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{{Infobox musical
| name              = Dare to Dream Jr.
| subtitle          = 
| image             = File:Dare to Dream Jr logo.jpg
| image_size        = 
| caption           = The logo of the musical
| music             = {{plainlist}}
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez
* Howard Ashman
* Frank Churchill
* Phil Collins
* Mack David
* Mikkel Eriksen
* Sia Furler
* Terry Gilkyson
* Leigh Harline
* Tor Hermansen
* Al Hoffman
* Elton John
* Philip Lawrence
* Jerry Livingston
* Robert Lopez
* Alan Menken
* Lin-Manuel Miranda
* Larry Morey
* Davy Nath
* Randy Newman
* Tim Rice
* Stephen Schwartz
* Richard M. Sherman
* Robert B. Sherman
* Glenn Slater
* Ned Washington
* David Zippel
* Source:<ref name  = ":aus">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Disney's Dare to Dream JR. |url=https://www.mtishows.com.au/disneys-dare-to-dream-jr |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=MTI Australasia |language=en-au}}</ref>
{{endplainlist}}
| lyrics            = 
| book              = Patrick Sulken<ref name=":0" />
| basis             = {{Based on|Various}}<ref name=":0" />
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'''''Dare to Dream Jr.''''' is a 2025 musical revue published by [[:Category:Disney|Disney]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dare to Dream Jr.|url=https://issuu.com/mtivault/docs/dare_to_dream_jr._digital_showkit_-_actor_s_script?fr=sNjg1OTY4MzE2Mjk |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=issuu.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Disney's Dare to Dream JR. |url=https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-dare-to-dream-jr |access-date=2025-11-27 |website=Music Theatre International |language=en}}</ref> The show includes 20, primarily Disney, songs from over 100 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Great success' as kids take to the stage for Disney showcase|url=https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/25647221.kids-innerleithen-youth-theatre-hosts-dare-dream-jr-showcase/|website=Border Telegraph|date=2025-11-25|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Dare to Dream JR.|url=https://disneytheatricallicensing.com/show/dare-to-dream-jr/|website=Disney Theatrical Licensing|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en}}</ref>

=FHODS productions of ''Dare to Dream Jr.''=
* [[Dare to Dream Jr. (2026)]] - ''[[FHODS Youth Section]]''

== Creation ==
The music in ''Dare to Dream Jr.'' was arranged by Patrick Sulken and Britt Bonney.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dare To Dream Junior: A Disney Musical Revue|url=https://www.medinacountyartscouncil.org/community-events/dtd-2025|website=The Medina County Arts Council|date=2025-07-31|access-date=2025-11-30|language=en-US}}</ref> The revue's songs are mostly from Disney movies and musicals, but songs from ''Pinnochio'' and ''Snow White'' are licensed from Bourne Co.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":aus" /> Dare to Dream Jr. was written to commemorate Disney's centennial.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local theater groups set to stage Disney revue, rock opera in 2025|url=https://www.postguam.com/news/local/local-theater-groups-set-to-stage-disney-revue-rock-opera-in-2025/article_ae45f090-e38d-11ef-93fd-ff9fc6edb3c3.html|website=The Guam Daily Post|date=2025-02-06|access-date=2025-12-01|language=en|first=Walter Ulloa {{!}} The Guam Daily|last=Post}}</ref> The show was written specifically for "today's young performers".<ref name=":1" />

There is one act in the musical and no intermission.<ref name=":2" /> The show is written to last 60 minutes.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dare to Dream JR. {{!}} MacombCenter.com|url=https://www.macombcenter.com/events/2025-2026-season/2025-08/dare-to-dream.html|website=www.macombcenter.com|access-date=2025-12-01|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250715192019/https://www.macombcenter.com/events/2025-2026-season/2025-08/dare-to-dream.html|archive-date=2025-07-15|language=en}}</ref> There are no gendered pronouns in the show, and all characters are gender-flexible.<ref name=":0" />

