The Junior Theater Festival (JTF) is the world’s biggest and best celebration of young people performing musical theater.

JTF is a rich experience providing opportunities for the entire cast to celebrate theatre and tell a story as an ensemble.

JTF brings together student musical theater troupes from all over the world for a weekend of musical theater mayhem and madness. Each troupe performs fifteen minutes from a Broadway Junior®️ show for adjudication by a panel of musical theater experts. The weekend also features professional development for teachers, workshops for students and parents, a New Works Showcase featuring new musical adaptations soon to be released and concludes with a grand finale concert headlined by Broadway’s best!

The Junior Theater Festival is sponsored by Broadway Media, Playbill, Disney Musicals, and Music Theatre International.

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Travel back to the Renaissance for an hour of musical comedy gold in Something Rotten! JR. Adapted from the Broadway hit that Time Out New York hailed as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years," Something Rotten! JR. celebrates one undeniable truth: “nothing’s as amazing as a musical!”

In the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.

During this production class, students will be actively engaged in learning character development, acting skills, dance techniques, and will receive vocal instruction.

*Everyone who enrolls in this production will be cast. You must Register to be considered for an audition spot. Please be sure to click the Register Here button on this page under the musical’s logo.

General auditions will be completed by video submission.

These will be due Saturday, October 17 by 7pm.

Audition videos should be 60 seconds or less. Your audition should be a verse and a chorus of a song in similar style to this title. Your audition’s accompaniment track should be instrumental only. Please slate with your name, age, and height at the beginning of your video.

Submissions Instructions:

1. Please upload your audition video as an unlisted youtube video link.

2. The youtube link should be titled “FirstName_LastName_Showtitle”

3. Submit your unlisted youtube video link to contact@redphoenix.org. Please have the subject line as “FirstName_LastName_Showtitle”.

CALLBACK INFO:

CALLBACKS will be in person on Monday, October 19 from 6 - 9pm at the Red Phoenix Studio. Details for these will be emailed following general auditions.

*In order to be considered for the production you must: complete the registration form, enroll in the class, and pay the first tuition installment. Once you have completed this registration process, Red Phoenix will email you with your next steps.

Tuition: Tuition for this production is $200 a month, plus a $25 registration fee.

Tuition is broken into six payments. A $200 payment is due at the time of registration, and the remaining 5 payments will debit $200 automatically the first of each month September - January.

Tuition includes: Tuition for the production class, $375 JTF participant fee, show t-shirt, JTF t-shirt, & an RPT company jacket.

Adult Chaperones are welcome and are $375 per person plus a $25 registration fee.

Should a participant register after August, additional payment(s) will be drafted at the time of registration to catch up to the tuition schedule.

Everyone that registers for this production will be cast in the show. Space is limited.

Tuition is non-refundable.

Rehearsal Dates & Times:

The production will be October 27 - January 31. Please see the Tentative Production Calendar button located on this audition page.

Registration Deadline is September 20 by 7pm

JTF weekend is January 15 - 17.

Performances will take place January 28 - 31 at Red Phoenix Performing Arts Studio.

REHEARSALS:

Attending rehearsals is essential to the theatre process. We ask that each student turn in a conflict calendar prior to casting. We know that sometimes things can come up like unforeseen illness or emergencies, so we ask that families notify the directors if you must miss rehearsal.

More than two unexcused absences, or students who neglect to regularly attend rehearsals may lead to reduced stage time or role reassignment.  

Students that miss more than 2 rehearsals will still be allowed to attend the festival but will have their adjudication performance reduced or eliminated on a case by case basis.

TECH WEEK/PERFORMANCES: Students must be available and may not miss tech week and performances (unless approved by the directors) as these dates are required. Please note that fees are non-refundable if you withdraw or are dismissed from the production.