Every Artist Needs a Foundation. Help us build one.
Support Cornerstone Creative Arts as we expand opportunities for youth and adults in Petersburg through performing arts education, mentorship, and hands-on production experiences.
Give once or become a monthly supporter. Donations through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, are tax-deductible
RENT AUDITIONS
OCTOBER 21-23, 2026 FROM 6:00PM-9:00PM (Virtual Audition Option Avaialble)
Production Location: Petersburg, Virginia
Rehearsals Begin: November 2026
Performances: January 23 & 24, 2027
AUDITION TIMES: Once registration is received, a follow up email will be sent with a link to register for an audition time slot or receive virtual audition instructions.
AUDITION INFO: Need assistance with your audition? We can help! Select: AUDITION ASSISTANCE REQUESTED on the registration form.
WHO WE ARE
Cornerstone Creative Arts is a Petersburg, Virginia-based production company dedicated to fostering the connection between music, theatre, dance, technical theatre, education, professional experience, and community.
Built on the belief that some of the most meaningful artistic education happens through experience, Cornerstone Creative Arts creates immersive opportunities where emerging artists learn by doing the work of the industry.
Our programs bring education out of the traditional classroom and into rehearsals, studios, performance venues, production meetings, workshops, and community spaces. Students and emerging artists work alongside experienced educators, artists, technicians, designers, and industry professionals as they take a project from its earliest creative ideas through rehearsal, production, performance, and reflection.
At Cornerstone Creative Arts, the production is part of the education.
Through focused skill training, hands-on production experience, mentorship, professional connections, and access to working artists and organizations, Cornerstone Creative Arts provides young artists with opportunities to discover their abilities, strengthen their craft, understand the professional creative process, and begin building pathways toward their own futures in the arts.
BUILT IN PETERSBURG. CREATING WHAT'S NEXT.
Petersburg has always been a city shaped by history, culture, creativity and community. Cornerstone Creative Arts is investing in what comes next—creating opportunities for emerging artists to learn, produce, perform and build meaningful creative careers right here.
WHERE ARTISTS BEGIN.
Cornerstone Creative Arts connects education with real-world creative experience—giving emerging artists opportunities to learn, create, perform, produce, and build their future in the arts.
TRAIN.
Artists build the skills necessary to succeed.
Workshops, masterclasses, rehearsals, intensives, and individual coaching provide focused development in performance, production, and professional skills.
CREATE.
Participants are encouraged to become active contributors to the artistic process.
They learn how ideas evolve through experimentation, collaboration, problem-solving, revision, and artistic decision-making.
PRODUCE.
Training is applied within an authentic production environment.
Participants experience deadlines, rehearsals, production schedules, technical processes, performances, audiences, and the shared responsibility required to bring professional-quality work to the stage.
CONNECT.
Cornerstone Creative Arts creates opportunities for artists to build relationships with one another and with professionals working throughout the creative industries.
Through guest artists, workshops, partnerships, mentorship, and industry exposure, participants begin developing the professional network that can support their next steps.
UP NEXT
RENT INTEREST MEETING
INTEREST MEETING #2
Wednesday, September 30• 6:00pm via Zoom
Join us for a casual and brief Meet & Greet and get to know the team behind Cornerstone Creative Arts! Learn more about our mission, vision, and plans for building a vibrant creative community in Petersburg
— and be the first to hear official information about our upcoming production of RENT, including auditions, production opportunities, timelines, and ways to get involved.
Come meet us, ask questions, connect with other creatives, and find your place at Cornerstone Creative Arts!
FIND YOUR PLACE IN THE ARTS
• Acting • Voice • Dance • Musical Theatre •
• Music • Writing • Choreography • Content •
• Scenic • Costume • Lighting • Props •
• Sound • Lighting • Management • Tech Theatre •
• Arts Management • Producing • Marketing • Event Production •
CONNECT WITH CORNERSTONE CREATIVE ARTS
