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: Godspell JR.
cancelled summer program...can we move it online?
Hi, I am wondering about summer performances....our in-person theater camp was cancelled, but I was hoping to move the rehearsals and performances online (Godspell, Jr). Is that legal? I would hate to cancel the camp all together...
Thanks!
Related shows or resources: Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia
Hi
Just wanting to see if the rights will be available for Mamma Mia! the Musical for Australian Secondary Schools in June 2021?
Thanks
Andrea
Related shows or resources: Beetlejuice
Will there be a high school version?
Will there be a high school version I.e. no swearing or the 'inappropriate' jokes
Related shows or resources: Disney's Moana JR.
Alternate Casting
I am looking at putting on Moana Jr. next year and am wondering if Maui could be cast by a female? I have the same problem as so many middle schools across the country: lack of males to fill roles. Please let me know if this is a possibility or if it causes licensing or cultural issues.
Thanks!
Related shows or resources: Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Recording
Hi! My school put on a production of Mary Poppins last year and we were wondering what the deal with uploading the video of a recording up on to youtube would be. Would we be under fire for copyright laws from Disney or whoever owns it? Even if we didn't monotize it or anything of the sort? We were super proud of our work and we just wanted to share it with the rest of the cast somehow to review.
Related shows or resources: Guys and Dolls (Concert Version)
Guys and Dolls Concert Version
What is the run time on the Guys and Dolls Concert version?
Related shows or resources: The Big One-Oh! Online Edition
Rehearsal Time?
Approximately how much rehearsal time was needed for this online production? This is a new world and I'm looking for help with budgeting.
Related shows or resources: Choreography and Staging Manuals, Annie JR.
Showkit Return for Refund
We are canceling our production of ANNIE JR because of Covid-19. Will we get a refund if we return the Showkit? The box is unopened.
Related shows or resources: Aladdin Magic Lamp, The Big One-Oh! Online Edition
Do you have support for how-to's to create the mixing and adding in the video of ensemble numbers of online show The Big One-Oh?
What are the resources to help with Technical how -to's for recording ensemble segments of The Big One-Oh?