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 — Create your company, invite your team, and set up your first production.
- For Performers — What an actor needs to know about MusiCal — signing in, your calendar, audition forms, accepting offers, and the playbill.
- For Parents — How parents use MusiCal to manage their child's participation — linking, acting on their behalf, calendars, and signing offers.
- For Staff — How non-director staff — stage managers, music directors, choreographers, designers — use MusiCal day-to-day.
- Running a Show — The end-to-end workflow from picking a show to closing night, including catalog, casting, rehearsals, calendars, and attendance.
- Auditions — Build an audition form, share it with performers, score submissions, schedule audition slots, and check in performers on the day.
- Casting and Offers — Review the casting board, send role offers, and track who has accepted, declined, or is still pending.
- Messaging and Notes — Post company-wide announcements, send rehearsal notes, and capture private director notes that stay with the production.
- Digital Playbill — Build the show's digital program, manage cast and crew bios, and share a public playbill link.
- Admin and Settings — Manage company members, hats and titles, default rehearsal types, and other production-wide preferences.
- Troubleshooting — Common questions, error messages, and fixes — from sign-in trouble to calendar download 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.