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: Beetlejuice JR.
Can the role of Beetlejuice be played by a female actress?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: In Transit
Is perusal available for this show and is there an optional intermission option at all like there is with xanadu
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: & Juliet
What is the orchestration of this show?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show
Which Characters sing the songs?
Which character or characters sing the songs in this show?
Related shows or resources: Les Misérables
Is it possible to get the rights to the French version?
I live in Ottawa, which is a bilingual city, and once the rights become available, I would very much like to put on a production of the show where we alternate one night in English and one night in French (like the original [current] French production in Montreal). Would this be possible?
Related shows or resources: Disney's Frozen
Hello! I am inquiring on the status of when Frozen will be released for licensing. We are passionate and eager to perform this fabulous show! Thank you.
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Alice by Heart
Are rehearsal and performance accompaniment tracks available for Alice By Heart?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Hello, will there ever be orchestration for this musical or will it only have the availability of performance tracks
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Disney's The Little Mermaid JR.
What are the limitations on projections?
I have never used projections before. Are we required to use the projections sold by MTI, or can we create our own? Thank you.
Related shows or resources: Little Women
Obtaining Orchestra Sheet Music
Hi! I’m currently in a production of little women with a local theatre company. I think when they originally applied for the rights they applied for tracks, but I have pulled enough people together to have an orchestra. How would they legally request the change from tracks to orchestra?