Texas Educational Theatre Association’s TheatreFest is a celebration of Educational Theatre!


This annual convention offers training and education for current Theatre practitioners, as well as, future educators.  Included in this live event: 


  • A variety of Theatre and Film-related Workshops
  • a Playwriting Contest (PlayFest)
  • Design Contest (DesignFest)
  • a Film Contest (FilmFest) and...
  • Scholarship Auditions!


Add to this...  Performances, Special Guest Artists from around the world, and Commercial and Educational Exhibitors!


TheatreFest has something for everyone!!


You must be a current TxETA member with a current membership to attend TheatreFest.




  • Convention workshops and/or programming, please contact contact Morgamme Davis, director of programming, tf.programming@tetatx.com




Click here to view the TxETA Event Refund and Cancellation Policy


For issues with TheatreFest Registration, please contact TheatreFest registrar Jessica McCarroll,  registration@tetatx.com

TheatreFest Feature Performers

TheatreFest Featured Performers are the crème de la crème of high school theater talent. These young, budding stars will audition and be selected to showcase their exceptional abilities on the grand stage of the Convocation and Closing Ceremonies of TheatreFest. Imagine the brightest, most promising theatrical lights across Texas, handpicked to shine at TheatreFest.

Exhibitors

TheatreFest features a large Exhibit Hall with dozens of your favorite vendors and college/university booths. 

PlayFest

PlayFest is a playwriting competition/event whose principal objective is to encourage the writing and production of new plays. The purpose of PlayFest is as follows: To encourage and promote the study of playwriting by all. To encourage and promote the writing of new plays. To provide a clearing house for the reading and evaluation of new plays in a working and teaching environment. To provide greater incentive to playwrights by establishing a working relationship between professionals, educators and playwrights. To produce new play productions. This may include staged readings, workshop productions, and new play seminars, annually at TheatreFest.

Auditions

The Texas Educational Theatre Association, Inc. offers Texas theatre students an opportunity to audition for Colleges and Universities from across the nation. Being held in October, the TxETA Auditions are one of the first auditions in the State. Let the college and universities see your work early!
Students perform a two-minute acting audition or a five-minute technical portfolio presentation for up to 50 different college/university programs. 

DesignFest

DesignFest is a design competition and showcase for students, instructors and professionals which allows educators an opportunity to bring emphasis and recognition to the study and actuation of theatrical design and stage management. DesignFest is open to the first 100 participants who register. DesignFest is required for all students participating in the Technical Auditions. It is an opportunity for professionals and students to celebrate and share ideas about design, stage management and theatre technology. DesignFest allows participants to showcase their design work to over 1500 theatre artists from all over the United States.

FilmFest

“Make a Film Using Your Smartphone” - The FilmFest Contest is designed specifically for TheatreFest students. The contest is envisioned as a fun way to bring student filmmakers from around Texas together to learn from and experience the work of their peers. During the 48-hour event, every team will receive the same prompt detailing the genre, a prop and some lines of dialogue. Each of these elements is required in a completed 2-3 minute film made with a smartphone. All creation must occur within the competition period: writing, rehearsing, shooting, editing, graphics, etc. The Competition is held at TheatreFest and the showings of the completed films will be shown on Friday night! Contest is open to all students that are registered for TheatreFest.

TxETA’s Got Talent:

Improv Edition!!

Ready to show off that hidden improve talent? Leave it all on the stage with this year’s Improv Talent Show. No deadline to register. Auditions will take place at the TheatreFest Convention. Selected adult and student performers will perform to a live audience at the Convention!! Got Talent will have a show guaranteed to blow you away. Sign-up when you register for TheatreFest.

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