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 01, 2016
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Related shows or resources: The Fantasticks
New "Rape" number in the show...
I would love to produce this musical in my local community theater, but there is no way that we can deal with the "rape" word in songs, etc. I read an article in which the St. Louis Repertory Theater was able to obtain different lyrics and different dialogue leading up to this point of the play. Do you have those alterations or are they available if we were to produce this play?
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May 01, 2016
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Related shows or resources: West Side Story
Will a Performance CD for West Side Story be available at any time in the future ?
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April 30, 2016
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Related shows or resources: A Year with Frog and Toad
Is there an accompaniment CD for "A Year with Frog and Toad?"
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April 30, 2016
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Related shows or resources: A Year with Frog and Toad
Is there an accompaniment CD for "A Year with Frog and Toad?"
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April 30, 2016
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Related shows or resources: Elf The Musical
Is there any hope of Elf becoming available before this fall?
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April 28, 2016
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Related shows or resources: 1776
Can 1776 be mixed casting?
I teach at a University with many more women than men, and a quite mixed racial background. I love 1776, but the number of Middle Aged men needed is about impossible for us. Is there anything in the agreement that prevents us from casting women in the male roles, or people of color in the roles? If there isn't, this is probably a strong contender for us next season.
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April 27, 2016
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Related shows or resources: Sister Act
Is there or will there be a performance cd for this show for those of us who do not have musicians/orchestra?
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April 25, 2016
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Related shows or resources: Mamma Mia!
Any chance for summer 2017?
I see from another person's question that school year '16-'17 is a definite "no" for this title. Is the same true of summer 2017, or is that still a possibility?
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April 20, 2016
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Related shows or resources: Next to Normal
What is the "club music" CD that comes with all the materials received once ordered?
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Related shows or resources: Singin' in the Rain JR.
Is there a video license available for singing in the rain?
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