Front Row Center

Front Row Center offers youth theatre activities that include How-To-Audition Workshops, a How to Audition class, and a Teen Technical Theatre Workshop. In the Teen Technical Theatre Workshop, students work in areas such as sound design, lighting, costume crew, set design and fabrication, and props creation and management. The Teen Technical Theatre Workshop is limited to a small group of 10 students, who serve as the official crew for the show.

• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Teen Technical Theatre Workshop runs Monday through Friday from 4–8pm over one month, from Tuesday, July 7 to Saturday, August 1, 2026
• Price: Teen Technical Theatre Workshop cost: $249; Annie Jr. production: $50 to reserve a spot

Front Row Center is a nonprofit youth theatre organization, and all donations are tax deductible. Its mission is to provide equitable and accessible youth theatrical opportunities through educational programming, theatrical productions, and workshops, with tuition fees described as accessible. Front Row Center states that everyone who enrolls in the Annie Jr. production is cast, auditions are for placement only, and performers ages 6–7 are not required to audition. The organization states that it is committed to bringing high-quality youth theatre productions to the San Diego region and to supplementing regional educational resources and school curriculums. Front Row Center acknowledges that it rents venues on land historically belonging to the Ipai-Tipai, also known as the Kumeyaay Nation, and it honors the tribe’s past, present, and future members while being mindful of the cycles of colonization affecting these nations.

Last updated July 7, 2026.