New York Thespians presents THESPROM! A retro, drama-friendly, high-school-prom-themed, kick-ass, 70's-80's-90's, musical theatre, dance party!

Theatre in Our Schools (TIOS) Month is a campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of theatre education and draw attention to the need for more access to quality programs for all students. While activities may take place any time, March is designated the official month for TIOS.

Celebrity Attractions in partnership with the Tulsa Performing Arts Center are excited to announce the inaugural season of the Eastern Oklahoma High School Musical Theatre Awards. Highlighting and awarding excellence in Musical Theatre, the program will launch with the new school year in August 2018. Eastern Oklahoma high schools are invited to participate by completing registration available online at CelebrityAttractions.com.

Theatre is a universally enjoyable experience, but there are always ways to enhance the impact. Theatre is entertainment, and yet it can do so much more. As the young audiences for productions grow, local companies respond with carefully curated outreach programs that give students of all ages the chance to engage in the theatre community and learn from everything it has to offer.

Monica Coronado, a senior at Aldine ISD's Carver High School, was awarded "Best in Show" for her piece titled "Goddess" in the 20th Annual Wells Fargo Student Art Contest presented by Society for the Performing Arts (SPA). Coronado's award-winning piece was one of 718 entries from more than 100 schools.

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) recognizes individuals who have inspired their students and dedicated themselves to providing quality theatre education with the Inspirational Theatre Educator Award. Veteran theatre educators and EdTA members Kelly Carlson, Philip Lee 'Peelee' Clark, and Carolyn Little will each receive this award at EdTA's National Conference.

Steppenwolf Education and Nicholas Senn High School Senior Drama Ensemble are proud to present a student-devised performance exploring the planning and pressures inherent in youth-driven social justice activism and leadership.

Blumenthal Performing Arts is pleased to announce the nominees competing in the 7th Annual High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as The Blumey Awards, presented by Wells Fargo on Sunday, May 20, at Belk Theater.

On Saturday, April 28th, 15 metro area high school acts brought the crowd to their feet when they performed on stage at The Fabulous Fox Theatre in the St. Louis Teen Talent Competition Finals.  Students competed for more than $40,000 in college scholarships, cash awards and special prizes.

Rising Stars Youth Performing Arts at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, proudly presents Meredith Willson's iconic Broadway musical "The Music Man" for four performance Sunday, May 6 and Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) has selected 12 two-member teams of high school theatre educators and teaching artists who will create a standards-based curriculum framework and instructional units in targeted areas of theatre. 

On Thursday, May 24 at 7pm, students and supporters from 29 participating schools across the Mid-South will gather at the Orpheum Theatre for the 9th Annual High School Musical Theatre Awards, sponsored in part by Sedgwick, Memphis Audio, and Dean HD and other generous sponsors. Modeled after the Tony® Awards, the High School Musical Theatre Awards recognize achievements in all areas of high school musical theatre.

Local high-school seniors and aspiring playwrights, Addison Antonoff, William Miner, and Carter A. Prentiss have been chosen by Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. (DDTCo.) as prizewinners of its inaugural Student Playwright Festival. Each playwright is awarded a $500 scholarship and is paired with a Houston-based playwright as a mentor to fine-tune the plays and prepare the plays for production. The students will be guests of honor as their plays are performed at the MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston on June 6, 2018.

Skylight Music Theatre Artistic Director Ray Jivoff today announced a new Musical Theater Summer Workshop for high school students. The two-week program will be led by Jivoff, Margaret Bridges, Skylight's Education Manager and Ryan Cappleman, Skylight's Resident Education Music Director Mondays through Fridays, July 16 - 27, with a culminating showcase on Friday, July 27. The Summer Workshop will be held in the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee's Third Ward.

Young performers in North Texas and Oklahoma have waited all year with bated breath. After a year of 79 amazing performances from 75 participating high schools, industry professionals have finished judging for the 7th annual Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) High School Musical Theatre Awards (HSMTA), and the nominees are in!

Waterbury Arts Magnet School is educating the stars of tomorrow and has a project in the works that will transport audiences with a story of love driven by the power of music. Their production of Memphis runs April 6-8th and is surely not to be missed. Nina Agostine Smith took a moment to talk to BroadwayWorld about what her school does and how she and her students are prepping for their exciting mainstage musical.

Waterbury Arts Magnet School presents the Tony Award winning musical MEMPHIS under the direction of Nina Agostine Smith. The show runs April 6-8th, so be sure to get your tickets. Meanwhile learn more and get a preview of the show below!

Just Ask Marlene (JAM), a lifestyle brand engaged in empowering teens, will be offering a special 'No Bullying on Broadway' Scholarship for students ages 14-18. This scholarship, created in partnership with the National Theatre for Student Artists, will provide a young actor or director with the chance to participate in one of NTSA's three-week residential summer programs.

The Virginia Summer Arts Collaborative-a summer training program in the arts led by director Joshua Miller-offers instruction and networking for students in grades 5 through 12 who are interested in the arts. Participants will learn from a distinguished faculty of performing artists and musicians from around the country and collaborate with other student artists during two- or four-week sessions from mid-June to mid-July 2018.

The family event of the H-K school year is almost upon us! The year is 1958, and the much-adored rock-and-roll idol Conrad Birdie, played by H-K Senior, Giovanni Casella, has been drafted into the US Army.

Last year, the immerse marching band theatre company, The Teeny Tiny Music Show premiered in Toronto with their show of the same name in the 2017 The Toronto Fringe Festival and are returning this year with their brand new play, HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONY, a tale of friendship, revenge, and if we ever REALLY got over what happened in high school. This musical whirlwind is premiering April 14th 2018, 7:30pm at The Painted Lady, located at 218 Ossington Avenue downtown Toronto.

The arts bring the opportunity to explore a new culture, a new time period, and a new place. The cast of Marshwood High School's production of Brigadoon has been doing just that as they explore Scotland in 1746.

MYO Youth Theatre will present the Iconic musical A CHORUS LINE: HIGH SCHOOL EDITION March 29-31 at the Church Street auditorium in McKinney Texas.

Among the Broadway stars scheduled to interact with students over the course of the day on March 19 are Tony Award winner Baayork Lee(choreographer, original cast of A CHORUS LINE), Sasha Hutchings, original cast of HAMILTON and currently in the Broadway revival of MY FAIR LADY, LaGuardia Arts alumnus Lilli Cooper, from the Broadway Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants, and John Cariani from The Band's Visit.

Gettysburg Community Theatre (GCT) the not-for-profit 501c3 community theatre located at 49 York Street in historic downtown Gettysburg, will present an all-youth cast of 4th-12th Grade actors in Disney's Beauty & The Beast jr. 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm Sundays March 2-18, 2018.