2024 Florida Senior Thespian State Festival

The 2024 Florida Senior Thespian State Festival will be held on March 13-16, 2024 in Tampa, FL at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, the Tampa Convention Center, and the Tampa Theatre.

The Florida Senior Thespian Festival provides the opportunity for students to participate in a variety of workshops, one act performances, master classes, individual Thespy events, Mainstage performances, and technical theatre events led by theatre professionals from around the country, all while you get to spend time with other high school students from around the state who share your passion and excitement for theatre.

The festival is an educational event for high school students, troupe directors, and registered chaperones. We are bound by seating limitations at our venues so priority for participation in all events will be given first to registered thespian troupes. After all registered delegates have been accounted for, seating will become available to day pass holders on a first-come, first serve basis.

Conference Registration

High schools with active troupes are welcomed to attend; high school troupe directors (or theatre teachers) will coordinate and be responsible for the registration for their school’s attendees.

In order to attend the Florida Senior Thespian State Festival, all students must be current 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade students.

Troupe Directors (or theatre teachers) may register students currently enrolled at your school this year, as well as chaperones who are (or will be) 21 years of age by March 13, 2024. Registered troupe directors and chaperones are able to attend all conference events but should also consider themselves supervisors of students throughout the conference.

Chaperones must be at least 21 years old. To ensure that students are properly supervised, troupe directors must register one chaperone for every ten students and at least one chaperone of each gender, if their group consists of students of both genders.

Fees:

Festival Registration: $145 per festival delegate (student, troupe director, chaperone)
Thespy and One Act Event Fees: $5 per person, per event
Senior Scholarship: $20 per student
- Limited to 5 per troupe
- Student must have received a Superior rating at Thespys
Junior Auditions: $20 per student
- Limited to 3 per troupe
- Student must have received a Superior rating at Thespys
Day Passes: $55 per person/per day if purchased by the online registration deadline
- Day Passes DO NOT guarantee admission to our Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, Mainstage performances, or any evening events
- All Day Passes sold at the festival are $75

Acceptable forms of payment are:

certified checks
school checks
school booster club checks
money orders (complete with signature, if required)
credit cards

No personal checks will be accepted.

Make all checks/money orders payable to “Florida State Thespian Society, Inc.”.

Once a registration is submitted and payment is received, all transactions are considered final, and the organization does not provide any assurances of monetary reimbursement. By completing a registration, you acknowledge and consent that refunds will not be granted under any circumstances.

Registration Submission

Your complete registration submission must include:

Check for the full amount matching your invoice, made payable to Florida State Thespian Society, Inc. OR printed copy of credit card payment/receipt
Printed copy of Troupe Invoice from the registration system
Official Signature Form (signed by both the troupe director and school administrator)
Checklist (optional but will help you to organize your materials)

Review our Mailing Best Practices before sending your registration materials.