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: Company
Band size
Hi there! What would be the smallest number of musicians you could have in the band? Reason I ask is because there is space restrictions.
Related shows or resources: Disney's Frozen
Requesting Rights for Frozen
Hello,
My name is Justine Williamson and I am the head individual coach for Iowa High School Speech Association in my school building. I am asking for some clarification about obtaining the rights for a song from Frozen. I have a student who is competing in Solo Musical Theatre and wanting to perform Monster from Frozen. When I looked on the site it said Frozen rights were not available.
I am wondering if there is anyway we can obtain the rights to this single song at all (this song is not with the Jr. verison).
Thanks!
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Justine Williamson
Related shows or resources: Mean Girls JR.
Does Australia have to wait until Mean Girls tours professionally?
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General Licensing Timeline?
Hi,
It's awesome that this show has come out for schools - is there any kind of a timeframe for when it will be released for Youth Groups?
Thanks!
Related shows or resources: The Fantasticks
Updates on licensing availability for Flint version
Wondering if there’s an update on licensing availability for the Flint version.
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The last five years license
Hey, is the license for "The last five years" currently available in Argentina?
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Rehearsal Tracks
We have paid for the rehearsal tracks in order to have our students practice songs between rehearsals but unfortunately they do not contain the alternative keys for having a Female voice Cat in the Hat. Is there a fix for this? Are we going to now have 1/3 of the show that cannot use rehearsal tracks for practice? This is not what we had expected.
Related shows or resources: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
What are the restrictions for Hunchback of Notre Dame in New Zealand, and what would be the total licensing cost for a community theatre wanting to put this show on?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Accompaniment Recording
Hi,
Are there plans to offer the performance accompaniment recording resource for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If so, when will it be made available?
Thank you.