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The 2022 Virginia Thespian Festival will be hosted at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, Friday-Sunday, January 14-16, 2022!

REGISTRATION OPENS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021!

Rising juniors and seniors are eligible to become Chapter Thespian Officers (State and Regional Thespian Officers) - CLICK HERE to access the application!

Theatre Education in the Virtual World - Panel Discussion

DISTANCE LEARNING RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE

As a response to the challenging times that we now face as theatre educator, Virginia Thespians has put together a list of resources that you may find helpful as we all transition to Distance Learning.
​Please check out our Distance Learning Resource Page in our Menu!
​“Theatre Education Arts Advocacy Virtual Panel”
Video Now Available!
 
Richmond, VA – Virginia Thespians and the Virginia Theatre Association collaborated to produce a virtual panel to discuss Theatre Education Arts Advocacy on 28 May 2020 at 7 pm. 
 
The panel was composed of Jim Palmarini – Director of Education Policy/Advocacy Leadership Network Chair, Educational Theatre Association; Jim Hoare – Executive Vice President of Theatrical Rights Worldwide; Jason Goldstein – Booktix Co-Owner, who just launched Booktix Live for Virtual and Live Performance Streaming;  Janet Starke – Executive Director of Virginia Commission for the Arts; and Mark Rogers – Administrator, Theatre Arts Specialist LCPS.  Panel topics included resources with which to advocate for keeping theatre arts in a school district’s curriculum, and how teachers and students might create virtual productions in lieu of the ability to produce live events. 
 
The panel was moderated by Tori Kesling-Councill, Virginia Thespian Director, and chat moderators included both Lee Crouse, VTA Executive Director, and Tony Cimino-Johnson, Virginia Thespian Co-Director.