About JTF​

The 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®️ show for adjudication by a panel of musical theater experts.
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Justice Smith (left) and Jeremiah Westbrook (right) performing Lion King, Jr. in front of 6,650 competitors

UMT Award-Winning Performances

  • School House Rock, Jr.
  • Godspell, Jr. 
  • Fiddler on the Roof, Jr. 
  • Aladdin, Jr.
  • James and the Giant Peach, Jr. 
  • Legally Blonde, Jr. 
  • Once on This Island, Jr.
  • High School Musical, Jr.
  • Lion King, Jr.
The weekend also features professional development for teachers, workshops for students and parents lead by Broadway professionals, a New Works Showcase featuring unprecedented and 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.

Example of a JTF fifteen minute cut