Each year, the International Thespian Society (a part of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), based here in Cincinnati), hosts a festival for high-school actors, directors, and teachers at Indiana University in Bloomington. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year will be a virtual conference as Rick Pender learns in this conversation with EdTA Executive Director Julie Cohen Theobald.
This Year's International Thespian Festival Goes Virtual
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