Jr Theater Festival
We are headed back to jtf west in 2024
The iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival West 2023
Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, CA
February 8th-12th, 2024
Wildfish Theatre is thrilled to be returning to JTF West in 2024 and you are invited to audition to be part of this incredible musical theatre opportunity.
WHAT IS JTF? The Junior Theater Festival is a spectacular annual national event that is all about bringing students together to celebrate the joy of musical theater in a BIG way!
Wildfish Theatre Company will take students 3rd-12th grade (as of the 2023-2024 school year) to JTF and it will be a fabulous opportunity!
JTF AUDITIONS: TBA
HOW TO PREPARE:
Bring the printed sheet music for a 32-bar cut of a musical theatre or Disney-like song. An accompanist will be provided.
Dress to dance. You will learn a choreography number at the audition.
You will be given sides to read at the audition.
QUESTIONS ABOUT JTF? Email admin@wildfishtheatre.com
congratulations 2021 jtf texas troupe!
Wildfish's JTF Cast of Guys and Dolls Jr was a hit at the first ever JTF Texas!
Congratulation to the entire cast for taking home an award for
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
and special recognition for
OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL - Ella Davison
PERFORMANCE ALL STARS - Ashton Booth and Ella Davison
OUTSTANDING STUDENT DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY - Abbigayle Scott and Ashton Booth
Way to go, Wildfish!
congratulations 2021 jtf oe troupe!
Wildfish's JTF Cast of Frog and Toad KIDS was a hit at the first ever JTF Online Extravaganza!
Congratulation to the entire cast for taking home an award for
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
and special recognition for
OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL - Apollo Tan
Way to go, Wildfish!
congratulations 2020 JTF Troupe!
At the 2020 JTF ATL Festival, Wildfish earned an Excellence in Ensemble award for their adjudicated performance of Godspell, Jr. Students Estus Stephens (bottom right) and Sutton Walsh (bottom left) both earned recognition as Performance All-Stars. Student Choreographer, Abbigayle Scott (bottom center), was also recognized at the awards ceremony.
conGratulations 2019 jtf troupe!
Back Row from left to right: Matthew Perkins, Ari Katz, Taylor McMullen, Kenna Suttle, Emma Wells, Mia Hirshfeld, Mia Dowler; Middle Row from left to right: Isabelle King, Molly Ferguson, Emma Hodge, Saya Malek, Leah Hillman, Eloise Monroe, Sienna DeSimone, Daniela Arnold, Cormac Steranko, Isaac Hochglaube, Apollo Tan; Front Row from left to right: Emerson Chenevert, Eliza Dorros, Keira Bigman, Patrick Tsang, Gage Schissler, Lia Zitvar, Bianca Ramirez, Nicole Hiemstra, Reese McMullen, Not pictured: Maya Kaul
iTheatrics Director of Education Marty Johnson visited Wildfish Theatre the week before their trip to Junior Theater Festival (JTF) West in Sacramento January 7-11, 2019 to help put the finishing touches on our selection from Oliver Jr. Wildfish was selected from all attending theatre nationwide to present a main stage iTheatrics New Works Showcase of Oliver Jr, performing for 2,000 excited fellow musical theatre students and teachers.
At JTF, the Wildfish troupe of 27 earned Excellence in Dance award for adjudicated performance of Junie B Jones. Students Apollo Tan and Bianca Ramirez both earned recognition as Performance All-Stars.
Selected students were invited to audition for Broadway Junior Resident Choreographer Steven G. Kennedy for future Broadway Junior Choreography DVD shoots including Wildfish students .
WILDFISH JTF CAST soared with CHitty Chitty bang bang at jtf '18
The JTF cast took full advantage of the endless learning opportunities and the spirit of artistic support iTheatrics Junior Theatre Festival packs into a long weekend. Just a few of their recognitions and accomplishments included:
Performance All-Stars
Nicholas Rhew
Lia Zitvar
Student Chosen to Help Run the Freddy G Awards Backstage
McKenna Leach
Assistant to Kelly McIntire, Dean of University of Utah
Ashi Porter
Jr Slam
Actress: Claire O'Donnell
Actor: Asher Rigo
iTheatrics Choreography Audition Callbacks
Eva Adickes
Ashton Booth
Sean Graul
Mallory Keeler
Nicholas Rhew
Eva Adickes
Anastasia Bevis
Ashton Booth
Everett Bowlin
Thomas Brown
Kaila Doshi
Mia Dowler
Promise Facciponte
Sean Graul
Carly Gregg
Nicole Hiemstra
John Ingersoll
Matthew Kalmans
Mallory Keeler
Rachel Kenner
McKenna Leach
Taylor McMullen
Claire O'Donnell
Tulsi Parikh
Sarah Pendergrass
Hannah Pettit
Nicholas Rhew
Anna Rigo
Asher RIgo
Eleanor Ryan
Abbigayle Scott
Presley Schumate
Estus Stephens
Keagan Theron
Sutton Walsh
Kaitlyn Young
Lia Zitvar