Winter Rehearsal & Performance

2026 Production

13 JR.

Program Location: The House. @ 900 Catherine St, Richmond, VA 23220
Performance Venue: TBA

"Cool" is sometimes where you least expect it in this coming-of-age musical about fitting in.

With a catchy rock score from Tony Award-winning composer, Jason Robert Brown, (Parade, The Last Five Years, The Bridges of Madison County) and a hilarious book by Tony winner Robert Horn (Tootsie, Shucked) and Dan Elish (13), 13 JR. tells a timeless story about fitting in - and standing out!

Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast-paced, preteen New York City life and plopped into a sleepy Indiana town following his parents' divorce. Now the new kid at school, he needs to establish his place in the popularity pecking order. Can he situate himself on a comfortable link of the food chain... or will he dangle at the end with the outcasts?!?

A true coming-of-age musical, 13 JR. is made especially for adolescents with a universal message about friendship and being true to yourself.

For youth currently in 5th-9th grade. 

  • Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
    Book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn

    Direction by Rebecca Wahls
    Musical Direction by Kaitlyn Connolly
    Choreography by Deandra Clarke
    Costumes and Properties Direction by Pam Connolly

Class Schedule

January 7, 14, 21, 28
Wednesdays only, 4:30-6:45 PM

February* 1, 4, 8, 11, 18, 22, 25
March 1, 4, 8**, 11, 15
Wednesdays, 4:30-6:45 PM
Sundays, 12-2:45 PM

Production Week

March 17 & 18, 4:30-6:45 PM
Tech and dress rehearsals at the performance venue

March 19, 5:30 PM — Performance
4:30–7:30 PM — Actor Call

*No class on February 15 in observance of the Presidents’ Day long weekend.
**Snow Makeup Days: March 8 and/or 15 (extended class time, if needed).

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Bonus Content

2008 Broadway Performance

Check out the original cast of 13 in NYC!

2019 Cadence Performance

Cadence’s 2019 cast of 13, produced in partnership with Virginia Rep, knocked “Brand New You” out of the park! Wow! So many of these young artists are now in BFA programs and/or working professionally!

Official Movie Trailer

Stream 13 on Netflix!