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: Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday Orchestra - Reed Section
What instruments are needed for the reed book for Freaky Friday (full show version)?
Related shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka TYA
What accounts for the difference in cast size between Willy Wonka JR and TYA?
If they are both one act shows, what is the difference casting and plot-wise? It seems like a huge jump from 13 in the cast to 24 + ensemble.
Related shows or resources: Freaky Friday One-Act Edition
Will you make a Jr. version quickly?
I would probably do this show in May if you did. I am a middle school and have done several of your shows and am struggling to find the right show for my kids this year.
Thank you,
Perry
Related shows or resources: Hairspray JR.
(another) Hairspray with non-diverse cast
I would love to be able to do Hairspray Jr with my school, although we don't have the right ehtnic makeup. I see there is an email with suggestions -- could you please send it to me?
Thank you!
Related shows or resources: Into the Woods
Comparing prices
Hi. Can I apply for licensing for two shows on the same date just to compare the cost difference?
Related shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka TYA
What is the difference between Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka TYA, and Willy Wonka Jr
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Freaky Friday One-Act Edition
How long does this one act run?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Hairspray JR.
Hairspray with non-diverse cast
Hi!
I know that you have sent emails in the past with information on doing Hairspray with a non-diverse cast and I would greatly appreciate that information. In my case we have a lot of different ethnicities, but few white students and a small amount of native African students. The rest of the student population is Asian and Hispanic. I would love to do this musical if possible.
Related shows or resources: Annie
sound design
I bring musical theater to schools and after-school community centers that never had musical theater and or/do not have sound or lighting equipment. It's so frustrating to rehearse for months only for the students/cast members/parents to cringe each time there's feedback, or no sound from the mic, or no mic at all.
Are there any "wandering minstrels" who do the same thing as I do (Theater On The Go!) bringing theater to places with nothing? Do you have ideas for an easy, ECONOMICAL, out-of-the-box solution for sound and lighting when the school/center/venue doesn't have any?