What: The Junior Theater Festival (JTF) is the world’s biggest and best celebration of young people performing musical theater. JTF brings together student musical theater troupes from all over the world for a weekend of musical theater education, fun, and celebration! Each troupe performs fifteen minutes from a Broadway Junior® show for adjudication by a panel of musical theater experts. The weekend also features professional development for teachers, workshops for students and parents, a New Works Showcase featuring new musical adaptations soon to be released and concludes with a grand finale concert headlined by Broadway’s best! Junior Theater Festival | Junior Theater Festival 2019
When: January 12-16, 2023 - Rehearsals begin in August.
Where: Cobb Galleria Center in Atlanta, Georgia Who: Open to rising 3rd-12th graders who audition and are selected to the competition teams (must be 8 years old and under 19 years old in January of 2023). Showtime Theatre Company and Showtime Academy Rock Hill will both take a team.
Auditions: Participants must audition during our March auditions which will be held in conjunction with Grease on March 10 or 12. Prepare 16-32 bars of a song that showcases your vocal ability and be prepared to learn and perform a short choreography routine. If you are auditioning for Grease too, you only need to prepare one song. Callbacks, if needed, will be by invitation only.
JTF Cost Considerations: (These costs are approximate based on the past few years of participation and are subject to change.) JTF Festival Wristband fees of $300 per person attending the festival. ***This is a $40pp increase in past years. This is for student and/or parent if they want to come into the festival for all activities. That is not a Showtime fee, that is spec ific to the festival. This is DUE NO LATER than July 15th for anyone wanting to attend the events. Hotel Expenses of around $500 plus taxes for the 4 nights at the Courtyard North I-75. Optional Meal Plan for $60 per person (for adults and kids)
When: January 12-16, 2023 - Rehearsals begin in August.
Where: Cobb Galleria Center in Atlanta, Georgia Who: Open to rising 3rd-12th graders who audition and are selected to the competition teams (must be 8 years old and under 19 years old in January of 2023). Showtime Theatre Company and Showtime Academy Rock Hill will both take a team.
Auditions: Participants must audition during our March auditions which will be held in conjunction with Grease on March 10 or 12. Prepare 16-32 bars of a song that showcases your vocal ability and be prepared to learn and perform a short choreography routine. If you are auditioning for Grease too, you only need to prepare one song. Callbacks, if needed, will be by invitation only.
JTF Cost Considerations: (These costs are approximate based on the past few years of participation and are subject to change.) JTF Festival Wristband fees of $300 per person attending the festival. ***This is a $40pp increase in past years. This is for student and/or parent if they want to come into the festival for all activities. That is not a Showtime fee, that is spec ific to the festival. This is DUE NO LATER than July 15th for anyone wanting to attend the events. Hotel Expenses of around $500 plus taxes for the 4 nights at the Courtyard North I-75. Optional Meal Plan for $60 per person (for adults and kids)
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