• The Mississippi Theatre Association supports school, community, and professional theatre programs throughout Mississippi by providing workshops, scholarship programs, awards, and festivals.

 

SETC Screening Auditions

• For more information contact SETC State Auditions Coordinator, Lee Crouse

 

Town Hall Meetings

• Thank you to everyone who came out to the MTA Coast Town Hall Meeting at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center.
• We will continue to hold Town Hall Meetings across the state to discuss:
  • What is MTA
  • How can MTA help you
  • Grants
  • Theatre Advocacy
  • And more
• If you would be interested in having a Town Hall Meeting for your community, contact Executive Director, Stacy Howell, at execdir@mta-online.org

 

Theatre Advocacy

The MS Department of Education will be hosting meetings at 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm on the following dates and places:

Sept. 1  –  Natchez Steckler Building

Sept. 19  – Cleveland DSU Jacob Center

Sept. 22  – Tupelo ICC Belden

Sept. 26  – Gulfport Knight Non-Profit Center

Sept. 29  – Jackson JSU Research and Dev Center

Oct. 13  – Hernando DeSoto County Central Office

This is an excellent opportunity to make our voices heard about how theatre plays a role in all levels of education.

Please review the Arts in Education information and join educators and arts advocates from across the state to make our voices known.

 

Featured News

• Theatre for Youth Registration is Open Now – November 22
• Letter to the Editor in support of National Arts in Education Week.

• The Secondary Teacher Workshop will be held October 7 & 8, 2016 at The University of Southern Mississippi. Schedule and Information . Register Here.

• The MTA 2017 Playwriting Festival is now open for submissions. Registration for the Adult and Youth Playwriting Festival will close on November 1.

• Dramafest will be held for the Northern Region at Mississippi State University on December 2 & 3, 2016. The contact for this festival is Tim Matheny.  North Festival – Information Packet  Ground plan will be coming soon. What the adjudicators are looking for.

• Dramafest will be held for the Southern Region at The University of Southern Mississippi on December 2 & 3, 2016. The contact for this festival is Tom Hardy . South Festival – Information Packet . What the adjudicators are looking for.

• Click here to download the “new” MTA Brochure.

• MTA 2017 will be held at The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS on January 12-15, 2017. What the adjudicators are looking for.

• For additions / deletions in your contact information please contact your division chair. We would like to make sure that all theatre’s information is up to date so that the correct representative receives our e-blasts, and festival and workshop information.