Music Theatre International has released Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School JR. for licensing. A follow-up to Junie B. Jones The Musical, the work is written by Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich, the team behind Dear Edwina and Ever After. Both musicals are based on the children's book series by Barbara Park

In the new musical, Junie B. is writing the ultimate guide to surviving first grade, battling against writer's block and lots of other obstacles along the way.

“At its heart, this show is about friends getting together, helping each other, and the magic that comes from making things," say Heisler and Goldrich in a statement. We could not be more pleased the show is now in the hands of great young artists to do and experience exactly that, and we hope that casts and audiences have as much fun working on it as we had writing it."

“Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School JR. is a delightful adaptation of Barbara Park's beloved books created specifically for Broadway Junior performers,” adds MTI President and CEO Drew Cohen. “With a tremendously lovable character and fun-filled songs, Junie B. Jones will capture audience members' hearts just as the books captivated an entire generation of students.”

Both Junie B. Jones The Musical and Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School were originally developed as Theatre for Young Audiences titles by TheatreWorks USA, which produced world premieres of both musicals at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre and toured them to schools nationwide. This new Broadway Junior edition of the latter title was adapted for young performers under the supervision of Timothy Allen McDonald of iTheatrics.

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