School #8: Desert Sands Middle School
Phoenix, AZ
Reported by: Marty Johnson, Director of Education, iTheatrics
January 31, 2012
When I arrived at Desert Sands Middle School in Phoenix, I was immediately greeted by Ms. Hill, one of the NBC’s ...
School #7: Westinghouse Academy
Pittsburgh, PA
Reported by: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher
January 30, 2012
The great jazz legend, Duke Ellington, often spoke of his favorite music arranger, Billy ...
School #6: Kipp Bridge Charter School
Oakland, CA
REPORTED BY: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO iTheatrics
January 27, 2012
After a remarkable day working with Place Bridge Magnet school in Denver, we journeyed to Oakland, California to work ...
Saturday night, January 14, 2012. Every participant at the Junior Theater Festival has seen at least eight segments compete with MTI’s Jr. musicals. But eight is not enough.The ballroom at the Atlanta Renaissance Waverly is packed with ...
Wheaton High School
Silver Spring, MD
Reporter: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher
January 26, 2012
A strong work ethic is not something I think about regularly, but it was the theme of my “NBC’s ...
Saturday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 p.m. at the Junior Theater Festival. The students from all 63 schools and after-school musical theater programs have completed their presentations. If the kids were sky-high before their performances, they’re even more ...
School #4: Place Bridge Academy
Denver, Colorado
REPORTED BY: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO iTheatrics
January 25, 2012
In scouting for Denver schools for the NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL program, in which we are building musical ...
When we last left the 63 casts of students participating in this year’s Junior Theater Festival, they were off to one of seven rooms. In each, they’d perform what could be called junior versions of Broadway Jr. musicals: up to 15 minutes worth of ...
W.H. Oliver Middle School, Nashville, TN
January 24, 2012
Reporter: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher
Close up on an urban middle school in the heart of 'Music City USA’, better known as Nashville, TN. ...
Independence Charter School, Philadelphia, PA
January 20, 2012
Reporter: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher
Day #2 of the NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL program and I am still digesting the ...
