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: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Performance CD
I don't see a performance cd listed in materials like it was for Mary Poppins. Is this not available? Not at this time but maybe in the future?
Related shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Performance CD
I don't see a performance cd listed in materials like it was for Mary Poppins. Is this not available? Not at this time but maybe in the future?
Related shows or resources: A Funny Thing... Forum
Gender Switch?
Does the licensing agreement allow for gender switching as has been allowed in the past? I’m specifically referring to Whoopi Goldberg as Pseudolus. Thanks for the help!
Related shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Will the rights for Matilda also be available for amateurgroups in the Netherlands?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Hairspray JR.
Hairspray JR with Latino & Asian students
Hi there!
My school is doing Hairspray JR this year. We are a diverse urban school and most of the students participating in theatre are Latino or Asian (we have very few students who are white or black that participate in the program). Are there suggestions for how to approach casting when students are non-white but are members of other races that are not African American?
Related shows or resources: Choreography and Staging Manuals, Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
MTI USA has advised by email that rights to Matilda are available. Does this just refer to USA as Aust site is still listing the show as unavailable.
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Into the Woods JR.
Do Jr. plays always come with year-long rights?
In the "help" section of Into the Woods Jr. someone from MTI answered a question saying, "Purchasing the showkit provides you with the licensing right for one calendar year."
In the showkit section of the site however, it says that they created "a special license just for accredited schools grades K-9. This license includes all the ShowKit® resources, plus the right to perform the show as many times as you would like within one year." This seems to suggest that to recieve the rights for a full year, the performers have to be in grades K-9, however we can get the license for people up to 18 years of age.
Which one is it? Does any Jr. musical automatically come with the rights for a full year, or do the performers have to be in K-9?
Related shows or resources: Elf The Musical
We would like to explore the possibility of obtaining right for elf the musical November 2019
We would like to explore the possibility of obtaining right for elf the musical November 2019
Related shows or resources: Elf The Musical
We would like to explore the possibility of obtaining right for elf the musical November 2019
We would like to explore the possibility of obtaining right for elf the musical November 2019
Related shows or resources: Mamma Mia!