Admission to RCA
 

Applications for the 2026-2027 school year will open on OCTOBER 1, 2025.  Please click below to apply.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR  

Once you fill out your application and hit submit, you do not need to fill out another application.  You should receive a notice thanking you for applying.  If you want to check to make sure your application was received, please email us at hannonj@cestrumbull.org to ask if the submission was received.  

Admission to the Regional Center for the Arts is open to Fairfield County high schools students with an interest in the performing arts. RCA is a public school of choice for families in Bridgeport, Darien, Easton/Region #9, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton. We also accept students from school outside of our region.  Currently, we have students attending RCA from Milford and Ansonia as well as the districts mentioned above. RCA students earn academic credits for our program. Grades are sent to the home high school quarterly.

 
Admission Process
As part of the admission process we ask students to participate in a placement audition for us to better understand her or his experience as a performer. It also gives us the chance to gauge the passion students have for the performing arts. Once you apply, you will be sent an audition packet with what to prepare.  Auditions will take place on Saturday, February 21 and February 28. We hope to send out invitations to students in April.

Enrollment Caps
Some districts and departments may need to cap their enrollment at RCA. If our enrollment from a district or in a particular department exceeds the cap, we conduct a lottery of prospective students, and those who are not offered a seat will be placed on a waiting list.