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
The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards has launched Arts ARE Education, a national campaign encouraging school districts to continue to fund and support K-12 arts education programs — including
Has theatre been a lifeline for your students during COVID? Encourage them to enter EdTA’s 12th annual Democracyworks essay competition, designed to support and grow student advocacy for arts education. The
Attention, troupe directors: Want your students to experience the thrill of having their performance broadcast to thousands of fellow Thespians? There’s still time to submit your troupe’s production for the
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,
New in March 2021: Visit our updated documentation page for helpful manuals and videos on using the new Membership Portal. EdTA has completed the upgrade to our member management software.
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
The Educational Theatre Association Nominating Committee has selected 11 candidates to compete for three national board seats. They have endorsed three candidates for the vice president/president position and eight candidates
The Educational Theatre Association’s August survey, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Theatre Education,” has confirmed the profound effect of the pandemic on school theatre throughout the United States, leaving many
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
The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the Educational Theatre Association(EdTA) have selected 171 schools from 39 states and Taiwan to participate in the BACKstage Technical Theatre Pilot
A Message from EdTA’s Education Manager Cory Wilkerson Whether your return to school involves
Registration for the 2020 National Conference: Future-Proof Your Theatre Program, taking place on September 12-13, is now open! EdTA members who renew before the event attend for free. This is
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,
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
EdTA annually awards this scholarship to a graduating senior entering a college program to major in musical theatre. This year’s recipient is Sophia Hillman of Olathe North High School in
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
Theatre teacher Greg Shaw has been honored with the International Thespian Society (ITS) Spirit of Thespis Award. A discretionary honor that recognizes up to three schools or individuals that, when
Six students have been elected to represent the student voice in the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and International Thespian Society (ITS) as International Thespian Officers (ITO) for the 2020-21 school year.
The International Thespian Excellence Awards, or Thespys™ for short, recognize the highest level of achievement in school theatre performance and technical theatre. The inaugural International Thespian Excellence Awards go to just
The Educational Theatre Association has released its Recommendations for Reopening School Theatre Programs guide. Created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is intended to help schools nationwide decide how
Corey Mitchell, head of the musical theatre department of Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina is the recipient of the inaugural Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony-award (EGOT) winner and legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is joining the lineup for the Virtual International Thespian Festival. Lloyd Webber will share insider tips and
Students who are members of the International Thespian Society (ITS) from California, Georgia, Kansas, Oregon, and Texas will be financially assisted in their college studies thanks to scholarships established by
The Educational Theatre Association, (EdTA) annually awards the Melba Day Henning Theatre Education Scholarship to a student who is working toward a career in theatre education. This scholarship is funded
