The FoCAL Center Penguin Project JTF Team

In 2024-2025, we were glad to expand our Penguin Project offering to a JTF Team. JTF stands for Junior Theatre Festival and the festival has been put on yearly since it's inception in 2003. Over 6800 students and teachers come together to celebrate youth theatre through adjudicated performances, workshops, and conversations with Broadway stars. In 2025, FoCAL was honored to bring the first Penguin Project group to JTF. The success of our penguin artists and mentors at JTF 25 resulted in the team coming home with 2 awards; Excellence in Ensemble Work and the JTF Inspiration Award. The Inspiration Award is important because only 3 are given out at the event each year. We are proud of the artists, mentors, and production team for their hard work, and we look forward to many future JTF experiences.