Festival RegistrationMaryland State Thespian Festival dates this year will be January 22-23, 2027 at Towson University. And the JUNIOR Festival, for middle school students, will be Thursday, January 21. To unlock your registration account you must attend one of the mandatory pre-registration meetings below. Beginning of Year Troupe Director Pre-Registration Meetings: Registration will open September 1st and will close November 6th. Please note that space is limited and that registration can fill up before the close date. Last year we reached capacity over a week before the schedule deadline. (If the festival is not full by Nov. 6th, we may opt to extend the deadline.) While all Thespys must be started in the OpenWater system by November 6th - so we can plan for sufficient adjudicators - we were able to extend the deadline to upload/finalize/submit Thespys to December 4th! New this year: 35 student limit on Student registrants. If your troupe usually brings a large number of students, you may want to think about prioritizing your potential attendees. Troupe Director and Chaperone numbers are not part of that limit at this time, partly because of the wide range of district policies etc. However, it is important to remember that we cannot guarantee more than 2 seats for chaperones in some events, like opening/closing ceremonies, Mainstage show etc. Also, please reinforce with your chaperones that Student attendance at events should be prioritized throughout festival and that festival ‘volunteer’/monitoring duties will be assigned to all chaperones. One Act Applications will open September 2nd and close October 2nd. MainStage Adjudication/Application will be virtual this year with a deadline of December 1st.
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