning Theatre Director and the Global Marketing Director at a biotech company Terra Biological. Recently returned to her hometown of San Diego after a 15-year tenure on the East Coast, she's worked on theatre in NY's Off-Broadway Scene as well as internationally creating acclaimed theatre pieces in France and Haiti, which earned awards from the French government and facilitated scholarships in Haiti. She also worked in developing new plays and transitioning regional productions to New York’s Off-Broadway scene.
Alice graduated from Georgetown University and holds her MA in Performance Studies and MFA in Directing from NYU and The New School. In her free time she dedicates herself to service. While living in New York City, she served on the Board of the Central Park Conservancy, becoming Co-Chair of the Greensward Circle, the young professionals philanthropy group for the park, leading the group out of Covid & successfully secured a record-breaking amount of funding for the organization, surpassing all previous fundraising efforts during her two year tenure. In San Diego she jumped into volunteer work as the Auction Chair of Patrons of the Prado's Masterpiece Gala. She's very excited to be working with The Roustabouts on the new Youth Division!