41st ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH ARTS INSTITUTE
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters

41st ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH ARTS INSTITUTE

📅 Date Jun 27, 2026 · 4:00 PM
📍 Location Dallas, TX
🏟️ Venue Bruton Theatre

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About This Event

More than 400 youth from ages 10-18 take crash courses, trained by seasoned professionals, in Music, Dance, Theatre, Costume Design, Make-Up, Lighting, Stage Management, Photography and Film/Video. The institute culminates with a large full-scale theatrical production, HALLELUJAH GOSPEL! THE MUSICAL a rousing foot-stompin and hand clappin musical revue of some of the best gospel songs from the mid-1900s to present. Supported in part by the DallasISD Summer Enrichment Extended Learning, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs.