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International Thespian Festival offers interactive workshops on every aspect of theatre, including onstage, backstage, front-of-house, and related areas. Participants take part in staged readings, one-act performances, and full-scale Main Stage productions. The program also includes college auditions, the BACKstage Challenge, and the Thespy® Awards, and it brings together thousands of Thespians, theatre educators, and working professionals for a week of non-stop theatre.
• Schedule: June 21–26 at Indiana University Bloomington
The 85th International Thespian Festival includes an ITF Q&A Forum, which is a dedicated conversation space where attendees can log in to ask questions and chat with fellow attendees and ITF event staff. The program acknowledges and honors the Miami, Delaware, Potawatomi, and Shawnee people, on whose ancestral homelands and resources Indiana University Bloomington is built. Unattributed testimonials describe ITF as “the best investment I could make for professional development this summer,” “a bargain,” “a once in a lifetime opportunity to be around people who love what you love and to experience the art that we all share,” and “the best week of my life,” and one testimonial states, “I learn more attending ITF than I did in college! It presents and opportunity to collaborate, learn new techniques, and see what other schools can do.”
Last updated May 14, 2026.
• Schedule: June 21–26 at Indiana University Bloomington
The 85th International Thespian Festival includes an ITF Q&A Forum, which is a dedicated conversation space where attendees can log in to ask questions and chat with fellow attendees and ITF event staff. The program acknowledges and honors the Miami, Delaware, Potawatomi, and Shawnee people, on whose ancestral homelands and resources Indiana University Bloomington is built. Unattributed testimonials describe ITF as “the best investment I could make for professional development this summer,” “a bargain,” “a once in a lifetime opportunity to be around people who love what you love and to experience the art that we all share,” and “the best week of my life,” and one testimonial states, “I learn more attending ITF than I did in college! It presents and opportunity to collaborate, learn new techniques, and see what other schools can do.”
Last updated May 14, 2026.
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