2020 NY State Festival is April 24-25 at Long Island University-Brooklyn!

Map of festival location

Colleges and universities attending

 REGISTRATION FOR SCHOOLS and Thespian Troupes

Friday, April 24 is for middle and high school,
​Saturday, April 25th is for high schools only
​(exception made for K-12 and 6-12 schools and groups!)
Show options! (subject to change.  Payment accepted via credit card or school/organizational check):
  • ​April 23, To Kill a Mockingbird at 7pm for $40
  • April 25, Waiting for Godot at 7:30pm for $32
  • April 26, Caroline or Change at 3pm for $35 (this is a relaxed performance "designed to welcome individuals with neurodiverse needs and those attending with them. For this program, Roundabout enlists additional experts in the field to help make every relaxed performance as accessible as possible."
Click button above to download ALL registration materials listed below.  Otherwise, access individual PDF files by clicking the green links:
Click on "PART 1" button to download directions for filling out the online registration
Download pricing schedule (including pre and post festival shows!) HERE
​One Act guidelines and pricing HERE
Tech Challenge rules and procedures HERE
Improv Frenzy rules and procedures HERE
​Hotel information can be found HERE
Troupe Directors/Chaperones- please have each student complete a form and bring originals to the Festival
*NEW* - we conduct background checks on all adults who will be working with students at our Festival.  Every adult attendee and chaperone needs to fill out a basic form so we can keep our kids safe!  FORM COMING SOON
WORKSHOP LIST RELEASED MID-APRIL!
​STO application COMING SOON
​Scholarship applications COMING SOON 
General registration for Festival direct link:

Additional Opportunities

#ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence (www.enoughplays.com), a new year-long initiative for middle and high school students to use playwriting to spark conversations about gun violence in their community.

Students in 6-12 write and submit short 10-minute plays about gun violence now until April 20, 2020. Those plays will be read by a team of theatre artists and a selection of plays will be chosen and read in locations across the country in an evening of simultaneous readings on December 14, 2020 - the 8th anniversary of Sandy Hook.

Check out the write-up in American Theatre: https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/01/08/enough-a-new-play-initiative-enlists-youth-to-confront-gun-violence/.

Download a one page PDF about the project and get involved HERE.

NY Thespian Festival 2020
​THEME: The Roaring 20's!
Join us in NYC on Friday-Saturday, April 24-25, 2020 for the 11th annual New York Educational Theatre Festival. Open to high school and middle school students, this full-day festival features workshops, professionally adjudicated Individual Events, a one-act competition, student performances, a Tech Challenge, and scholarship and leadership opportunities!  Schedule of events can be found HERE!

NY Thespians is a chapter of the Educational Theatre Association which sponsors the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization for middle and high school theatre students.

Location: Long Island University- Brooklyn, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Directions by public transportation:
LIRR to Atlantic Terminal (8-minute walk)
A, C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn
F to Jay Street-Metro Tech
2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins
B, D, N, Q, R, W to DeKalb

LINKS TO FESTIVAL 2020:

Registration and Hotel Information:
Schedule of Events (PDF)
​Directions on how to complete registration
Festival Registration Link for SCHOOLS- DUE APRIL 3rd
​Submit up to FIVE PHOTOS from 2019-20 year for the Pre-festival Slideshow!

​Hotel Information  (PDF)- special rates with Holiday Inn and Hotel Indigo
Tech Challenge rules and practice procedures
Improv Frenzy rules and practice procedures
Workshop registration COMING MID-APRIL

New to the NY State Thespian Festival? - new troupe packet COMING SOON!
STO, Individual Events, Competitions, and Scholarships:
Apply to be a State Thespian Officer (STO) - COMING SOON
Thespys (I.E.) Guidelines
Thespys (I.E.) Rubrics
Tech Challenge Guidelines (PDF for practice)
Scholarship applications - COMING SOON (seniors only) - Closes April 12
Sponsorships, Workshops, Adjudication, and Volunteers:
Become a sponsor or have a table (PDF)
​Sponsorship and tabling registration- OPEN NOW
Present a Workshop- APPLY BY MARCH 5th; notification of acceptance NO LATER THAN APRIL 10th
Adjudicate- OPEN NOW
​Volunteer- NOW ACCEPTING 2020 VOLUNTEERS UNTIL APRIL 15 (informational sessions COMING SOON)