Junior Theater Festival

07/10/2024

From our friends across the pond at Music Theatre International - Europe! 💜🎉

06/27/2024

We can’t wait to see your “Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide To School JR.” performances at ! 🎉

She's back! Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide To School JR. is now available for licensing. First grade is tough, but Junie B. Jones is here to help!⁠
Read the script and license today: https://www.mtishows.com/news/license-junie-bs-essential-survival-guide-to-school-jr

06/25/2024

Congratulations to Junior Theater Festival Alumnus and All-Festival Individual Performance Winner 2024 Damson Chola JR. on winning the Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor! The Jimmy Awards, held last night at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre, are the National High School Musical Awards.

Enjoy this performance of "Singin' in the Rain JR." from the 2024 Outstanding Productions with .official and 's fantastic folks at .

Congratulations, DJ! Your Family is so very proud of you!

05/22/2024

Come work with Team iTheatrics at the Summer Teaching Intensive this July!

05/19/2024

It’s Day 2 of ! Jazz hands up! 🎉

05/18/2024

BREAK A LEG to our pals across the pond at ! 🎉

05/09/2024

Excited to see your performances of “Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are in A Play’ JR.” at the ‘25 festivals!! 🎉

Get ready to "Flippy Floppy Floory" all across your stage! Elephant and Piggie's "We Are In A Play!" JR. is now available for licensing: https://www.mtishows.com/news/elephant-piggies-we-are-in-a-play-jr-now-available-for-licensing
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Spend a day with "bestus" friends Gerald, an elephant, and a pig named Piggie in this joyously playful musical adapted from the Mo Willems Workshop books with a delightful score by Deborah Wicks La Puma (She Persisted).

05/07/2024

AUDITIONS CLOSE SOON - If you're not already heading to JTF Atlanta, this is your chance to come along as part of a new group with international students. Travel Gang are on the hunt for six super talented students from the USA to join the "International All-Stars". This group will include six Europeans, six Americans, six Australians, six Canadians, and six New Zealanders. The magic will happen when they all meet in New York City, where they’ll collaborate with some of the industry's finest professionals. Together, they’ll craft an adjudication performance set to dazzle the crowds at JTF Atlanta. This is a chance to meet incredible people, and create memories that’ll last a lifetime.

Auditions close Friday May 10, 2024 - Check out the Information https://www.travelgang.com.au/international-all-stars

04/29/2024

Don't miss this Between the Lines Virtual Town Hall presented by Music Theatre International! Information below -- register today!

Join us on Wednesday, May 1st at 3:00pm ET for a virtual Town Hall featuring Between the Lines! Our guests will be show authors (and the novel's author!) Jodi Picoult , Timothy Allen McDonald, Kate Anderson, and Elyssa Samsel. Another guest will be Holly Stanfield of KUSD Theatre Arts to discuss her pilot production - now heading to the Thespians Main Stage in June. ⁠
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KaX_iVgaTBmWUuZexiJw1Q #/registration

Can't make it? The Town Hall will be recorded and shared.

04/26/2024

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY - If you're not already heading to JTF Atlanta, this is your chance to come along as part of a new group with international students. Travel Gang are on the hunt for six super talented students from the USA to join the "International All-Stars". This group will include six Europeans, six Americans, six Australians, six Canadians, and six New Zealanders.

The magic will happen when they all meet in New York City, where they’ll collaborate with some of the industry's finest professionals. Together, they’ll craft an adjudication performance set to dazzle the crowds at JTF Atlanta. This is a chance to meet incredible people, and create memories that’ll last a lifetime.
Auditions close May 10, 2024!

Check out the Information: https://www.travelgang.com.au/international-all-stars

04/23/2024

NOW AVAILABLE!! 🎉

Welcome to the Renaissance! Something Rotten! JR. is now available for licensing. Don’t miss your chance to bring this history-twisting tale to your stage. License "A Musical" today: https://www.mtishows.com/news/welcome-to-the-renaissance-license-something-rotten-jr
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Adapted from the Broadway hit that Time Out New York hailed as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years," Something Rotten! JR. celebrates one undeniable truth: “nothing’s as amazing as a musical!”

