Welcome to MusiCal
The user guide for theatre companies running productions in MusiCal — auditions through closing night.
Where to start
New to MusiCal? Begin with Getting Started. Already have a company set up and want to plan your next show? Jump to Running a Show.
Browse by topic
- Getting Started — Sign in, find your way around, set up your company, and create your first production.
- For Performers — What a performer needs to know about MusiCal — joining a show, your dashboard, calendar subscriptions, conflicts, documents, your resume, and your bio.
- For Parents — How parents use MusiCal — seeing all your children in one color-coded view, calendars, conflicts, and the cast list.
- For Staff — How staff and crew — stage managers, music directors, designers, and tech crews — use MusiCal day-to-day.
- Running a Show — The day-to-day of a production — cast, scenes and songs, the schedule, publishing calendars, printable documents, and attendance.
- Auditions — Build an audition form, share the link with performers, review and score submissions, and manage your callback list.
- Casting and Offers — Assign roles on the casting board, send and track role offers, finalize casting, and announce it to your cast.
- Messaging and Notes — Post messages to your production, attach notes to rehearsals, and send rehearsal reports with per-person notes.
- Digital Playbill — Build the show's digital program, collect cast bios through MusiCal, and share a public playbill link.
- Admin and Settings — Manage company settings, users and invites, the company staff roster, custom rehearsal types, and per-show permissions.
- Troubleshooting — Common questions, error messages, and fixes — from sign-in trouble to calendar and schedule issues.
Need a person, not a page?
Use the in-app help button (bottom-left of any page in the admin portal) to ask a question. If you are a customer of a theatre company already using MusiCal, your director or company admin is the fastest first stop.