About us
Welcome to the CMT Music Theatre
Founded in 2000, CMT became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to meet the growing demand for musical theatre education in northeastern Oklahoma. Our mission is to provide students with opportunities in acting, music, and dance, fostering essential life skills like teamwork and creativity.
CMT's flagship event, the annual Main Stage Summer Musical, offers students ages 7-17 the chance to participate in a full-scale Broadway production at no cost. Additionally, our SPOTLITE program and the Missoula Children’s Theatre Residency Program enrich local schools with in-classroom and performance-based theatre education. Since 2017, our Stage School has further expanded opportunities for students with skills-based classes and school year productions.
We are a Leading Music Theatre Company
CMT has a long history of enriching the lives of students by providing quality musical theatre performance and educational opportunities.
Our Mission
Enriching the lives of youth by providing quality musical theatre performance and educational opportunities.
Our Vision
To be recognized as a premier teaching and performing arts organization for youth, their families, and our community.
Our Core Values
Creativity
Confidence
Community
Character
Compassion
Our Core Values
Our History
Established in 2000 as a subsidiary program of the YWCA of Bartlesville, CMT was founded as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization in response to an increased demand for arts education programs in our region, specifically in musical theatre. A true “Cinderella” story, CMT exists because members of the Bartlesville community banded together to ensure that students in northeastern Oklahoma have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of productions, workshops, and training classes in each discipline of musical theatre—acting, music and dance—so they become true triple threats. However, while CMT’s programming challenges students to hone their craft, our ultimate goal is to help students develop life-skills, like teamwork, creativity, problem-solving, and self-confidence that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
The capstone of CMT’s programming is the annual Main Stage Summer Musical, a five-week musical theatre intensive during which students ages 7-17 learn how to put on a full-scale Broadway musical complete with elaborate sets, period-costumes, intricate lighting design, and a live orchestra. Typically, each production casts 65-85 students who live within a 40-mile radius of Bartlesville, OK. In order to make this production accessible to as many students as possible, the Main Stage Summer Musical is tuition-free. During the summer, CMT also offers a variety of non-audition based summer camps that additional training and performance opportunities to students by teaching them how to produce a show in two weeks or less.