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
Questions & Answers
Related shows or resources: Mamma Mia!
Am I unable to apply for rights if my school has no auditorium and uses a local theatre to perform our annual musical production?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Young Frankenstein
Would we be permitted to change some of the libretto to make it slightly less sexually explicit?
We will be working with a secondary school cast and some aspects of the libretto are a bit inappropriate to the age range.
Related shows or resources: Back to the 80's
BAND PARTS
Does anyone have a list for band parts, specifically the reed parts for Back to the 80s?
Related shows or resources: Disney's Frozen JR.
Do you know when the full version will be released?
The summer camp I run would love to perform the full version, but don’t know when it’ll come out. It doesn’t need to be soon, just maybe sometime in the next two years, so it fits with the other shows we have lined up. I’m not “demanding” you release it, but if you have an estimated date of release, that would be quite helpful!
Related shows or resources: Mean Girls
Are you able to say if you are working on the script during the tour or you will wait to write the script until the tour ends?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Sondheim Tribute Revue
Sondheim Concert
Hi, we have applied for a license to perform the Sondheim concert. It has been a few weeks and have not heard a response. Please advise.
Related shows or resources: Disney's The Little Mermaid
Finding audio tracks for Humans Stuff and World Above in the key as the songs were on Broadway
I would like to direct the musical one day, and I would like to do Human Stuff and World Above in the key as the songs were on Broadway. Is there are way to request that because the audio tracks for Human Stuff and World Above on the accompaniment tracks are a key higher?
Related shows or resources: Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia JR?
Hi!
I was just curious if there was any plans to make a Jr version of Mamma Mia? I know our theatre would jump at the chance.
Thanks,
Josh (He/They)
Related shows or resources: Dear Evan Hansen
Projections
When the show becomes available do you know if there will be an ability to access/license projections?
Related shows or resources: The Music Man KIDS
How is Music Man Jr different for Music Man Kids?
Describe difference of MM Kids and JR