Travel to International Thespian Festival with NTPA!
What is ITF?
International Thespian Festival is summer’s premier teen theatre festival for high school theatre students and teachers.
- Grow your knowledge with interactive workshops on every aspect of theatre — onstage, backstage, and front-of-house.
- Experience performances of all kinds: read-throughs and improv, student works and Shakespeare, one-acts and full-scale main stage productions.
- Showcase your talents through college auditions (for the class of 2024)
- Build your theatre family — you’ll meet thousands of Thespians and theatre educators and form lifelong friendships.
ITF is where you see, think, and do theatre non-stop for a week! NTPA Collegiate Pursuits will not be participating in the Thespy Awards Competitions in 2023.
Who
Open to students in 9th Grade (Graduating class of 2026) – 12th Grade (Graduation class of 2023)
When
June 18-23, travel day June 24
Where
Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, IN
Directors
Bethany Bourland and Kameron Knott
Cost: $1,545
Cost includes:
- All ITF activities
- Housing in a double occupancy dorm room with early check-in on Sunday, June 18
- Meal plan for all meals
- Supervision of Collegiate Pursuits Staff Chaperones
- NTPA Trip Planning Services
- Travel to and from airport in Indianapolis
- For the Class of 2024:
- Entry into ITF Virtual College Auditions. Colleges will then contact students for in-person auditions that are held at the festival.
- 1 hr of Private Audition Coaching prior to the trip.
- Filming of audition prior to audition submission.
- If you are not in the class of 2024, your cost will be decreased by $50
- International Thespian Society Troupe Membership
- If you are already a troupe member at your school, but your school is not attending the trip, we can adopt you into our troupe for ITF. Your cost will be decreased by $35.
*CHAPERONES: Chaperones are welcome but not necessary. Chaperone cost is $1,100 and covers All ITF activities, NTPA Trip Planning Services, housing in a single occupancy dorm room with early check-in fee, & Meal plan
*This cost does not include: Airfare/Travel, Souvenirs/ITF Swag, additional Snacks. Students traveling without a chaperone will be given a specific flight that will be linked to the Collegiate Pursuits Staff Members flights. Students will be chaperoned from airport drop-off through to airport pick-up!