Foxtravaganza 2026

Theme: TBD

Date: May 3, 2026 (One Show Only!!!)

Time: Curtains up at 2pm 

Venue: San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N Delaware St., San Mateo, CA 94401).  Parking map.

Key Dates (Updated 9/7/2025):

Bold = General Performer Timelines

• Tuesday, October 21, 2025  -  Sign Ups Open - Grade/Group Act Leader Recruitment (Closes Friday, October 31) 

• Monday, November 3, 2025 - Performer Sign Ups - Solo/Group/Grade Act (Closes Friday, November 14) 

• Monday, November 17, 2025 - Grade Act Leader Finalized (Level 2 clearance required!)

• Wednesday, January 14, 2026 @ 8:30am (Location TBD) - Grade Act Leader Meeting

• Thursday & Friday, January 15-16, 2026 - MC Auditions 

• Monday, January 26, 2026 - Small Group Act songs submissions due; Program artwork submission due

• Week of January 26, 2026 (exact date TBD) - Group Act Leader Walk Through of San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N Delaware St., San Mateo, CA 94401) 

• Sunday, February 1, 2026 - Foxtrav Kick Off Potluck

• Monday, February 2, 2025 - Group Act Rehearsals start

• Week of February 16, 2025 - Winter Break, no rehearsals

• Week of February 23, 2026 (exact date TBD) - Group Act Leader Walk Through of San Mateo Performing Arts Center (600 N Delaware St., San Mateo, CA 94401) 

• March 10-17, 2025 - Minimum days, teacher conferences.  No rehearsals.

• Friday, March 13, 2026 @ 6pm - Solo/Group Act/MC Preview night (no Grade Acts) (Exact performer arrival times TBD) 

• Saturday, March 14, 2026 - Artwork submission closes

• Week of April 6, 2026 - Spring Break, no rehearsals.

• Friday, April 17, 2026 @ 6pm - 9pm - Dress rehearsal - 5th grade finale, MC, producer run through  (Exact performer arrival times TBD) 

• Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 6pm - 8pm - Dress Rehearsal (all participants) (Exact performer arrival times TBD) - potluck on the blacktop

• Sunday, May 3, 2026 - Show day.  Performer arrival no later than 1:30p unless otherwise instructed by your show leader

• Friday, May 29, 2026 - Foxtravaganza Watch Party

Foxtravaganza is a group effort and takes lots of hands to make the show run smoothly.  See "Sign Up Information" below for a list of volunteer positions needed. There are plenty of positions available, depending on how much you can commit to the show, but all are valuable!

Positions have instructions and documentation so you don't have to "reinvent the wheel", so come join the Foxtravaganza volunteer team to help put on a great show!   It's a great chance to meet other parents too.  AND... volunteers get priority access to purchasing tickets.

GRADE GROUP ACTS:

Grade Group Acts must have a minimum of 2 parent Level 2- cleared volunteer leaders (max of 3 leaders) for a particular group to participate. 

Leaders can have other Level 2-cleared volunteers come in to assist.  Producers will coordinate with Grade Group Act Leaders. Grade Group Act leaders will coordinate with their volunteers.

PLEASE NOTE:  All Grade Group Act Leaders and extra volunteers need Level 2 Background Check Clearance completed before rehearsals start in January 2026.  

VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CLEARANCE:

All volunteers need to complete the Level 1 form EVERY SCHOOL YEAR.  It takes just a few minutes.  The link is here: https://www.brssd.org/volunteer-information.  Level 2 clearance cannot be confirmed if you have not completed the Level 1 form for the 2024-25 school year.

Level 2 clearance requires fingerprinting and only needs to be done once while your child is at BRSSD.  Please allow a week for processing once you've gotten fingerprinted.   Search for Live Scan fingerprinting locations and fees here: https://oag.ca.gov/fingerprints/locations?county=San%20Mateo.

Parent Volunteer Sign Up (including Grade Group Act leaders): TBD

Student Performer Sign Up Link TBD

Information To Come In Spring 2026

Q: What’s the difference between all the Foxtravaganza choices?

A:

• • Grade Group Act - all kids are eligible to participate in their grade’s act.  The number of students per act is capped to keep it reasonable for volunteer parent leaders to manage the group.  There must be a minimum of 2 parent volunteers per grade group act in order for the act to happen.  We ask for 3 parent leaders maximum to keep it manageable for the Foxtrav producers.

• • Chorus - 1st through 5th grade kids are eligible to participate.  The number of students is capped to keep it reasonable for our volunteer teacher leader to manage the chorus group.

• • MC (aka emcees) - only 4th and 5th graders are allowed to audition for MC.  MCs start and end the show and may be asked to participate in acts throughout the shows during transitions.

• • Small Group Acts - only 4th and 5th graders are allowed to submit an act for consideration.  This is a chance to highlight the amazing variety of talents of our older grade kids.

• • 5th Grade Finale - only 5th graders can participate.  This is their big hurrah before heading to middle school.

• • Backstage Crew - only 4th and 5th graders are allowed to be part of the crew.  Not all kids want to be in the spotlight and we get that.  The Backstage Crew role allows those kids a chance to be part of the experience.

• • Artwork for the Foxtravaganza program - stay tuned for opportunities for your artist (will be open to all grades).