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Ohio Thespians Curtain Call: January 2021
Get your orders in for Ohio Thespian t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, masks, and more today! All proceeds go toward the Jimmy Humphries Scholarship. Support the next generation of technical theatre professionals by helping us reach our goal of $1,000. The store closes on February 1, so don’t delay!
Register Today for Ohio Unified Theatre Audition and Interview Day
Students looking for a fall 2021 start for a college program as either a theatre major or minor are invited to audition/interview at the Ohio Unified event. Over 20 colleges will be present to review and evaluate your work as a technician, designer, writer, actor, manager, and director for admittance to their program, with more signing up every day!
Ohio Thespian Curtain Call: December 2020
The Virtual International Thespian Festival ― the ultimate annual celebration of school theatre ― will return June 22-25, 2021. For one week every summer, members of the International Thespian Society and other theatre fans from around the globe gather for performances, interactive workshops led by top teaching artists, and auditions with premier colleges and universities in a community-centered experience like no other.
Be Part of the 2021 All-Ohio Show
Time Capsule is an original spoken word, music, dance, and digital production directed by Chennelle Bryant-Harris, with script supervision by David Hansen, technical supervision by Aiden Woods, and choreography by SMJ.
Ohio Thespian Curtain Call: November 2020
The pandemic has moved so much of our lives to the digital world at a time when racial tensions and a politicized nation have created an even greater need for human connection. Through the creation of the All-Ohio show, Time Capsule, students will have the opportunity to share their views of this unique time in our history and share what it was like to be an Ohio high school theater student in 2020-2021.
Ohio Thespian Curtain Call: September 2020
In light of the continued threat posed by COVID-19, many of the 2020-21 Ohio Thespian events will be virtual — including this year’s state conference.
We are using this as an opportunity to reinvent some of our traditional events and explore options for better connecting with thespians across the state and even beyond. We hope that many of the new strategies we pilot this year will prove popular and continue in years to come.
We want to hear from you!
Please take 5 minutes to complete our survey about your school and district’s current back-to-school plan for the 2020-21 school year.
2020 Back-to-School Professional Development Series
Join us for the first in our 2020 Back-to-School Professional Development Series: Getting your Theatre Program Online! You only have to register once to get access to all five sessions in the series. Each workshop will take place via Zoom and be recorded for future viewing.
State Conference Refunds
Dear Ohio Thespians,Thank you for your patience as we worked to resolve the unprecedented cancelation of the 2020 Ohio Thespian State Conference. We will begin issuing full refunds in two weeks. All refunds will be sent to the same address from which they were...