Registration: Community Youth Scholarship Audition 2025

Today's Date
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Student Name*
First Last
Student Birth Date*
Student Age*
(Student must be between the ages of 7 and 9 years old as of Sept. 1, 2025.)
School student will attend in the 2025/26 academic year.*
Grade student will be in during the 2025/26 academic year.*
Student Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code
If the student lives in the city of Pittsburgh, please let us know which neighborhood.
Student Race / Ethnicity / Origin. Please check all that apply (Optional).
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- Asian
- Black or African American
- Hispanic, Latinx, or Spanish
- Middle Eastern / North African
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
- White / Caucasian
- Another Race, Ethnicity or Origin
Gender
Parent / Guardian Name*
First Last
Parent / Guardian Email Address*
Enter Email Confirm Email
Parent / Guardian Cell Phone*
Please list any dance experience your child has had (no dance experience is required).
What other activities does your child participate in, both in and out of school? (i.e. music lessons, sports, etc.)
Financial Eligibility
Please read and submit financial documentation.*
For your child to be eligible for the scholarship, your family must be eligible for one of the programs below, or must meet 135% of the income level eligibility for free and reduced-price meals through the National Lunch Program. Please check our website for income levels by household size (please cut and paste into your internet browser): https://pbt.org/pbts/information/cys/. Please indicate below which document you will provide to confirm your eligibility. If possible, please upload your document using the File Upload tab below. Please be sure to black out private information such as social security numbers. Or you may mail or email your document to Lisa Auel, Education Dept., Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 2900 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15201; education@pittsburghballet.org. Please submit your documentation PRIOR to the audition.
- Free and Reduced Lunch eligibility letter from your child's school. (Does not apply to PPS; please select another form of documentation.)
- Copy of the first 2 pages of your 2024 federal tax return.
- WIC or SNAP benefits eligibility documentation.
- Section 8 Housing
- Medical or Cash Assistance from PA
- Assistance from LIHEAP 1 or 2
- Refugee/immigrant programs
File Upload
Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, pdf, png, gif, Max. file size: 128 MB, Max. files: 2.
Medical and Media Release
Medical Release: Please read and check Yes or No below.*
By checking "yes" below on behalf of my child, I assume the risk associated with dance instruction / classes and agree that the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School (PBTS), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT), and its Board of Directors, Faculty, Staff and Volunteers shall not be liable in any way for any injuries sustained or loss of property while attending PBTS or any of its related functions. I hereby grant permission to the Director and /or staff of PBTS to authorize hospital admission and medical, surgical, and emergency treatment, including blood or blood product, transfusions, and diagnostic procedures. Additionally, I grant permission for the administration of anesthesia for the student where medically necessary in case of emergency, accident, and illness, and only in the case that the parent or Family Physician, listed above, cannot be contacted.
- Yes, I have read, understand and affirm the Medical Release statement.
- No, I do not affirm the Medical Release statement.
Media Release: Please read and check Yes or No below.*
I do hereby give, grant and assign to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc., and its assigns, licensees and legal representatives (“PBT”) the right, consent and permission to use, publish, copy, reproduce, create digitized images of, adapt, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, modify and otherwise make use of my (or my minor child, as appropriate) appearance, likeness and form in all forms of media and in all manner now known or hereafter to become known, including electronic media and/or composite representations, for advertising, trade, or any other lawful purpose. PBT shall have the right to exercise such rights with my (or my minor child, as appropriate) appearance, likeness and form alone, or with other materials, including, but not limited to, text, data, images, photographs, illustrations, animation, graphics, and video or audio segments of any nature. The rights granted to PBT hereunder are world-wide, irrevocable, perpetual, and assignable. I hereby waive all rights and release PBT and its directors, officers, employees, agents, and independent contractors from, and shall neither sue nor bring any proceeding against any such parties for, any liability, loss, demands, claims, damages or causes of action, whether now known or unknown, for defamation, invasion of right to privacy, publicity or personality or any similar matter, or based upon or relating to the use and exploitation of my (or my minor child, as appropriate) appearance, likeness and form.
- Yes, I have read, understand and affirm the Media Release statement.
- No, I do not affirm the Media Release statement.
PBT School Summer Workshop*
I confirm that if selected at the audition, my student can attend the PBT School Summer Workshop, June 9 - 12, 2025, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at PBT Studios.
- Yes my student can attend the workshop if selected.
- My student cannot attend the workshop.
Please let us know how you heard about the audition:
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Community Youth Scholarship Audition Registration Form 2025

Financial Eligibility

Medical and Media Release