2012 Junior Thespian Festival
Sounds Good to Me!
2012 Junior Thespian Festival
March 16-18
Denver School of the Arts
7111 East Montview Blvd.
Denver, CO 80220-1867
The registration deadline for the 2012 Junior Thespian Festival has passed. If you would like to register for the Junior Festival, please contact Craig Branch.
Download the 2012 Junior Thespian Festival registration materials here.
Registrations submitted after February 15 will incur a $25/person late fee.
2012 Junior Thespian Festival Highlights
The Pink Panther Strikes Again!, by William Gleason
Produced by special arrangement with
The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.
Directed by Shawn Hann, Denver School of the Arts, Troupe 88486
Coffee with Claire: After Everafter, by William Eyerly
Directed by William Eyerly, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, Florida, Troupe 88826
Workshops List
Ensemble Building and Awareness
Stage Combat
Exploring Shakespeare
Basic and Fantasy Stage Makeup
Focus and Move with Purpose
Extreme Character: Tools of Transformation
Successful Understanding and Execution of Choreography
Junior Thespian Festival—a three-day celebration of theatre for middle school students (grades six through eight) and their teachers—provides Junior Thespians with opportunities to develop their theatre skills, make new friends, and share the theatre experience with their peers and teachers from around the country.
Junior Thespian Festival offers a variety of functions for your middle school students to demonstrate their talents and to explore new theatrical skills. There are opportunities for Thespian troupes to perform shows on the Festival main stage, in addition to Individual Events performances for constructive feedback. You and your students can choose from a variety of workshops taught by trained professionals to help further their creativity.
Unique to the Junior Thespian Festival is the Team Play-Create program. Junior Festival participants work in randomly-divided teams during the three-day event to create short play presentations that are staged for the entire Festival delegation during the closing ceremonies. This program gives delegates a chance to work with students from other schools, allows them to be part of an original work, and lets them shine in their area of strength—whether it’s performance, writing, or technical support—while accepting new challenges.
At the 2012 Junior Thespian Festival, we will reinforce that theatre is a collaborative art form. From onstage to backstage, directing to writing and lots more in between, it takes many different skills to create the final theatrical result; that is why our 2012 Festival theme is “Sounds Good to Me!” We will examine the many different types of musical instruments and the way performers must work as an ensemble to create an overall harmonious product that (hopefully) sounds good! Each randomly-divided Team Play-Create team will be given a different instrument around which they will create their play presentation.
Important Junior Thespian Festival deadlines
February 1, 2012: Last day to submit a performance for consideration for the Festival main stage
February 15, 2012: Last day to register for the 2012 Junior Thespian Festival without a Late Fee
February 15, 2012: Last Day to register for Individual Events
March 16, 2012: Junior Thespian Festival 2012 begins at the Denver School of the Arts!
Registration fees for the 2012 Junior Thespian Festival
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Student registration* |
$80 |
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Troupe Director/ Acting TD registration* |
$40 |
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Chaperone registration* |
$40 |
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Individual Events registration |
$25 |
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Late registration Fee# |
$25 |
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Change Fee |
$10 |
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Substitution Fee |
$20 |
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Cancelation Fee |
$50 |
*Friday dinner, Saturday lunch, and Saturday dinner are included in the registration costs
#Late registration begins February 16
If you have any questions about the Junior Thespian Festivals, contact Craig Branch.