== Characters ==
There are no named characters in the show; instead, there are 15 numbered "players".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lerch |first=Sarah |date=2025-11-20 |title=Herculaneum High School to perform ‘Dare to Dream Jr.’ musical |url=https://www.myleaderpaper.com/local-events/herculaneum-high-school-to-perform-dare-to-dream-jr-musical/article_d9494d53-a035-4bc7-8d4f-8be3357c62bb.html |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=Leader Publications |language=en}}</ref> There are two trainers leading the group, Players 1 and 2.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Sky |last2=Writer |first2=Staff |date=2025-11-26 |title=Dreamers take center stage in MHS production of ‘Dare to Dream Jr.’ |url=https://mexicoledger.com/stories/dreamers-take-center-stage-in-mhs-production-of-dare-to-dream-jr,143508 |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=The Mexico Ledger |language=en}}</ref>

The trainees in ''Dare to Dream Jr.'' are referred to as "Junior Imagineers" or "Imagineers-in-Training", a nod to Disney's Imagineers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney's Dare to Dream JR. |url=https://www.mtishows.com/print/node/19534506 |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=Music Theatre International |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Theatrics |first=Mid-South Academy for Children's |title=Mid-South Academy for Children's Theatrics |url=https://msact.org/dare-to-dream-jr |access-date=2025-11-30 |website=Mid-South Academy for Children's Theatrics |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Plot ==
<!-- Gendered pronouns in the synopsis follow the plot summary in the script. In the absence of pronouns in the script, I used "they/them" pronouns. -->

A group of Junior Imagineers arrive at Disney's Imagineering Studios for their training. The trainees are taught about the importance of dreams. Player 3 does not have a dream, and several other students try to help her. But, Player 5 can't wait for their dream to come true. The two trainers, emotional, dismiss the Junior Imagineers for a break.<ref name=":0" />

The other trainees remain encouraging towards Player 3. The mentors return to find all the other students helping Player 3 find her dream. Player 11 sings about having multiple dreams, and pursuing them all intermittently. Then, Player 3 realizes that she doesn't have to commit to one dream in particular. In response to this, Player 5 is relieved that not all of their dreams have to come true immediately. Player 14 encourages fun and silliness in their song. Player 15 then sings about how dreams are often shared.<ref name=":0" />

The Junior Imagineers have only one day of training; this is both their first and last. The new Imagineers reflect on the power of dreams for unity and morality.<ref name=":0" />

== Musical numbers ==
There are 20 songs in the revue and 22 tracks:<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Track number
!Song title
!Characters
|-
|01
|Overture
| -
|-
|02
|A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
|Various
|-
|03
|Be Our Guest
|1, 2, ensemble
|-
|04
|When You Wish Upon a Star/A Dream is a Wish (Reprise)
|Various
|-
|05
|How Far I'll Go/Part of Your World
|6, 7, ensemble
|-
|06
|Just Around the Riverbend/Out There
|6, 7, 11, 12, 13
|-
|07
|I Just Can't Wait to Be King
|5, ensemble
|-
|08
|Surface Pressure
|3, various
|-
|09
|Let It Go
|10, ensemble
|-
|10
|Friend Like Me
|8, ensemble
|-
|11
|You've Got a Friend in Me
|8, 9, ensemble
|-
|12
|Dig a Little Deeper
|4, 10, 14, 15
|-
|13
|Try Everything
|11, ensemble
|-
|14
|Go the Distance
|3
|-
|15
|When I Am Older
|5
|-
|16
|Hakuna Matata/The Bare Necessities
|1, 2, ensemble
|-
|17
|Nonsense Medley{{Efn|The component songs of the medley are, in order of appearance: Trashin' the Camp, Heigh-Ho, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, Higitus Figitus, Heffalumps and Woozles, and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.}}
|14, (4), ensemble
|-
|18
|Remember Me
|15, ensemble
|-
|19
|I've Got a Dream
|Various
|-
|20
|Finale
|Ensemble
|-
|21
|Bows (You Are The Magic)
|Ensemble
|-
|22
|Exit music
| -
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Musicals]]