By: Lime Green Giraffe Copy Editor, Ali S. and Lime Green Giraffe Social Director, Mimi M.
JTF is a theatre festival for all the young
and talented actors/actresses. There are awesome performances, a shop full of
broadway merchandise, fun classes with broadway masters, behind the scenes
looks, and premiers of never before seen shows. In this article, you will learn
about the spectacular junior theatre festival and all the amazing things you
can see and do there.
Every company/school group that goes must
make a 15-minute cut of a junior show, and perform it in front of adjudicators.
For this performance, the groups are not allowed to use props, costumes, or
sets. They are only allowed to use the people they brought and 4 blocks/
chairs. Some of the shows people performed were chosen to be specially premiered
in front of everyone. For example, Red Phoenix, performing James and the Giant
Peach Jr, was chosen for the Outstanding Performance Award and performed in
front of everyone. Besides the awards, each group performed in front of 3
adjudicators. Some of the performances people had performed were Little Mermaid
Jr, James and the Giant Peach Jr, Singing in the Rain Jr, and Seussical the
Musical Jr.
Besides the performances, the performers
could go spend some time and money at the shop or photo booth area. The shop
held many cool merchandise items from all sorts of broadway shows. For example,
they were selling Newsies cap, Lion King stuffed animals, musical song books,
show shirts, and some JTF patches. In the photo booth area, there were
backdrops from different musicals such as Into the Woods Jr, The Little Mermaid
Jr, Guys and Dolls Jr, Willy Wonka Jr, High School Musical Jr, Lion King Jr,
and last but certainly not least, Newsies.
Besides spending time at the shop, actors
spent time in classes improving their acting, dancing, and singing skills with
musical theater masters. Every year, you learn something new, and it is always
a fun and exciting experience.
Probably the most exciting parts of the JTF
experience was the behind the scene looks and premieres. The 2017 years behind
the scene look was how they did Timone’s costume, from the Lion King on
Broadway, to how they could have done it without the puppet (humanization
versus puppet). Also, some groups got to perform premieres of new junior shows
on stage. Some premiers included Junie B. Jones the musical Jr, Magic Tree
House Pirates in the Pm the Musical and more. The main treat of the 2017 JTF
was the premier of the new movie/musical of Newsies. So here you have it folks,
hot off the press, the story of the 2017 JTF Experience.
No comments:
Post a Comment