Category: EdTA News

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EdTA News

Iowa Chapter Elects New Director

EdTA’s Iowa chapter has chosen its new director: Lynn Jensen will serve a term beginning August 1, 2021, after winning the chapter director election. Jensen is an EdTA Hall of

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EdTA News

Get to Know the 2021 Board Candidates

Who will join the EdTA Board of Directors in 2021? The slate of candidates for next year’s election has been finalized. Three candidates are running for one vice president/president seat,

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EdTA News

Save the Date for Virtual ITF 2021

The Virtual International Thespian Festival ― the ultimate annual celebration of school theatre ― will return June 22-25, 2021. For one week every summer, members of the International Thespian Society

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EdTA News

Chapter Director Elections 2021

The following candidates have been nominated by their boards to run for chapter director positions beginning August 1, 2021: Illinois Chapter ― James Smith Indiana Chapter ― Jeremy Leazenby Bruce

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Theatre Education

2020 Play Survey

According to the annual school play survey conducted by EdTA, The Addams Family, Clue, and Check Please received top billing for the most produced musical, full-length play, and short play, during the 2019-20 school year,

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EdTA News

2020 Honor Chapters

The Educational Theatre Association established the Honor Chapter Program to recognize those chapters that do tremendous work and deserve acknowledgment for their high-level of excellence. The following chapters were recognized

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EdTA News

New Board Terms Begin July 1

New members of the Board of Directors, elected by members of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) in March, begin their terms July 1. They will serve for three years. The

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