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: Suffs
Release date- amateur licensing
We just closed THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN and I think this would be a fabulous follow up in our community. Is there any knowledge of release date?
Related shows or resources: Come from Away
Here’s Hoping!
I am eagerly awaiting the release of these rights. I’m hoping to start my own community theatre in Ottawa, and this would be the perfect flagship performance. A Canadian musical to start off just seems so fitting.
Is there any sort of estimate or timeline for release?
Related shows or resources: Les Misérables School Edition
Is a live band required?
Do you have to have a live band or are backing tracks available to perform with?
Related shows or resources: Disney's Frozen
Do you have a release date for this show?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Are accompaniment tracks going to be available for this show?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Candide (1974 Version)
Are there performance tracks for Candide
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Sunday in the Park...
Are there performances tracks available for Sunday in the Park with George?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Into the Woods
Arrangement for piano/keys, guitar, bass, drums/percussion only?
I am in a small, rural area that doesn't have access to many musicians. We have pianists, guitarists, bassists, and dummers/percussion. Is there any way to get music for these insturments? Chords for guitarists would be especially welcome!
Related shows or resources: Disney's Frozen
Release date?
Hello,
Just wondering when this will become available in Australia? It hasn't toured for a while... so surely it is coming soon!?
(I have clicked the follow button :))
Related shows or resources: Hairspray
Can Penny be played by a male?
My school is doing Hairspray and we were thinking of having Penny be gender swapped. We’ll change l her name, pronouns, and every time she is referred to as a female, but not any other part of the show. Would this be allowed?