The Round House Theatre Teen Performance Company is a pre-professional program for the next generation of theatre artists. The season-long program culminates in the Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, which is directed, designed, stage managed, and performed by the Teen Performance Company, working with professional mentors to help guide them through the process.
 
In addition, Company members are exposed to all the elements that are required to bring a professional production to the stage through master classes and special events, as well as gaining behind-the-scenes access to Round House Theatre shows.
 
The Teen Performance Company is FREE to participants.  This is an educational program for high school students, and while it is a significant time commitment, previous experience is not required to apply or audition. More information about the Teen Performance Company can be found here: TPC Information Sheet

See the 2025 - 2026 Teen Performance Company Show

The 2025-2026 Teen Performance Company performances of At the End of the World by playwright Morgan Gould will be performed at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, March 27-29, 2026.  Teens and College Students can see the show for FREE through our FreePlay program by signing up here: Free Play

Join the 2026 - 2027 Teen Performance Program

The 2026-2027 Teen Performance Company performances of The Camp Silver Lake Jamboree Massacre by Naysan Mojgani will be performed at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, March 5-7, 2026.

ABOUT THE CAMP SILVER LAKE JAMBOREE MASSACRE: When the director of Camp Silver Lake inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage, the surviving junior counselors and campers band together to survive. As the teenagers make sense of what happened to them and what happens next, their friends start to inexplicably go missing. and they soon discover that the nightmare isn't over. Told through a mix of theatre and film, The Camp Silver Lake Jamboree Massacre is an inventive and entertaining twist on the teen slasher genre that explores trauma, community, and identity.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Applications for Director, Assistant Director/Dramaturg, Stage Management, Set/Props Designer,  Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, Costume Designer, Projection Designer and Run Crew are now open for the 2026-2027 TPC Company.    Application are due by June 1.  Apply here! TPC Application

AUDITIONS: 

Auditions for the 2026-2027 TPC Company will be held in September of 2026.  Sign up on our teen e-mail list to get information about next year's auditions when it becomes available.

If you interested in the Teen Performance Program or other programs for teens at the Round House Theatre  Sign up here to join our e-mail list.
 
Questions? Email TPC@RoundHouseTheatre.org

History of The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play 

The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play honors the memory of Sarah Emily
Metzger, an active member of the theatre community in her school and at Round House, who was killed in an automobile accident during her freshman year of college. One of the Round House family’s lasting memories of Sarah is that, while still a high school student, she mounted and directed a full-scale theatre production. Sarah worked to raise funds, secure facilities and a production staff, market and promote her production, and direct a full-length play.

After her passing, Sarah’s family worked with Round House to create the Sarah Metzger Memorial Play as a tribute to the inspiring young woman. Through the generosity of the Metzger family and many other contributors, Round House’s Teen Performance Company and the Sarah Play provides–at no charge–similarly passionate and motivated high school students with the unique opportunity to create a fully realized production with a professional theatre company.