Broadway Junior Project

 

Music Theatre International’s Broadway Junior® Project provides schools that lack arts programming with the FREE training and materials necessary to present a Broadway Junior® musical production in their school.  The goals of the Project are to:

  • Assist schools that currently have no full time arts specialist to create an infusion of the arts and an arts culture within the school
  • Build a strong community through the arts that includes the school, parents and members of the community at large
  • Engage as many students as possible in all aspects and areas of the arts
  • Encourage the connection of arts programming to curriculum including assessment

Schools interested in being part of Music Theatre International’s Broadway Junior Project must fill out an application to be one of three winning schools selected for 2016/2017. 

The three winning schools will receive:

  • A license to perform a Broadway Junior musical of their choice
  • A ShowKit® of materials that supplies teachers with all the resources they will need to direct, choreograph and teach music like a true professional
  • Professional development workshops for the schools’ teachers

About Broadway Junior Musicals

Broadway Junior musicals are 60-minute adaptations of classic and contemporary shows perfect for middle-school aged performers.

Browse the collection of musicals.

About the Professional Development Workshops

Teams of teachers from each of the selected schools will participate in Professional Development workshops in a variety of areas lead by Master Teachers from educational theatre experts, iTheatrics.

These workshops will provide training in all areas of musical theatre production as well as curriculum connections and community involvement. Throughout the entire process of rehearsal and performance a local professional Production Advisor selected by MTI will offer guidance in these same areas while continuing to empower the teaching teams to run the program by themselves. 

Benefits to Participating Schools

  • Complete Broadway Junior ShowKit including:
    • Director’s Script
    • 2 Performance/Accompaniment CD’s
    • 20 Student Libretto/Vocal Books
    • 2 Piano/Vocal Scores
    • Production Handbook
    • Cross-Curricular Activities and Enrichment Guide
    • Choreographic Video
    • Chorus Books
  • An arts specialist working with your school for the entire process
  • 3 Professional Development workshops for the project teachers

Timeline 2016 - 2017

  • February – April: Schools identified, applications sent to interested schools
  • April 31: Completed applications due
  • Early May: iTheatrics site visits to schools to select participants
  • June/July: Schools select shows, Production Advisor assigned
  • September/October: Professional Development workshops
  • September – November: Scheduling work with schools teams & Production Advisor
  • January – April 2017: Rehearsals
  • April/May 2017: Performances

Application

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Questions & Answers

May 18, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Ernest in Love
Regarding the sow "Ernest in Love"
I would like to use some of the pieces from this show for our High School students to sing for Musical Theatre Solo & Ensemble. This requires to original copies of each song. Is it possible to purchase 2 copies of the piano/vocal score?
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May 17, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Into the Woods JR.
Are color slides available for shows?
Hello, I see you now have accompanying slides for some of the productions. Are there color slides available for the productions? I saw only black and white samples . Thank you.
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May 17, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Shrek The Musical JR.
How do I order Shrek Jr t-shirts? I have seen them on the US site, but am hoping to order them for Australia.
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May 17, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Hairspray JR.
Also lacking diversity in casting, wondering how other people dealt with this?
Hi! Kind of in the same boat as everyone else - I'm directing for a summer camp that's not super ethnically diverse, is there a way to address this without being disrespectful? If anyone has any ideas, please email me at morganingari@gmail.com. Thank you!
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May 15, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS
Video License?
Our school wants to do Pirates Past Noon for our production next year, but I don't see a video license available. This is an important issue for us as the parents like to be able to film their children and we like to have a professional copy made to distribute to them. Will this be available or can it be added?
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May 15, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
How do I get permission to modify a script for performance?
I am the husband of the theatre director for Woodbridge Senior High School in Virginia. My wife and I saw Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the American Shakespeare Center last year and would like to perform a one-act version of this show for the Virginia Theater Association (VTA) high school one-act competition in October 2017. Since we are a high school, we would have to modify Bloody Bloody for both content AND time. We did this last year for the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet and believe that Bloody Bloody would be a great fit for our school and the VTA competition, provided we are allowed to make certain modifications. What is the process for doing this?
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May 15, 2017
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Related shows or resources: The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley TYA
Running Time of Flat Stanley TYA
What is the running time of the TYA version of Flat Stanley?
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May 15, 2017
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Related shows or resources: The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley JR.
Two versions of Flat Stanley
My organization needs to keep our children's shows to an hour - and limit the cast size to between 10 and 12 . Which version of Flat Stanley do you recommend - TYA or JR.?
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May 12, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Spring Awakening
Small Rights?
Is it possible to purchase the small rights to the music in Spring Awakening, just to use in non dramatic performance? Like, performing music in a coffee shop type setting?
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May 12, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Once
Can you please email me when ONCE becomes available for licensing?
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