[1] Traveling to over 1,000 communities annually, MCT works with roughly 65,000 children a year who perform in plays, and their theater workshops reach 150,000 young people in underserved areas.

They arrived a week early to prepare and, thinking they would have difficulty finding enough young performers, were stunned to be greeted by over 450 children wanting to audition for the seven spots.

[10] For example, the staff of MCT was hired by the U.S. Army's Installation Management Command to support Child, Youth and School Service in 2012 and toured multiple U.S. military bases throughout Europe.

[5] In 2015, MCT launched an Intergenerational Tour Program that added stops at retirement communities where school-age children and senior citizens work with one another.

MCT staff usually travel to communities in distinctive red pickup trucks that carry the scripts, costumes, props, and other items required to put on a play.

[3] While there is a small or no charge to the local children who participate,[15] communities support the program by providing lodging for the MCT staff, performance and rehearsal space, a piano and accompanist, publicity, and a residency fee (which varies by region).

Their program "Next Step Prep—The Academy for Musical Theatre" is for high school students and helps them prepare for college or a career in the performing arts.

[14] Co-produced by director Rob Whitehair and his wife, Pam Voth, it was released in 2008 to mixed reviews, but was favorably described by The New York Times as "the cutest thing in the history of cuteness.