Planting Our Roots & Building For Growth

Christian Youth Theater is a community that champions and advocates for youth discovering their Identity in Christ. 

At CYT Nashville, we believe in the power of building character through the medium of Creative Arts. With our supporters, we can impact discipline and integrity while instilling self-confidence in each student who accepts our challenge. While students are busy creating characters on stage, we are focused on helping them build character that will shape their future and ours. 

CYT Nashville was excited to celebrate its 14th year of operations in the 2025-2026 season. In this year, CYT Nashville offered a range of classes and summer camps and produced eleven main stage productions. CYT also produced its third CCT performance this year! Our students, volunteers, and artistic teams continued to elevate our program quality. CYT stands in the forefront in its commitment to the highest ethical, moral, technical, and artistic standards of excellence. 

We are always in awe of the extraordinary talent of our CYT Nashville community and their passion for live theater. Thanks to your financial contributions, we can continue empowering individuals of all ages across the Nashville area to shine on and off stage. 

Thank you for your ongoing support. Together, we can raise the curtain on the exciting journey ahead of us.

Our 2025-2026 Season!

Summer 2025 
  • CCT: Once Upon a Mattress 
  • Teens: High School Musical 2 
 
Fall 2025 
  • Franklin: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Franklin: Oklahoma!
  • Spring Hill:The Little Mermaid

Winter 2026
  • Franklin: James and the Giant Peach
  • Franklin: Hadestown: Teen Edition
  • Spring Hill: Finding Nemo Jr.

Spring 2026
  • Franklin: My Fair Lady 
  •  Franklin: Prince of Egypt
  • Spring Hill: Tuck Everlasting

2025-26 CYT Nashville Financial Overview

Below is a snapshot of CYT’s revenue and expenses for the 2025-26 season, reflecting the resources that fueled our mission to develop character and creativity through theater arts.

CYT’s Growth Over the Years

Below is a snapshot of CYT’s finances for the 2025-26 season, alongside a comparison to the previous four fiscal years.

What Comes Next – A Look at 2026–2027

The 2025–2026 season was a milestone year for CYT Nashville. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors and supporters, we were able to close the year in a positive financial position. As we look ahead, we’re excited to share how thoughtful shifts in our programming and planning have created a more stable budget forecast for 2026–2027. Explore our forecasted budget to see how we’re building on this year’s momentum and moving forward with faith, clarity, and sustainability.

Be Part of the Story: Help Sustain the Mission

There are so many ways to support CYT Nashville—from one-time donations to monthly giving, business sponsorships at our Winter Performance, program ads, and more. However you choose to give, your support helps us continue to develop character and creativity through the arts.