We are thrilled to announce that the newest addition to the MTI Broadway Junior Collection®, MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS will be available for licensing in the fall of 2013. In the meantime, you can sign up for Fast Track Notification and MTI will send you an email as soon as the show is available for licensing.

Adapted by the award-winning playwright/composer team of Jenny Laird (book) and Randy Courts (music and lyrics), with additional lyrics by Will Osborne, MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS is a 30 minute musical based on Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark, the first book in the series written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca.  The books are number one New York Times bestsellers - more than 100 million copies have been sold in North America alone. The series has been translated into many languages and is available in more than thirty countries around the world.

In MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS, two siblings, Jack and Annie, happen upon a mysterious tree house that is filled with a magnificent collection of books covering a wide range of subjects. As they are looking at a book about dinosaurs, Jack idly wishes they could go there – and, magically, the siblings are transported to a land that looks exactly like the picture in the book. Finding themselves in a strange new world populated with dinosaurs they’ve only read about (including pteranodons, triceratops, anatosauruses, and the legendary tyrannosaurus rex), the brother and sister must rely on instinct and knowledge as they try to unravel the mystery of how to return home.

In addition to a wonderful score filled with beautiful melodies, the show’s book is faithful to the language and tone of Mary Pope Osborne’s series. And much like the book series, MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS contains important educational themes supplemented with lesson plans in math, science and technology, and English/language arts making this musical the ultimate interdisciplinary teaching tool.
Our ShowKit™ of Materials is Like Getting a Musical in a Box!


With the MTI ShowKit™ that comes with every MTI Broadway Junior Collection® show, there’s no way to fail! Even teachers with no theatrical training or experience can easily put on a successful production. All ShowKits™ contain helpful materials enabling you to make your musical the ultimate interdisciplinary teaching tool.

The MTI Broadway Junior Collection® ShowKit™includes:

• Director’s Guide
  
  
  
  • Tips and suggestions on casting, rehearsals, directing, choreography,
    costumes, sets, props, lighting and more
  
  
  • Curriculum Connections featuring educational activities and lesson plans tied to the show
  
  
  
  


• 30 Actor Scripts
  
  
  
  • For all the actors to customize and keep
  
  
  
  


• Two Rehearsal/Accompaniment CDs
  
  
  
  • Adapted from the original Broadway orchestrations and professionally produced
  
  
  • Great keys for young singers
  
  
  • Guide-vocal tracks allow students to “sing along” — learning the music is easy and fun
  
  
  • Fully orchestrated accompaniment-only tracks are excellent for live performances with good tempos and easy-to-follow cues
  
  
  
  

• One Piano/Vocal Score
  
  
  
  • Complete scores for the director and rehearsal/performance pianist
  
  
  • Complete piano/vocal score with script cues
  
  
  • Transposed into age-appropriate keys
  
  
  • Easy-to-read format
  
  
  
  


• One Choreographic DVD
  
  
  
  • Instructional choreographic videos with world-renowned choreographer Steven Kennedy
  
  
  • Steven shows you everything you need to know to handle the dance portions of your MTI Broadway Junior Collection® title
  
  
  
  


• 30 Family Matters Books
  
  
  
  • Guides parents through the theatrical process
  
  
  • Provides positive ways parents can contribute to the success of the show, without stepping on teacher/director's toes
  
  
  • Great to send home with every student
  
  
  
  

We’ve been busy updating all of our ShowKits™to ensure they remain the best educational resource in the industry.  One of the most exciting new elements is the fully re-conceived Director’s Guide, patterned after Broadway production show books.  In addition to all of the content you love in the classic Director’s Guide, features of the new Director’s Guide include:

• A three-ring binder allowing you to carry all of your production information in one place and expand and customize the binder to meet your production needs


• The Actor’s Script section of the Guide features a full-sized script for easier viewing


• Expanded resources in all production and curriculum areas that reach three levels of directing experience: beginning, intermediate and advanced


• A media disc of resources including audition sides and editable forms