JTF Competition

JUNIOR THEATRE FESTIVAL WEST 2025

WHAT IS JTF:

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 mayhem and madness. Each troupe performs fifteen minutes from a Broadway Junior or KIDS show for adjudication by a panel of musical theater experts. The weekend features workshops for students, directors 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 Playbill, Disney Musicals and Music Theatre International.

Link to website: JTF WEST 2025

WHO ARE WE?:

We are Acting Academy's competition team traveling to Sacramento to compete at Junior Theater Festival (JTF) West to represent AA4K and learn and grow through this incredible experience!
All students ages 8-14 are eligible for audition.

SIGN UP TO AUDITION:

Auditions will be held on Monday, August 25th from 4:00-7:00pm at our studio in Mission Viejo - 24196 Alicia Parkway, second floor.
Prepare a one minute or less segment of a musical theater song of your choice that best showcases your voice and range. You will be singing acapella.
Students shall come prepared in comfortable clothing to move around in, for the short dance audition after vocal auditions.
Headshots and Resumes are optional but recommended. Professional headshots are not necessary. Any picture of student will do.

REHEARSALS

Each rehearsal is on Monday from 5:30PM-7:30PM and will consist of intense musical and dance training.
We will go over the basics of musical theater, jazz, as well as the basics of music theory and ear training. The kids will be given two breaks throughout each rehearsal to snack and rehydrate.
Each rehearsal is dedicated to perfecting our 15-minute piece which will be used for competition.

SCHEDULE

9/8-11/17 Monday Rehearsals (weekly meeting time Monday's 5:30-7:30)
11/10 Rehearsal Time Change 6:00-8:00
11/24 No Rehearsal - Thanksgiving Break
12/1-12/15 Regular Monday Rehearsals
12/22 & 12/29 No Rehearsals - Winter Break
1/5-2/2 Regular Monday Rehearsals
1/10 Extra Saturday Rehearsal
1/17 Extra Saturday Rehearsal
1/31 Extra Saturday Rehearsal
2/2 Rehearsal w/Parent Meeting afterwards to discuss Comp Weekend
2/6-2/8 JTF Competition weekend in Sacramento
2/9 No Rehearsal - returning from Sacramento
2/16-4/20 Monday Rehearsals resume to prepare for "Broadway, Here I Come"
2/23 Potluck to celebrate competition
4/6 No Rehearsals - Spring Break
TBD Tech Rehearsal for "Broadway Here I Come"
4/25 "Broadway, Here I Come" Show

Note: There will be rehearsals on Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day, due to proximity to
Competition Weekend.

JTF PARTICIPATION & PRICING:

$335 MANDATORY PARTICIPATION FEE FOR EACH JTF ENTRANT (CHAPERONES AND TEACHERS REQUIRED FEE AS WELL - AT LEAST ONE PARENT MUST TRAVEL WITH THEIR PERFORMER.
MUST COMMIT TO THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE - YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PAY IN FULL ($1470. and receive $100 OFF) or TWO INSTALLMENTS OF $735. THESE COSTS AVERAGE OUT TO AROUND $210 PER MONTH.
FLIGHTS/HOTELS/MEALS ARE SEPARATE - HOTELS AND FLIGHTS WILL BE EACH FAMILIES ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Teams receive direct feedback

Broadway, Here I Come!

“Broadway, Here I Come!” will be our end of the year recital/performance where the students get to showcase all that they have learned throughout the year by performing pieces made by themselves! Whether it’s a solo, duet or a whole choreographed song, the students are in charge of putting it together. This recital/performance gives parents a chance to see how far their kids have grown throughout the year. This also gives the parents that didn’t get to be a chaperone a chance to see the competition piece itself.