04/23/2024

Something Rotten JR. is NOW AVAILABLE for licensing from our friends at Music Theatre International! Wishing a big "welcome to the Renaissance" from all of us at JTF -- can't wait to see your productions at !

More information here: https://www.mtishows.com/something-rotten-jr

04/01/2024

We've got no jokes today, only facts -- registration for JTF is OPEN for NEW GROUPS!

Register here to join us in 2025: https://juniortheaterfestival.com/

03/15/2024

JTF 2025 Priority Registration for returning groups opens TODAY, Friday 3/15, at 10AM ET!! Will you be joining us in Atlanta or Sacramento??

Register here: https://juniortheaterfestival.com/

03/08/2024

JTF Atlanta and West 2025 Priority Registration opens ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!

Make sure your login credentials are ready at www.juniortheatrefestival.com!

03/01/2024

The JTF 2025 brochure is now available! Registration opens on MARCH 15 at 10AM ET if you are a returning group, or have previously joined us on the Professional Development Track in the past 2 years! New group registrations opens APRIL 1 at 10AM ET.

Check out the brochure:https://juniortheaterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JTF_Brochure_25.pdf

02/12/2024

JTF West 2024 was a blast! Thanks to all of you for joining us in Sacramento and sharing your musical theatre hearts! We'll see you next time, so help us, Sondheim!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/12/2024

Who's ready for our headliner concert with Andrew Barth Feldman? The concert starts in one hour, we'll see you there!

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/12/2024

Today's There's A Place For Us panel hosted by iTheatrics Director of Social Responsibility and Special Programs, Jiana Odland, with panelists Sawyer Smith, Jeff Calhoun, DJ Kurs, Adam Faison, and Frankie A. Rodriguez was a beauty to behold! Thanks to all our panelists for lifting up your voices with our community and to our special performers Taylor Iman Jones, McKenna Michael, Max Gonzalez, and Joe Serafini!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/12/2024

We wrapped up Growin' Up Broadway: LIVE! with a stunning performance by Joe Serafini of his new single, "That Special!"

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/12/2024

Growin' Up Broadway: LIVE! continued this morning with a performance of "Invisible" from Dracula Delgado, Teenage Loser by Jacob Ryan Smith, Daniel J. Mertzlufft, Rob Rokicki, Cori Jaskier, Max Gonzalez, and McKenna Michael!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

It's Trivia Time! Team iTheatrics is here with three clues. When you think you know the show, put it in the comments below!

1. This musical is based on the animaed Oscar-winning Dreamworks film
2. This musical ran on Broadway for 441 performances from December 14, 2008 to January 3, 2010
3. This story teaches you to be true to who you are and let your freak flag fly!

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

Our Songwriters Direct From Broadway program concluded catching up with Zina Goldrich and Rob Rokicki, including a performance of Rokicki's "Say Goodbye" by Taylor Iman Jones!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

The party continued at yesterday's Direct From Broadway with songwriting duo, Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel, including a special performance of their song, "Trying Too Hard" from the Apple TV+ sitcom, Central Park performed by Cori Jaskier!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

We had so much fun catching up with our host Daniel J. Mertzlufft and his songwriting partner Jacob Ryan Smith at yesterday's special Songwriters Edition of Direct From Broadway, including a wonderful performance of their song, "Somebody!"

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

A huge round of applause for our amazing performers at last night's New Works Showcase! Tell us your favorite moment in the comments!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

We can't wait to have a very merry un-birthday party with BAMtheatre (Hinsdale, IL) as they perform selections from Disney's Alice in Wonderland JR. in one hour at the West New Works Showcase! See you soon, JTF!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

Step into the storybook with us as Community Theatre of Greensboro (Greensboro, NC) perform selections from Between The Lines JR. at tonight's New Works Showcase!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

Wildfish Theatre Company (Houston, TX) is transporting us to the first grade tonight at the New Works Showcase with selections from Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School JR!

📸: Marcus Woollen // JTF

Music Theatre International Disney on Broadway Playbill

02/11/2024

It's time to play "One Can Stay, Two Must Go: Roald Dahl Edition!" JTF founder and CEO Timothy Allen McDonald wants to know which show you'd choose to keep between W***y Wonka, James and the Giant Peach and Matilda! Let us know in the comments!

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