Texas Regional Junior Thespians Festival SOUTH
October 12, 2019 Chavez HS Houston ISD  
Texas Regional Junior Thespians Festival WEST
Feb. 22, 2020 Sands Consolidated ISD

​TEACHERS! WE NEED YOU! ​Want to teach a workshop?
​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
  • 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.
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
Each entrant is permitted to participate in only one event. Schools may submit more than one event for competition. **Students may only compete in IE's at ONE festival, per school year.**

​This means that schools may have six (6) performance individual events and seven (7) technical individual events - in whatever combination works best for the troupe. If there are three (3) monologues, one (1) duet, and two (2) solo musicals, that's okay! If a troupe has four (4) stage managers, one theater marketing, and two (2) costume designs, that's okay too!

See the  Performance Events Information 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 thirty productions at the middle school level, earning 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 and serves the Texas Educational Theatre Association as K-12 Committee Past Chair.