SPOTLIGHT BROADWAY SHOW TROUPE

JTF TROUPE

JTF Atlanta (January 12-14)

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Spotlight has been invited to attend the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta! This marks our 13th year attending the amazing Festival! 

The Junior Theater Festival (JTF) is the world’s biggest and best celebration of young people performing musical theater. JTF brings together student musical theater troupes from all over the world for a weekend of musical theater education, fun, and celebration! 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!

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Student/Family Commitment: SPOTLIGHT approaches The Junior Theater Festival as a business trip. It is an incredibly large commitment which requires dedicated, passionate, hard working academic and artistically successful students, that are capable of working, learning and memorizing at a fast pace. BRAVO has earned an impeccable reputation over the past decade, and is looked upon from the Festival organizers as a program leader in the industry.

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REHEARSALS

July 24th-August 8th   9:00-4:00

Sunday Evenings Starting late August from 5-8 and sometimes longer till the performance

January 3-6 9-4 to create our cut for JTF- this is Mandatory

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TUITION

• 1 ticket to the Junior Theater Festival ($400)

• Tuition- $575

• Transportation to and from hotel in Atlanta (around $100)

• Some costume pieces but not all

• Show T-shirt

• Bracelets to trade at JTF with other schools

• Access Broadway Entry Fee ($80)

• $45 admin fee

 

Payment Schedule:

$200 due at Registration and with video audition on May 1st

$200 a month June-October

 

Parent tickets to the festival are additional, $400 DUE June 1st

Plus bus fee of $100

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STUDENT/FAMILY COMMITMENT:

Spotlight approaches The Junior Theater Festival as a business trip. It is an incredibly large commitment which requires dedicated, passionate, hard working young performers capable of working, learning and memorizing at a fast pace. Spotlight has earned an exemplary reputation over the past 12 years, and is viewed from the Festival organizers as a program leader in the industry.

 

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PERFORMANCES TBA – please check with me before booking yourself in November/December
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REQUIRED PARENT MEETING

A required parent meeting on Zoom will be held in August 9th to go over all details and answer any outstanding questions.
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AGES Ages 8-18

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AUDITIONS   JTF 2023 registration and Audition videos due May 1st .

            Register for the Spotlight Broadway Show Troupe HERE

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WHAT TO PREP & EXPECT

Please prepare:

1. SLATE: Name, Age, Grade, School 

2. SONG: Prepare a musical theatre selection (16-32 bars = verse/chorus or selection that shows your voice off best).   

   • Briefly state the name of the show, the composer.

   • Remember to tell the story. We want to feel and understand the story of your song.

   • We recommend selecting songs you connect with and feel successful singing

   • Please use a track without voices on it

3. MONOLOGUE: Prepare one age-appropriate, 30 second memorized monologue (can be from our list of samples or find your own) CLICK HERE FOR MONOLOGUES

4. ATTIRE: Wear clothing that shows off your personal style.

 

From these auditions we will choose our competition piece that fits our cast and then have call backs. 

Callbacks – Date TBD

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HELPFUL INFORMATION

· Performers are required to arrive in Atlanta on Thursday Jan. 12th at any time.

· The festival goes late on Sunday so a Monday Departure is necessary. There is no school that day.

· Families are responsible for their own transportation. We’ve been finding great rates and have been flying, but some choose to drive. Many families carpool and share hotel rooms etc. Some families have also taken other children on the trip for those who cannot make the trip. We will have a charter bus to and from the Hotel to the convention which is mandatory for everyone who attends the festival.

· We usually stay at the Hyatt Regency Suites Atlanta Northwest, 2999 Windy Hill Road Marietta, Georgia, USA, 30067. Group rates to come…but you might find great rates now!

· Access Broadway– in February We will be taking our JTF cut (Date is not available yet)

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Research shows that students have only to gain from involvement in the arts; a sustained education in music gives children the intellectual and creative skills that will last a lifetime. Through participation in SPOTLIGHT, students learn focus, accuracy, discipline, patience, respect, perseverance, to listen and how to be quiet and they learn genuine pride and gain self-esteem after executing a difficult piece successfully in a performance.