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With a mission to make imagination a part of everyday learning Big Thought fosters programs throughout Northern Texas that seek to impact those on a city, home, school, and community level. These creative learning systems are built around a group of partnerships with over 100 community arts and cultural organizations as well as the City of Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District. Big Thought programs reach 300,000 children, families, and teachers annually and deliver more than one million hours of individual creative instruction and programming each year. DallasArtsPartners.org

The National Young Audiences office helps the broad network of Young Audiences affiliates play a decisive role in all young people’s education and development. Young Audiences envisions a future in which the nation’s children and youth will have the opportunity to engage in quality arts learning experiences that nurture creativity, build cultural understanding and enhance the development of their learning and life skills.

This is a company I have worked with since 1987. I've been a teacher for after school drama and creative writing classes, was the program coordinator for one season, and I connected them to the Dallas Shakespeare Festival in 1992, when they formed a wonderful lasting relationship where Jr. Player's veteran young actors present a full Shakespearian show every year using the Shakespeare in the Park stage and resources.

I currently work Summers as an Integration Specialist with them, integrating the arts into education to teach core curriculum.

Junior Players
4054 McKinney Ave #104
Dallas, TX 75204
Phone: 214-526-4076

They want to help you create theatre. You can start by searching their extensive online catalogue, and if you cannot find the title you need, simply let them know, and they will try to get it for you. You can purchase our Fairy Tale Courtroom through Concord Theatricals. 

Concord Theatricals
250 W. 57th Street

6th Floor
New York, NY 10107-0102