Updated for 2020 Festivals!
Texas Regional Junior Thespian Festival SOUTH
Houston Area - TBA

​Texas Regional Junior Thespian Festival NORTH/EAST
DFW Area - TBA
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Texas Regional Junior Thespians Festival CENTRAL
TBA

Time: 8am-6pm - for all festivals​
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Registration Cost: $45 per registrant
​Additional $15 IE Fee
​Junior High Thespian Troupes are invited to the Texas Junior Regional Thespian Festival.

*Your school does not have to have a chartered troupe to attend Junior Festival.*

Junior Thespians will enjoy:
  • Workshops geared specifically for middle school/Junior Thespian students
  • Lunch – vegetarian options available
  • Participation in National Qualifying Individual Events (IEs)*
  • $15.00 IE Registration fee required; Black clothing required for all IE performances.
  • A festival T-shirt is included in the registration cost
  • Tech Playland
  • Master Class Series/Works in Progress ($25) - first 6 troupes only!
  • Junior All-Star Troupe Display (FREE)
  • Outstanding Jr. Troupe Award (FREE)
  • Animate your Troupe!
  • ​New Acting Events & Tech Events!
  • Student Leadership Training
  • Teachers - a Teacher Lesson Swap Shop is available for you during programming!

For questions regarding Junior Regional Festival Day, contact 
​Jenae Glanton, Junior Thespian Festival Director.
Registration Opens
SOUTH, NORTH/EAST & CENTRAL FESTIVALS - TBA

Registration Closes/Deadline
TBA
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Performance opportunities and technical theatre competitions include:
  • Monologue
  • Duet Acting
  • Solo Musical Theatre
  • Duet Musical Theatre
  • Group Musical Theatre
  • Group Acting
  • Costume Design or Construction
  • Sound
  • Scenic Design
  • Theatre Marketing
  • Stage Management
  • Makeup/Hair
  • Lighting
Each entrant is permitted to participate in only one event. Schools may submit more than one event for competition. Students may only compete at one junior festival per year.

​This means that schools may have TEN IE EVENTS OF THEIR CHOICE (performance & technical individual events - in whatever combination works best for the troupe). 

See the  Individual Events Page for fee structure, competition forms, and dress requirements.​​
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​Jenae Glanton, Junior Festival Chair, is a graduate of Texas Woman's University and holds a M.A. and a B.A. in Theatre. She taught Middle School Theatre for twelve years. She currently serves as Theatre Director at Rockwall-Heath High School in Rockwall ISD. Jenae has directed over forty productions at the middle school and high school level; earning Area and Regional High School UIL One-Act Play appearances and ten Middle School UIL One-Act Play District Placements. She is an Actor's Equity Association Membership Candidate and has been seen on stage in several professional productions in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex theatres. In 2015, Jenae received the TETA K-8 Educator of the Year and was also named the Rockwall ISD/Maurine Cain MS Teacher of the Year. Jenae is an Honorary Lifetime PTA Member and a member of the Collin Theatre Center Hall of Fame. She holds a seat on the Texas Thespian Board.