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: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
Can I put this on In Concert?
Is it possible to purchase In Concert rights, or would we have to do the staging? If we are able to put it on In Concert, is it the same cost as the full production?
Related shows or resources: Beetlejuice
When will the rights to Beetlejuice be available?
I'm doing my last school show this year and beetlejuice has been a dream musical of mine to perform.
Related shows or resources: Come from Away
Rights Availability
Hi! My school would like to do Come From Away next spring (May 2025) and we were wondering if there was an approximate for when the rights for Come From Away would be able to be bought. Do you know if they’ll be out before January 2025?
Related shows or resources: Mean Girls JR.
Any chance of doing it in Brazil?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka TYA
Wonka TYA Accompaniment Backing Tracks
Are backing tracks available for Willy Wonka TYA? I see that they are for full version and for JR & Kids.
Related shows or resources: Mary Poppins
Are their large print editions of the Mary Poppins librettos available?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Disney's The Little Mermaid JR.
Is RehearseScore available for this show?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
London Version
Is there any way to license the London version of the show? (featuring songs like "Doncha Pinch Me Charlie")
Related shows or resources: Peter Pan (1954 Broadway Version)
The vocal ranges listed for these characters can't be correct. Is Peter Pan truly singing down to an Eb2? And Michael and John certainly aren't correct either. No 6-9 year old can sing to A2!
Vocal ranges listed for cast is totally wrong.
Related shows or resources: Annie JR.
LOST ITEM
I have somehow misplaced the performance and accompaniment CD's for our production of Annie Jr and while I do have access to the downloads, I need to reorder the CD's for rehearsals. I can't seem to figure that out.