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: Big The Musical
How to do Josh's transformation at the end of Big?
I'm about to go into production on Big the Musical. We'll be going with a smaller, stripped-down concept, so I'm trying to figure out how to do the transformation at the end. We don't have a huge budget, but I thought about the idea of walking through a door or a mirror...I'd rather not do a lot of splashy effects. The goal is to make it look seemless and simple. Any thoughts?
Related shows or resources: Songs for a New World
Percussion Book
Does anyone have the instrumentation list for the Percussion Book? The Drums Book?
Thanks,
Dee Wood
Related shows or resources: Mean Girls
Hi! I notice that MTI just bought the rights for Mean Girls! We are interested in doing it for the High School, do you know when we will be able to purchase licensing ?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Mean Girls
Hi! I notice that MTI just bought the rights for Mean Girls! We are interested in doing it for the High School, do you know when we will be able to purchase licensing ?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Jekyll & Hyde
Script
Hello!
Just inquiring about the possibility of just buying a script of this production?
Related shows or resources: Performance Accompaniment Recording, Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia "recorded vocals"
In the score there are numerous examples of "recorded vocals" but there are no recorded vocals on the MTI player rehearsal tracks. Are there any recorded vocals on the actual show accompaniment music that we will get two weeks before opening?
Related shows or resources: Newsies
Ungendering Characters?
Hi there,
I’m part of a theatre group that is pretty female heavy. We are thinking about putting on Newsies, I was just wondering whether we would be able to ungender some of the characters e.g the Newsies so this could work?
Related shows or resources: Mary Poppins
Is Mary Poppins Available in the UK?
Hi there,
I’m a member of a University Theatre Group And was just wondering whether rights to Mary Poppins are available in the UK (to be performed in May 2020)?
Thank you.
Related shows or resources: The Producers